What training does a teacher need to be a Lab Classroom teacher?

Lab Classroom teachers participate in five full-day professional development experiences per year. The trainings are focused on:

• Using workshop format as an instructional design tool and management model
• Using the thinking strategies that proficient readers and writers use
• Use the gradual release of responsibility model to help students gain independent application of critical think and problem solving competencies
• Using differentiated instruction and Understanding by Design to create units of study