Subject PZ 2023 Professional Learning

Opportunities
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“This [PZ mini] course has changed the way I think about curriculum
design, my role in the classroom, how students learn best, and even the
way I will run meetings with my colleagues.”
- Classroom Teacher, Grades 9 - 12, United Kingdom

Dear Fellow Educators,

PZ is looking forward to learning with many of you in the new year in one of our
online or in-person learning offerings. In January and February, we are offering 2
visible thinking-inspired online courses: The Power of Making Thinking Visible, a
4-week/4-session mini course, and Visible Thinking: Using Thinking Routines
Effectively to Cultivate Dispositions and Support Learning, a 13-week (six 2-wk
sessions + 1-wk orientation) in-depth course. In March, we will launch the second
new Cultures of Thinking mini course developed and taught by Ron Ritchhart and
co-taught with Mark Church, Investigating the Forces that Shape Cultures of
Thinking. In late-April, PZ’s Let’s Play: Teaching Strategies for Playful Learning
mini course will coincide with the release of the Pedagogy of Play’s new book! All
courses are team-based with engaged instructional teams eager to give feedback
and support your “aha” moments.

And after three years of being on pandemic hold, an integral component of PZ’s
professional learning will again be offered in person–the Project Zero Classroom
(PZC)! Join us June 26 - 30, 2023. Different from years past, PZC registration is on
a first come, first served basis and spaces are filling up fast.

All PZ offerings are IB category 3-approved for those teaching in IB schools or

programs. Limited scholarships are available–check out eligibility for each of the
offerings on our website.

Please take a moment to learn more about the first six months of our 2023
professional learning opportunities below. Questions? Email pzlearn@gse.harv
ard.edu.

Join us!

The PZ Learning and Outreach Team

Visible Thinking: Using Thinking Routines

Effectively to Cultivate Dispositions and
Support Learning
Instructor: Mark Church
February 27 - May 28, 2023. Register by February
15.
Fully redesigned by Mark Church, PZ researcher and
co-author of Making Thinking Visible and The Power
of Making Thinking Visible, this course invites you to
learn a variety of thinking routines and how to use
them effectively in classrooms and other learning
contexts to support deeper learning and thinking for
students and to cultivate powerful and lasting thinking
dispositions. Try out the new tools, routines and
practices in your own learning environments. Learn
more and register.
In-depth course tuition is $615 per participant for
teams of 3-6 people or $695 for individuals without a
team who will be placed on virtual teams.

Learn more and Register

Mini Courses
The Power of Making Thinking Visible
Instructor: Mark Church
January 16 - February 12, 2023. Register by January
9.
In this course, learn the most effective techniques for
using thinking routines for maximum impact. Develop
a better understanding of the benefits of thinking
routines, the types of thinking they support, and the
associated thinking dispositions they help to foster.
Try out core practices and routines in your context
and reflect with your team and others how to better
support your students’ thinking. Learn more and
register.

(NEW!) Investigating the Forces that

Shape Cultures of Thinking (formerly
known as CCoT 2)
Instructors: Ron Ritchhart & Mark Church
March 6 - April 2, 2023. Register by February 20.
Effective teaching requires not only good planning
and thoughtful instruction, but careful attention to
classroom culture. In this course, learn about the
eight cultural forces that support student thinking
active within learning contexts. With a special focus
on four of the forces–modeling, opportunities,
interactions, and environment, develop an
understanding for how to create cultures in your own
learning context that support students in deep
learning and thinking. Reflect critically on your own
work as an educator with team members and others
in the course and consider new tools, practices, and
principles to strengthen the learning culture you
create! Learn more and register.

Let’s Play: Teaching Strategies for Playful

Learning
Instructor: Jen Ryan
April 17 - May 14, 2023. Register by April 3.
Play is central to how children learn. Yet incorporating
 play into a formal school setting can be challenging
because the nature of play and the nature of school
are often at odds. This course, based on the
frameworks developed in PZ’s Pedagogy of Play
project (funded by the Lego Foundation), introduces
core principles and practices of playful learning and
gives educators the opportunity to try out playful
learning approaches in your own context and reflect
on how the integration of playful learning in your
context or classroom will enhance student learning.
Learn more and register.

Mini course tuition is $295 per participant on teams of

3-6 people or $375 for individuals without a team who
will be placed on virtual teams.

Learn more and Register

Conferences

Project Zero Classroom

June 26 - 30, 2023 at Harvard University. Unlike in past years, registration is FIRST
COME, FIRST SERVED and already filling fast.
The week-long Project Zero Classroom features research-based tools, frameworks,
and approaches to instruction and assessment that deepen learning and
understanding for all students. As a participant, you will explore ways to enhance
student engagement, encourage learners to think critically and creatively, and make
learning and thinking visible. Through a combination of presentations, interactive
workshops, and small learning groups, you will have the opportunity to explore ideas
and practices with PZ researchers, educators experienced in applying PZ ideas in
their contexts, and fellow participants from around the world. Learn more and
register.

Learn more and Register

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