Teaching Alive! — Professional Development
for Diverse Students

CREDE's Teaching Alive! professional development program provides instructional leaders with effective research-based approaches to instruction that promote reading achievement emphasize effective methods for classrooms with diverse learners create high-performing learning environments Teaching Alive! has been taught in institutes and workshops around the world, from teachers in California schools serving children of migrant workers to faculty in teacher education programs in U.S. universities and colleges, to educators involved in the national education reform effort currently taking place in Greenland (read more about Greenland's reform effort). Teaching Alive! is an approved vendor for Reading First Grants for Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.   Current Institutes: August 2-6, 2004 Dulce School District, Jicarilla-Apache Nation; Dulce, New Mexico For federal programs directors (closed to public) August 12-18, 2004 Gallup-McKinley School District; Gallup, New Mexico For instructional support teachers (K-12) (closed to public)     Click on the links below for further information. Contact Us: Barry Rutherford, Director of Professional Development Phone: 831.459.3660 Fax: 831.459.3502 Email: wbarronr@ucsc.edu   CREDE general information: Phone: 831.459.3500 Fax: 831.459.3502 Email: crede@ucsc.edu   About Teaching Alive! CREDE Clients Endorsements A CREDE classroom v. a traditional classroom Recent article (4/21/04) on CREDE in Education Week Professional Development Staff CREDE Resources on Native American Education Past Institutes