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UNCG Offers Summer Training Opportunities for Educators

GREENSBORO – The School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will provide several training opportunities for educators this summer, including sessions on teaching in a diverse classroom and preventing school violence.

• The Summer Leadership Institute “Conflict Management: Safe and Successful Schools,” June 16-18. Participants will meet at N.C. A&T on June 16 and 18; they will meet at UNCG on June 17. The institute will help participants assess school culture, understand cultural views of communication and conflict, and manage conflict. UNCG, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and the Center for the Prevention of School Violence are teaming up to offer this program.

• Yopp Professional Development Institute “Assessment of ILTs: Connecting INTASC, TPAI, IGPs and Instruction,” June 19-20. Sessions will be held at Grimsley High School. The Yopp Institute will help new teachers grow professionally and prepare to be evaluated, as required by the State Department of Public Instruction, through self-assessment and the development of classroom instructional activities that reflect state and national teaching standards.

• UNCG also is offering three “short courses” for teachers. Teachers will receive licensure renewal credit for these courses. For information, contact Susan Austin at seaustin@uncg.edu or 334-4655 or Dr. Cheryl Greenberg at cgreenberg@uncg.edu.
•  “Enhancing the Learning of the ESOL Student in General Education Classrooms,” June 16-20. Participants will learn strategies for teaching students for whom English is not their native tongue.
• “Meeting IEP Goals in General Education Classrooms: Instructional Strategies,” June 23-27. General education teachers will learn how to effectively serve students with special needs.
• “Working with Diverse Learners: Planning Instruction for All Children,” June 23-27. Participants will learn skills and strategies for successfully teaching students of diverse race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender and exceptionality.

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