teacher clarity
We believe that when teachers are clear on their expectations of high-quality academic student work and effectively communicate these to students, achievement increases. We help teams of teachers design student work that aligns with the cognitive complexity of the standards they teach.
Focus is on dissecting standards to gain a more in-depth understanding of what students are expected to do, identifying or designing rubrics depicting various levels of achievement, creating visual representations of expectations, and designing performance tracking systems so students can monitor their growth.
student feedback
We believe that effective feedback is essential to learning.
As a result, we help teachers understand the elements of effective feedback, how feedback and praise are different, and specific instructional techniques to increase the quality of feedback in classrooms.
Student Engagement
We believe that all teachers should possess a wide repertoire of teaching techniques that are designed to engage ALL students in learning.
We provide on-site professional development including structures so that teachers can transfer these skills into their own classrooms. Be an equal opportunity teacher!
Instructional Coaching
We believe that instructional improvement is a result of deliberate practice with effective feedback. As a result, we offer support to instructional coaches in designing an effective school-based coaching program, observing and providing feedback for instruction, enhancing instructional planning, and using data reflection skills for individuals and teams.
A special emphasis is on the neuroscience of coaching and how to develop the trust necessary to coach and provide feedback necessary for growth.
Potential Administrators
We believe that school leaders need different types of support at different stages of their development.
To accommodate this need, we offer a variety of leadership academies to support teacher leaders, potential school administrators, new assistant principals, potential principals and new principals.
Each academy is specifically designed to include the appropriate knowledge at each level with a special emphasis on helping leaders apply these skills in their schools.
Neuroscience of Teaching & Learning
We believe that the most effective instruction aligns with how people learn.
Leaders and teachers will understand the basic neuroscience of learning and a range of instructional techniques that align with how people gather, process, store and retrieve information.