Boys and Girls ARE Different: Closing the Achievement Gap Through Understanding Differences (ISBE # 493)

Start Date:		10/19/2010  8:30am
Program:		Designed especially for school and district administrators, this Academy will focus on the latest research demonstrating specific differences between boys and girls, how they develop, and how they learn. It will shed light on why the pre-teen through teenage years are especially difficulty for boys and it will offer practical solutions that schools can follow to address the needs of boys and girls better. Participants in this workshop will be able to better lead their buildings and district about in addressing key learning differences between boys and girls, and they will be able to propose common sense solutions that every teacher can use in his or her classroom. The presentation will include PowerPoint, cooperative group participation and you will receive a copy of Boys and Girls Learn Differently by Michael Gurian. The day will end with the creation of an action plan in which you will review your school to determine if a gap exists between genders and if there is a gap, what is revealed by disaggregating data according to ethnicity, poverty, or disability.
Dates:		Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Times:		8:30-3:30
Presenter:		Dr. Ken Wallace, Superintendent, Maine Township HD District 207
Fee:		$195
Location:		North Cook ISC Suite 201
		2340 South River Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018
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