Through a series of professional development workshops, The Loyola TPS team will work with your school to share the innovative and inspirational possibilities of incorporating primary sources into classroom instruction. These workshops are designed to increase and enhance student literacy, align with Common Core State Standards, and ultimately improve ISAT scores overall.
Professional Development Presentation Keynote (Mac)
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Professional development activities under Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) progress along three
program levels. K-12 educators have the option of taking workshops and courses, offered by TPS Consortium
members, under all or some of these levels, depending on their interests.
Level I–Participants gain strategies for using primary sources to help students engage in learning, develop
critical thinking skills and build content knowledge.
What are primary sources;
Why teach with primary sources; and
How to teach with primary sources.
Level II– Participants evaluate, create and teach topic-specific, content-informed lessons that integrate
primary sources from the Library of Congress and exemplify effective instructional practices.
Gain a thorough understanding of effective instructional practices with emphases on inquiry-based
and student-centered learning using primary sources
Learn to identify exemplary learning experiences
Create standards-based, content-informed learning experiences integrating primary sources from the
Library of Congress that exemplify effective instructional practice
Teach, assess and reflect on their experiences using primary sources in instruction
Evaluate primary source-based learning experiences
Investigate the effects of primary source-based instruction on student learning
Level III – Experienced educators advocate the use of primary sources and help disseminate the ideas,
methods and products of the TPS program.
Mentor colleagues on the effective instructional uses of primary sources
Evaluate learning experiences for widespread dissemination and use
Interact and collaborate with other teachers who are using Library of Congress primary sources
Conduct research into the effective use of primary sources in education
Contribute to the use of effective practices for using primary sources in instruction by leading
professional development activities