Albuquerque Public Schools (NM) Trains Staff in Project-Based Learning

Beginning 2014-2015, Albuquerque Public Schools is sponsoring district-wide professional development for elementary and middle school staff from selected schools in Project-Based Learning with a strong focus on service-learning. Consultants Kathy Meyer and Ellen Erlanger (Partnerships Make A Difference), along with Marjori Krebs (University of New Mexico) are facilitating these training sessions. This year, workshop participants will be involved in eight full days of training throughout the school year which allows them to develop and practice new skills over time.

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2014-2015

• July 28 handouts
  
• July 29 handouts
  
• September 22 handouts
• September 23 handouts
• Learning About Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injury
  
• Beat Michigan! Beat Cancer!
• Emerson's Children's Safe Drinking Water Project
• Hunger at Home and Beyond
  
• Science in Action: A Multiage Invasive Species Removal and Replacement
  
• December 1 handouts
• December 2 handouts
• December 1-2 presentation

All of the APS workshop series videos are listed below. Click here and you will be taken to our Resource/Media page. There, you can download/find information on any videos used in the training sessions.

• The Memory Project
  
• Project Based Learning Explained
  
• Learning in Deed
  
• Media Saves the Beach
  
• Elementary Project: Courtyard Redesign
  
• Cells Gone Wild
  
• Grandpals of Norworth
• Chloe Teaches the Diamond
• Computer in the Wall
• Kid President

Video Sources: Buck Institute of Education (BIE), High Tech High, National Commission on Service-Learning, Edutopia, New Tech Network, Bob Gilner, Partnerships Make A Difference

• Buck Institute of Education: bie.org
  
• Edutopia: eutopia.org
  
• YSA.org

2014-2014 APS PBL Training Calendar

(All workshops begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m.)

2014
July 28-29: Session 1&2
September 22-23: Session 3&4 (Annex-Montgomery Complex
December 1-2: Session 5&6 (United Way of Central New Mexico, 2nd Floor, 2340 Alamo Ave., SE, #200.)

2015  
January 12-13: Session 7&8 (United Way of Central New Mexico, 2nd Floor, 2340 Alamo Ave., SE, #200.)

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July 28-29 Workshop Photos

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Chloe Teaches the Diamond by Andy Young

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What is Project-Based Learning?

In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Rigorous projects help students learn key academic content and practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking). -- Buck Institute for Education

What is Service-Learning

Service-Learning is an approach to teaching and learning in which students use academic knowledge and skills to address genuine community needs.

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Other Resources to Check Out

• Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom by Thomas Armstrong
• A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink

Other Helpful Video Resources

It Really Actually Changed My Life: Produced by the Buck Institute of Education, this video documents high school students reflecting on their experience of project based learning and describes how they not only learned a great deal of content, but also practiced the 21st century skills needed for personal and workplace success. Click here to view video.