Events
National Trainings
Coming Soon
- PDI3, San Francisco, CA, Summer 2011
Training Descriptions
VTS Practica
Two-day workshops focused on developing VTS facilitation skills. This is a beginning level training for people who have had little or no experience with VTS. While some time is allotted to examining theoretical underpinnings of VTS, the focus is helping participants learn to do VTS well.
Professional Development Institutes
These institutes prepare people for helping others use VTS. They consist of three four-day workshops separated by enough time to give participants a chance to use and reflect on what was addressed in the previous session. The goal is to develop participants' practical expertise at facilitating VTS as well as discussions of teaching practice, research data, theoretical writing, and assessment of learning .Participants get a solid grounding in the theory and research findings on which VTS is based including understanding the learning that VTS nurtures, its transfer, and its effects on test scores.
Lead-Teacher Institutes
Two four-day workshops, separated by the first year of implementing VTS, designed to prepare teams of two or (preferably) three mentor teachers to return to their schools to introduce VTS, coordinate implementation by their teacher colleagues, and conduct intermittent debriefings, all in consultation with VTS experts. These workshops are for teachers in schools that have begun a VTS implementation.
National Trainings
- Professional Development Institute
(Session 1 of 3)
September 14-17, 2010
American Folk Art Museum , New York, NY
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- Professional Development Institute
(Session 1 of 3)
November 16-19, 2010
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
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We provide a range of VTS training events throughout the year.
VTS training events are open to teachers, museum educators and other professionals interested in learning how to facilitate VTS discussions, becoming a Qualified VTS Trainer, or simply looking to enrich or extend their VTS skills.
Event space is limited and advanced registration is required.
Training Event Fees:
- VTS Practicum: Cost varies.
- Professional Development Institute: $500 per session
- Lead Teacher Institute: $395
- Coding Workshop: $750
Fees do not include travel, hotel, meals or local transportation.
If you have any questions about which training event would be best for you, please do not hesitate to ask. Email Leslie, our events coordinator.