Betsy Chapin attended Sanford School in Hockessin and then spent six years teaching high school level English there. Now an associate professor of English at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Pennsylvania, Chapin is spearheading a new project at her alma mater: the Sanford School Summer Teacher’s Institute. The project reflects Chapin’s belief that private school, public school, and home school teachers need locally available opportunities to pursue professional development suited to the needs of their teaching environments.
Launching in June, the Sanford School Summer Teacher’s Institute will offer weeklong workshops in English, history, and science for teachers in grades 9 through 12. Chapin will lead workshops on teaching writing courses and Shakespeare.
Chapin explains how the institute developed and discusses professional development for private school teachers:
