Professional development is central to our organization's work in schools. All of our workshops are carefully crafted to meet the needs of the participants. Each session will:

• Respect the participants' experience and knowledge
• Provide the participants with opportunities to reflect on their practice
• Mirror the constructivist pedagogy of our materials, namely:
• Activities are structured so that the participants are actively engaged in building their own understanding of the program; and presenters use facilitation techniques and cooperative structures to support thinking and interaction.
• Contain model lessons
• Help the participants understand the program well enough to begin teaching it
• Generate excitement about the program