The Copenhaver Institute

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MSCI 2020

Students as Global Citizens in an Interconnected World


June 22 – 24, 2020

REGISTRATION FORM

BREAKOUT SPEAKER REGISTRATION FORM

Keynote Speakers: 

Dana Mortenson and Patti Talbot

Toward the goal of developing lifelong readers and learners, MSCI will focus on: 

    • Knowing the student
    • Nurturing intrinsic curiosity and motivation
    • Engaging imagination through reading
    • Empowering inventive problem solving and critical thinking strategies
    • Fostering creative self-expression
    • Developing instruction built on student readiness, interests and learning profiles
    • Balancing group and individual needs
    • Exploring evidence-based practices
    • Scaffolding to facilitate student growth  

The Margaret Sue Copenhaver Institute for Teaching and Learning provides quality professional development opportunities for PreK-12 teachers and administrators and for Roanoke College students. The Institute's emphases include:

  1. Consideration of cutting-edge perspectives relevant to the teaching profession;
  2. Determination of personal and practical ways to engage students as lifelong learners; and
  3. Examination of a variety of multimedia and instructional technology strategies and tools for enhancing students' growth as learners.

The Institute gives PreK-12 teachers the opportunity to develop and practice strategies for effective instruction in cooperation with the nation's leading educational scholars.