Project Zero Classroom

Overview

How can the classroom become a place where today’s learners become the citizens and leaders of tomorrow? For more than fifty years, Project Zero has pioneered research that examines key facets of human potential such as intelligence and creativity, asking how educators and schools can design learning experiences that are engaging and exciting for all learners.

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From July 20 to 24, 2020, Project Zero will host its annual week-long institute, the Project Zero Classroom. In the company of PZ researchers and experienced educators from around the world, participants open up the questions at the heart of teaching and learning: What kinds of learning experiences and assessment practices will best prepare students for the demands of an unpredictable, ever-shifting future? How does understanding develop? How do we nurture critical and creative thinking? How do we ensure that all our students are learning?

Program Details

During this five-day institute, you will take part in a variety of learning activities that demonstrate Project Zero principles and strategies for teaching and learning. Through stimulating presentations, experiential workshops, and small learning groups, you will reflect on your current teaching and assessment practices and develop new approaches to planning and instruction that respond to the diverse ways in which your students engage and learn.

Objectives

The program explores fundamental educational questions, such as:

• What does it mean to understand? How does understanding develop?
• What are the roles of reflection and assessment in learning? 
• How can we nurture critical thinking and creativity?
• How can we design learning experiences for and with a variety of learners and contexts?

Who Should Attend

• Early childhood, elementary, middle, and secondary school educators;
• School administrators, teacher educators; and,
• Other educator roles including but not limited to artists, teaching artists, museum educators, after-school educators, nonprofit staff members.

Participants are strongly encouraged to attend in teams so that they can reflect together during and after the program. Individual participants are also welcome.

This program is highly interactive. Therefore, fluency in English is essential.

Fees & Policies

The comprehensive tuition includes all instructional materials and refreshments. Participants receive a certificate of participation and a letter confirming clock hours of instruction. Payment or a purchase order must be received within 30 days of program acceptance, or upon receipt of the invoice if acceptance is within 30 days prior to the start of the program. Click here for more information on payment.

Please click here for more information on our on-campus and online refund and withdrawal policies.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education reserves the right to change faculty or cancel programs at its discretion. In the unlikely event of program changes, the school is not responsible for non-refundable travel arrangements or other planning expenses incurred.

Project Zero Classroom Scholarship

Scholarship Applications are now closed. The next offerings' information will be provided when it becomes available.

Through the PZ Zaentz Professional Learning Scholarship Fund, scholarships are available for eligible educators to participate in Project Zero Classroom (PZC). Additional scholarships to the Project Zero Classroom are funded by Project Zero and Professional Education at HGSE. These PZC scholarships seek to support a range of schools, districts, and organizations as well as a diverse group of educators. In particular, they aim to support educators working in under-resourced contexts and/or with historically marginalized students.

The eligibility guidelines are as follows:

• In the United States, public school educators working in schools with a free and reduced lunch rate of 35% or more OR educators working primarily with students who attend these schools.
• Outside of the United States, educators whose schools or organizations serve 35% or more students whose families meet the country-defined standard for low-income or who receive financial assistance to attend. 

You will need to complete the scholarship application form as well as the standard Project Zero Classroom application form. The scholarship application form is accessed through the standard application form. If your responses to questions on the standard application form indicate that you are eligible for a scholarship, then a link to the scholarship application form will be shared with you. Please complete the scholarship application form and then return to the standard application form in order to complete and submit it. Both scholarship and program applications must be complete and submitted for consideration.

Please note that scholarship funding is limited and not every individual or team meeting the eligibility guidelines will receive a scholarship. Most scholarships cover between 50% and 80% of the tuition, and may be used for tuition only (not for travel expenses of any kind).

If you have questions about scholarships, please email pzlearn@gse.harvard.edu.  If you have questions about the overall PZC application or PZC program, email ppe@gse.harvard.edu.