September 2022
Teaching Basic, Advanced, and Academic Vocabulary
This virtual training will consist of two three-hour sessions from 9:00 AM - Noon on September 16 and 23, 2022. The importance of direct vocabulary instruction cannot be overstated. Vocabulary’s link to students’ background knowledge and academic achievement means that districts, schools, and teachers must select terms for direct instruction, use a research-based process to teach those terms, and assess and track students’ progress with new terms. Participants will learn how to construct a strong foundation for literacy development and…
Find out more »MTSS: Effective Progress Monitoring
Progress monitoring is the use of reliable and valid measures to assess a student’s performance and to quantify a student’s rate of improvement or responsiveness to supplemental instruction and support. During this training, participants will learn the critical elements of a progress monitoring tool and how to analyze progress monitoring data to evaluate a student’s response to instruction/intervention. Participants will evaluate and select progress monitoring tools for their own sites. Partial PTSB credit is available for those who attend this…
Find out more »Teaching Basic, Advanced, and Academic Vocabulary
This virtual training will consist of two three-hour sessions from 9:00 AM - Noon on September 16 and 23, 2022. The importance of direct vocabulary instruction cannot be overstated. Vocabulary’s link to students’ background knowledge and academic achievement means that districts, schools, and teachers must select terms for direct instruction, use a research-based process to teach those terms, and assess and track students’ progress with new terms. Participants will learn how to construct a strong foundation for literacy development and…
Find out more »November 2022
Collaborative Teams that Transform Schools
This virtual training will consist of two three-hour sessions from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM on November 7 and 14, 2022. The core of a professional learning community is the network of collaborative teams—the groups of teachers who work together to improve student learning. Collaborative teams have the potential to transform major aspects of teaching and learning. Learn how to transition from teachers who work in isolation to teachers who work in collaboration and from stakeholders who think in terms…
Find out more »Collaborative Teams that Transform Schools
This virtual training will consist of two three-hour sessions from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM on November 7 and 14, 2022. The core of a professional learning community is the network of collaborative teams—the groups of teachers who work together to improve student learning. Collaborative teams have the potential to transform major aspects of teaching and learning. Learn how to transition from teachers who work in isolation to teachers who work in collaboration and from stakeholders who think in terms…
Find out more »January 2023
Mindsets and Skill Sets for Learning
This virtual training will consist of two three-hour sessions from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on January 18 and February 8, 2023. Learn the four systems that humans operate under at all times and how these systems impact students and teachers in schools. Learning outcomes may include: • Delve into the metacognitive and self-systems’ hierarchy of goals, and understand how teachers can address these goals in order to reach students’ hearts, heads, and hands. • Discover ways to create a…
Find out more »February 2023
Mindsets and Skill Sets for Learning
This virtual training will consist of two three-hour sessions from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on January 18 and February 8, 2023. Learn the four systems that humans operate under at all times and how these systems impact students and teachers in schools. Learning outcomes may include: • Delve into the metacognitive and self-systems’ hierarchy of goals, and understand how teachers can address these goals in order to reach students’ hearts, heads, and hands. • Discover ways to create a…
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