Webinars

In career and technical education (CTE), success isn’t about time spent in a lab—it’s about what students can do. Join Dr. Mike Ruyle along with Connecticut district leaders Dr. Nicole Walsh and Tonya Stoute as they dive into how proficiency scales and mastery learning principles can create clarity for teachers and students, ensuring alignment with both academic and technical competencies.

To be highly effective in a complex craft such as teaching, the development of expertise through deliberate practice is required. Based on the book Improving Teacher Development and Evaluation, written by Robert Marzano, Philip Warrick, and Cameron Rains, this one-hour webinar will explore the concept of practicing with intention

Motivating and inspiring students is no easy task. In Motivating and Inspiring Students, Tina H. Boogren, Robert Marzano, Darrell Scott, and Ming Lee Newcomb outline a six-level hierarchy of student needs, offering K–12 teachers actionable strategies to deliver engaging instruction. Explore the six levels of the student-needs hierarchy in this insightful webinar and gain insights into motivation and practical strategies to engage and inspire students effectively.

Teachers often are told what to do to provide high-quality instruction, but the how can be elusive. The New Art and Science of Teaching (NASOT) bridges this gap, offering educators a practical framework for developing both. In this exclusive webinar, Melanie Lewis Magee will guide you through the NASOT, empowering you to elevate your teaching practice.

Teachers work diligently to obtain accurate information about student achievement by using various types of classroom assessments. Ensuring this accuracy depends on assessments that are valid, fair, and reliable, which are crucial for guiding instructional planning.

Join Dr. Shelley Gies to discuss the cultivation of effective teaching in every classroom. Designed for administrators, teachers, and instructional coaches, this session will provide an overview of where effective teaching fits within a research-based school improvement model, how to implement research-affirmed strategies in your classroom, and how to support the development and growth of pedagogical expertise among colleagues.

Building and district leaders must be well versed in standards-referenced grading and all that it entails. This is no small change. It is a lot like parenting—exciting, challenging, trying, rewarding, frustrating, and extremely gratifying. It is the most transformational change upon which leaders may ever embark. This webinar discusses what leaders need to consider to lead the myriad of calculated processes and products that serve as the foundation for solid execution.

In this webinar, participants will learn about the systems and structures of personalized competency-based education that can support the development of learners’ self-efficacy, so they recognize they have the ability to shape lives better, giving them the power of hope.

What are the rules? How do we work together to make the school run optimally? This webinar will take a deep dive into Level 1 to help set educators on the path to high reliability.

A critical component of effective classroom pedagogy is assessing learners, yet many teachers question their knowledge about this important responsibility. Plan to join this webinar to enhance your understanding of what constitutes high-quality classroom assessment practice.