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For: Instructional Leaders
In order to effectively engage students, teachers should be crafting objectives, questions, and assessments at each level of cognitive demand throughout their units of instruction. School leaders will learn to recognize the level of demand required of students and develop a plan of action to support the application of Bloom’s Taxonomy to classroom instruction and assessment. Workshop participants will:

  • Understand the levels of cognitive demand presented in Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Recognize the levels of taxonomy in objectives, questions, and assessments
  • Align questions and tasks to various levels of cognitive demand
  • Identify instructional strategies that will develop and reinforce the levels of thinking targeted in objectives and assessments
  • Support teachers as they develop opportunities for students to think, discuss, and demonstrate learning at all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy

For: Instructional Leaders
Research-based instructional strategies maximize a teacher’s ability to enhance student achievement. Used strategically and in conjunction with a high-quality curriculum and effective management techniques, the nine high- yield strategies imparted in this session can have a powerful effect on student learning. School leaders will learn to identify the nine strategies in instruction and be able to support teachers’ and students’ use of the strategies in the classroom. Additionally, participants will:

  • Understand how and why the strategies are organized into a framework for instructional planning
  • Recognize how the use of high-yield strategies can support the development of college-and career-readiness skills
  • Identify use of the strategies using real classroom examples
  • Determine how to support teachers’ and students’ use of high-yield strategies in the classroom

For: Instructional Leaders
Differentiation is a flexible, responsive, and proactive approach to meeting the needs of every learner in the classroom. Differentiating instruction ensures that all students are able to access, understand, and apply new skills and concepts. School leaders will learn how to identify evidence of differentiation in the classroom and will develop a plan for leading a differentiated school. In the workshop, participants will:

  • Understand the principles of effective differentiation
  • Explore strategies for differentiating content, process, product, and environment according to readiness, interest, and/or learning preference
  • Learn how to identify evidence of differentiation in the classroom
  • Generate a plan for leading a differentiated school

For: K−12 Teachers; Instructional Leaders
For school-wide change to take hold, teachers must be actively involved in the process, communicating and collaborating to achieve results. Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are a way to achieve this. Educators in this session will learn the what, why, and how of establishing a successful, goals-oriented PLC. Participants will:

  • Understand the essential components of effective PLCs
  • Generate shared mission and vision statements
  • Create norms for effective collaboration
  • Draft an action plan for establishing PLCs with a focus on learning

For: K−12 Teachers; Instructional Leaders
Teamwork involves collaboration, and creating a productive, results-oriented team is a process. Educators in this session will learn the skills necessary for successful collaboration and how to ensure that teamwork is sustained and resources are leveraged to contribute to the continuous improvement of teaching and learning in schools. Participants will:

  • Explore the characteristics of an effective team
  • Determine what is needed for successful collaboration
  • Develop a rubric to chart the team’s progress
  • Draft a template to structure the team meetings

For: K−12 Teachers; Instructional Leaders
The most effective organizations have leaders at all levels who are clear about their roles and know how their effectiveness contributes to the organization as a whole. In this session, participants will be introduced to a range of processes, skills, and tools that will help build capacity within the leadership team. Participants will:

  • Shape and share a school vision
  • Set clear, common goals
  • Create a community code to guide student behavior
  • Establish and communicate non-negotiable expectations
  • Learn strategies for building a positive school culture and climate with a focus on learning

For: Instructional Leaders
Having a culture of achievement requires an intentional effort by school leaders to put achievement at the focus of everything their school does. Educators in this workshop will examine the four domains for building a culture of achievement—climate, time, celebrations, and communication—and explore and adapt ideas and strategies to grow within each domain. Participants will:

  • Analyze their current practices with in the four domains for building a culture of achievement
  • Assess their school’s strengths and areas for improvement with in each of the four domains
  • Create an action plan for enhancing their school’s culture of achievement

For: Leaders | Length: 2 hours*
This workshop will provide an overview of how leadership can utilize technology in order to hold staff meetings, make announcements, check to see that instruction is being held to high standards, and use benchmark assessments to track academic growth. Specifically, this workshop will explore the tools of Google Classroom and how it relates to creating open communication with staff members as well as an introduction to Zoom/Google Meet to get better insights of the learning experiences in your virtual school. Participants will:

  • Articulate ways cloud-based applications can increase efficiency for teacher communication
  • Integrate Google Suite applications into current and new school practices
  • Utilize Google Classroom to be able to track teacher work, post benchmark assessments, and identify
    teachers in need of additional assistance

*This is a remote only workshop, unless combined with at least one additional 3-hour on-site workshop.