One-day teacher workshop plus optional training-of-trainers for implementing CSC¶

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Description¶

The program's professional development model centers on a one-day workshop: "Teachers participate in a one-day workshop in which they explore the program components, discuss ways to build caring and supportive environments, learn how to facilitate student conversations, learn strategies to enhance cooperation among students." Additional coaching for teachers is available, and a training-of-trainers approach has a team of four to six participants from a school receive three-day institute training and then provide staff development to the remaining school staff. Workshops and follow-up visits cost $2,000 a day plus travel expenses.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A one-day workshop for teachers, with optional additional coaching or a three-day institute for a training-of-trainers team

Constraints¶

• Total training cost varies depending on the number of professional development days needed and whether adoption involves a single school, multiple schools, or district-level training-of-trainers

Target Learners¶

• Elementary school teachers implementing CSC in grades K–6

Target Learning Goals¶

• Facilitating student conversations, building caring and supportive environments, and enhancing cooperation among students

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• What Works Clearinghouse. (2007). Caring School Community™ WWC Intervention Report, Character Education. U.S. Department of Education. http://www.devstu.org/csrd/cdp_index.html