EducationPlus

Customized Professional Learning
EducationPlus is your go-to partner for customized professional learning. We work with you to design learning opportunities that honor what your teachers know and do while providing new ways of thinking about teaching and learning grounded in research and presented in an interactive format.

We offer:

60-90 minute in-person, virtual or hybrid workshops
Half-day and full-day sessions
Multi-day learning series
Job-embedded coaching
Walk-throughs and feedback audits

Every customized professional learning event begins with a conversation. Your short and long-term goals, along with your knowledge of students and staff, guide our work. We understand that it sometimes helps to have a starting point - you may choose to browse through the list of topics below for examples of work we've conducted in districts large and small, public and private.

Examples of Possible Learning Structures

Half-day sessions each month on a specific topicgoal
Six sessions on a variety of topics for an all school PD day
Three sessions with coaching between PD days
Coaching for new teachers on classroom management
Equity walk-through with follow up PD days
Hybrid delivery of content to multiple sites with virtual support

Multiple Days Mini-Conference

EducationPlus can provide facilitators with expertise in a variety of topics to support district professional learning days. If you are seeking multiple presenters for a variety of topics, indicate the date(s) of the event and approximately how many breakout sessions you are seeking along with the topics/focus for the sessions. We will contact you to determine how we can assist based on the availability of our team members.

Job-Embedded Coaching

EducationPlus can provide ongoing coaching for a variety of initiatives. Coaching includes on-site observations and conversations with various stakeholders. Coaching sessions are designed in collaboration with schooldistrict leaders and can be customized for onsite, virtual or via phone. If you are interested in scheduling coaching sessions, please indicate the approximate number of sessions.

A representative will contact you to help develop and finalize plans.

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Audience

Early Childhood Teachers
Elementary Teachers
Middle School Teachers
High School Teachers
Building Administrators
Central Office Administrators and Curriculum Coordinators
Support Staff (instructional) - e.g. para-educators/teacher assistants Support Staff (non-instructional) - e.g. secretaries, bus drivers, custodial, food service
All Certified Staff
Other

Possible Topics for Customized Learning Opportunities:

Assessment & Reporting

Assessment for Learning
Creating and using formative assessments
Creating and using performance tasks
Creating and using scoring guides
Developing an assessment plan
Developing and using student work
Developing and using learning progressions
Standards-based grading

Classroom Management/Student Engagement

Community building
Developing (or co-developing) expectations, rules, routines and procedures
Instructional strategies to enhance engagement

Coaching for Leaders or Teams

Structures and practices to promote efficient, effective and meaningful teamwork
Coaching conversations/difficult conversations
Developing a shared leadership model
DISC assessment
Protocols for specific purposes (e.g. increase engagement, explore issues, address conflict)
Facilitating conversations about data and instruction

Collaboration Strategies, Procedures, Protocols (ex. PLC PracticesImpact Teams)

PLC from the ground up (reboot efresh)
PLC leadership training for teacher leaders
Fresh ideas for existing PLCs
Leading the work of PLCs for administrators
Coaching for collaborative teams (on-site observation and conversation with existing teams)
Effective use of data for instructional decision-making

Culture & Climate

Bullying Prevention
Community building
CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) Initial Certification (6-8 hours)
CPI refresher (3-4 hours)
De-escalation strategies
Digital citizenship | Social media | Cyberbullying
Expectations, procedures, routines
Growth mindset
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Restorative Practices
Proactive community building
Responsive/discipline
Circles
Specific engagement strategies
Supporting students with anxiety
Trauma-aware/trauma-informed schools

Curriculum Development Enhancement

Aligning curriculum (for new standards or vertical articulation)
Prioritizing and unwrapping standards into learning targets
Developing success criteria/learning progressions/proficiency scales
Revising curriculum

Equity and Inclusion

Anti-bias/Anti-Racism strategies (ABAR)
Culturally proficient instruction
Equity audit
Institutional racism
Implicit bias
Intersection of racism and trauma
Stereotype threat
Understanding privilege
Microaggressions and the impact on learning

Instructional Practices and Strategies

Coaching (observations and conversations onsite and virtual)
Designing for engagement
Differentiated instruction
High impact instructional practices (MarzanoHattie)
Inquiry-based learning
Project-based learning (PBL)
Rigor and relevance
Response to Intervention (RtI)/Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
Teachers as designers of learning experiences
Understanding by Design (UbD) Backwards design
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Learning for Support Staff

Communication and Community Building
Effective communication (written andor verbal)
Having difficult conversations
De-escalation strategies
Equity
Microaggressions: How to Spot and How to Handle
Health and Wellness
Technology: Google Suite and Microsoft Suite

Technology

Effective use of technology in instructional design and assessment
Digital citizenship Media literacy
Digital wellness and healthy tech habits
Discovery Education Experience 101
Discovery Education Experience 201
Discovery Education and Social-Emotional Learning Supports
Discovery Education for Specific Content Areas
Google Workspace = Suite of Tools (Docs, Slides, Drawing, Classroom, Forms, Keep, etc.)
Microsoft Suite of Tools (Outlook, Calendar, Teams, Slides, Forms, etc.)
Online learning design
Generative Artificial Intelligence (Chat GPT, Google Gemini, AI apps, etc.)