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Gain insight from Peter DeWitt on professional development ideas and strategies that help leaders foster a more caring school not only for LGBT students, but for all students. 

Why does engagement plummet as learners advance in school? Why does the stream of questions from curious toddlers slow to a trickle as they become teenagers? Most importantly, what can teachers and schools do to reverse this trend? Join Warren Berger and Elise Foster as they discuss how educators can transform their classrooms into cultures of curiosity.

This webinar will explore best practices around feedback and how it can best be utilized to impact student learning. Participants will learns do's and don'ts of effective feedback; how feedback can develop assessment capable learners; and tools for using feedback as part of teaching and learning.

This interactive webinar presented by Dr. Tommie Mabry provides teachers with real-world insight into how shifting their own perspective on their students can transform the educational process. By taking a deep dive into what shapes students’ perspectives, educators can better understand the beliefs, values, and experiences of students who have been labeled as “troubled” or “at risk.”

How do we think about the most vexing problems in education? In this webinar, you will hear how applying new mindshifts can re-energize your belief that you can solve long-standing problems in education. New ways of thinking about old problems like equity, teacher retention, grading, and reading ability will unlock the solutions you’ve been looking for.

What if we were regularly told only what we don’t do well? How can we expect our students, many who face the same messages, to continue to persevere? What if we transformed our classrooms to strengths-based environments that cultivate the assets that our students bring each and every day? These are the very issues Kobett and Karp will address in this webinar and how by shifting your attention from students’ weaknesses to their strengths you can maximize understanding and turnaround instruction.

This webinar will build on the book From Equity Insights to Action that addresses how educators, on the one hand, can recognize their students’ cultural and linguistic identities, backgrounds, multiliteracies, and complex experiences and, on the other hand, how they can engage in critical collaborative practices that champion equity for MLs.

Explore with Jim Burke the ways educators can prepare students for Common Core Assessments without undermining daily instruction. 

Uncover from William Bender how project-based learning can aid in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. 

Hear from  Nottingham and  Renton why and how classroom discussion can be one of the most important vehicles for student learning. 

Hear firsthand from David Horton, author of Leading School Teams, how a powerhouse team can achieve four years of growth in a single calendar year.

Explore how the instructional coaching cycle from Jim Knight, author of The Impact Cycle, can help teachers and students improve in measurable ways.