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02/27/2010 - 7:57amI have a confession to make. When it comes to children's literature, I like chapter books more than picture books. I feel much better now. I needed to get that off my chest. I felt dirty hiding it from you all. I was reminded of this recently when I was reading with my own daughter. At the end of each evening just before bed my daughter Karina, my...11
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02/22/2010 - 12:52pmI need some help from you out there in the web world. We are in the process of creating our first online professional development course. We plan on having it ready by the summer. The course will be an introduction to the Making Meaning® program. It is designed to help teachers get started with the program and give them an understanding of the...5
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01/29/2010 - 7:40amI just returned from Louisville where the Jefferson County Public Schools have been implementing DSC's Caring School Community program as a part of their Care For Kids Initiative. Click here to see an earlier blog post where I shared the district's vision for this work. Every time I leave Louisville I feel energized. On this...0
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01/21/2010 - 10:22pmWe had a fantastic week in Orlando. The weather was frigid, but the work was powerful. I hoped I would be able to blog each day about the fantastic things we were learning. Unfortunately, I was too exhausted at the end of each day to post a single a thing. My colleagues and I spent the whole week facilitating lesson studies with fabulous teams...1
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01/03/2010 - 12:45pmThis week I will be in Orlando, Fl as part of an exciting lesson study project we are doing in partnership with the Orange County Public Schools. My colleagues and I are working to establishing "Lab" schools throughout the district that can serve as a models for how to integrate lesson study into a school's professional learning...2
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12/21/2009 - 10:50pmAfter lots of work and a few months of waiting, my new book, The Lesson Planning Handbook has finally arrived!0
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12/18/2009 - 6:45pmI spoke at a PTA meeting a few weeks ago. The school wanted me to talk with parents about how the teachers in the school were implementing the Caring School Community program. It was a good meeting and reminded me of the power of teambuilding activities. This is what happened: I began the meeting as I typically do, with a teambuilder. I had all...0
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12/17/2009 - 5:10amI have the good fortune to spend lots of time bouncing like A.A. Milne’s Tigger across the country visiting teachers, district leaders, university professors, and lots and lots of children. And while I typically make these visits to help schools address difficult problems or to provide professional development, I always leave being the one...1
Peter Brunn is the Director of Professional Development at the non-profit Developmental Studies Center (DSC) in Oakland California. At DSC, Peter leads the organization’s professional development work with schools and districts across the country to support the fostering of student’s academic, social, and ethical development. He often shares this work through keynotes and presentations at local, state, and national conferences including; NCTE, NSDC, and IRA. Prior to coming to DSC, Peter worked as a staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. He began his career teaching elementary school in the Bronx NY. Peter is also the author of the book The Lesson Planning Handbook: Essential Strategies That Inspire Student Thinking and Learning published by Scholastic in January 2010. He currently lives in El Cerrito, CA with his wife and daughter.
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