The Advanced Project T.E.A.C.H. Lab focuses on the practice of experimentation with and the internalization of the skills taught in Project T.E.A.C.H. Included in the class are verbal skills to uncover student agenda to meet resistance presented by students and to move students to problem resolution, creating a positive classroom environment through team building, recognition and use of student satisfactions, and implementation of the P.O.W.E.R. Judgment as a structure for problem exploration and resolution. This course is designed to prepare administrative personnel to coach teachers to perform at higher levels of effectiveness. This course focuses on practice of, experimentation with, and the internalization of the skills taught in P.R.I.D.E. Significant emphasis will be given to utilization of the eleven Questions for Life as well as teaching the questions to students so that they can answer and ask the questions themselves. Techniques will be demonstrated to help teachers develop positive nonverbals to generate enthusiasm, upstage the environment, and to motivate students. Through Learning in Channels Lab focuses on the practice of, experimentation with, and the internalization of the skills taught in Teaching through Learning Channels.
Students working in groups engage in decision making processes similar to real-life situations.
Learning is enhanced through the cooperative learning model. Teachers will be training in the techniques for setting up effective cooperative learning models. Classroom management techniques which provide structure while students work in groups will be discussed and modeled. This course gives educators a direct experience and a variety of activities that model the power of Live-Event Learning. It mirrors cognitive research on how people learn and retain information.