Teaching Smart Through Reflective
Practice: Creating Spaces for Urban School Success
Co-sponsored by St. John’s University and Wagner College,
this second annual conference includes keynote speaker, Dr.
Rita Dunn and presentations by our own Dr. Joanne Marie
Robertson, Dr. Grace Ibanez Friedman, Dr. Karen Burke and Dr.
Jonathan Hughes.
Date
November 11, 2004 (Veteran’s Day)
Time
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location
St. John’s University, Kelleher Center, Staten
Island Campus
Program Overview
| Time | Event |
| 8:15 – 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Refreshments (Kelleher Center) |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening Greetings |
| | Fr. Michael Carroll, CM, Executive Vice President, St. John’s
University |
| | Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, Wagner College |
| | Dean Jerrold Ross, St. John’s University |
9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Keynote: Dr. Rita Dunn, St. John’s University |
| | “Teaching Smart and Reflectively: Differentiating Through
Individual Learning Styles and Strengths” |
| 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. | Six Concurrent Sessions |
| Session One
| Ellen Myers and Panel of New York City Teachers “Taking Action
With Teacher Research” |
| Session Two | Dr. Joanne Marie Robertson, St. John’s University
“Personalizing Literacy Learning Through Reflective Teaching” |
| Session Three | Dr. Jennifer Lauria Minotti, Wagner College “Reflections on
Teaching and Learning Styles” |
| Session Four | Dr. Grace Ibanez Friedman, St. John’s University “Examining
Current Practice: Examples from an Integrated Approach to Math,
Science and Social Studies Using the Arts” |
| Session Five | Dr. Karen A. Burke, St. John’s University “Mathematics
Instruction: Meeting the Needs of Global and Analytic
Students” |
| Session Six | Dr. Jonathan Hughes, St. John’s University “Digital Portfolios
for Instructional Reflections” |
| Noon – 12:30 p.m. | Closing Comments and Awarding of Certificates (Kelleher Center)
Dr. Richard Guarasci, President of Wagner College |