"Junior" Program

This program includes a total of four 90-minute professional development series that are designed to build on to one another and to be given consecutively. The four anchoring series are centered around key components that lead to increased academic improvement and meeting the needs of all learners: Cultivating Classroom Communities, Implementing the MTSS framework, Differentiation, and Digging Deep into Data. *Other professional development series can be created based on your organization’s mission and goals for the academic school year*. 

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Group coaching will be organized around the professional development topics for the month. Participants will be coached on corresponding strategies and methods, provided with related resources, and will be given action steps to implement within the classroom. Educators will have to provide student artifacts and evidence of given action steps.

 

Feedback will be provided monthly for both the educator as well as their administrator along with a score of how well each participant is advancing through the program, using the teacher evaluation rubric from the organization. Each month, educators will receive one 90-minute PD from the created PD series, two 1 hour bi-weekly coaching meetings in relation to the given PD, one bi-weekly classroom observation (with written feedback), and one weekly virtual Q & A session.

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Group Coaching Includes: 

• Introduction and application of MTSS framework 

• Understanding/Applying Standards (Common Core State Standards) · Unit/module internalizations (core content subjects only) 

• Data analysis of assessments (identifying gaps) 

• Assessment Preparation 

• Strategic Planning of Units

• Progress Monitoring Student work and performance tasks 

 

Partnership Benefits: 

• Apprentice educators will be in a supportive professional community with other educators that are seeking to master the same skills, fostering a community of collaboration 

• Apprentice educators will be equipped with a toolbox of strategies to better learn their students in order to differentiate and plan relatable lessons without feeling overwhelmed 

• Enhanced analytical skills 

• Collaborative shared preparation periods to foster team approaches. 

• Promoting creative planning and teaching formats, such as small-group instruction, cooperative learning, and one-on-one conversations. 

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Transformation: 

By the end of this program, apprentice educators will be able to: 

• Accurately and independently align student performance tasks/learning objectives to standards 

• Have a solid understanding of how to read their student data and adjust instruction accordingly 

• Modify given curriculum to better address the needs of their students 

• Identify and implement the tiered levels from the MTSS framework to support the academic and social needs of all learners 

• Implement culturally relevant teaching to meet the needs of black and brown students 

• Implement strategies, methods, and examples with strong efforts to enable English learners to access the Common Core State Standards and the English Language Development standards for purposes of gaining academic content knowledge and English language proficiency.

Once an inquiry has been made, our team will connect with you to complete a survey that will aid in identifying the needs of your school or organization. Information gathered from the survey will be used to customize your training sessions. You may select the topic for your training session from our list of current training courses or provide a specific course topic during the consultation process.