GEAR UP offers teachers several resources for developing their teaching skills. Most of these programs are offered free of charge to GEAR UP teachers. See the list below.
Literacy Across the Curriculum
For 10 years the Chicago Teachers’ Center’s Young Adult Literature Conference (YAL) has offered interactive workshops highlighting engaging books for adolescent readers and high quality literacy instruction. The 2010 conference was held in October at the Q Center in St. Charles. Visit the YAL web pages to find the latest YAL resources.
The Inquiry Institute is generally offered in the summer. Plan, design, and do inquiry-based learning within a caring classroom community. Students “doing” inquiry are challenged to ask real questions, find relevant resources, construct meaning and report new understandings. What we teach and how we teach matters so learn more about this energizing approach to learning. Check back for information about the 2011 summer program.
Teachers As Writers offers a unique approach to professional development, beginning with the belief that teachers who are aware of their own writing process are better able to help their students become confident writers. Guided by experienced educators who are also practicing writers, you will write and share your work in a supportive community of peers.
Here’s a great opportunity for you and your students! Attend a GEAR UP professional development event and write a unit plan for your students using what you learned. We’ll give you a class set of books so you can implement your completed unit in your classroom. Contact us for more information and assistance.
Math Resources
Thinking creatively and finding new approaches to teaching, learning, and communicating math! That’s what we hope to foster during our math conferences. Participants will be immersed in rich, hands-on, thought-provoking activities that integrate the best of what we know about instructional strategies. Our purpose is to work with teachers to prepare our students for success in this global environment. So let your imagination fly, rekindle that sense of wonder- we promise, it will be fun! CPDUs offered. View the iMATHination 2012 flyer. The next iMATHination Confernce is January 20 - 21, 2012. Check back for registration information.
Math Support Online
Log on to the Countdown website for 24/7 math support--800 free movies and companion worksheets available at http://countdown.luc.edu.
ACT Prep: Countdown's 99 Questions
COUNTDOWN has matched its online movies to 99 sample math problems and concepts that students are likely to encounter on standardized college entrance exams. Students can use this resource to review forgotten concepts or to familiarize themselves with concepts omitted from previous math instruction. 3 sections cover Algebra, Measurement and Number & Operations. Available at http://countdown.luc.edu.
Math TV Support
Every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. on Channel 21, you can sharpen your math skills by tuning in to COUNTDOWN. The one-hour TV show, produced by Loyola University, follows an interactive call-in format.
Support for Continuing Education
Tuition Reimbursement
GEAR UP provides partial tuition reimbursement for teachers taking graduate courses for endorsement, certification, or graduate degrees in target areas from GEAR UP partner universities.
Advanced Placement Preparation
Advanced Placement Preparation seminars in math and science were available at Loyola University Chicago in summer 2010. GEAR UP provided partial reimbursement for Loyola’s and other AP prep courses.
School-Based PD with Classroom Support
Workshop Series Possible - You choose the topic
Work with our team to design an on-site workshop series, combined with classroom support that meets your needs. Possible topics: reading and writing across the curriculum, vocabulary development, math, technology, essay writing, and much more. CPDUs offered. Contact us for more information.
Schedule a GEAR UP Mini-Conference at Your School
Schedule a GEAR UP Mini-Conference at your school on a staff development day. We will work with you to provide engaging workshop choices for your teachers, combined with follow-up sessions that work for their schedules. CPDUs offered. Contact us for more information.
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