Investing in Our Faculty
We are committed to keeping our faculty attuned to changes and trends impacting the world of education and to providing them with opportunities to continue their career training.
Leading educational experts who have visited our campus include:
| Donald Graves | The Energy to Teach |
| Richard Gentry | The Science of Spelling and Breaking the Code |
| Debbie Roffman | But How’d I Get in There in the First Place: Talking about Human Sexuality with your Child |
| JoAnn Deak | Gender, Brain Research, and Brain-Compatible Learning |
| Lynn Algrant | Diversity Education |
| Nigel Seguira | Diversity Education |
| Jean Batiste | Diversity Education |
| Rita Georgeou | Balanced Literacy |
| Ruth Charney | Responsive Classrooms: Teaching Children to Care |
| Louise Caldwell | Inquiry-Centered Learning |
| William Brock | Conversations in the Round: The Language of Listening: Learning to Engage |
| Sylvia Chard | The Project Approach |
Major training institutes, workshops and seminars staff members have attended include:
- TERC: Implementation of Investigations in Number, Data and Space, Athens, GA
- The Project Approach, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
- University of New Hampshire Summer Writing Institute, Portsmouth, NH
- Reggio Emilia Study Tour, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Lucy Calkins, Writing Across the Primary Years, Washington, DC
- Ralph Fletcher Writers’ Workshop, grades 3 and 4, Manchester, NH
- Investigations in Number, Data, and Space: TERC Mathematics Leaders’ Institute, Boston, MA
- Investigations in Number, Data, and Space: TERC Mathematics Training Week, Boston, MA
- Responsive Classroom Beginner’s Institute and Advanced Training Institute, Chicago, IL
- Eric Jensen: Brain Compatible Learning, Brain-Expo, Becoming a Brain-Compatible Educator: Trainers’ Workshop, Boston, MA & San Diego, CA
- Mel Levine: All Kinds of Minds, Dallas, TX & Orlando, FL
- Opening Eyes to Mathematics, Newport, MA
- Fountas and Pinnell: Balanced Literacy, Teaching Reading Comprehension, Guided Reading K-2, 3-4, Baltimore, MD & Washington, DC
- AIMS E.E. Ford Fellow Experienced Teacher Institute, Ocean City & Annapolis, MD
- Donald Graves, Bringing Learning to Life, Philadelphia, PA
- National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference
- Mid-Atlantic Association of Episcopal Schools Annual Conference
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference
- National Association of Episcopal Schools Annual Conference
- Association of Independent Maryland Schools Annual Conference
St. Anne’s School faculty members are often called upon to make presentations at many educational conferences and seminars. Recent topics and forums include:
- Building a Community of Mathematicians, presented at the Association of Independent Maryland Schools Annual Conference
- Designing a Brain Compatible Classroom, presented at the Association of Independent Maryland Schools Annual Conference and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Episcopal Schools Annual Conference
- Balanced Literacy Instruction, presented at the Association of Independent Maryland Schools Professional Development Workshop Series
- The Emmys of Language Art, presented at the Association of Independent Maryland Schools Professional Development Workshop Series
- Brain Compatible Learning, presented at Anne Arundel Community College
- Author Studies, presented at Anne Arundel Community College
- The Responsive Classroom in Early Childhood, presented at the Association of Independent Maryland Schools Annual Conference and at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Episcopal Schools Annual Early Childhood Conference
- E. E. Ford Fellow Experienced Teacher Institute-Facilitator, presented at the Association of Independent Maryland Schools Experienced Teacher Institute
- Building Caring Classroom Communities, presented at the National Association of Episcopal Schools Biennial Conference
- Adoption Awareness in the Classroom Community, presented at the National Association of Episcopal Schools Biennial Conference
- Digging Deep: Using the Project Approach in Early Childhood & Primary Classrooms, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Episcopal Schools Annual Early Childhood Conference
- Documentation in Early Childhood Classrooms, presented at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Episcopal Schools Annual Early Childhood Conference
The Willson Award & the STAR Grant
Through the Willson Award and the STAR Grant, teachers at St. Anne’s School have the opportunity to expand their horizons through research, learning and discovery.
The Willson Award provides up to $5000 toward professional development for faculty members to support interests that otherwise might be difficult to pursue through traditional schooling or professional development activities. The award is named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. James K. Willson, grandparents of St. Anne’s School alumni Erik and Christian Ostberg.
The STAR Grant encourages and supports faculty research on campus during the summer months. STAR Grant recipients collaborate each summer to develop, extend, enrich and revise one area of the St. Anne’s School curriculum. The grant, established by Whitney and Jeanette Evans in 2004, has allowed teachers to share and expand their expertise and resulted in continual enhancement of the school’s educational programs and processes.
