Course Offerings

In this course, educators will learn the four-layered framework-identity, skills development, intellect and criticality-as they design historically responsive learning goals and lesson plans to reach all young students, especially students of color.

In this course, educators will learn how teaching with intentionality unlocks student success and what teachers can teachers do to get better at helping students develop deep understanding of content, attain higher-order thinking skills, and become secure, confident, and capable learners.

The Mathematical Mindsets course will help teachers inspire and boost math achievement. Teachers will learn the latest research on the best practices for math instruction as well as the specific methods and approaches that can be used with students to help them develop a growth mindset.

In this course, teachers will have an opportunity to look at the research on how to teach young children how to read. They will reevaluate current practices, explore various misunderstandings around how we teach children how to read and explore instructional shifts to focus on the Science of Reading and apply a new perspective to their instructional routines.

In this course, teachers will engage in an extension of the conversation in Shifting the Balance, to focus specifically on reading strateiges in grades 3-5 teachers and best practices for the intermediate classroom.

In this course, teachers will learn to humanize data by focusing on students' brilliance, cultural wealth and intellectual potential instead of "fixing" and "filling" academic gaps through the use of data collected from standardized tests. 

Rather than focusing on what students haven’t mastered, this course identifies students' mathematical strengths.  Five key teaching turnarounds are highlighted: identify teaching strengths, leverage students’ strengths, design instruction from a strengths-based perspective, help students identify their points of power, and promote strengths in the school community. Each chapter provides opportunities to reflect and transfer practice while also sharing resources, activities, and tools that can be applied directly to the K- 6 classroom.

This course offers inspiration, practical techniques and innovative ideas that will help teachers increase student engagement and boost their creativity. You will develop creative lessons throughout this course that capture their students’ attention and interests as well as transform their lessons into meaningful experiences for students.

Half the students in U.S. schools have experienced trauma, violence, or chronic stress. In the face of this epidemic, it falls increasingly to teachers to provide the adult support these students need to function in school. but most educators have received little training to prepare them for this role. In this course, teachers will learn the research and experiential knowledge about the practices that support students' healing, build their resilience, and foster compassion in the classroom.

What are the beliefs and behaviors that set great teachers apart? In this course teachers will learn 19 keys to becoming more effective in the classroom. Teachers will focus on why it’s about more than relationships, how to focus on a consistent, engaging learning environment, and the importance of choosing the right mode—business, parent, child—to improve classroom management. 

When Teaching Gets Tough offers teachers practical strategies to implement immediately.This course will focus on strategies for: 

• Managing difficult students
• Working with challenging adults 
• Making the best of an imperfect environment
• Finding time for self-care