Central Michigan University

The institute will use a focus of math and science content areas and equitable core teaching practices to meet the following goals:

• Learn together as a community – this means we are all responsible for the work, including asking thoughtful and informed questions and contributing to discussions with an asset-based solution-oriented mindset.
• Become more invested in equitable classroom practices – this is a priority for us. The materials presented will focus on universal design learning tenets and justice-based pedagogies.
• Be curious and practice enacting teaching and learning strategies that build curiosity in children. There will be a focus on practice-based education that require all of us to approach these strategies and the content with curiosity. 
• Nurture respect for children as whole human beings and focus on supporting children in taking agency over their learning.

This PLC offers a great opportunity for a team of educators in a grade-level, building, or district to collaborate with each other and workshop presenters toward the goal of equitable instruction in math and science. Ultimately the work of institute participants will support pre-service teacher education students with the hope that by learning together, we can work together to support classroom instruction.

Institute participants will receive:

• up to $600 stipend for time (May – August) available to teachers in the Great Lakes Bay Region,
• academic year coaching support,
• the ability to influence the next generation of teachers.

Applications will be contacted in March.