Professional development
Professional growth throughout the school year
A single day of training is just the beginning. Our ongoing coaching and support services are designed to build lasting instructional growth.
Our approach
One step at a time, all year long
Professional development is not a one-and-done deal. We meet teachers where they are and help them grow — one step at a time — through coaching, modeling, and structured reflection. Our approach is clear, consistent, and easily digestible, and results in real change in a single school year.
Campus-Level Cohort Coaching
For cohorts of ~6 teachers, we go through the coaching cycle (pre-conference, observation, post-observation conference) several times throughout the school year. In each cycle, we focus on making one or two enhancements to lessons from the lens of engaging students with academic language and structured visuals.
Model Teaching
Are your teachers looking to improve their craft by seeing specific strategies in action? We can model a specific strategy with a teachers’ students, then debrief with that teacher afterwards. This can be incorporated as part of the coaching cycle or as a standalone practice.
Mini-Trainings during PLCs
A great alternative, or addition, to a single-day training: we spend 40 to 80 minutes modeling a single high-yield strategy to PLCs or teachers with shared planning times. In these mini-trainings, we also devote time to planning out the strategy in an upcoming lesson and reflecting on implementation successes and challenges with other strategies.
