Career and Tech Ed’s summer institute to focus on new 3-Rs

Rigor, relevance and relationships – the new 3-Rs – will be the focus of professional development sponsored by the department’s Office of Career and Technical Education in July 2005.

Trainers from Dr. Willard Daggett’s International Center for Leadership in Education, Rexburg, N.Y., will conduct the institute. It will focus on the Rigor/Relevance Framework and how to use it to plan instruction, design assessment and develop curriculum. Participants will learn and practice techniques to ensure that teaching and learning are driven to higher levels of cognitive skill development and to more in-depth real-world applications of these cognitive skills. Participants also will learn how the third R – Relationships – contributes to academic success.

The institute will be held July 18-20 at the Ramkota RiverCentre in Pierre, beginning with registration 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on July 18 and ending at 5 p.m. on July 20. Cost of the workshop is $75, which covers materials and breaks. Expenses for registration, travel, lodging and meals are allowable Perkins costs for approved career and technical education programs.

A block of rooms will be reserved, and that information will be available on the department’s Web site soon.

Registration deadline is July 1, 2005. The workshop is limited to 100 people. Participants may receive one unit of graduate credit through Northern State University or one CEU. Cost for graduate credit will be approximately $60. There is no charge for CEUs.

If you have questions, please contact Gloria Smith-Rockhold at (605) 773-4747 or gloria.smith-rockhold@state.sd.us.