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Strategies for Developing High Quality Unit Maps
During this interactive session, attendees will design strategies to develop high-quality, integrated unit maps in regular classrooms.
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School Culture for Deeper Learning: How the Right Learning Conditions Can Improve the Performance of Students and Teachers Alike
This session isn’t just about building a positive school culture – it’s about developing strategic, actionable practices that align with what we know about the science of learning to increase learning capacity.
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Rigor: The Power of Cognitive Engagement
These three factors come together in the student work or task. Knowing this, how do teachers plan tasks that maximize learning, and what are the components of a powerful task? This workshop addresses what rigor looks like.
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Project-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning (PBL) provides an educational environment that creates meaningful contexts to apply both academic and success skills that embrace the application of caring about – and for – the greater good.
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Now That’s a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning
Explore how one of the most fundamental instructional strategies – questioning – can provide the proper scaffolding to deepen student thinking, understanding, and application of knowledge.
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My Blended Learning Journey: Weaving Together Technology and Tradition
In this session, educators explore how technology can be used to empower both teachers and students in an increasingly digital world.
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Leading the Mapping Process: Strategies and Tools to Get Started
Whether just getting started or well into the process, this session highlights the critical components leaders and leadership teams need to target and ensure successful implementation.
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Journey to the Land of Oz: Teaching Thinking With Heart and Soul
This course was developed for teachers who see test scores whip in like a tornado—leaving them feeling as if they’ve been suddenly transported to a brand new world; this world is definitely not a place they want to call home.
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From Art to Science: Best Practices From the Old School and the New School
This seminar for teachers and instructional leaders looks at trends in education as the field moves from an art to a science. Participants will learn that best practices represent a blend of the art of teaching and the science of learning.
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