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View General Sessions from
Smart & Good Schools Summer Institutes

Below are two presentations from our 2009 Summer Institute along with Ron Berger's much-requested general session from 2005. We will be alternating the first two videos monthly with others from the 2009 Summer Institute. Please check back to see presentations by Michele Borba, Tom Lickona, Hal Urban, Rich Parisi, Phil Catania, and others.

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Dr. Hal Urban

Award-winning teacher-author Hal Urban explains strategies and techniques from his best-selling book, Lessons From the Classroom: 20 Things Good Teachers Do (106 minutes).

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Dr. Michele Borba

CBS TODAY Show parenting expert and award-winning author describes what parents and teachers can do to develop moral intelligence and character (125 minutes).

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Ron Berger

Ron Berger has worked with Expeditionary Learning since its inception as a consultant and a designer/leader of professional development experiences, and currently as National Director of Program. He spent 28 years as a elementary school teacher and has written two books on education which align with the Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound approach: A Culture of Quality and An Ethic of Excellence. He can be reached at rberger@elschools.org.

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