Course Description:
Project Based Learning (PBL) is a dynamic instructional approach that engages students in exploring real-world problems and challenges through sustained inquiry. In this course, educators will learn how to design and facilitate rigorous, authentic learning experiences that promote deep understanding, critical thinking, and student agency. Using Suzie Boss’s Project Based Teaching as a foundation, participants will explore the essential elements of PBL, including challenging problems or questions, sustained inquiry, authenticity, student voice and choice, reflection, critique and revision, and public products. This 4-week course requires weekly assignments. Graduate credit seekers must also submit a final project by the end of week 4 or no later than August 16.
Audience
All PreK-12 educators
About the Instructor
Kristin Robertson has been an educator for 25 years and is deeply passionate about Project-Based Learning (PBL). As a classroom teacher, she designed a classroom environment where students spent much of their day engaged in authentic, hands-on projects that encouraged critical thinking, collaboration, and community involvement. Kristin loved seeing her students recognize that they could make a real difference through their learning. In addition to her classroom experience, Kristin served as a Social Studies Coordinator and now works as an Assistant Principal, where she continues to support innovative and meaningful learning experiences for students and teachers.