April 15th 2021 @ 8pm CST/ 9pm EST/ 7pm MST/ 6pm PST

The "End-Of-Year" Advantage

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What We'll Cover

In this webinar, you'll learn why the end of the school year (and even summer school) are great times to try PBL. You’ll learn how to make the most of the last few weeks of school, especially if your students have instructional time after standardized testing. You will gain high-leverage ideas that will keep your students interested in learning until the school year is over.

We’ll explore:

6 reasons why the end of the year can be the best time to try PBL for the first time
How to "PBL-ify" an existing unit or topic to get started right away
How to identify a project that matters to students to increase motivation
Why "raising the stakes" leads to better work from students
How to build your unit around core skills, concepts, and standards to ensure academic challenge (even at the end of the school year

Dr. Amy Baeder

Director, The Project-Based Learning Network

About The Presenter

Dr. Amy Baeder is Director of the Project-Based Learning Network. A former science teacher, she is a full-time curriculum writer and PBL professional development expert. Dr. Baeder holds an EdD in Educational Leadership from the University of Washington, and the PBL units she has written are used in more than 50 countries around the world.