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GUIDES (see "Products")
LESSONS and
PROJECTS (as they
become available, lessons and projects are disseminated via the CLEP
to interested teachers)
NEWSLETTERS (FREE email newsletter available upon
request)
BLOG (http://conlawed.blogspot.com)
-- in development
CONFERENCES See the
CONFERENCE page for more details
WORKSHOPS
ONE DAY
WORKSHOPS by Rich Kitchens
Rich
Kitchens will deliver instruction at your site on your
schedule. A minimum of four attendees is required. Topics can be
tailored to the specific needs of your site or district.
Materials provided at
each one-day workshop to each attendee: A detailed
self-contained manual for the Workshop; free copies of
Constitutional Law (3rd) and Teacher’s Guide for
Constitutional Law (3rd), by Rich Kitchens.
“Teaching
Civics As a Course in Constitutional Law” (one day workshop)
Practical techniques for
teaching in general and Civics and Constitutional law material in
particular. Specific projects, strategies, curriculum and material
will be shared.
8:30-10:00:
Introduction, Structure of the course, selected lessons and units,
selected materials
10:15-11:00: Using mock
trials
11:15-12:30: Teaching
the Fourth Amendment
12:30-1:30:
Lunch
1:30-2:45: Teaching the
First Amendment
3:00-3:30: Questions and
discussion
“Legal
Issues and Teaching of Law-related concepts” (one day
workshop)
Practical techniques for
teaching in general and law-related material in particular, content
knowledge in key law-related subjects, and curriculum that enables
you to integrate law-related subjects into existing courses or fully
implement entirely new courses
8:30-10:00: “What
Teachers Need (and Want) to Know about the Law”
10:15-12:00: “The
Law of Sexual Harassment: the law and a teaching unit”
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:00: “The Law of
Privacy”
2:00-3:00: “The Law of
Working: employment-related issues in the high school
curriculum”
3:00-3:30: Questions and
discussion
“Using
Mock Trials and Teaching of Criminal Law Issues” (one day
workshop)
Practical techniques for
using mock trials in law-related courses, content knowledge in the
rules of evidence and the presentation of testimony and evidence,
and information on integrating the Internet to a law-related course.
8:30-10:00: “Using Mock
Trials and Mock Appellate Hearings in the Classroom”
10:15-12:00: “Rules of
Evidence for the Mock Trial”
12:00-1:00:
Lunch
1:00-2:15: “Criminal
Procedure in the School Setting: Teaching about Search and Seizure”
2:15-3:00: “Using the
Internet to Teach Law in the Classroom”
3:00-3:30: 3:00-3:30:
Questions and discussion
COSTS
Materials: free with
each attendee
Attendees: 1-8 attendees
($150 each); extras ($125 each). Minimum of four attendees needed;
maximum of 20.
THREE DAY
WORKSHOPS by Rich Kitchens
June, 2008, at
Piedmont High School--to be announced
Practical techniques for teaching in
general and law-related material in particular, content knowledge in
key law-related subjects, and curriculum that enables you to
integrate law-related subjects into existing courses or fully
implement entirely new courses
1
day attendance: $100; 2 day attendance: $180; 3 day attendance:
$250
Sessions run 8:00-10:00 a.m.; 10:15
a.m.-12:15 p.m.; 1:15-3:15 p.m. each day
A
minimum of ten teacher attendees are needed for us to run the
workshops.
Tentative Schedule
Day
1: “Teaching Civics as a Course in
Constitutional Law”
“The Court System leading up to and including the U.S. Supreme
Court”
“The First Amendment in the School Setting: Teaching
about Speech, Press, and Religion”
“The 14th Amendment in the School Setting: Teaching about
Discrimination”
Day
2: “What Teachers Need (and Want) to Know
about the Law”
“The Law of Sexual Harassment: the law and a teaching unit”
“The Law of Privacy”
“The Law of Working: employment-related issues in the high school
curriculum”
Day
3: “Using Mock Trials and Mock Appellate
Hearings in the Classroom”
“Rules of Evidence for the Mock Trial”
“Using the Internet to Teach Law in the Classroom”
[tentative]
“Criminal Procedure in the School Setting: Teaching about Search and
Seizure”
Materials
provided: A detailed self-contained manual for each day of the
Workshop. A free copy of Constitutional Law (3rd) by
Rich Kitchens. A free copy of Teacher’s Guide for Constitutional
Law (3rd), by Rich Kitchens.
“Pressure Builds for
Effective Staff Training”
Teachers’
on-the-job learning seen as path to greater student
gains.
[In Education
Week, by Debbie Viadero]
7/27/05: Now many national
policymakers and experts believe that professional development,
which teachers often have regarded as wasted time, is potentially an
important tool for improving student learning. But as often happens
in education, the research on such programs and their effectiveness
hasn’t kept pace with the rhetoric.
Experts
know, for instance, that programs focused on the academic content
that teachers must cover and on how students think about that
content are more effective than those that impart more generic
teaching techniques.
They know that
longer-lasting professional development tends to produce better
results. They also know that such programs work best when they link
to teachers’ daily classroom experiences—the tasks their students
will have to do, for example, or the texts they will use.
To a lesser degree,
researchers also have a hunch that it’s important for teachers to
engage in learning sessions collectively—maybe with other teachers
from the same department or grade—so that they can meet later to
reflect on what they learned. For the full story, go to:
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/07/27/43pd.h24.html
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