In this online institute you will learn how to design a sequence of activities to capture and maintain learners energy while allowing students to demonstrate progress toward learning targets. Discover how to sequence lessons keeping in mind the age and attention span of the learners making certain that they frequently demonstrate independent application of new learning. Apply retrieval strategies that allow learners to recycle and demonstrate retention of learning. Join national consultant, Laura Terrill, and other educators for three days to acquire, process and apply new learning in small group discussions. You can’t do it all and there is never enough time. This summer, explore effective practices and start the school year more energized and ready to embed practices that keep the focus on the learner.

Laura Terrill is a national consultant who most recently currently served as the Senior Associate for Professional Development for the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland. Laura taught French at all levels for 21 years before becoming the Coordinator of Foreign Language and English as a Second Language and then, Director of Curriculum. She has taught methods courses in St. Louis and in Indianapolis and continues to present at the local, state, regional and national levels. She is the recipient of the Founders Award for Central States, has was named the NADSFL District Supervisor of the Year and received the ACTFL Florence Steiner Award for Leadership. She recently co-authored the Second Edition of ACTFL Keys to Planning for Learning: Effective Curriculum, Unit and Lesson Design.