Central Michigan University

The institute will use a focus of math and science content areas and equitable core teaching practices to meet the following goals:

• Learn together as a community – this means we are all responsible for the work, including asking thoughtful and informed questions and contributing to discussions with an asset-based solution-oriented mindset.
• Become more invested in equitable classroom practices – this is a priority for us. The materials presented will focus on universal design learning tenets and justice-based pedagogies.
• Be curious and practice enacting teaching and learning strategies that build curiosity in children. There will be a focus on practice-based education that require all of us to approach these strategies and the content with curiosity. 
• Nurture respect for children as whole human beings and focus on supporting children in taking agency over their learning.

Ultimately the work of institute participants will support pre-service teacher education students with the hope that by learning together, we can work together to support classroom instruction.

Institute participants will receive:

• $600 stipend for time (May – August), 
• the opportunity to submit a classroom grant (up to $800) for an academic year project, 
• academic year coaching support,
• the ability to influence the next generation of teachers.

Applications will begin to be contacted in March.