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Corwin’s Leadership by Design Institute: A Powerful Network Series for School Leaders is a new networking opportunity for school leaders of all levels.  This 12-month series is delivered in monthly 90 minute bite-sized sessions designed for the busy school leader’s schedule in mind.  Top industry experts will cover critical topics around mindframes, efficacy, equity, leading collaborative teams, and more! 

The Visible Learning+: Making Learning Visible Pathways Series consists of four interconnected pathways of teaching, leading, equity, and learning that explore the 'why' behind the Visible Learning research, how educators can go about implementing it, leadership support, and creating an equitable culture.

The Visible Learning+ Making Learning Visible: Teaching Pathway places emphasis on great teaching which begins with deliberate decisions made with the intention to design learning that will positively impact students. This pathway presents a system of implementation for teachers to reflect on the impact they make on their students through a process of implementation and evaluation.

The pandemic of 2020 revealed many disparities faced in education including gaps in achievement, technology, and access. During this one-day event, educators will have the opportunity to explore how we can use this to ensure we are creating equitable learning environments and experiences for all through the implementation of comprehensive and systemic professional development. Join some of the top leaders in educational equity and dive into teaching and leading strategies that are rooted in inclusion, equity, excellence, and dig into how we can address and remedy these gaps.

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.

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.

Join Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Olivia Amador-Valerio for a two-day certification designed to equip you with the knowledge and techniques that will enable you to deliver effective Teacher Clarity Playbook trainings in your schools. Must be employed by a School System, County Office of Education or Education Service Agency to participate.

The Simultaneous Learning Institute focuses on providing educators with the terminology of the various hybrid learning models and provides guidance on how to successfully engage both the students in front of them and the students at home at the same time. Whether a school has already been working in a simultaneous learning setting or is preparing to start, this institute provides clarity around how to design learning experiences that leverage technology and develop routines and procedures that ensure engagement. SL Institute

The Simultaneous Learning Institute focuses on providing educators with the terminology of the various hybrid learning models and provides guidance on how to successfully engage both the students in front of them and the students at home at the same time. Whether a school has already been working in a simultaneous learning setting or is preparing to start, this institute provides clarity around how to design learning experiences that leverage technology and develop routines and procedures that ensure engagement. SL Institute

Part of a six-session series, this institute will explore questions such as: Do your teachers and staff trust you?  Do they see you as one who is supportive of their development?  Are you passionate about your role in the school system?  Lots of questions that all relate to your credibility as a leader.  Building on the evidence of teacher credibility, we will explore ways to expand your leadership credibility

Register for all six of the Distance Learning Leadership sessions that will cover the following topics: Maintaining Your Leadership Credibility (Apr 13),  Virtual Visibility and Social Presence (Apr 20), Microteaching (Apr 27), Coaching Instructional Improvement (May 4), Supporting Parents to Support Learners (May 11),  and Developing Leadership Mindframes (May 18). 

The '4 Pack' Simultaneous Learning Institute focuses on providing educators with the terminology of the various hybrid learning models and provides guidance on how to successfully engage both the students in front of them and the students at home at the same time. This series consists of four 90-minute sessions that cover: Clarity and Planning for Simultaneous Learning, Routines and Procedures That Integrate Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning, Engagement and Motivation in Simultaneous Learning, and Accelerating Learning. SL Institute

The Visible Learning+ Making Learning Visible: Teaching Pathway places emphasis on great teaching which begins with deliberate decisions made with the intention to design learning that will positively impact students. This pathway presents a system of implementation for teachers to reflect on the impact they make on their students through a process of implementation and evaluation.

Part of a six-session series, this institute will explore Virtual Visibility and Social Presence. People notice where you put your body. Your presence communicates importance and value. How can you maximize your virtual visibility and social presence such that teachers, students, and family members “see” you? Learn from other leaders who have developed a strong presence in their schools, even from a distance.

The Visible Learning+ Making Learning Visible: Leading Pathway places emphasis on great leading which requires proactive efforts to improve schooling experiences. This pathway presents the foundation for a process of improvement that is ongoing and based on evidence.

Based on Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie's title, The Distance Learning Playbook, this Institute, led by Vince Bustamante and Yana Ioffe, provides a clear plan for educators to be intentional and purposeful as we begin to re-open schools—whether that be physically or remotely. Building on key insights of the Visible Learning® research, attendees will explore the implementation of distance learning teaching practices that focus on credibility, creating learning experiences that are meaningful, and feedback that increases impact.

Part of a six-session series, this institute will explore Microteaching. Improving instruction and maximizing impact are primary responsibilities for school leaders. The question is, how can we spread highly effective approaches to teaching and learning around a school? One solution has been micro-teaching. In this session, we explore micro-teaching, allow for practice of this approach, and develop plans for using this tool to improve learning outcomes.

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.

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.

The Assessment of Learning from a Distance Institute explores the role of assessment as it pertains to the landscape of distance learning. Led by authors of The Assessment Playbook in Distance & Blended Learning, this institute will explore new tools and formats that teachers can use to assess students’ understanding. These new ways of assessing learning will impact schooling for years to come as they are better and more authentic than many of the tools we had been using before the pandemic.

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.

All new content of the BEST distance & blended learning strategies in education! Distance learning and its variants—blended, hybrid, and simultaneous—have been disruptive to schooling as we have known it. But amazing educators are turning disruption into innovation. The rate of innovation in schooling is unprecedented and this series focuses on highlighting new practices of creative teachers, coaches, and leaders.

Part of a six-session series, this institute will explore Coaching Instructional Improvement.

What types of feedback help teachers change and implement increasingly effective approaches to instruction and assessment? What times of coaching are ineffective? We’ll review several coaching frameworks and practice analyzing instruction and developing coaching plans.

The Assessment of Learning from a Distance Institute explores the role of assessment as it pertains to the landscape of distance learning. Led by authors of The Assessment Playbook in Distance & Blended Learning, this institute will explore new tools and formats that teachers can use to assess students’ understanding. These new ways of assessing learning will impact schooling for years to come as they are better and more authentic than many of the tools we had been using before the pandemic.