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Presented by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher

In this webinar, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher discuss how building an environment where students progress through relevant and challenging content allows you to create a classroom teeming with discussion and purposeful activity. They also share a framework for making daily improvements—centered around relationships, clarity, and challenge—that increases student learning and helps you manage your classroom’s success.

Presented by Diane Sweeney

Student-centered coaching puts student learning front-and-center. It is an evidence-based instructional coaching model that shifts the focus from ‘fixing’ teachers to collaborating with them to design instruction that targets student outcomes. Join Diane Sweeney for a webinar that will highlight a collection of coaching practices that are outcomes-based and student-centered. This session is recommended for K-12 instructional coaches in any area of specialization, principals, and district leaders.

Presented by Tonya Ward Singer

Join Tonya Ward Singer, author of EL Excellence Every Day, to learn how every core teacher can effectively empower our ELs with academic literacy and language in the context of teaching to reach all students. Get inspired with specific actions you can take immediately to amplify your impact and ignite EL excellence in every classroom every day across every school.

Presented by John SanGiovanni

Do you take advantage of wrong answers? Do you consider what they tell you, why they happened, or what you might do next? In this webinar, John SanGiovanni addresses actions that teachers can take to mine the gaps in student understanding. It examines a process for selecting quality tasks, anticipating student thinking, determining evidence of understanding and misunderstanding, and identifying next steps. The webinar will feature mathematics tasks K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grade bands.

Presented by John Almarode

Based on the new book, Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12, this interactive webinar will unpack what works best in science teaching and learning. Drawing from John Hattie’s ground-breaking research, participants will engage in an overview of how this research best supports teaching and learning in science. From surface to deep to transfer learning, find out how we can provide challenging and engaging learning experiences that promote growth and achievement for all of our students.

Presented by Cathy Lassiter

School leaders cannot be effective if they lack the courage to embrace accountability, build trust, and take risks. In this webinar, Dr. Cathy Lassiter describes four types of courageous leadership that can be applied to the most difficult school leadership challenges.

Presented by Eddie Moore Jr.,Ali Michael and Marguerite Penick-Parks

Schools that fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they’re all-too ordinary and if we’re to succeed in shifting outcomes for Black boys, we must first change the way school is “done.” That’s where the eight in ten teachers who are White women fit in. This webinar is designed to help us all embrace the deep realities and thrilling potential of this crucial American task.

Presented by Serena Pariser

This webinar is for any teacher in grades K-12 who wants to learn practical classroom management strategies that can be immediately implemented into any classroom. Serena Pariser’s new book Real Talk About Classroom Management departs from the traditional approach of teaching obedience and instead shares how to empower students, build positive relationships, and create independent and curious learners. Serena shares her story of growing from a teary-eyed first year teacher to Teacher of the Year, international consultant, and Fulbright scholar.

Presented by Jenni Donohoo

What matters most in raising student achievement? Research identifies collective efficacy—the shared belief that what we do really matters—as the number-one factor. When teacher teams believe that they can positively impact student learning, it results in a number of productive patterns of behavior: deeper implementation of high-yield strategies, increased teacher leadership, high expectations, and a strong focus on academic pursuits. Join us to learn more about what collective efficacy is, why it's important, and how to foster efficacy to ensure equity, promote well-being, and enhance public confidence in education.

Presented by Tom Hierck and Garth Larson

Assessment, grading, and reporting represent the foundational elements in most schools and districts throughout the U.S. and Canada. Educational systems continue to look for ways to maximize learning, increase achievement, and provide honest and accurate results to students and families as relate to both academic and behavioral expectations. Attend this webinar to hear Tom Hierck and Garth Larson report on one method that provides educators with a practical way to achieve these goals: target-based assessment, grading, and reporting.