About us
Our Purpose
The Washington International School Institute for Teachers (WISIT) brings together educators to foster critical and creative thinking through the purposeful use of current educational research.
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What We Do
WISIT works to strengthen educators’ capacity to inspire deep thinking in learners, to educate for global competence, and to share best practices with the community at large. In building upon WIS’s role as a leader in international education, the WISIT’s ultimate goal is to make the nation’s capital a model city for creative thinking and innovation in education, worthy of replication across the country. Our role is three-fold:
Transformative Learning Events
Organize high-quality professional development events
Bringing Educators Together
Convene educators from all sectors of the educational landscape
Building Lasting Networks
Build and sustain a network of committed educators beyond any single professional learning experience
ABOUT US
Our Story
Guided by Washington International School’s mission to be an exemplary learning community, WISIT began over a decade ago when a group of educators from WIS and across the DC area came together around the research of Project Zero from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Inspired to bring these ideas about thinking and learning back to classrooms throughout the DMV, they formed a vibrant professional community, first known as DCPZ (DC Project Zero), and launched WISSIT, the Washington International Summer Institute for Teachers, in 2014.
As the work expanded beyond the summer and into year-round professional learning, the community unified under one name: WISIT, the Washington International Institute for Teachers.
Today, WISIT builds on WIS’s leadership in international education to support educators locally and globally, helping them cultivate deep understanding, global competence, and critical and creative thinking for an increasingly complex world.
Faculty
Who We Are
WISIT is powered by a dedicated leadership team, more than 90 faculty members, and an engaged advisory board who together provide high-quality professional learning to over 3,000 educators in the WISIT Network.
UNITING EDUCATORS. INSPIRING MINDS.
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