Teacher Training Presentation Instructions

Reflect on all that you have learned about culturally reponsive teaching through your readings, discussions, and research throughout this course. You will develop a Teacher Training Presentation, reading and researching everything you can find on your topic to present to a teacher audience. You may select a new topic or a topic that you have already used in one of your previous papers or presentations within this course to further develop your understanding of a specific topic. Example topics could be: strategies for empowering students to share thoughts, delivering different forms of content through learning stations, integrating diverse work and study practices, fostering a sense of inclusion in the classroom, and understanding student learning needs and styles.

This presentation should be tailored for a new teacher orientation at the beginning of a school year, returning teacher beginning of the year professional development workshop, or possibly a presentation that you might deliver as part of a faculty meeting. You should think about the teacher audience (grade level, purpose of training, etc.) so you can customize your presentation to meet the needs of your audience.

The form or media you use (Voice over PowerPoint, YouTube, Screencaster, Office Mix, etc.) is entirely up to you as long as the information is presented in a professional manner. This should be a minimal of 30 minutes for your presentation.

Your training presentation and materials must include:

  • A clearly outlined topic and audience.
  • A rationale for choosing your topic (cannot just be personal; must have a teaching or training focus).
  • Clearly proposed strategies, best practices, research or training guidelines, including realistic goals and suggestions for the teacher audience.
  • A creative presentation mode: a PowerPoint with voice recording or even a YouTube video with supporting materials, a website or blog you have created, a very detailed handbook, or training materials that includes an audio component.
  • If giving a PowerPoint presentation, include an outline, agenda of time allotted (30 minutes), and speaker notes/transcript.
  • Handouts/training aids/website links to help paticipants with understanding.
  • Current APA formatting (citations and referencing).
  • A complete reference list including a minimal of 5 resources from your research (should support the citations in your work).