LaTeS: Fall 2016 Language Teacher Symposium

Learning Stations: From Impact to Application

Presented by Jennifer Wortzel (Basha High School, Chandler, AZ; Arizona Language Association Outstanding World Language Teacher at the Secondary Level; 2015-16 Arizona World Language Teacher of the Year)

Saturday October 22, 9 am to 4 pm on the University of Arizona campus, in the Integrated Learning Center (ILC) Room 119.

Advance registration is required (see sidebar).


This workshop teaches educators at all levels how to effectively engage all students in differentiated rotations which can serve as scaffolding techniques and/or formative assessments. While learning stations are an emerging concept in the secondary classroom, they have existed in elementary classrooms for decades. They offer an alternative to the “teach and listen” approach by providing open-ended instruction and a hands-on, interactive, collaborative, and exploratory learning style. They provide time for the teacher to work in small groups or one-on-one to target specific skills and better meet the specific needs of individual students. Learning stations encourage independence and responsibility while providing opportunities for differentiation, self-discovery and active practice with purpose.

Teachers in this workshop will:

• Receive instruction on how to create, set up, organize and manage learning stations.
• Experience learning stations themselves.
• Learn how to turn existing materials, resources and activities into learning stations.
• Have time to collaborate with peers to prepare and share learning stations so that they walk out of the workshop with stations prepared for immediate use!

Participants are asked to bring their already existing games, activities, authentic materials and textbook. The presenter will help you turn these into learning stations. She will also provide many examples for you to take with you and use immediately in your classroom.
 

See the LaTeS website for more details about the workshop and Jennifer Wortzel.