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Syfr believes that the emerging field of brain science can transform teaching and learning. We provide custom professional development, which we call The Art of Excellence, focusing on the application of brain science for school improvement.
We work with teachers, principals and district administrators to create Syfr Centers of Excellence. Syfr’s professional learning is patterned on a Guild Hall model where SyfrScholars work together to learn how brain science can and does raise student achievement. Apprentice Scholars read and study brain science and its applications for student learning. The Journeyman applies new skills learned from brain science and collects evidence, including artifacts. A Master Scholar shares techniques and evidence with peers and collects additional evidence from the peer’s practice.
Our professional development is a blended model of learning, some face-to-face (onsite), and some online or digital. We will customize the blend (how much onsite, how much digital) depending on your needs, your budget, and the skills and interests of your audience. Our products are:
- SyfrInstitute—Face-to-face, onsite meetings.
- SyfrDigitalInstitute—Interactive webinars that are delivered live and also recorded for future use.
- SyfrSpace—An online learning community with two components: content and tools. The content is organized around Read to Lead, digital book studies with discussion forums. The tools provide users with a secure online learning network at a low cost. SyfrSpace is offered in partnership with TASA.
- SyfrStudies—Online courses (The Art of Learning, The Art of Leadership, The Art of Innovation) include topics in brain science, leadership, and creativity and innovation in teaching and learning.
- SyfrArtWalk—We use the visual arts as a vehicle to understand both learning and creativity. A gallery of reproductions of Impressionist classics with a cell phone tour is available on loan to schools and districts who are becoming Syfr Centers of Excellence. Tours include topics such as collaboration, leadership, and brain science topics like modeling and deliberate practice.
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