Professional development connected to better teaching
"Every hour and every day made my attendance worthwhile."

UPCOMING EVENTS >
> January, 2010: Whiteriver 1-day student work sample analysis
> January, 11-12, 27-28:  Snowflake 4-day instructional design series
> January 29-30, February 12-13: Kayenta 4-day instructional design series
> February 5-6, 19-20: Phoenix 4-day instructional design series
> June, 2010:  Northern Arizona (Flagstaff or Snowflake) 5-day Institute
> June, 2010:  Phoenix 5-day Institute

Teacher change is intensely personal, so we make training personal.  See BLOG for design tips to help teachers change.

I  guarantee satisfaction
Teachers design materials that generate proof of quality teaching and integrating reading and writing.  Thinking through short improvement cycles, newly designed classroom evidence is ready to teach, evaluate, and share at schools.

What we do
Throughout the design process, teachers invent custom materials that become classroom evidence (i.e., student work samples) of research-based strategies such as Similarities & Differences, Advanced Organizers, Note taking & Summarizing, Pre-Assessing, Activating Prior Knowledge, and Reading and Writing strategies.  As teachers alternate from independent to collaborative work, they produce practical tools that leverage multiple research-based strategies.  Making change personal, this level of design provides creates a powerful sense of predictability and control for doing something new.  The instructional design process makes teacher change personal and achievable.  Evidence of classroom change is planned and designed here.

Who we are
Training teachers full-time at universities for over ten years, Preston Webster now specializes in very specific strategies that improve teaching and learning. His instructional design work supports classroom improvement combining research-based, reading, and writing strategies.  He has created over 30 university-level summer institutes, and many more school-year institutes, for teachers around Arizona.  These institutes, five to eight days in length, have become laboratories for understanding teacher improvement with a classroom focus.

Since 1999, Preston Webster has trained hundreds of teachers.  With their help, tools and processes for classroom improvement have evolved to become more practical, achievable, and effective. Preston uses previous attendees to create four-person training teams to ensure plenty of one-on-one support and ongoing collaboration as new learning is connected directly to each classroom and specific learning objectives.

Training Staff

Carl Bailey, Adobe Mountain School, AZ, CBailey@azdjc.gov
Anne Cambridge, Pinon High School, AZ, acambridge@pusdatsa.org
Marsha Espinosa, Ganado High School, AZ, Marsh.espinosa@ganado.k12.az.us
Dana Greenwood, Ganado High School, AZ Dana.greenwood@ganado.k12.az.us
Marilou Joson, Window Rock High School, AZ Marilouj@wrschool.net
Shelley Petersen, AAEC High School, AZ,  spetersen@aaechighschools.com
Rachel Weiss,  AAEC High School, AZ rweiss@aaechighschools.com
Jon Yazzie, Tuba City High School, AZ, jyazzie@tcusd.org

Outcomes
Professional development hours - University credits
Standards-based and research-based classroom materials
Prepared to teach and evaluate classroom materials that support quality teaching

Agenda
Instructional Design, Expository Evidence, Organizers, Reading Tools, Writing Tools, Note Taking, Leveraging Research-based and Literacy Strategies

What teachers say

"Every hour and every day made my attendance worthwhile."

"I have been given incredible tools to improve my instruction, bring clarity and focus to my lesson planning and tie instruction directly back to the standards."

"The best workshop I have participated in."

"Excellent hands-on materials and knowledgeable instructors."

"Came away with products that will work well in my classroom.  Can't wait to do the student work analysis."

"The collaboration with my peers and the different presentations that were shared using the new formats and tools are priceless; This was absolutely the most professional, effective, and fun learning environment."

"Preston's vision for school improvement is extraordinary."

Education Design Solutions, LLC
Instructional Design:  Preston Webster
Phone: 928-243-1927 * Prestonww49@yahoo.com * Revised:  01/26/2010
Teacher Training, Professional Development, Staff Development
 

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Chinese Language Program

With many years of experience, Jian is also trained by Professor Baohua Guo and the International Hanyu Research Institute

Learn Chinese 10 to 30 times faster using a research-based program used internationally and developed by Professor Baohua Guo of China's Language Usage Department of The Ministry of Education.

Jian is further trained in song and dance, which enhances program elements designed to engage students using multiple intelligences like verse, writing, and other kinesthetic activities.  You will be amazed at how fast students learn to read and speak Chinese.

Jian Webster
teacher6292009@yahoo.com
602-622-4051