PBL Professional Learning Pathways

​Extreme Makeover
​Fairfield County ESC
​955 Liberty Drive, Lancaster, Ohio 43130
​May 12, 2020 | 8:00am-3:30pm
​  [register here]
Experience "Extreme Makeover", an immersive simulated PBL experience as a student. This workshop creates unique insights into the student learning experience for teachers to consider as they design and implement PBL in their classroom.   This workshop serves as a great introduction to PBL - or as a refresher for seasoned PBL teachers as a reminder (from the student perspective) of what we need to consider as we're designing PBLs for our classrooms.  Participants will need to bring a packed lunch.
Fee: $99 per registrant of a Fairfield County member district
         $149 per registrant for all other registrations outside Fairfield County
Washington Middle School
500 S. Elm St., Washington Court House, Ohio
May 26-28, 2020  |  8:00am-3:00pm  
[register here]
Fee: $299 per registrant of a Fairfield County member district
         $499 per registrant for all other registrations outside Fairfield County

Design a high-quality project (integrated with SEL competencies) in this multi-day foundational workshop influenced by the Buck Institute for Education/PBLWorks Gold Standard Design Elements. The workshop models the project process and is a balanced blend of direct instruction, video analysis, hands-on work, resource sharing, and peer collaboration. Participants have substantial time to plan their own project and receive formative feedback from peers and the facilitator.  Participants will be given and utilize one of these PBLWorks books: PBL in the Elementary Grades (K-5) or the PBL Starter Kit (6-12).
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One-hour Ashland University graduate credit is available for $249.  [click here to register]
Fairfield County ESC member districts may purchase one hour of Ashland University graduate credit at the discounted rate of $195. 
[Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link] 
 Attend one of these Deep Dives or contact Teresa Dempsey to bring a Deep Dive to your school.

Science & PBL
Check back this summer for future dates
Ready for your science classroom to evolve?  Spend the day at a project-based learning STEM school with two Science teachers who will demonstrate how they use inquiry-based instruction as a stepping stone to meaningful project-based learning (PBL) for students. In Science classes especially, marrying inquiry-based instruction with PBL allows students to build skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and scientific argumentation. During the workshop, these teachers will share an abundance of science project and teaching resources, including management strategies for active learning in science labs. In addition, you will leave this workshop with feedback on a specific project idea that you can implement in your classroom.  Fee​​: $199 per attendee, per full-day workshop. Lunch included.
​​Location: 
Dayton Regional STEM School [Google Maps]
1724 Woodman Dr, Kettering, OH 45420
Assessment in the PBL Classroom
Date to be determined 
The word “assessment” often conjures images of multiple choice questions and desks in rows. So what does assessment look like in a PBL classroom? Join teachers at the Dayton Regional STEM School to examine how to design and manage meaningful assessments throughout a PBL unit. Bring a PBL unit you are currently designing or one that you want to revise so that you can leave this workshop with practical assessment ideas ready to implement during your project.  Fee​​: $199 per attendee, per full-day workshop. Lunch included.

PBL + Math
Dates to be determined 
Looking for ways to make your math projects authentic and more student-centered? Join a middle school and a high school math teacher at the Dayton Regional STEM School to explore this question and to examine the role of inquiry-based instruction and growth mindset to support project-based learning in your classroom. You will walk away from this workshop with online resources and some strategies you can use with your students, as well as potential ideas for future, authentic PBL units.  
Fee​​: $199 per attendee, per full-day workshop. Lunch included.

Deep Dive: Critique in the Classroom 
Dates to be determined 
How do I develop a critique practice in my classroom to help my students create high quality work? Answer this driving question at this Deep Dive workshop! During our time together, you will participate in several styles of critique, observe students giving feedback each other's work, learn our "6 Hats" critique protocol, hear tips and tricks from teachers and students who use critique regularly, receive sample handouts used by DRSS teachers to organize critique in their classrooms, and organize and receive feedback on your own plans for using critique in your classroom. You will leave with specific terminology, goals, and rules for introducing and implementing high-quality critique in your classroom.  Fee​​: $199 per attendee, per full-day workshop. Lunch included.
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit is available for $249 for those who attend two full days at any of the three school sites.   [click here to register]
Fairfield County ESC member districts receive one hour of graduate credit for a discounted fee of $195.  
 [Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link] ​
April 10-May 11, 2020  [register here]
June 5-July 6, 2020  [register here]
​Fee: $125.00 per registrant, per book study. 
Fee is waived for Amanda Clearcreek, Berne Union, Bloom-Carroll,  and Walnut Township.

Whether you are new to Project Based Learning (PBL) or a seasoned PBL practitioner, this book highlights PBLWorks' seven Gold Standard Teaching Practices that support a PBL student-centered learning environment. The book is full of practical tips from practicing PBL teachers that are easy to start implementing immediately.  It also features accompanying videos that show some of the featured PBL teachers in-action modeling the teaching practices with students in their classrooms. 
This book study meets the 15 clock-hour gifted HQPD requirement.
This 15-hour online book study is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience during the four-week time period, and meets the 15 clock-hour gifted HQPD requirement.  Participants must purchase their own copy of Project Based Teaching and will need a Gmail account to participate.
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Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate that states they met the Ohio Gifted HQPD 15 clock hour requirement. Participants are also eligible for a one-hour Ashland University graduate credit option.
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available for $249.  [click here t0 register]
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available to ​Fairfield County member district employees for $195.  
​[Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link]
April 17-May 22, 2020   [register here]
June 5-July 6, 2020   [register here]
Fee: $125.00 per registrant, per book study.  
Mathematics in the PBL classroom can be tricky. PBL in the Math Classroom describes how PBL and inquiry work together in a math classroom and includes structures, processes and strategies for creating those experiences in your own classroom. The book also includes sample projects to implement or to inspire you to create your own. This 15-hour online book study--facilitated by an experienced PBL math teacher; PBL coach, and a Gifted Intervention Specialist--is self-paced for users to complete at their convenience during the four-week time period. Participants must purchase their own copy of PBL in the Math Classroom and will need a personal Gmail account--ending in @gmail.com--to participate.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate that states they met the Ohio Gifted HQPD 15 clock hour requirement. Participants are also eligible for a one-hour Ashland University graduate credit option. 
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available for $249.  [click here t0 register]
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available to ​Fairfield County member district employees for $195.  [Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link]
This book study meets the 15 clock-hour gifted HQPD requirement.
April 10-May 11, 2020  [register here]
June 5-July 6, 2020  [register here] 
Fee: $125.00 per registrant, per book study
Fee is waived for Amanda Clearcreek, Berne Union, Bloom-Carroll,  and Walnut Township.

Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement by PBLWorks National Faculty Heather Wolpert-Gawron is an outstanding resource for teachers to increase student engagement. Each chapter includes practical instructional tips and extensive tips from students that support researched-based best practices in student engagement. Classroom videos of student engagement
strategies and photos of student work illustrate how students can effectively work together and use more visually stimulated methods to connect their learning to real world applications. Participants are responsible for purchasing their own book--Click here to order your book--and will need a Gmail account to participate.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate that states they met the Ohio Gifted HQPD 15 clock hour requirement. Participants are also eligible for a one-hour Ashland University graduate credit option.
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available for $249.  [click here t0 register]
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit available to ​Fairfield County member district employees for $195.  [Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link]
This book study meets the 15 clock-hour gifted HQPD requirement.
Seeing is believing.  What does PBL look like in action? Whether you are new or seasoned to PBL, visiting schools that are fully immersed in PBL provides incredible insight to your practice. Join us at Yellow Springs School District, the Dayton Regional STEM School, or Olentangy Local's Shanahan Middle School, to see PBL in action.  Spend your day visiting classrooms where PBL is happening, seeing examples of successful PBL projects across content areas in grades 6-12, and engage with teachers, students and administrators. Feedback suggests that this time together will inspire you to use Project Based Learning in your classroom or school.
One-hour Ashland University graduate credit is available for $249 for those who attend two full days at any of the three school sites.   [click here to register]
Fairfield County ESC member districts receive one hour of graduate credit for a discounted fee of $195.  
 [Please email rengel@fairfieldesc.org for registration link] ​
Click here to see a showcase of some PBL projects from the Dayton Regional STEM School.
Fee: $99.00 per attendee, per school visit. Meal is included.
May 5, 2020  |  9:00am-3:00pm  [register here]
May 15, 2020  |  9:00am-3:00pm - STEMmersion  [register here]
Location: 
Dayton Regional STEM School [Google Maps]
1724 Woodman Dr, Kettering, OH 45420
Questions?  Please call DRSS PBL Coach Jenn Reid at 937.256.3777
​Fee: $99.00 per attendee, per school visit.
Meal is included.
Tuning Protocol & School Visit
April 22, 2020  |  7:45am-3:00pm  [register here]

Exhibition Days
May 6, 2020  |   ES - 9am-2:30pm  [register here]
May 13, 2020  |   MS/HS - 9am-2:30pm  [register here]
All visits entail shadowing a fully integrated middle school PBL team. Jaimie Thomas: Lead PBL teacher, Science; Robert Cline: Social Studies; Kirstie DeWitt: Math; Brooke Erdy-Hunter: Intervention Specialist, and Sarah Zettler: English.
Experience the "Messy Middle" of PBL - Biome Mini-Golf Project  (limit 7 teachers)
May 8, 2020 | 8:30am-3:00pm
​Fee: $99.00 per attendee, per school visit.  ​[Register Here]
Come visit Shanahan's 7th graders during the "messy middle" portion of the project path. Become immersed in our afternoon project workshop and see how students research, design, and construct a mini-golf course from scratch while carefully incorporating the “must-have” requirements from their content classes.  
Bring your PBL questions for the middle of the day when you participate in the integrated content teacher team's planning session. There is a lot of creativity and choice involved in this final project of the year which involves a visit from one of our local elementary schools serving as an authentic audience for our 701 Biome Mini Golf course. Lunch is provided through our school cafeteria.
PBL Project Launch (Day 1) - A Walk Through Delaware (limit 7 teachers)
September 10, 2020 | 8:30am-3:00pm
​Fee: $99.00 per attendee, per school visit.  ​[Register Here]
How can a well-designed PBL site visit inform student work, develop community partnerships, and increase student engagement? Come along with us and see how it works! Explore Delaware City with our students as they gather critical background observations and conduct interviews to guide major decision-making for their final proposal.  Students will investigate the business district, residential areas, and Ohio Wesleyan Campus through the lens of a specific demographic. Observe student collaboration and SEL competency development as they observe, discuss, plan, and interact with the citizens of Delaware.  Lunch will be eaten in town during our site visit.
 
PBL Project Launch (Day 2) "Creating a Pitch Proposal" for the City of Delaware
September 11, 2020 | 8:30am-3:00pm
​Fee: $99.00 per attendee, per school visit.  ​[Register Here]
Join Shanahan Middle’s PBL Team on their first project workshop day.  The Driving Question is “What makes Delaware, Ohio an attractive place to live for a diverse population?”    Come see how student groups integrate information from a prior panel Q & A with Delaware officials as well as in-person research and observations from a site visit to the town.  You will observe student groups in full workshop-mode, collaborating to create businesses, recreations, monuments, or services to make Delaware an even better place to live for one of many identified demographics.  As students work together, watch their groups transition from brainstorming to making decisions in the development of their demographic-focused plan to improve the city.  The public product will be a polished pitch to local community leaders.  Visitors are encouraged to interact with the students in this process. Bring your PBL questions for the middle of the day when you participate in the integrated content teacher team's planning session.  Lunch is provided through our school cafeteria.
Shadow an Intervention Specialist  (limit 3 teachers per day)
May 8, 2020 | 8:30am-3:00pm  [register here]
September 10, 2020 | 8:30am-3:00pm  [register here]
September 11, 2020 | 8:30am-3:00pm  [register here]
​Fee: $99.00 per attendee, per school visit. 
​“How does PBL work for all students?”  Visitors are invited to shadow an experienced intervention specialist who has worked on Olentangy's Shanahan Middle School’s inclusive subject-integrated PBL team for 7 years. Spend the day alongside our intervention teacher and observe how PBL works for students with special learning needs.  Guests will learn grouping strategies and tips to scaffold projects to help all children succeed. There will be classroom visits as well as planning time.
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Project Based Learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question, problem, or challenge. The Fairfield County Educational Service Center’s PBLMatters program works in conjunction with PBLWorks to provide comprehensive, high-quality PBL learning opportunities. PBLMatters was established in 2019 to provide fully-tiered support for teachers and organizations as they progress through the PBL process.
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The PBLWorks 5th annual PBL Ohio Institute is the Midwest's premier Project Based Learning event of the year.  Each year, we bring together over 500 PK-16 teachers, instructional coaches, and school and district leaders who want to connect with each other and learn more about PBL. It's not like other conferences that have a variety of short sessions by many different presenters—it's an institute, where participants go through a continuous multi-day experience. We believe PBL transforms students - and the PBL Ohio Institute transforms educators!