“Understanding by Design” and “Teaching for Understanding” provide effective approaches to enrich one's educational practice.

 In this participatory workshop, participants will review and discuss key concepts of “Understanding by Design” and “Teaching for Understanding.”  All will have the opportunity to reflect on their current practice, and to consider new methods for incorporating the theories discussed into their work.

Friday 11:00-12:30

Conference Strand: Curriculum/Assessment

Educators: will know some basic concepts of UbD and TfU and understand at least one concrete method through which they might incorporate the discussed theories into their practice.

Artists:  will know some basic concepts of UbD and TfU an understand at least one concrete method through which they might incorporate the discussed theories into their practice.

Organizational Administrators: will know some basic concepts of UbD and TfU and understand at least one concrete method through which they might incorporate the discussed theories into their practice.

Educational Administrators: will know some basic concepts of UbD and TfU and understand at least one concrete method through which they might incorporate the discussed theories into their practice.

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Philip Alexander is the Program Director of the Empire State Partnership Professional Development Program, where he coordinates the ESP Summer Seminar and other programs in support of arts-education partnerships in NYS. Formerly Education Program Manager at Roundabout Theatre Company, he has served as a grant reader and site visitor for the Center for Arts Education, and has taught courses in communication and theatre at colleges in NY and PA. He completed his doctorate in the theatre program at the CUNY Graduate Center. His professional mission is to bring people from different professional and personal realms together to solve problems in a collegial atmosphere.