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The Buffalo State TLE TeachLive simulation lab, housed in Ketchum Hall 211, will be formally unveiled by President Conway-Turner during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 16, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. The TeachLive lab has been under development for the past year. Initiated and tested by faculty members in the Exceptional Education Department, this mixed-reality teaching environment is ready to be shared with the wider campus and area education communities. Open house lab simulations will follow the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:00 p.m. TLE TeachLive simulation sessions will be offered every 15 minutes until 5:15 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 211. The open house will include the opportunity to participate in lab simulations, as well as posters and discussions describing the many ways that TeachLive can be used across content and academic disciplines. Teacher education faculty, school administrators, and faculty members from other disciplines are encouraged to attend.

Please e-mail or call the Exceptional Education Department at ext. 5317 if you have questions or would like to register in advance for an October 16 lab simulation session so we can meet your scheduling needs. RSVPs are appreciated.

To learn more about TeachLive, please visit the Exceptional Education Department website.

About TLE TeachLive
The TLE TeachLive simulation lab is a mixed-reality teaching environment supporting teacher practice in classroom management, pedagogy, and content. TLE TeachLive began at University of Central Florida and is currently used across the country to prepare or provide professional development on instruction and management routines to improve teaching methods and behavior management practices of preservice and in-service teachers at all levels. TLE TeachLive is also being used to prepare teachers in the use of STEM-related instructional strategies.

TLE TeachLive uses adult avatars for one-on-one conversations and to help teacher candidates and other professionals engage students in various scenarios including working with students who do not speak English as their primary language and students who demonstrate behaviors on the autism spectrum.

Newly developed adult avatar scenarios provide the opportunity for practicing and aspiring teachers, administrators, social workers, business-related majors, and students from other majors to rehearse parent-teacher conferences, annual evaluation meetings, critical conversations (e.g., performance feedback and reviews, job interviews, leading administrative meetings, facilitating professional developments, and hosting problem-solving conferences), and many other scenarios.