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Teachers who rank highly in the Golden Apple selection process
are invited to participate in Collegium for the Advancement of
Teaching, a weeklong professional development seminar in June at
South Seas Resort on Captiva Island.
The training focus for this year's Collegium is Choosing
Excellence, a continuous improvement based program which
provides strategies for increasing student achievement by
helping students to self-evaluate and make responsible choices.
This training integrates the Quality School philosophy of Dr.
William Glasser with the Sterling Quality model used by The
School District of Lee County. Participants will learn to use
Dr. Glasser's ideas as the basis for developing ways to examine
data, set and monitor goals, and integrate quality tools into
the classroom. By Choosing Excellence, our students will be well
prepared to make positive contributions to our workforce and to
our community.
The culminating event of Collegium is the end of the week
project. Educators form groups and present a humorous skit that
incorporates the concepts of the training. The projects are
evaluated by the trainers and Foundation Board Members.
Pre and post tests are given during Collegium to measure results
as well as provide feedback.
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