We look forward to learning with you at WISSIT in August!
We know a school can be only as good as its teachers. The best schools are those where teachers continuously improve their practice through collaboration and guided self-reflection.
Three questions guide our vision of WISSIT: What if we were to bring together motivated teachers from a wide variety of schools in order to engage in deep discussion about effective teaching and learning? What if we provided support when they returned to their schools, where they put into place what they have learned? What if these teachers were able to build a school-wide culture of reflection and collaboration with their colleagues?
At WISSIT, you’ll be joining educators from all over the Washington, DC, area, as well as researchers from Project Zero at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. We will engage in an intensive week-long exploration of two themes, Building a Culture of Thinking and Educating for Global Competence.
See you on Monday morning, August 3!
Jere Lorenzen-Strait teaches pre-kindergarten at School-Within-School at Goding, a Reggio Emilia-inspired DC public school. In 2011, Jere was named the DC Public Schools’ (DCPS) New Teacher of the Year and was honored to receive the Rubenstein Award for Highly Effective Teaching. Jere's teaching is guided by his experience visiting the municipal schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and he uses Project Zero ideas to challenge his students to look closely at the world around them. He recently participated as a research associate with the Global Children project led by Veronica Boix Mansilla, and he was a co-leader of the Children Are Citizens project. Jere has led interactive courses and facilitated learning groups at the Washington International School Summer Institute for Teachers in DC, and he led an interactive course at the Project Zero Perspectives: Learning Together, Leading Together conference. Jere graduated summa cum laude from The Catholic University of America with a B.A. degree in Early Childhood Education.
