Best+Teacher's+Conference+2011

= What the Best College Teachers Do = = 16th Annual International Summer Institute: New York City Area = = June 22-24, 2011  = ** Enrollment Limited ** ** Early Registration Advised ** A Three-day institute based on Ken Bain's award-winning and best selling book What the Best College Teachers Do* (Harvard University Press, 2004), and featuring author Ken Bain from Montclair University and some of the subjects of the 15-year study of excellence in college education. Institute combines resources of Northwestern University, University of Texas, Rhode Island School of Design, and Vanderbilt University. //*winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize for an Outstanding Book on Education and Society//

__Overview__
What do the best teachers do to captivate and motivate students, to help them reach unusually high levels of accomplishment? Participants in this highly interactive institute will explore and use findings from a fifteen-year inquiry into the practices and insights of highly successful teachers, those people with phenomenal success in helping their students achieve remarkable learning results. The program will emphasize both improving one's teaching and developing ways to share insights with colleagues back home. Enrollment is limited. The workshop will begin at 11 am on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, and end in the early afternoon on Friday, June 24, 2011, and will take place in the scenic suburbs of New York City, approximately 12 miles west of Manhattan. Enrollment Limited: Program has filled rapidly in past years. Early Early Bird Enrollment Deadline: February 1, 2011. Go to [] for additional information and application form. Or call 973-847-9049 or write marshabain@optonline.net for additional information. **__Some of the outstanding teachers:__**
 * Charlie Cannon, Professor of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and Columbia University
 * Jeanette Norden, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University
 * Chad Richardson, Professor of Sociology, Director of BorderLife Project, University of Texas-Pan American
 * Ann Woodworth, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, and Associate Professor of Theatre, Northwestern University
 * Diana Thomas, Professor of Mathematics, Montclair State University