See Summer Sleuths for information about our student program.

Sleuths Coaching Institute

This intensive two-week session features two major components. During the first week, participants experience PBL as learners engaged in a problem. In the debriefing, the participants analyze the critical elements of IMSA's PBL model through dialogue with the facilitators and fellow participants. They engage in the initial stages of designing a PBL scenario for their classrooms and collaboratively develop implementation strategies for their classrooms.

These strategies are put into practice during the second week as teams of participants coach middle school students through the problem from the first week. Each team receives mentoring in their coaching from an experienced PBL educator.

In this institute participants will:

• Analyze PBL classroom experiences
• Identify PBL opportunities in traditional curricula
• Identify learning objectives linked to state and national standards and benchmarks
• Acquire experience in coaching strategies
• Review and adapt PBL materials and activities

Investigaciones

Investigaciones Coaching Institute, running parallel with the Sleuths Coaching Institute, is designed for bilingual-Spanish teachers who learn PBL coaching strategies in the context of its use with bilingual-Spanish middle school students. The students will engage in real-world problem solving in Spanish and then present their solutions in English to all Sleuths and Investigaciones participants. This program is designed to meet the principles of Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act -- the English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act -- and is focused on developing teaching strategies to increase the English language proficiency of second language learners and to raise their academic achievement.

Location

The Hampton Inn is located off I-88, by exiting at Orchard Road in Aurora, near the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.

Accommodations

Rooms can be reserved at a cost of $109 per night . Reservations should be made directly with Hampton Inn by calling 630-907-2600 no later than June 4, 2008.

Registration

Institute enrollment is limited to 30 participants. A $200 deposit holds your reservation until July 1, 2008 when full payment is due. Acceptance will be confirmed by mail. The deposit, less a $50 handling fee, is refundable until July 1, 2008.

Dates

July 14-25, 2008 (weekend excluded)

Times

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily

Cost

$1,250 (includes materials and lunches)

Credit (at additional cost)

• NIU EPS 597 (4 semester hours)
• Aurora University OEDS 5729 (3 semester hours)
• 70 clock hours

Testimonials

I thought this was an excellent course which greatly expanded my knowledge of PBL and my understanding of how to apply it in my classroom.

--2004 Summer Sleuths participant

Registration

Our PBL Program Registration 2008 registration form (PDF, 24  KB) is available here and can be returned to:

PBLNetwork
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
1500 W Sullivan Rd
Aurora, IL 60506-1067

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