Discover The Morningside Model Of Generative Instruction
Sign up today for the 2025 Morningside Summer Institute!
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Every summer, Morningside welcomes teachers, school administrators, school psychologists, graduate students, and all manner of professionals interested in behavioral education to learn all about the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction. Join us for an unforgettable experience!
Weeks 1 and 2: July 14-25, 2025
MORNING: MSI participants engage in a practicum, in which they serve as teaching assistants in one of our reading, writing or math summer school classrooms for children. They receive direction from the classroom teacher, as well as in-classroom coaching from our highly skilled MSI professional consultants.
AFTERNOON: MSI participants attend workshops that teach the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction (MMGI):
- Introduction to Behavioral Education and Instructional Design.
- Initial instruction, including Direct Instruction and other methods that conform to Tom Gilbert’s Mathetics.
- Practice to fluency with celeration, focusing on Precision Teaching.
- Curriculum workshops to learn how to select the best reading, math, and writing curricula to implement with MMGI.
Week 3: July 28-August 1, 2025
MORNING: MSI participants continue with classroom practicum, in which they serve as teaching assistants in one of our reading, writing or math summer school classrooms for children. They receive direction from the classroom teacher, as well as in-classroom coaching from our highly skilled MSI professional consultants.
AFTERNOON: MSI participants attend workshops that teach the Morningside Model of Generative Instruction (MMGI):
- Application, focusing on reinforcer sampling and establishing operations that promote real-world application of the facts, concepts, principles, skills and strategies that the teacher directly taught.
- How to design and sequence instruction to promote generative responding. Instruction in generative responding teaches students how to figure out how to do something that they have not been directly taught, based upon what they have been taught. Generative responding procedures include our well-known reasoning technology, Talk Aloud Problem Solving (TAPS).
- How and when to probe their learners for evidence of generative behavior. Generative responding probes assess whether students can engage in the upcoming lessons without instruction.
- Additional topics in Instructional Design
Everyone must attend the first two weeks in order to be eligible for participation in the third week.
FAQs
Check out this video Q+A!
How much does it cost?
Weeks 1 & 2 = $2800 | Weeks 1-3 = $3800
Add a two-day follow up coaching and consulting visit from a Morningside Teachers’ Academy instructor at a discounted rate of $2000!
*A deposit of $1000 is required within 30 days of submitting an application. If you are applying for a graduate scholarship, no deposit is required until scholarship decisions have been made. Payment plans available.
2025 MSI International Tuition Rates
Do I qualify for a scholarship?
4-5 slots are reserved for graduate students who devote the majority of their time to graduate studies, and who make little to no income except graduate program stipends. Some proportional scholarships are available to graduate students working full-time.
While completing the application, you’ll be prompted to upload the following: CV, one or more letters of recommendation from professors, and an essay on how MSI advances your professional goals. Final decisions regarding scholarship occur in early June.
Letters of recommendation from professors can also be directly sent to Andrew Kieta.
What are my options for lodging?
Morningside Academy is located in in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, WA. There are hotels in the neighborhood and in the adjacent downtown and South Lake Union neighborhoods. Short-term rental options are widely available as well.
Morningside is fortunate to be able to provide affordable lodging at Seattle University dormitories – just a 15 minute walk away! A limited number of reservations are available and will be given on a first come, first serve basis. A number of rooms are reserved for graduate students applying for Summer Institute scholarships. If interested, please indicate on your Summer Institute application.
Seattle University Lodging Information:
- 2025 Seattle University Housing Rates:
- Single room – $65.52 per night
- Shared room (double) – $45.72 per night
- Each dorm reservation requires a breakfast meal plan. This plan is Monday-Friday only and is $13.79/day (including tax), which is:
- $137.90 for 2-week participants
- $206.85 for 3-week participants.
- All rooms come equipped with a sink, cabinets, mirror, desk(s), and compact microwave/ refrigerator combo.
- Bathrooms and showers are shared, located in the hallways of the dorm floor. Each floor has a men’s bathroom and women’s bathroom.
- Linens are provided and include: pillow, pillowcase, sheets, blanket, towels, washcloths. Linens are washed weekly or upon request.
- Each floor has a shared kitchen and lounge.
- There is a laundry room on site.
- Check in/check out:
- Check into the dorms on July 13th
- 2-week participants check out on July 26th
- 3-week participants check out on August 2nd
How do I apply?
SIGN UP HERE!
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact Dr. Kent Johnson or Andrew Kieta
