Webinars

The Critical Concepts provide a ready-made, state-standard-aligned set of measurement topics and associated proficiency scales that help educators identify learning topics and provide students with feedback on those goals. This webinar will explain the eight-phase process used to identify and articulate the Critical Concepts in English language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science, as well as how the Critical Concepts are used in the classroom with students.

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.

Developing teaching expertise is a common goal, yet achieving it remains challenging. To support you, we created the High Reliability Teacher (HRT) program. This free webinar will provide an overview of the HRT program components that serve as the vehicle for teacher growth and development.

This webinar will focus on scheduling within personalized competency-based education (PCBE) systems. Focus areas will include how to identify, obtain, and use student data to more accurately group students within PCBE. Participants will also learn strategies to effectively organize students and differentiate instruction within a classroom, based on student needs. The webinar will also include an overview of variables involved with creating a schoolwide schedule based on students’ academic and behavioral data.

The key to successful school improvement is to establish and sustain systems focused on “the right work.” The High Reliability Schools (HRS) model provides a systemic approach for strategic planning and sustained school improvement within five different levels of operation.

In this webinar, Kristin Poage will highlight The New Art and Science of Teaching as an instructional framework that addresses research-based ways to improve classroom instruction and student achievement. We will overview this framework, including some of the design questions and corresponding elements.

In the important book Awaken the Learner (2014), Darrell Scott and Robert Marzano made the point that K–12 schools primarily focus on knowledge and skills, to the detriment of their students. We are convinced, however, that motivation and inspiration are the most critical elements of successful schooling.

In this webinar, participants will learn how the New Art and Science of Assessment frameworks can be applied in non-core classes like music, physical education, art, and technology education. Join presenter Samuel Fritz as he connects assessment theory with practice, offering you many strategies you can use in your classroom.

In this webinar, Robert J. Marzano will detail his analysis of over 8,000 basic, advanced, and academic vocabulary terms for grades K–5, which he organized into 444 semantic clusters, and explain how to design a schoolwide plan for comprehensive vocabulary instruction.

Research shows that there is a direct, unequivocal correlation between engaged students and academic success. During this webinar, expert Mike Ruyle will share concrete student engagement strategies you can begin using immediately in your own classroom, school, or district.