On Thursday, January 26, 2012 BCP hosted its Winter 2012 Professional Development Conference for over 200 teachers from City Springs School, Collington Square School of the Arts, Hampstead Hill Academy, and Wolfe Street Academy.
BCP provides two professional development conferences and several day-long seminars each year. Principals determine their staff training needs and BCP customizes training to meet those needs. BCP also provides training that addresses areas identified by BCP coaches and leadership staff.
Click here to view the event program (PDF file).
A variety of workshops were offered at the Winter Conference including:
- CHAMPS: How to manage difficult kids
- Challenges in Urban Education
- Literacy Centers: Incorporating Literacy Centers into the Primary
Classroom - Maximizing Opportunity to Learn: Engagement Strategies
- Enrichment Activities for DI Lessons
- Effective Firm Up Procedures
- Writing Workshop
- Effective Lesson Planning for All Learning Levels
Keynote Address
Journalist Shepard Barbash delivered the keynote address. Barbash has been a writer for thirty years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, City Journal, Education Next and other publications.
He is former bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle in Mexico City and is the author of five books, including Clear Teaching, published in January by the Education Consumers Foundation.
Luncheon Speakers and City Springs Choir
Collington Square School of the Arts Resource Teacher Lauren Bevacqua and City Springs School Para Professional Antoine Lewis delivered talks during lunch. This was followed by a performance of the City Springs School Choir.
Thank you
We would like to thank Hampstead Hill Academy for hosting the 2012 Winter Professional Development Conference and the entire HHA staff for making it a success.
Thank you to Chipotle and ADP for sponsoring the conference.
Thank you to Tara Anderson for organizing the conference and to all of the BCP staff members who helped out: Tilda Johnson, Larry Schugam, and Angela Scott.