commitment

to education

The Legacy Banks Foundation is pleased to present the Education Lecture Series, a program thatis bringing prominent speakers in the field of education to Berkshire County to provide a professional enrichment opportunity for area educators. The program, presentedtwice a year with one program in the spring and another in the fall, is free and open to all teachers from public and private schools throughout Berkshire County and the markets that we serve in eastern New York.

 

 

Spring 2010 Program

 

Ron Berger

Master Teacher, Teacher of Teachers, & author

Presenting : An Ethic of Excellence

 

Ron Berger was a public school teacher and master carpenter in rural Massachusetts for over 25 years. He is currently National Director of Program for the non-profit school improvement network Expeditionary Learning Schools, helping to found public high schools in low-income communities that send all graduates to college, and helping to transform existing public schools toward high student achievement and citizenship. Ron’s writing and speaking center on inspiring quality and character in students, specifically through project-based learning, original scientific and historical research, service learning, and the infusion of arts. He works with the national character education movement to embed character values into the core of academic work. Ron works closely with the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he did his graduate work, and specifically the Harvard Project Zero research team. He is an Annenberg Foundation Teacher Scholar, and received the Autodesk Foundation National Teacher of the Year award. He is the author of An Ethic of Excellence and A Culture of Quality.

 

Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Mass.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

6:00 p.m.

Ticket Information: Tickets will become available on February 10, 2010. Reserve your ticket by calling 413-997-4444.