Workshops
Build organizational capacity to accelerate student achievement. By hosting workshops at your school or in your local community, you’ll introduce school leaders and teachers to a range of new ideas and research-based best practices. Workshops are three to six hours in length. While many workshops are suitable for mixed-grade audiences, some topics are differentiated by grade. Topic areas are organized by the strands of our 5-strand design, emphasizing:
Leadership
Pedagogy & Curriculum
Assessment for Learning
Learning Environment
Student & Family Support
Sample Workshop Titles
Download our PD Catalog for a full list and description of workshop titles. Sample titles include:
Leadership Workshop Titles
- Bloom’s Taxonomy for Instructional Leaders: Aligning Objectives, Questions, and Assessments
- Marzano’s High-Yield Strategies for Instructional Leaders
- Differentiation to Enhance Learning for Instructional Leaders
- Building a Professional Learning Community
- Developing Effective Teams
- Setting the Stage: Developing Your Leadership Team
- Building a Culture of Achievement
Pedagogy & Curriculum Workshop Titles
- Introduction to a Core Instructional Model
- Supporting STEM and Inquiry-Based Learning as Instructional Leaders
- Concept-Based Testing
- Close Reading
- Developing Young Mathematicians: The Mathematical Practices
- Making Inquiry the Focus of Instruction
- Integrating Technology Into a 21st Century Classroom
Assessment for Learning Workshop Titles
- Assessment Techniques
- Formative Assessment & Adjusting Instruction
- Giving Effective Feedback
- SBAC/PARCC Planning for ELA Teachers
- Introduction to Data Analytics
- Data-Driven Instruction & Data Walls
Learning Environment Workshop Titles
- Cultural Competence
- Social Emotional Learning
- Spaces Organized for Learning
- Effective Classroom Management
- Developing Learner Voice
- Developing Core Values
- Cooperative Learning & Teamwork
- Interactive & Engaging Teaching Strategies
Student & Family Support Workshop Titles
- Identifying & Understanding the Needs of Students with Learning Differences
- Exploring Modifications & Accommodations for Students with Learning Differences
- Technology Supports for Universal Learning
- Keys to Successful Inclusion: Co-Planning and Co-Teaching
- Understanding the Needs of English Learners
- Language Objectives & Oral Language Strategies
- Tiered Academic Interventions
- Tiered Behavioral Interventions
SEL Workshop Titles
- Social-Emotional Learning
- Modeling and Teaching Social-Emotional Skill Building
- Promoting a Safe and Positive School Climate
- Cultural Competence
- Advancing Equity in the Classroom
- Fostering Growth Mindset in the Classroom
- Trauma-Informed Educational Practices
STEM Workshop Titles
- Using the Next Generation Science Standards to Deepen Inquiry-Based Learning
- Transforming Assessments into Authentic Performance Tasks
- Building STEM Lessons that Align to the NGSS
- Designing STEM Unit Plans for 21st-Century Learning Environments
- Supporting STEM and Inquiry-Based Learning as Instructional Leaders
English Learner Workshop Titles
- Understanding the Needs of English Learners
- Language Objectives and Oral Language Strategies
- Effective Strategies for Engaging English Learners
- Vocabulary Development for English Learners
- Reading for English Learners
- Writing for English Learners
- Co-Teaching English Learners
- Designing English Development Lessons
- Working with Grade 4-12 English Learners: Promoting Rigor through Close Reading
- Teaching Content-Specific Literacy to English Learners
