Webinars

The implementation of standards-based learning is a transformational change that invites educators to rethink their beliefs and practices. Ultimately, standards-based learning has the potential to transform school for countless students, as teachers and administrators focus on clearly articulating what is to be learned, helping students set goals and track their progress, and accurately measuring and reporting student growth and achievement.

During this recorded edWebinar, Dr. Tina H. Boogren introduces the New Art and Science of Teaching model and explains how educators can use the strategies associated with it to improve their practice at all levels of experience and expertise.

In this session Dr. Mario Acosta will explore how campus and district leaders can use HRS to create the conditions for success in their post-pandemic school improvement planning.

School improvement needs to be organized as a coordinated, collective, and systemic effort. The High Reliability Schools framework was developed to guide districts and schools in this process. In this webinar, Phil Warrick will provide a sneak peek at content from his upcoming workshops on Leadership, School Improvement, and High Reliability Schools.

Standards-based learning is a transformational change. During this brief webinar, Dr. Tammy Heflebower will overview two sessions: Teacher’s Guide to Standards-Based Learning and a School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading. These two award-nominated and -winning resources are the foundation to transitioning to standards-based learning in a school or district. Dr. Heflebower will highlight some of the key content to be addressed in the upcoming mini-session series.

Effective teaching, whether the environment is in-person, virtual, or hybrid, has a direct and significant impact on student achievement. In this webinar, Tina H. Boogren will provide a sneak-peak at content from her upcoming Effective Teaching workshops.

This webinar will focus on the best ways to reset our evaluation systems on a path that makes sense, leads to greater validity and reliability of scoring, and treats teachers with the professionalism that they deserve.

This webinar will focus on the best way to elevate teacher development and growth and is geared toward teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators. Learn how to create a system of teacher development that ensures all teachers get better each year.

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.