Education & Interpretation

Museum Educators as Teacher Educators: Research and Reflections on Best Practices for Providing Teacher Professional Development

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Museums must develop strategies distinct from their typical informal learning approach when providing professional development to P-12 educators that is meaningful to classroom practice and students. Learn how museum educators can help P-12 educators connect museum and site content to pedagogy through a conversation with peers from various content areas about recent research and best practices for facilitating professional development opportunities.

Learning Objectives:

• Integrate concepts and strategies from peers’ research and experiences into teacher professional development programs.
• Evaluate the institution’s responsiveness to the professional needs and dispositions of P-12 classroom teachers.
• Identify how museum educators can recognize the needs of P-12 teachers as professionals and adult learners.

Presenter(s)

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  Christine Baron

  Assistant Professor
  Teachers College, Columbia University
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  Sarah Cahil

  Director of Education
  Mystic Seaport Museum

Moderator(s)

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  Lora Cooper

  Project Assistant & Instructor
  Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Presenter(s)

• KW

  K. Allison Wickens

  Vice President for Education
  George Washington's Mount Vernon