Sample Agenda

Hosted by [museum/cultural institution]

Site [address] [dates]

Day 1 – 9:00am – 3:00pm

9:00 am                  Registration and Pre-Institute Survey

9:10 am                  Welcome and Introductions 

9:30 am                  CALTA21: New Paradigm

         Guiding principles

Professional Development Institute

         Getting to Know the Adult English Language Learner (ELLs)

• Acronyms related to ELLs
• Perceptions of ELLs and Immigrants (what I think…/what I have heard from others…)
• Strengths
• Needs and wants
• Museums’ new roles

 

11:00 am                 CALTA21 Curriculum: Identity, Portraiture and Photography

• Goals
• Theme
• Framework
• Structure
• Pedagogies

 

12:00 pm                LUNCH

1:00 pm                   Deconstructing the Curriculum

Activities

• Postcard activity
• Venn diagram
• Photography and portraiture vocabulary
• “Words that say home to you”
• Memorable photograph
• Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) facilitated discussion and deconstruction

 

2:45  pm               Debriefing and analysis of the session

 

• THINKING POINTS: How do the CALTA21 curriculum and VTS apply to teaching adult English Language Learners at the museum and in the classroom? 

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (Day 2)

Hosted by [ museum/cultural institution ]

Site [address]

[Date]

Day 2: 9 am- 3pm

 

9:00 am                    Reflecting on the thinking points

 

9:15 am                    Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) facilitated discussion

Analysis of visual thinking strategies

• Demonstration with intervention
• Attendees deconstruct the VTS methodology
• Paraphrasing exercise

11:00 am                 Small group practice

• Participants practice VTS

 

12:00 pm               LUNCH

 

1:00 pm                 Small group practice

• Participants practice VTS
• Theoretical framework

2:00 pm                 CALTA21 and ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (ELLs)

• Video: Adult English language learners and their families participate in a VTS discussion facilitated by a museum docent
• Academic, cultural, social capital for civic engagement and intercultural dialogue and competence
• Building sustainable partnerships
  • Timeline
  • Implementation
  • Museum trips –  protocol and logistics

 

 3:00  pm              CLOSING REMARKS