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This full day, online workshop equips content and general education teachers with research-based instructional techniques that address the needs of English Language Learners (ELs). Participants will gain a deeper understanding of working effectively with English learners by incorporating several high impact strategies. Participants will learn ways to plan and deliver lessons that allow English learners […]

The joys and pains of starting a teaching career during this unique moment in history are especially profound. In this highly interactive workshop, Dr. Tina H. Boogren offers beginning teachers a road map for navigating their crucial first years in the classroom, whether they're working with students in person, virtually, or via blended learning. Designed […]

The joys and pains of starting a teaching career during this unique moment in history are especially profound. In this highly interactive workshop, Dr. Tina H. Boogren offers beginning teachers a road map for navigating their crucial first years in the classroom, whether they're working with students in person, virtually, or via blended learning. Designed […]

Proven techniques to close learning gaps RTI is not a series of implementation steps to cross off on a list, but a way of thinking about how educators can ensure each child receives the time and support needed to achieve success. This virtual workshop is designed for school teams who have started RTI but are […]

The joys and pains of starting a teaching career during this unique moment in history are especially profound. In this highly interactive workshop, Dr. Tina H. Boogren offers beginning teachers a road map for navigating their crucial first years in the classroom, whether they're working with students in person, virtually, or via blended learning. Designed […]

The joys and pains of starting a teaching career during this unique moment in history are especially profound. In this highly interactive workshop, Dr. Tina H. Boogren offers beginning teachers a road map for navigating their crucial first years in the classroom, whether they're working with students in person, virtually, or via blended learning. Designed […]

This session is for paraprofessionals, instructional aides and bilingual aides who work with English learners (ELs) in the general education classroom. This one-hour online session will cover second language acquisition, scaffolds for ELs, explicit vocabulary instruction and the role of culture to prepare paraprofessionals to work effectively with English Learners. The session is free for […]

Proven techniques to close learning gaps RTI is not a series of implementation steps to cross off on a list, but a way of thinking about how educators can ensure each child receives the time and support needed to achieve success. This virtual workshop is designed for school teams who have started RTI but are […]

Join us for this dynamic webinar as best-selling authors, Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan, lay out their transformational model—which will help you shift your focus from satellite-level data (like test scores and other metrics) to real-time, on-the-ground stories, experiences, and artifacts. Street data is the qualitative and experiential data that emerges at eye level and […]

Your classroom library is an important tool in supporting independent reading for all children. This session will explore ideas for organizing your classroom library in a way that engages young readers and ways to think about the classroom library as a teaching tool. We’ll also discuss strategies for keeping your library fresh and updated throughout […]

If we have learned anything through teaching during this pandemic, it is that the term “behavior” doesn’t simply refer to a disruptive student. The term behavior refers to academic behaviors (skill-based) and social behaviors (will-based) and both need to be taught and reinforced in every tier of systematic SEL supports at your school. Fostering positive […]

If we have learned anything through teaching during this pandemic, it is that the term “behavior” doesn’t simply refer to a disruptive student. The term behavior refers to academic behaviors (skill-based) and social behaviors (will-based) and both need to be taught and reinforced in every tier of systematic SEL supports at your school. Fostering positive […]

It’s important to remember that your goal isn’t to become a professional learning community. The goal is to improve the professional practice of every adult and every team in your school, and by doing so, the school will improve student learning—kid by kid, skill by skill. Janel Keating leads the work of high-performing PLC at […]

Harness the power of collective efficacy to accelerate students’ learning.  Do your students understand the potential of collaborating with others?  Do they believe that they will learn more if they develop both “I” skills and “We” skills?  Collective student efficacy requires more than pushing tables together and inviting students to talk or 'work in groups'. […]

Students often choose fiction books when given the choice of reading materials. They often see nonfiction reading as reading that is done for school instead of for personal enjoyment. We can help students find books that they want to read “for fun” if we think differently about the books we have available, the ways we […]

If we have learned anything through teaching during this pandemic, it is that the term “behavior” doesn’t simply refer to a disruptive student. The term behavior refers to academic behaviors (skill-based) and social behaviors (will-based) and both need to be taught and reinforced in every tier of systematic SEL supports at your school. Fostering positive […]

It’s important to remember that your goal isn’t to become a professional learning community. The goal is to improve the professional practice of every adult and every team in your school, and by doing so, the school will improve student learning—kid by kid, skill by skill. Janel Keating leads the work of high-performing PLC at […]

In this self-paced, online book study based on Catlin Tucker's book, Balance with Blended Learning, you will explore the practical and concrete strategies that she has used over the past decade to rethink the roles, responsibilities, and workflow in her own classroom. You will also learn how Tucker has used blended learning to reimagine her […]

What does it mean to be an American, and what should be America’s role in the world? These questions are as old as the Republic. They are revisited by each generation, especially in times of crisis. Learn how an examination of Americans’ responses to the Holocaust can help students analyze and evaluate longstanding national arguments […]

This hands-on, participatory edWebinar will bring to teachers a new perspective on using music with children. They will see the connection between music and movement and the active nature of the child, as well as how music can effectively be used to meet the cognitive, emotional, social and physical needs of young children. The goal […]

The diversity of the modern classroom has driven an accelerated need for schools and districts to equip teachers with powerful yet simple tools. This new level of diversity — spurred more rapidly by the pandemic — has also driven a larger need for innovation in education. Video became an absolute necessity in order for K-12 […]

Grading From the Inside Out Virtual Workshop: A Live 2-Day Event with Tom Schimmer The Grading From the Inside Out Virtual Workshop is focused on the practices and processes that will modernize grading and reporting systems to be more aligned to our standards-based instructional paradigm. By developing a standards-based mindset, participants of this Zoom-exclusive event […]

Healthy social-emotional development in early childhood can have a profound impact on a child’s overall development and learning. In fact, many early childhood experts see positive social and emotional skills as paramount for school readiness and later school and life success. With the interruption of the school year and less socialization opportunities, there is valid […]

Join this edWebinar to hear from Sunil Singh, Amplify Math Advisor, on how infusing math with history and storytelling allows students to see connections between math and their everyday lives. This approach to mathematics also helps students see and appreciate the relevance of the math they’re working on and can contribute to more equitable and […]

Yes We Can! An Unprecedented Opportunity to Improve Special Education Outcomes Virtual Workshop: A Live 2-Day Event with Heather Friziellie As states adopt more rigorous academic standards, schools must determine how to ensure all students—including English learners, children with special needs, children from poverty, and children facing trauma—learn at the highest levels. During this virtual […]

There’s never been a better time to help your teachers meet the needs of their students by enhancing your own instructional coaching skillset. This free, four-part series provides you with the opportunity to develop and refine your practice, monitor your effectiveness, and create a network of support throughout the Central Ohio community. Over four sessions, […]

Used effectively, data walls are a powerful tool that help guide student-centered discussions to help all your students grow. Are you looking for strategies to increase the level of student-centered discussions? Are you curious about data walls and would like to know more before bringing the idea to your PLC? Are you currently using data […]

Can micro-credentials be used to create new pathways to social mobility for rural learners who are impacted by poverty, particularly for Black, Latino, and Indigenous people? Digital Promise joins learners and leaders from the University of Maine System’s All Learning Counts Initiative and the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative to highlight preliminary findings from our ongoing […]