Loyola’s graduate program in Educational Leadership will host the Brain-Research Driven Instructional Improvement Institute on Wednesday, April 30 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the College’s Columbia Graduate Center at 8890 McGaw Road, Columbia, MD, 21045.

The institute offers educators a practical application of brain research by linking it with the Brain-Targeted Teaching Model, an instructional tool developed by the Institute’s featured guest speaker, Dr. Mariale M. Hardiman, assistant dean of Urban School Partnerships at The Johns Hopkins University.

Hardiman, who will present “Learning and the Brain,” is the author of Connecting Brain Research with Effective Teaching: The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model, “Connecting Brain Research with Dimensions of Learning” and “The Brain-Targeted Teaching Model: A Comprehensive Model for Classroom Instruction and School Reform” in The Praeger Handbook of Learning and the Brain.

The day’s events will include a discussion of emotional and physical learning environments that affect learning, as well as an identification of themes in brain research that educators can apply as they design instruction; teach for mastery of content, skills, and processes; design activities to apply and extend knowledge; and evaluate learning. Specific classroom strategies to improve teaching and learning through the Brain-Targeted Teaching Model, including arts integration, will also be presented.

The Institute fee of $125 includes materials, lunch and refreshments. The deadline to register is Tuesday, April 22. For more information call 410-617-1655.