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Corwin Institutes offer individuals or small groups the opportunity to jumpstart their learning with single or multi-day professional learning opportunities delivered by experts in the field of education. With the 2023 Corwin All-Star Pass, you have the unique opportunity to attend an unlimited number of our one- or two-day virtual institutes and will receive a personalized, digital library of bestselling Corwin titles associated with each event and exclusive access to 2023 event resources.

Corwin Institutes offer individuals or small groups the opportunity to jumpstart their learning with single or multi-day professional learning opportunities delivered by experts in the field of education. With the 2023 Corwin All-Star Pass, you have the unique opportunity to attend an unlimited number of our one- or two-day virtual institutes and will receive a personalized, digital library of bestselling Corwin titles associated with each event and exclusive access to 2023 event resources.

Succinct, smart, and swift, this institutes nine learning modules takes you systematically through a process that begins and ends with standards. With abundant cross-curricular examples that span grade levels, planning templates for every step, key professional learning questions, and a PLC guide, you have the most practical planner for designing and delivering highly effective instruction.

Join us for an amazing day of learning where we will move beyond Visible Learning as a ranking system or checklist and towards a way of thinking about our role as evaluators of our impact.  We will unpack the latest findings from the Visible Learning database so that we can engage in deliberate practices around what content, ideas, and skills we want our students to know, understand, and do. Making learning visible will allow you to identify what works best in teaching and learning and how to approach the implementation of what works best in your own school and classroom.  

Join us for an amazing day of learning where we will move beyond Visible Learning as a ranking system or checklist and towards a way of thinking about our role as evaluators of our impact.  We will unpack the latest findings from the Visible Learning database so that we can engage in deliberate practices around what content, ideas, and skills we want our students to know, understand, and do. Making learning visible will allow you to identify what works best in teaching and learning and how to approach the implementation of what works best in your own school and classroom.  

This institute moves beyond learning intentions and dives deep into how best to support the development and implementation of high-quality success criteria. Engage in an active and empowering learning experience that will enhance understanding of how to create and implement high-quality success criteria.

Teacher clarity is both a method and a mindset, and it has an impressive effect size of 0.84. The concept is not new; it’s just yet to be implemented in ways that ensure students know what they are learning, why they are learning it, and how they will know that they have learned. Without clarity in learning, students’ ability to drive their learning (or take responsibility for their learning) is compromised. Join us as we take teacher clarity to the next level.

This two-day certification is designed to equip you with the knowledge and techniques that will enable you deliver effective Teacher Clarity Playbook trainings in your school system. See Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey in action at their school during classroom observations as a part of this certification!

Over the past twenty years, the science of learning has provided many insights into how learning works. This body of research provides well established principles and practices that when translated into classroom practices, have the potential to enhance and accelerate student learning. This How Learning Works Institute provides an easily accessible look at the process for translating research about how learning works into classroom practices that enhance and accelerate your students’ learning.

It's settled science: developing skilled readers can enhance students’ lives. That’s why renowned educators Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey created this institute with the urgency of a code blue in an ER—because too many children, for many reasons, struggle with learning to become strong readers. Reading is a thrilling but complex process. It involves a heady mix of skills, schema, self-concept, and social dimensions. This institute is designed to be a one-stop shop for best practices.

Academic learning may be the explicit focus of schooling, but what teachers say, the values we express, the materials and activities we chose, and the skills we prioritize all influence how our students think, see themselves, interact with content and with others, and assert themselves in the world.  In this session we focus on key social and emotional learning, but we apply it to educators, students, and schools.  In the past, SEL efforts were targeted to students but schoolwide efforts and supporting colleagues is critical.

Successful PLC+ implementation is a journey, not an event.  There are many challenges and obstacles PLC+ teams will face throughout their journey. One of the core values of PLC+ is Activation and ensuring that adult learning is at the forefront of all PLC+ meetings.

Restorative practices are an alternative to punitive approaches to classroom management. These practices humanize the schooling experience and allow individuals who cause harm to make amends.  Restorative practices rely on strong relationships as well as clear systems and procedures to ensure that harm is addressed. The impact is increased equity for BIPOC students as well as a reduction in exclusionary practices such as suspension and expulsion. But as importantly, students change their behavior as they come to understand the impact that it has.  

How do educators and teacher teams develop collective teacher efficacy? In this institute, participants will learn about collective efficacy and how to systematically cultivate it their schools. Participants will be guided through each component of a Collective Efficacy Cycle and will engage in a mini cycle during the institute. Participants will walk away feeling energized and empowered to lead a Collective Efficacy Cycle at their sites.

This institute will focus on how leadership works best for instructional leaders by emphasizing the essential mindframes and research to effectively lead teaching, learning and change. This 3 pronged approach will help participants refine current practices to glean the greatest learning outcomes for both staff and students and make the most of the precious time they spend together.

Early childhood is a uniquely sensitive time when young learners are rapidly developing across multiple domains. Knowing which teaching strategies work best and when can have a significant impact on a child’s development and future success, both in school and beyond.

Restorative practices are an alternative to punitive approaches to classroom management. These practices humanize the schooling experience and allow individuals who cause harm to make amends.  Restorative practices rely on strong relationships as well as clear systems and procedures to ensure that harm is addressed. The impact is increased equity for BIPOC students as well as a reduction in exclusionary practices such as suspension and expulsion. But as importantly, students change their behavior as they come to understand the impact that it has.  

Corwin’s PLC+ Institute provides attendees with a practical and evidence-based framework to support collaborative structures to support planning and implementation of student learning, as well as professional learning (e.g. microteaching, classroom observations) of the teachers and teacher leaders.

How does feedback work? The overall effect size for feedback is 0.62, but the complexity behind what makes feedback effective requires that we move beyond just provide a score or grade. We often focus only on giving feedback and overlook the receiving of the feedback and how to integrate that feedback into next steps in teaching and learning. This institute will unpack findings from the large body of research on feedback from the perspectives of the giver of the feedback AND the receiver of the feedback. Together, we will learn about the features of effective feedback, ways to foster, nurtu

This two-day certification is designed to equip you with the knowledge and techniques that will enable you deliver effective Teacher Clarity Playbook trainings in your school system. See Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey in action at their school during classroom observations as a part of this certification!

Accelerating student growth and achievement within the context of post-COVID teaching and learning demands that we leverage our expertise as educators to make decisions each day about what content, ideas, and skills we want our students to know, understand, and be able to do. We make decisions about how much time to spend on specific topics and how frequently to engage learners in that topic. We assess learners’ progress through high-quality assessments and decide when to intervene, on what, and at what level of intensity with each evidence-based activity. 

This one-day certification is designed to equip you with the knowledge and techniques that will enable you deliver effective Success Criteria Playbook trainings in your school system.

Must be employed by a School System, County Office of Education or Education Service Agency to participate.

The PLC+ Certification is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and techniques needed to support delivery of PLC+ professional learning in their schools. As a result of PLC+ certification, participants will be prepared to support and lead teams in engaging in collegial inquiry where members share knowledge, observe one another, analyze evidence of student learning, and capitalize and celebrate the collective expertise that exists with the team.

When we create a learning community that works together through a collectivist lens of shared accountability with a focus on equity; we begin to see how educators convene around high expectations for learning across all dimensions of identities. Such learning communities are empowered to explore how their collaborative actions and decisions propel learning forward. Reimagining schooling through a collectivist lens takes effort when we consider that so much about our current system is grounded in principles of individualism and competition.