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In this free webinar, Dr. Catlin R. Tucker shares highlights from her new book, The Complete Guide to Blended Learning, to help you navigate this exciting and powerful way of teaching and learning. Get inspired to begin your blended-learning journey this school year!

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.

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.

Enhance your instruction and engage your students through our webinar. Join author Erik M. Francis he unveils strategies that will prompt and encourage students to develop, demonstrate, and deepen their learning through inquiry and questioning. Participants will learn different ways to phrase and pose good questions that will “hook” students, inspire curiosity, set the instructional focus, serve as assessments, and personalize learning. Explore how teaching and learning with an inquiring mind ensures the experience is educational, enriching, and exciting for all.

Research consistently highlights the power of differentiated instruction, yet many educators struggle to implement personalized learning due to time constraints and workload demands. Generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT provide a game-changing solution, helping teachers design customized lessons efficiently and effectively.

How can you maximize generative AI while ensuring security, ethical standards, and ROI? Join this timely session where successful district leaders share proven strategies for building AI literacy across staff, teachers, and parents—while creating sustainable systems that improve instruction and save time.

When should students and teachers use AI? When should they avoid it? How can you continue advancing your mastery with AI? Drawing on their book Irreplaceable: How AI Changes Everything (and Nothing) in Teaching and Learning, Maya Bialik and Peter Nilsson will share insights from working with dozens of schools and more than a thousand teachers on how to effectively integrate AI into instruction and learning experiences.

What happens when an entire district commits to improving mathematics teaching and learning? In this webinar, national mathematics thought leader and author Sarah Schuhl shares how the Mathematics at Work™ framework sparked meaningful shifts in mathematics instruction, collaboration, and student achievement across a California school district.

Reduce behavior challenges without adding more to your plate. This session shows teachers and leaders how small, research-backed shifts in practice can reduce behavior challenges and increase student engagement. Drawing from the Honoring Each Learner framework, participants will explore how individualization benefits every student—not just those with the most visible needs. Attendees will leave with practical, quick-win strategies they can implement immediately to build positive momentum in classrooms and schools.

In this webinar, Dr. Karen Gazith will review seven evidence-based principles leading to success for all students in the diverse classroom. Dr. Gazith will provide listeners with hands-on strategies, such as conceptualizing the classroom as an ecosystem, incorporating strategic teaching and learning, and developing grit and perseverance in yourself and your students. Educators will walk away from this session with practical strategies that can be applied in the classroom the next day.