Seminars

For Secondary Teachers

Secondary teachers learn and apply new approaches to instruction to help their students become high achievers. Seminars are customized to address a district's unique needs, and offered to cohorts as part of a district's Professional Learning Services engagement, or as a stand-alone experience. Current seminar topics for secondary teachers include:

High Yield Instructional Strategies Participants learn to apply nine instructional strategies that research shows have the highest impact on student achievement. read more >

SEAL This unique four-step process—Standards, Examine Data, Assessment, Learning experiences—leads to data-driven lessons and highly engaged classrooms. read more >

NELLLB Participants learn new tools to effectively foster language acquisition in English Language Learner (ELL) and Early Language Development (ELD) students. read more >

"I feel more in control, ready to dive in and look at education from a standards approach."

For Secondary Teachers

High Yield Instructional Strategies

Based on Robert Marzano's ground-breaking work, and developed in collaboration with Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), this intensive two-day seminar introduces participants to nine effective instructional strategies that lead to student achievement, and offers guidance on how to use these strategies in teaching practice.

Audience

For teachers of all levels, instructional leaders, and administrators

Learner Outcomes

Participants who take High Yield Instructional Strategies will be able to:

Describe the nine instructional strategies research shows have the greatest impact on student achievement
Embed these strategies in classroom lessons
Assess their own understanding and use of the strategies in their current practice

Other Learning Opportunities

High Yield Instructional Strategies is part of Teachscape's Professional Learning Services programs. Learn more about our core service process, which is based on comprehensive data analysis and program planning to inform the professional learning for instructional leaders and teachers in your district.

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"[This seminar] made me think beyond my comfort level, which is beneficial to me as well as my students."

For Secondary Teachers

SEAL

Using local data and curriculum resources, participants engage in this powerful research-based approach to creating data-driven lesson plans that lead to student achievement. Using state and local standards, participants spend a day and a half examining and analyzing student data, selecting and designing assessments, and applying proven instructional strategies to transform their classrooms into highly engaged learning environments for all students.

Audience

For teachers of all levels, instructional leaders, and administrators

Learner Outcomes

Participants who take the SEAL seminar will be able to:

Apply the SEAL framework (Standards, Examine Data, Assessment, Learning Experiences) to classrooms of diverse learners
Apply the SEAL processes to build on and improve their repertoire of instructional strategies
Use valuable tools (e.g., lesson plans, rubrics, and instructional strategies) to design and implement data-driven lessons to help all students succeed

Other Learning Opportunities

SEAL is part of Teachscape's Professional Learning Services programs. Learn more about our core service process, which is based on comprehensive data analysis and program planning to inform the professional learning for instructional leaders and teachers in your district.

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"Not only will I be able to use the information now but it will be useful to me for years of teaching to come."

For Secondary Teachers

NELLLB

No English Language Learner Left Behind (NELLLB) provides a research-based framework for administrators and teachers to develop the systems, strategies, and methods that enable English Language Learners to succeed academically. The day-and-a-half seminar emphasizes data-driven lesson planning, instructional leadership, contextualized language learning, interdisciplinary and differentiated instruction, higher-order thinking, and parental involvement.

Audience

For teachers of all levels, instructional leaders, and administrators

Learner Outcomes

Participants who take the NELLLB seminar will be able to:

Apply the SEAL framework (Standards, Examine Data, Assessment, Learning Experiences) to English Language Learners
Develop a plan for parental/community involvement
Use the tools (e.g., lesson plans, rubrics, and instructional strategies) associated with the NELLLB process to effectively foster language acquisition in English Language Learner (ELL) and Early Language Development (ELD) students
Design and implement engaging lessons that contain high expectations, clear organization, and effective language acquisition strategies to help move students to English language proficiency

Other Learning Opportunities

NELLLB is part of Teachscape's Professional Learning Services program on English Language Learners. Learn more about our core service process, which is based on comprehensive data analysis and program planning to inform the professional learning for instructional leaders and teachers in your district.

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