BCP Summer Seminars On Teaching – 2022 Opportunities

Dates and Time: June 27-29 9am-3pm
Location: On campus at Bellarmine College Preparatory
Who: 6th -12th grade educators
Cost: $300

Join us to dig into the topic of cooperative learning. We will learn practical strategies and techniques to build students’ capacity for teamwork in the classroom. The three days will consist of presentations, discussions, and reflections around the building blocks of cooperative learning teams. We will explore multiple strategies to teach students the skills they need to be successful team members, consider how to develop assignments that maximize teamwork, and investigate how to assess within a team.

Facilitator: Kassandra Monaco

Kassandra is an upper-level Mathematics teacher at Bellarmine College Preparatory. She has a dual Bachelor’s in Mathematics Education (5-12) and a Master’s in School Counseling (K-12). Kassandra has taught high school mathematics for the last 7 years in both public and private institutions. Her current curriculum is focused around building cooperative learning teams within the classroom.

Dates and Time: June 27-29 9am – 12pm
Location: On campus at Bellarmine College Preparatory
Who: 6th -12th grade educators
Cost: $200

In this session, we will explore the implementation of discussion-based assessment strategies in the middle school and secondary classroom. Topics will include aligning discussion prompts with unit outcomes, preparing students to participate in the discussion, engaging and empowering students while not in the discussion group, and creating rubrics to assess student performance in discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to design a discussion-based assessment for one of their units and try it out in the session.

Facilitators: Mark McDougall and Erika Franey

A member of the Religious Studies Department at Bellarmine, Mark enjoys books, cooking and occasionally working out. He has taught at Bellarmine for six years.

As a proud product of Jesuit education, Erika is a lover of good stories and great snacks. These loves have led her from San Jose to LA to Chicago and back, and most recently to Bellarmine where she serves as a Religious Studies teacher.

Dates and Time: June 27-29 9am-12pm
Location: On Campus at Bellarmine College Preparatory
Who: 6th -12th grade educators
Cost: $200

In this seminar, we will engage in activities that model hands on learning and design thinking. We will explore the following topics:

• Team building through creating
• What is the design cycle and why it matters more than ever
• Facilitating design challenges & design sprints
• Constructive peer feedback
• Finding opportunity and the right problem to solve through design thinking
• The importance of empathy and story within design thinking
• Makerspace essentials that will not break the bank
• Access to free design tools for those in education

Through reflection and discussion after each activity, we will discover how we applied ourselves and how this can translate to our students’ experiences. Each activity can be used as a model to build your own activities upon. Please bring a notebook and pencil. Optionally, bring a laptop to experience some of the free 3D design tools. Most importantly, bring your curiosity and your full game and let’s create and have some fun!

Facilitator: David Dutton

David Dutton is an educator, engineering coach and maker lab director. Formerly a research engineer in semiconductor process, he has adapted his research and inventor mindset to developing teaching methodologies to help students release their creativity through hands on activities within the maker/creator movement. He currently teaches physics and engineering at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose and has helped develop Bellarmines Maker Lab over the past 6 years.

Dates and Time: June 27-29 1pm-3pm
Location: On campus at Bellarmine College Preparatory
Who: 6th -12th grade educators
Cost: $200

Listening and responding quickly are important skills for teachers to develop. In this workshop, we will explore the benefits of the YES, AND philosophy of improvisation in relation to how we lead our classrooms. Imagine if our students felt empowered enough to contribute to class discussions without the fear of making a mistake: “To me YES, AND means don’t be afraid to contribute. It’s your responsibility to contribute. Always make sure you’re adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile” (Tina Fey). Along the way, we’ll learn some theatre games our students could play as ice-breakers and play some games ourselves. Lessons promote active listening, being present for each other, moderating healthy class discussions, respecting each other’s diversity and diverse opinions, and building camaraderie among students.

Facilitator: Russ Marcel

Russ has been teaching English & Drama, directing plays & musicals, and moderating two improv groups at Bellarmine College Prep for the last 18 years. This year, Russ teaches Shakespeare 1 & 2, English Literature AP, British Literature, and Acting 1 & 2.

Dates and Time: June 27-29 9am-11am
Location: On Campus at Bellarmine College Preparatory
Cost: $200

Come and connect with other liked-minded teachers in a three-day yoga and mindfulness retreat, designed to release stress and restore your body! Each yoga workshop builds upon the other: the first one centers on soothing restorative poses and ends in an indulgent savasana and relaxing meditation, while the final workshop focuses more on revitalizing energy and hope that we can bring with us into the upcoming 2022-2023 school year. Each session will include a welcome, about 75 minutes of yoga practice, followed by time for reflection and enjoying the beautiful and sacred outdoors. Please bring a pen, notebook, a hat, yoga mat, and a blanket to each retreat day.

Facilitator: Miriam Fasoli

Miriam Fasoli (E-RYT 200, PRYT) has been a (vinyasa and pre/postnatal) yoga and mindfulness instructor for the past eleven years in Boston, Houston, Redwood City, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and New Delhi, India. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and received her Master’s in Holistic Counseling: Somatic Psychology and Buddhist Studies. A firm believer in connection, Miriam creates opportunity for community in each of her yoga classes, as well as a space where one can connect with their body, by syncing their breath with movement. During each meditation session, she invites participants to slow down, get curious, and nurture the “beginner’s mind.” She credits her meditation teaching style to Gil Fronsdal, Pema Chodron and Thich Nhat Hanh. Miriam’s holds the intention that each class evokes a clarity, focus, balance, and strength, for every person.

You can find out more at www.embraceandembody.com.

Dates and Times: June 27-29 1pm – 3pm
Location: On Campus at Bellarmine College Preparatory
Cost: $200

This seminar will explore mindfulness practices for educators. We will discuss self-soothing strategies to use when feeling triggered, take part in mindful dialogue, engage in compassion meditation and connect with other teachers and staff. We will also discuss how these practices might be used with students. Each session will include an introduction to either a meditation or mindfulness activity, mindfulness time, reflection, and a closing. Please bring a pen, notebook, a hat, yoga mat, and a blanket each retreat day as we will be mindfully moving on our beautiful campus.

Facilitator: Miriam Fasoli

Miriam Fasoli (E-RYT 200, PRYT) has been a (vinyasa and pre/postnatal) yoga and mindfulness instructor for the past eleven years in Boston, Houston, Redwood City, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and New Delhi, India. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and received her Master’s in Holistic Counseling: Somatic Psychology and Buddhist Studies. A firm believer in connection, Miriam creates opportunity for community in each of her yoga classes, as well as a space where one can connect with their body, by syncing their breath with movement. During each meditation session, she invites participants to slow down, get curious, and nurture the “beginner’s mind.” She credits her meditation teaching style to Gil Fronsdal, Pema Chodron and Thich Nhat Hanh. Miriam’s holds the intention that each class evokes a clarity, focus, balance, and strength, for every person.