Wyoming Innovations in Learning

Attendees will learn about a project designed to document how short, online courses (called micro-courses) can help middle and high school teachers develop and implement instruction that supports students’ abilities to read and write within their academic disciplines. Additionally, attendees will learn how the creation of an interactive online community could provide on-going support for teachers as they engaged with the ideas they learned about in the micro-courses. Finally, attendees will learn how the instruction provided in these mirco-courses helps students grow as readers and writers when it is applied by their teachers.

Session Outcomes: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:
1. understand the challenges we have faced in developing our approach to innovative professional development,
2. learn about the the feedback we have received from teachers about our model of professional learning, and
3. learn how they can become involved in this professional model of teacher learning.