Journey to Learn is a unique professional education experience that finds educators leaving their home school districts to learn and share with their peers across the region.  School districts schedule a common in-service day when their teachers travel to other schools in the region.  Also, each school district hosts sessions for guest colleagues to attend.

This professional development day intends to help teachers enhance their content knowledge, improve teaching skills based on effective practice, enhance classroom management/assessment/other skills, share best practices or work more effectively with parents and community.  Each participating school district agrees to host appropriate professional development sessions for colleagues across the region. The district and building coordinators recruit facilitators for the workshops and those facilitators submit a description of their proposed session to The Consortium.  All facilitators receive 6 hours of Act 48 credit for planning and hosting a workshop.

During the morning of Journey to Learn, teachers leave their home school district to attend their selected sessions.  In the afternoon, they return to their home district for a debriefing on their morning experience.

The next Journey to Learn is Friday, October 21, 2011.  Planning for Journey to Learn 2011 has begun. 
 
The Journey to Learn Course Outline Form, Guidelines for Act 48, and information about the role of the facilitator with pointers for planning a workshop can be viewed by clicking the links above.

If you have any questions about Journey to Learn, please contact Patti Hoke at 412-678-9215 or at phoke@tcfpe.org.