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Tipping Point Cohorts

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Time: September 19, 2009 at 9am to February 4, 2010 at 7pm
Location: The Learning Community
Street: 21 Lincoln Avenue
City/Town: Central Falls, RI
Website or Map: http://www.thelearningcommuni…
Phone: 401-475-1801
Event Type: observation, reading, workshop, hands-on
Organized By: The Learning Community
Latest Activity: Jun. 4, 2009

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Tipping Point Cohorts are a new way for teachers in the Rhode Island area to get support and inspiration to propel their practice forward. Tipping Point Cohorts gather small groups of teachers at a specific grade level who meet once a month to observe classroom instruction through video and discuss cutting-edge instructional techniques. Each Tipping Point Cohort is facilitated by an experienced teacher who uses their own classroom as the basis for the sessions – each group is grounded in the real work of a high-poverty urban school.

In the Fall of 2009 five grade-level Tipping Point Cohorts in grades K-4 will gather to observe highly effective elementary reading instruction.

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