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Join in-demand experts John F. Eller and Tom Hierck for a truly inspirational and informative learning session. John and Tom draw from their personal and professional experiences with trauma to provide insight on how it can impact the lives of students and teachers alike.

Join experts Jeanne Spiller and Karen Power to discover how you can use your great power as a school leader in the most positive and productive ways.

Despite the many articles, blogs, books, podcasts, and webinars that focus on “closing the achievement gap,” the progress made in ensuring equity in educational outcomes has been slow and, in some instances, non-existent. This is not because teachers, schools, and districts are not working to increase achievement for students. This is not due to a lack of effort or caring.

When educators collaborate with clarity and purpose, Tier 1 instruction gets stronger—and all students benefit. This webinar showcases how schools across New York State are enhancing Tier 1 instruction through the PLC at Work® process. Participants will explore how collaborative teams design and use Common Formative Assessments (CFAs) to gather evidence of instructional effectiveness and make informed adjustments. The session highlights the power of job-embedded professional learning that occurs when educators work in teams to respond collectively to student needs. Attendees will also learn how building networks across schools accelerates improvement by sharing strategies and successes.

In this one-hour webinar, authors Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic will share strategies that instructional coaches/leaders can use to guide their approach in supporting the PLC process with collaborative teams.

Do the educators in your school or district feel valued, connected, and empowered? Join the authors of Ensuring Teachers Matter, Shelly Wilfong and Ryan Donlan, as they explore the concept of mattering and its power to increase the effectiveness of professional growth and learning.

Discover how to seamlessly integrate the Common Core State Standards into your curriculum

During this webinar, she details specific strategies for designing an effective mentoring program that provides the essential physical, emotional, instructional, and institutional support from mentors and coaches from the very beginning.

Hear this powerful success story from Dr. Kanold and co-author Ms. Mona Toncheff and learn how you can implement the same collaborative team actions and practices in your district and sustain a school and classroom culture that supports success in mathematics for every student.

In this inspirational webinar, Timothy D. Kanold, Sarah Schuhl, and Mona Toncheff provide the what and the why details behind their 2018 mathematics professional development series for your collaborative teams and coaches. They bring you up to date on the latest research (collaborative team actions that are certain) for improving student results in mathematics.