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Teaching
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Web Site, Location, Dates, & Application Deadline |
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Millersville University, Lancaster County, PA
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania needs educators who can meet the challenges of teaching in an age of knowledge explosion, educators who are caring, respected professionals who exercise leadership as learner advocates. The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Teaching (PGST) is designed to meet this need by offering a planned, residential, educational enrichment experience that will help participants learn how to build and use knowledge, match appropriate teaching methods to learners' styles and subject matter, and make informed decisions in the interests of students.
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania needs educators who can meet the challenges of teaching in an age of knowledge explosion, educators who are caring, respected professionals who exercise leadership as learner advocates. The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Teaching (PGST) is designed to meet this need by offering a planned, residential, educational enrichment experience that will help participants learn how to build and use knowledge, match appropriate teaching methods to learners' styles and subject matter, and make informed decisions in the interests of students.
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provides tuition, room, board, instructional materials and program activities for all participants. Families are responsible for transportation to and from that program, pocket money, a residential life deposit that is refunded if all conditions are met, and for damages not covered by the deposit. Students must remain in residence for the full 35-day program, including weekends. They are expected to arrive promptly for all classes and activities. There is some unscheduled time nearly every day for personal use, but the Governor's School cannot provide special facilities or alter schedules for formal athletic training, intensive music study or other commitments unrelated to the program.
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The applications are reviewed by Millersville University faculty and staff, master educators, school administrators and state education officials. Applications are sorted into Intermediate Unit region groups (geographic). Applications are only compared to others in the same group and not to the entire pool. If a region does not have applications that meet basic or competitive criteria, no one from that region will be taken (however, that is a rare occurrence). A strong performance in the essays is critical to selection; a strong transcript and/or high test scores will not offset sloppy, indifferent writing.
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Essays in General Basic Criteria: Are competently written; are fully developed; avoid clichés; demonstrate an interest in and understanding of teaching processes. Competitive Criteria: Demonstrate excellent, mature writing skills; the presence of a voice and personal writing style; critical thinking; ownership of the ideas presented; self-awareness; genuine interest in and connection to teaching processes.
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| The first few days of the program involve intensive seminars and workshops presented by staff, and team meetings providing students with a grounding in time-tested as well as cutting-edge theories and techniques of teaching, lesson design and classroom management. On the fourth day, children arrive by bus from the surrounding communities and Kids' College begins with teams of 8 "Govies" assigned a "class" of children to teach. For the next 3 weeks, the Kids' College is in session from Monday through Thursday. Fridays are set aside for Team and Department planning, additional seminars and special programs. A typical day during Kids' College might look like this: | 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast (except Sundays) | 8:30 a.m. | Team meetings (Monday - Friday) | | 9:30 a.m. | Class activities (30 minute lessons) | 11:30 a.m. | Lunch | 12:00 p.m. | Class activities (30 minute lessons) | 2:30 p.m. | Class activities, team and department meetings (weekdays), workshops and communications (weekends) | | 5:00 p.m. | Dinner | 7:00p.m. | Class activities, films, cultural activities (except Sundays) | 9:30 p.m. | Students in residence halls, study time |  |
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Curriculum, Faculty, & Facilities |
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Core Courses Kids' College: During weekday mornings, PGST students apply instructional strategies and learning theory hands-on in an educational program serving children from communities surrounding Millersville. Students prepare and present lessons and manage school activities under the supervision of PGST faculty mentors.
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