“The Brain-Friendly Classroom”
What Teachers and Parents Should Know About Raising
Exceptional Learners from Educational Neuroscience
What should educational leaders, teachers,
and parents do to help all children meet their Thursday, January 12, 2012
potential as learners? The answer to this ques- St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
tion can be found in neuroscientific research 8804 Postoak Road
that is transforming how teachers teach and Potomac, MD 20854
students learn in the 21st-century classroom. (301) 983-5200
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, in partnership MacDonald Hall
with The Johns Hopkins University, is 7-8:30 p.m.
uniquely qualified to host this idea exchange.
Of St. Andrew’s faculty and
educational leaders, 100% are trained
to understand how learning happens -
how the most advanced students can
meet their peak potential through
instructional practices, informed by
research that is transforming learning
for all students.
Leading the evening’s idea exchange
will be Dr. Luke Rinne, who is
currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in
the Neuro-Education Initiative in the
School of Education at Johns Hopkins. Along with his colleagues, Dr. Rinne, who previously co-
facilitated the Connecting Brain Research with Effective Teaching workshop with St. Andrew’s
faculty, has designed and implemented a study aimed at informing teachers about educationally
relevant research from the neuro- and cognitive sciences. Dr. Rinne will be joined by Glenn
Whitman, the Director of the Center for
Transformative Teaching and Learning
at St. Andrew’s. Dresden Koons, head
of the Lower School at St. Andrew’s,
will show how neuroscientific research
informs the creation of brain-friendly
classrooms for preschool through
Grades 4-12 twelfth-grade students. Whitman and
Postoak Campus Koons are among ten St. Andrew’s
8804 Postoak Road teachers who are part of the national
Potomac, MD 20854 faculty of All Kinds of Minds facilitators.
Preschool (age 2)- Grade 3
Potomac Village Campus For more information on this event,
10033 River Road visit us on the web at www.thecttl.org
Potomac, MD 20854 or www.saes.org.
301-983-5200 The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning promotes innovative, research-driven
www.saes.org teaching that develops each student’s potential as a learner.
