Webinar Archive

Presented by Thomas Guskey

This webinar will explore the use of mastery learning instructional strategies to personalize and differentiate instruction for diverse students.

Presented by Diane Sweeney, Leanna Harris, Julie Steele

Engaging teachers in coaching is an ongoing process that requires planning and intentionality. Whether a coach is new to a school or has been there awhile, the beginning of the year brings forth the opportunity for coaches to reboot, revamp, and re-envision how coaching will impact teacher and student learning.

Presented by Serena Pariser

We can all have that classroom we dreamed about when we first chose to enter the teaching profession. In this webinar, Serena Pariser will uncover the steps to creating a dynamic classroom and answer questions that linger in the mind of a newer teacher or teachers looking to refresh their teaching practice.

Presented by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp

Translate the current research on reading into classroom practices that teachers can deploy tomorrow. We know that reading is an active process that is impacted by the text, task, and sociocultural context in which the reading occurs. These crucial components include systematic development of word recognition and language comprehension skills. Importantly, newer work reveals the bridging processes that make these possible.

Presented by Peter Birdsall, Jessica Hannigan, and John Hannigan

Join our exclusive, free series of virtual briefings for California school and district leaders. Understand state legislation, budget, and K-12 priorities. Through bimonthly sessions over the 2021-22 school year, we'll explore: setting priorities for the current state education budget, state legislation for K-12, fiscal outlook for 2022-23 education budgets, key issues impacting CA LEA's, and much more!

Presented by George S. Perry, Jr. and Joan Richardson

What actions can we take now to advance equity and raise the achievement of every student? Equity Warrior authors George S. Perry Jr. and Joan Richardson crack the codes to advancing equity from three decades of leading equity work across the country.

Presented by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Dominique Smith

Social and emotional learning (SEL), like any academic subject students learn in school, must be expanded upon and deepened, year after year. In this webinar, school leaders Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Dominique Smith focus on addressing not only students’ well-being and SEL development, but also that of teachers and school leaders.

Presented by Cathy Lassiter, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Dominique Smith

Enrich and expand your capacities to strengthen instructional leadership in your district by focusing on what works best—emphasizing the essential mindframes and research to effectively lead teaching, learning, and change. In this webinar, the presenters will discuss specific practices to strengthen instructional leadership, cultivate a learning-focused culture for staff and students, and leverage implementation-deimplementation science to successfully lead change.

Presented by Paul Emerich France

As we encounter the deficit-framing of learning loss and find ways to personalize learning as students heal from a traumatic time, we must challenge conventional wisdom on personalized learning and redefine personalized learning as a pedagogy for humanizing learning. In this webinar, author Paul Emerich France will discuss four steps for humanizing personalization, including centering learners' humanity, teaching in three dimensions, redefining student success, and prioritizing connection in the classroom.

Presented by Daniel Bauer

How to harness the power of your existing time, staff, and resources to transform your school. Top education leader coach Daniel Bauer has a framework to help you integrate more authenticity, belonging, and challenge into your leadership and school that will transform it’s culture and student growth.

Presented by Douglas Reeves, Arran Hamilton, and Janet Clinton

Join us for a free webinar to explore how to bypass the implementation gap in your school or district by implementing the evidence-based and field-tested Building to Impact 5D methodology found in the all-new book, Building to Impact.

Presented by Vera Ahiyya

Children yearn to see themselves in our classrooms.  In this session, we'll discuss how our culture reveals itself in the classroom and make connections between diversity and our students using children's books.

Presented by Jaime E. Welborn, Tamika Casey, Keith T. Myatt, and Randall B. Lindsey

In this webinar, the authors of Leading Change through the Lens of Cultural Proficiency tell the story of a school community that contended with its approach to teaching and valuing students of diverse backgrounds. The authors will discuss roadmaps, barriers along the way, and educator commitment to implementing and sustaining the work of Cultural Proficiency.

Presented by Jessica and John Hannigan

Inequities in school discipline remain a challenge nationwide. It's time that educators learned what actions they can take to create positive, meaningful long-term changes in behavior instead of suspending students from school.

Presented by Paul Hernandez

In this webinar, Dr. Paul Hernandez, author of The Pedagogy of Real Talk, will introduce the concept of ‘Real Talk’ as the action step needed in creating a sense of true belonging in the classroom.

Presented by Lou E. Matthews, Shelly M. Jones, and Yolanda A. Parker

In this webinar, the authors of Engaging in Culturally Relevant Math Tasks will explore how teachers can find, adapt, and implement math tasks that engage and empower students by helping them learn and understand math more deeply and make connections to themselves, their communities, and the world around them.

Presented by Peter Birdsall and Kateri Thunder

Join our exclusive, free series of virtual briefings for California school and district leaders. Understand state legislation, budget, and K-12 priorities. Through bimonthly sessions over the 2021-22 school year, we'll explore: setting priorities for the current state education budget, state legislation for K-12, fiscal outlook for 2022-23 education budgets, key issues impacting CA LEA's, and much more!

Presented by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Aida Allen-Rotell

There are critical foundations that must be present to launch and maintain a successful tutoring program in any school district. With ESSER and California-specific funding available for tutoring, it’s imperative that your tutoring plans are effectively carried out.

Presented by Sonja Hollins-Alexander and Nicole Law

Collective Equity is the catalyst for transforming learning environments into equitable spaces for increasing engagement, accelerating achievement, and enhancing belongingness and self-efficacy for all students. The Collective leverages relational trust where all members can individually and collectively show up in the fullness of who they are. When the Collective Equity Framework is implemented, the learning community is strengthened through a laser-like focus on increasing the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and stamina of educators in order to implement culturally fortifying practices that are visible.

Presented by Melanie Meehan, Christina Nosek, Georgina Rivera

In this webinar, the authors of the Five to Thrive series will share actionable answers to the most pressing questions about teaching reading, writing, math, and creating a classroom community. New and veteran educators alike will come away with timely, up-to-date guidance that ensures they continue to deliver the best learning experiences for their students. Administrators will also find this session useful as they plan induction programs as well as to learn helpful tools to help support their staff. 

Presented by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Kristine Lewis Grant

Join authors of the new book, Culturally Responsive Teaching Online and In Person: An Action Planner for Dynamic Equitable Learning Environments, Stephanie Smith Budhai and Kristine Lewis Grant as they share ways K-12 teachers can maximize students’ cultural capital and assets to support their learning in online and in-person learning environments. The content in this session can be used by K-12 teachers to build the knowledge, awareness, skills, and dispositions to pivot instruction to facilitate equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist learning experiences that transcend cultural, social, and linguistic backgrounds.

Presented by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey

The continued challenges of the pandemic have brought more unexpected changes to a destabilizing school year. In this webinar, school leaders Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey focus on addressing current demands around student behavior, teacher morale, and compassionate leadership.

Presented by Michael Fullan and Mark Edwards

Based around the stories of 8 school districts, this webinar with Michael Fullan and Mark Edwards will share their insights about how deep caring for others linked to collaboration can achieve amazing results under complex conditions. Through powerful case studies and vignettes, the authors will discuss how spirit and collaboration represent revolutionary potential for education and pave the way to a brighter future.

Presented by Pam Koutrakos and Maria Walther

Join authors Pam Koutrakos and Maria Walther as they share their passion for using children’s literature to create joyful, student-centered literacy experiences. Learn how to use books as your teaching partners to mentor inquisitive learners and lead them on the path toward independence.