AFT Professional Development Summer Educator Academy 2015

This week long train-the-trainer academy is union-sponsored, research-based professional development that addresses the complexities of teaching. This program is designed to help local unions build the capacity to deliver high-quality professional development services to all educators—teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel. Course offerings change from year to year, based on interest.

The AFT collaborates with leading education researchers to synthesize and apply research-validated best practices. Classroom-based activities help participants connect the research findings to their daily work, including small group interaction, role-play, case studies, simulations, Socratic seminars and shared reflection.

This comprehensive and intensive training prepares these master educators to return to their locals as facilitators in specific course areas. These individuals, in turn, train others to facilitate sessions at the local level in a pyramiding effect designed to reach larger numbers of participants.

The dates for this year’s AFT Professional Development Summer Educator Academy are July 19 – 24.

The AFT Summer Educator Academy will be held at:
The Maritime Institute
692 Maritime Blvd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
Tel: 410-859-5700 www.ccmit.org

Registration

Registration is online only. The registration fee for members is $350. The fee for nonmembers is $1,050.

Summer Academy Course Offerings—Resource Kit Training

This year, we are offering courses in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Instructional Supports. These have been condensed from the full courses traditionally offered at Summer Academy. Click here for details about each session.

A participant can attend one three-day cohort (and take one course) or attend the entire week and choose a different course from the other cohort. The cohorts will run as follows:

Cohort 1
Sunday, July 19 – Tuesday, July 21
Choose ELA, Math or Instructional Supports
Arrival day is July 18 unless attendee is a first-time AFT national training participant.
(If a participant is new, he or she will need to take DEPD I—see details below.)
Cohort 2
Wednesday, July 22 – Friday, July 24
Choose ELA, Math or Instructional Supports
Arrival day is July 21 unless attendee is a first-time AFT national training participant. (If a participant is new, he or she will need to take DEPD II—see details below.)

Delivering Effective Professional Development—DEPD
If participants are new to AFT national training, they will need to attend a DEPD session prior to their cohort course.

DEPD I
for Cohort 1 participants
Saturday, July 18, 2 – 5 p.m. (arrive Saturday or Friday, July 17, if needed)
DEPD II
for Cohort 2 participants
Tuesday, July 21, 2 – 5 p.m. (arrive Tuesday or Monday, July 20, if needed)

Number of Participants

Although we would like to provide training for all who want to participate, we do have budget limitations. The AFT can fund locals’ participation up to the following levels:

Under 500 members: 2 participants
500 to 1,200 members: 3 participants
Over 1,200 members: 4 participants

Special Registrations

Locals willing to pay all costs may opt to send additional individuals as long as there is available facility space and/or classes are not filled. Full-cost registration for courses is $1,050 per participant, which covers hotel (shared room), airfare, per diem, meals and materials.

Registration Payments

Online registration allows payment using credit cards. Or, you can mail credit card payments, along with the “balance due” form you receive by email after registering online, to:

AFT Summer Academy 2015
Attn: Membership c/o Tina Stewart
555 New Jersey Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

Mail check payments from the local or district, along with the “balance due” form you receive by email after registering online, to:

AFT Summer Academy 2015
P.O. Box 791212
Baltimore, MD 21279-1212

Registration forms or credit card information will not be accepted via fax.