Program details

In a series of workshops, this section will explore:

• Expectations and roles of teachers and students in the classroom (student-as-worker, teacher-as-coach) 
• Effectively managing your classroom, including routines, student engagement, timing and transitions, pacing lessons and keeping your momentum
• Professional learning and ethical practices 
• Building capacity for leadership, collaboration and reflective practice 

This reflective book study will help you build a vision for effective and committed teaching, with led assignments, feedback and reflection along the way. You'll finish this segment by shaping a personal vision statement and setting goals within your portfolio.

This in-person workshop will focus heavily on the following: 

• Learner development - including brain research, intelligence and grit, and behavior norms 
• Learning differences - personalizing your lessons, understanding cultural competence
• Assessment/Demonstration of mastery - implications of these strategies 
• Planning and pacing - content depth vs. coverage

Each candidate must actively participate within a learning environment for a reported 15 hours

Candidates will actively capture their experiences in the classroom, inclusive of reflection on goals and challenges set by the individual as a form of experience and practice. Candidates will then have multiple virtual meetings with their cohort coach, who will offer feedback and dialogue on observations.

This online course will explore the Danielson model, which offers a highly-effective teaching framework. Candidates will implement and reflect on classroom management goals and strategy within the classroom over the course of 6 weeks. The guided study will focus on fundamentally building relational capacity with both students and parents.

Each candidate will set goals, then work with their coaches and mentors to find support and reflect on lessons learned around this content area.

In a series of Professional Learning Network meetings, candidates will learn key skills and strategies to implement in their classrooms, and will then put it into practice - getting real-time feedback from their Cohort Coach and their peers.

In a series of Professional Learning Network meetings, candidates will learn key skills for supporting diverse learners, and will then put it into practice - getting real-time feedback from their Cohort Coach and their peers.

This section will explore the critical social competencies that are necessary for academic and life success, such as resiliency, self-management and responsible decision-making.

Each candidate will set goals, then work with their coaches and mentors to find support and reflect on lessons learned around this content area.

This course will explore Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), a practice of educating kids about behavior, just like other school subjects - focusing on prevention, and not punishment.

In this course, we will discuss the importance of, and strategies for, differential instruction - honing in on supporting students at the individual level.

This course will seek to demonstrate the connection between these pillars empowering participants to use data in a way that informs instruction and evaluates the relevancy and rigor of a curriculum against the needs of a student population. Participants will dive into the multiple forms of assessment and explore the value of each.

This course will take a deep dive into each of the Teaching Works 19 High-Leverage Teaching Practices, a Michigan Department of Education selected framework, to create a baseline for coaching and support of strategies to be implemented in the classroom.

This deep dive will connect theory to the day-to-day practice, explore challenges within each and leverage peer interaction for growth opportunities.