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Institutes Offered and Held to support more specialized institutes, so too can any of
the existing handbooks be used to support customized
Table 1 provides an annual inventory of institutes and institutes or workshops. Figure 7 offers a listing of
workshops facilitated by Pacific Crest. Contained in some of the more specialized or customized workshops
the table is the year a new institute was introduced, the offered over the years (Pacific Crest, 2015a). This list
number of times that institute has been facilitated, and is not comprehensive; the nature of Pacific Crest’s
the number of workshops held each year (Pacific Crest Professional Development Program and commitment to
internal company records). ongoing improvement through assessment and scholarly
collaboration ensures that as more is learned, more is
Just as the Teaching Institute and Curriculum Design available to be shared.
Handbooks (Apple & Krumsieg, 2001) were divided

Figure 7 Listing of Specialized/Customized Workshops Teaching a Quality Reading Process
The Role of Information Processing in Learning
Developing Student Learning Skills The Role of Language Development in Learning
Identifying Process Learning Skills for an Activity
Understanding the Learning Process
The Role of Critical Thinking in Learning Designing a Guided Discovery Activity
Improving Student Self-Assessment Skills Identifying Learning Skills for an Activity
Teaching Problem Solving (process and skills) Peer Assessing the Quality of an Activity

Developing Quality Curricula Effectively Use of a Learning Assessment Journal
Creating a Profile for Long-Term Behaviors
Creating a Knowledge Map How to Increase Levels of Knowledge
Creating a Methodology for a Process Peer Assessing the Quality of an Activity
Designing Quality Performance Criteria
Building Quality Concept Models Creating a Teacher Portfolio System
Facilitating an Educational Focus Group Session
Designing a Quality Course
Annual Self-study and Assessment (all levels)
Creating Measurable Outcomes Improving Students Self-Assessment Skills
Designing a Course Assessment System
Designing a Course Evaluation System Designing an Effective Peer Coaching System
Designing a Quality Syllabus Designing a Facilitation Plan
Effectively Using Cooperative Learning
Facilitating Institutional Change

Designing an Annual Review Process
Creating an Operational Plan
Learning to Do Action Research

Assessment

Effectively Using Assessment Tools
Assessing Assessments with Quality
Effective Placement through Assessing

Active Learning/Process Education

Becoming a High Quality Teacher
Creating a Productive Learning Environment
Modeling a Process Education Classroom
Constructive Intervention Techniques
Using a Learning Assessment Journal

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