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William M. Ferriter and Diana Williams share how their students are changing the world for the better by coming together to make microloans to entrepreneurs in the developing world.

Many articles, blogs, books, podcasts, and webinars have been written and shared for the purpose of reiterating the need to close student achievement gaps. And yet, the process and progress in closing the gaps has been out of reach.

Presented by Nathan Lang-Raad, speaker, professional-learning facilitator, and author of Everyday Instructional Coaching: Seven Daily Drivers to Support Teacher Effectiveness, this one-hour webinar will offer you strategies to strengthen relationships and improve outcomes with teachers and teacher teams.

Gain tools and protocols for designing quality assessments that enable teams to collect meaningful data and respond appropriately with interventions and enrichments.

With so much focus on students’ foundational skills, we cannot afford to overlook the unconstrained components of language comprehension. In this webinar, author Molly Ness highlights the research showing the cognitive, linguistic, socioemotional - and even physiological - benefits of read alouds. Despite their solid research basis, 50-70% of teachers do not plan read alouds in advance! This webinar overviews a planning protocol for effective read alouds in Pre-K - Grade 8 in literacy blocks and content-area classrooms.

A learning community leader is a voice for equity, efficacy, and access for all. This webinar demonstrates techniques leaders can use to create equity and access throughout the learning community.

Deepen your understanding of formative and summative assessments, and learn how to design assessments that guide instruction, involve students, and communicate learning.

This highly interactive two-day workshop lays out a framework for small schools or schools with singleton teachers to collaborate meaningfully in order to help students learn skills that really matter. Following a seven-step framework, you’ll learn how to develop a schedule that allows for effective teaming for all, determine collaborative essential outcomes, set SMART goals, and monitor progress throughout.

In this webinar, authors Kathleen Kryza and MaryAnn Brittingham present the most effective strategies for leading diverse students in developing the skills they’ll need culturally, academically, and emotionally, both inside and outside the classroom.

Learn what PLC consistency looks like and what systems of support have been implemented to make sure PLCs stay on track to meet continuous improvement goals and, ultimately, achieve higher levels of student achievement.