In a time when accountability is on everyone’s mind, we are faced with the moral obligation of providing every student with a quality and equitable education. All practices that schools implement must focus explicitly on results that demonstrate student learning and individual growth.  read more...

Beyond the Walks is a session provided for administrators who have been trained in the process of utilizing classroom walkthrough visits as a tool for monitoring and improving instruction in their schools. read more...

Imagine spending a day dedicated to district-wide, focused, professional learning where your faculty members are gathered to hear a common message tailored to the vision of your district.    read more...

Record and report your walks efficiently and professionally. read more...

In the midst of school reform and the requirements of No Child Left Behind, school districts face the challenges of utilizing their resources in the most effective manner to impact and increase student achievement.  read more...

In most districts and classrooms, teachers are focused on the alignments of curriculum to academic standards. Standards-based instruction is widely viewed as fundamental to increasing student achievement. As a result, attention to teaching process has been widely neglected. read more...

In most states, teaching each and every one of the objectives included in the academic standards is impossible.  However by working smarter rather than just harder, it is feasible to identify and cluster the most important standards into Power Standards. read more...

Developing and refining curriculum enables teachers to identify gaps, redundancies, and misalignments in curriculum and instruction programs AND fosters dialogue among teachers about their work. read more...

Key Instructional Design and Delivery training is designed to help teachers deconstruct the state standards and create learning objectives from these standards.   read more...

Based on the research of Tomlinson, Marzano, Gregory and Chapman, this highly interactive session will focus on the concept of differentiating instruction to meet the needs of various learners. read more...

This training is designed to help teachers deconstruct the state science standards and create learning objectives from these standards. This hands-on workshop can be customized for grade levels and science content. read more...

Information presents itself today in a variety of both electronic and print formats, and the amount of information available to us increases exponentially every day. The most important skill necessary in life today is the ability to comprehend information. read more...

Using the research from Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering and Jane Pollock's book, Classroom Instruction That Works, learn about the strategies that have the greatest impact on student learning. read more...

During this session, participants will learn how to ensure that students authentically respond to school tasks by focusing on the ten qualities of student work. Participants will be led through a process to determine if student work is on grade level and meeting state expectations. read more...

Research indicated schools that spend quality time providing professional development opportunities for their staff members on the critical components of teaching in an extended time period are significantly more successful than schools that do not. read more...