Silver Strong & Associates / Thoughtful Education Press

Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders – 4-Day ONLINE Training (DEC 10, 12, 17, 19)
2024-12-10 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only “simple and deep” teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have never been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework or for those school leaders and evaluators who feel like they need a complete overview of the framework.
Included materials:– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide– Tools for Thoughtful Assessment– Tools for a Successful School Year

$895 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

October Training Days
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
→ December 10, 2024→ December 12, 2024→ December 17, 2024→ December 19, 2024

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Exemplary Teaching – The Only Way to Raise Test Scores
2024-11-19 11:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online
– FREE WEBINAR –

Exemplary Teaching: The Only Way to Raise Test Scores

TUESDAY
November 19 | 2024
11:00 AM ET – 11:30 AM ET

With the recent release of Kentucky Accountability & Assessment Data, perhaps you’re wondering what your school can do to help all teachers—including those new to the profession—become exemplary.
Rick Fisher is a longtime Kentucky educator and current school improvement specialist who is working with schools to promote exemplary teaching in every classroom. In this powerful 30-minute webinar, Rick will . . .

Highlight the specific attributes that distinguish exemplary practice (as designated by the Kentucky Adapted Framework for Teaching).
Introduce a set of simple, ready-to-use instructional tools that help make exemplary practice achievable for any teacher.
Show how these instructional tools have a significant “spillover effect” to address multiple components and domains of the Kentucky Adapted Framework for Teaching.

Don’t miss this live 30-minute webinar with Q&A!

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Ready to get started?
Contact us to learn more and set up a free consultation with Rick Fisher.

Engagement: How to Create Classrooms That Motivate and Inspire
2024-11-06 13:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Online
– FREE WEBINAR –

Engagement: How to Create Classrooms That Motivate and Inspire

November 6 | 2024
1:30 PM ET – 2:00 PM ET

Educators have long understood the role engagement plays in student success. And with chronic absenteeism threatening to become the new normal—and threatening our efforts to help students recover post-pandemic—the need to get students academically and personally engaged in school is greater than ever.
What can educators do to make school a place where students want to come and want to learn? A place where they’re not only physically present, but willing to exert the mental energy that meaningful learning requires?
In this 30-minute webinar, Dr. Harvey Silver will zero in on the critical factors that have the greatest impact on student motivation. More important, Harvey will highlight a set of simple tools that educators can use to boost engagement in any classroom.
Don’t miss this live 30-minute webinar with Q&A!

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Introducing the Thoughtful Classroom Framework Online Suite
2024-10-16 11:00 (America/New_York) | Online
– FREE WEBINAR –

October 16 | 2024
11:00 AM ET – 11:30 AM ET

In this webinar, join Senior Director of Content Development, Matthew Perini, for a guided tour of our online suites and an in-depth look at the Four Cornerstones and the Five Episodes featuring powerful tools to address all nine instructional dimensions of the Thoughtful Classroom Framework.
Our online, on-demand professional learning suites have been designed to help teachers and instructional leaders select the right tools that will have the greatest impact in the classroom. Plus, these suites include all of the planning, implementation, and reflections resources that teachers and PLCs need to continuously improve their practice.
Don’t miss this live 30-minute webinar with Q&A!

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Refresher Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders (ONLINE) – October 4, 2024 at 8:30AM – 11:30AM ET
2024-10-04 08:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Refresher Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only “simple and deep” teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have already been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework.
PRE-REQUISTE: Complete TCTEF Training This is a “refresher” course and will include inter-rater reliability training, so participants must already have a working knowledge of the TCTEF in order to attend.
Included materials:– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide

$495 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

October 4, 2024 Refresher Training
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET

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Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders – 4-Day ONLINE Training (OCTOBER 1, 3, 8, 10 at 4:00PM – 6:00PM EDT)
2024-10-01 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only “simple and deep” teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have never been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework or for those school leaders and evaluators who feel like they need a complete overview of the framework.
There is a refresher course (including the inter-rater reliability training) that is available for those who have previously attended a Complete TCTEF training and are seeking a TCTEF Refresher with inter-rater reliability training.
Included materials:
– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide
– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide
– Tools for Thoughtful Assessment
– Tools for a Successful School Year

$850 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

October Training Days
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
→ October 1, 2024
→ October 3, 2024
→ October 8, 2024
→ October 10, 2024

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Teaching for Deeper Learning – 4-Day Academy (Sep. 17, Oct. 1, 15, and 29, 2024)
2024-09-17 | Online
ACTIVE LEARNING • DEEP UNDERSTANDING • LONG-TERM TRANSFER

An online academy for all K-12 educators: teachers, teacher-leaders, instructional coaches, and administrators

As educators, we want all students to learn deeply and well. Yet far too often, students attain only a superficial level of knowledge that fails to prepare them for deeper challenges in school and beyond. Why is this the case? And what can we do about it?
In this online academy, Jay McTighe and Harvey Silver, authors of ASCD’s bestselling member book Teaching for Deeper Learning, will guide you through the what, why, and how of deep learning: What it is, why it’s so critical to student success, and how to make it work in your classroom, school, or district. Together, Jay and Harvey will show you how to raise student achievement and close learning gaps by establishing a deep learning culture—one that teaches all students the skills they need to build deep understanding of important content and transfer their learning to the real world.

Sessions Overview
SESSION ONE FOCUS: How to frame learning around core concepts and essential questions.
SESSIONS TWO AND THREE FOCUS: Practical and proven tools that promote deep understanding of classroom content and develop critical thinking skills needed for real-world success. All tools modeled during the session are widely applicable across grade levels and content areas and easy to integrate into current lessons and units.
SESSION FOUR FOCUS: How to “put it all together”: Designing lessons, units, and curriculum sequences that ensure deep learning.

This innovative online academy will include breakout sessions and opportunities to design lessons collaboratively.

ACADEMY INFO
This academy consists of four online sessions of 90 minutes each (six instructional hours) to be held on these dates:
September 17, 2024 4:30pm–6:00pm ET
October 1, 2024 4:30pm–6:00pm ET
October 15, 2024 4:30pm–6:00pm ET
October 29, 2024 4:30pm–6:00pm ET

All participants will receive a copy of Teaching for Deeper Learning, recently named one of the 100 Best Teaching Books of All Time by Book Authority

$550/person

(Discounts available for school teams)

Includes four sessions, book, and access to an online suite of tools and techniques from the session

Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for completingSix Professional Learning Hours

Register TODAY!

On-Demand Option
Starting in October, we plan to offer an on-demand option featuring video recordings of all four sessions.
Contact us for more details.

QUESTIONS?Contact Alexis Connor, Director of Client Management, at 610-704-0653or aconnor@thoughtfulclassroom.com

Refresher Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders (ONLINE) – August 30, 2024 at 8:30AM – 11:30AM ET
2024-08-30 08:30 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Refresher Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only “simple and deep” teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have already been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework.
PRE-REQUISTE: Complete TCTEF Training This is a “refresher” course and will include inter-rater reliability training, so participants must already have a working knowledge of the TCTEF in order to attend.
Included materials:– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide

$495 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

August 30, 2024 Refresher Training
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET

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Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders – 4-Day ONLINE Training (AUGUST 26, 27, 28, 29 at 4:00PM - 6:00PM EDT)
2024-08-26 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only “simple and deep” teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have never been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework or for those school leaders and evaluators who feel like they need a complete overview of the framework.
There is a refresher course (including the inter-rater reliability training) that is available for those who have previously attended a Complete TCTEF training and are seeking a TCTEF Refresher with inter-rater reliability training.
Included materials:– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide– Tools for Thoughtful Assessment– Tools for a Successful School Year

$850 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

August Training Days
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
→ August 26, 2024→ August 27, 2024→ August 28, 2024→ August 29, 2024

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Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders – 4-Day ONLINE Training (AUGUST 26, 27, 28, 29 at 9:00AM - 11:00AM EDT)
2024-08-26 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only “simple and deep” teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have never been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework or for those school leaders and evaluators who feel like they need a complete overview of the framework.
There is a refresher course (including the inter-rater reliability training) that is available for those who have previously attended a Complete TCTEF training and are seeking a TCTEF Refresher with inter-rater reliability training.
Included materials:– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide– UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide– Tools for Thoughtful Assessment– Tools for a Successful School Year

$850 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

August Training Days
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
→ August 26, 2024→ August 27, 2024→ August 28, 2024→ August 29, 2024

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So Each May Learn: Simple Techniques for Addressing the Social, Emotional, and Cultural Aspects of Learning
2024-08-07 11:15 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Online
– FREE WEBINAR –

So Each May Learn: Simple Techniques for Addressing the Social, Emotional, and Cultural Aspects of Learning

Wednesday
August 7 | 2024
11:15 AM ET – 12:00 PM ET

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Our dedication to academic excellence for all students is built on a commitment to meeting students’ social and emotional needs, understanding their personal preferences, and recognizing their diverse backgrounds. So, how do we meet the challenge of creating a learning environment that ensures each student has a full opportunity to thrive?
In this webinar, Dr. Ida Teverbaugh-Turpin will show you a simple and highly effective framework for integrating the social, emotional, and cultural aspects of student learning into content-rich classroom instruction. Best of all, you’ll walk away with ready-to-use tools and strategies for promoting individual success and academic excellence for all.
Don’t miss this live 45-minute webinar with Q&A!

Engagement: How to Create Classrooms That Motivate and Inspire
2024-07-31 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Online
– FREE WEBINAR –

Engagement: How to Create Classrooms That Motivate and Inspire

July 31 | 2024
1:00 PM ET – 1:30 PM ET

Educators have long understood the role engagement plays in student success. And with chronic absenteeism threatening to become the new normal—and threatening our efforts to help students recover post-pandemic—the need to get students academically and personally engaged in school is greater than ever.
What can educators do to make school a place where students want to come and want to learn? A place where they’re not only physically present, but willing to exert the mental energy that meaningful learning requires?
In this 30-minute webinar, Dr. Harvey Silver will zero in on the critical factors that have the greatest impact on student motivation. More important, Harvey will highlight a set of simple tools that educators can use to boost engagement in any classroom.
Make this school year the year of student engagement.
Don’t miss this live 30-minute webinar with Q&A!

Engagement: How to Create Classrooms That Motivate and Inspire
1:00 PM ET – 1:45 PM ET

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Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders – 4-Day ONLINE Training (MAY 7, 9, 14, 16)
2024-05-07 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Complete Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only "simple and deep" teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have never been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework or for those school leaders and evaluators who feel like they need a complete overview of the framework.
There is a refresher course (including the inter-rater reliability training) that is available for those who have previously attended a Complete TCTEF training and are seeking a TCTEF Refresher with inter-rater reliability training.
Included materials:- UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide- UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide- Tools for Thoughtful Assessment- Tools for a Successful School Year

$850 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

OPTION I
May Training Days
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
→ May 7, 2024→ May 9, 2024→ May 14, 2024→ May 16, 2024

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OPTION II
August Training Days
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
→ August 26, 2024→ August 27, 2024→ August 28, 2024→ August 29, 2024

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Refresher Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders (ONLINE)
2024-05-02 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Online
ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Refresher Thoughtful Classroom Framework Training for School Leaders

Explore the only “simple and deep” teacher evaluation framework and learn how to onboard new administrators, refresh your own practice, and help all teachers grow through the use of tools.
This training will include the inter-rater reliability training now required by the state of Michigan.
These sessions are designed for school leaders and evaluators who have already been trained in The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework.
PRE-REQUISTE: Complete TCTEF Training This is a “refresher” course and will include inter-rater reliability training, so participants must already have a working knowledge of the TCTEF in order to attend.
Included materials:- UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Resource Guide- UPDATED 2024 TCTEF Quick Guide

$495 per person

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

OPTION I
May 2, 2024 Refresher Training
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

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OPTION II
August 30, 2024 Refresher Training
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET

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Responding to High-Stakes Assessments in Science and Social Studies: Are You Ready?
2024-04-25 15:45 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
FREE WEBINAR | JOIN US ONLINE

Thursday, April 25, 2024 | 3:45 PM ET – 4:30 PM ET + Q&A

The current assessments in science and social studies have placed new demands on teachers and students. To respond to the challenges of high-stakes assessments, our students need to be able to read analytically, gather evidence from multiple informational texts, deeply understand and transfer core concepts, and develop powerful written arguments.
Join Dr. Harvey Silver (author of Teaching for Deeper Learning and today’s leading expert on instructional strategies) and Dr. Kimberly Zeidler-Watters, (Executive Director of PIMSER – Partnership for Math and Science Education Reform) for a forty-five-minute webinar designed to help students succeed on high-stakes assessments.
Harvey and Kimberly will walk you through the “Three Cs” that content-area teachers and school teams need to pay attention to as they gear up for this work:
The First C – CHALLENGES: What do these assessments and curricula demand of our students, and why do they pose real challenges to many content-area teachers?
Harvey and Kimberly will examine sample tasks to zero in on the most common skills that they require.
The Second C – COMPETENCE: How do we develop the skills and habits that students need to be successful?
Harvey and Kimberly will highlight simple, practical tools that teachers in all content areas can use to build the reading, thinking, and evidence-gathering skills that the assessments and curricula demand.
The Third C – COMMITMENT: How can we grow students’ commitment to persevere and build deep understanding?
Harvey and Kimberly will provide you with tips and tools for increasing student engagement and developing the kind of growth mindset students need to learn deeply.

EVENT COST: FREE

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

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Dr. Harvey Silver

Dr. Kimberly Zeidler-Watters

A Culture of Shared Leadership: Maintaining Focus by Engaging in Cycles of Reflection and Adaptation
2024-04-19 10:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | Online
FREE WEBINAR | JOIN US ONLINE

A Culture of Shared Leadership: Maintaining Focus by Engaging in Cycles of Reflection and Adaptation

Friday, April 19, 2024 | 10:00 AM CT – 10:30 AM CT

We know that improving the culture of a school is no easy task. It doesn’t happen overnight. And we also know positive change is only possible when the entire staff “rows as one.”
But this is just the start. Developing a culture of shared leadership requires a collective focus on common goals. And these goals can only be achieved if leaders and teachers work together and make time to reflect on their efforts and adapt to new challenges and opportunities.
In this webinar, join Sharon Nepote and Tom Dewing to learn practical ways to maintain meaningful cycles of reflection and adaptation among the entire staff, so everyone remains focused on “rowing as one” towards their school improvement goals.
PLUS: Join us for a live Q&A session after the webinar!

EVENT COST: FREE

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

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Sharon Paver-Nepote, EdD

Dr. Tom Dewing

Teaching for Deeper Learning: Strategies and Tools for Engaging Meaning Making
2024-03-23 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Walter E. Washington Convention Center (Washington, DC), United States
ASCD 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Walter E. Washington Convention Center (Washington, DC)

Teaching for Deeper Learning: Strategies and Tools for Engaging Meaning Making

Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 3:00 PM ET – 4:30 PM ET

Join best-selling authors, Jay McTighe and Harvey Silver, as they preview content from their award-winning ASCD book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making. Harvey and Jay will share a set of practical and proven strategies and tools to actively engage students in making meaning.
In this session, participants will be able to:

Define “deeper learning”
Explain how deeper learning occurs and the instructional implications, and
Apply five specific strategies and tools to actively engage students in making meaning.

ASCD CONFERENCE INFO

Jay McTighe

Dr. Harvey Silver

Illinois Association for Gifted Children – Educator PD Hour: Teaching in the Intuitive for Gifted Learners
2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
VIRTUAL PD | JOIN US ONLINE

Illinois Association for Gifted Children
Educator PD Hour: Teaching in the Intuitive for Gifted Learners

Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 7:00 PM CT – 8:00 PM CT

Teaching the way a student best learns is the surest road to success. This session will provide not only a foundation for planning instruction but also practical approaches which can be immediately implemented in classrooms of all types.

$40.00 (Non-Member) | $25.00 (IAGC Member)

Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!

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About Dr. Thomas Dewing
Dr. Thomas Dewing has spent over 45 years in public education. He has served as an elementary and middle school teacher, instructional coordinator, and educator of gifted children. Tom was the gifted education coordinator for the one of the largest districts in Illinois before becoming principal of Thomas Dooley School in Schaumburg, Illinois, which won an NCLB Blue Ribbon Award in 2005. Tom was named as the Most Influential Educator (Naperville) and a finalist for Illinois Teacher of the Year. Beyond his service as a public school educator and administrator, Tom has taught graduate courses at a number colleges and universities throughout the Midwest.
For four decades, he has worked with schools in over 40 states as a Silver Strong & Associates trainer and consultant. Tom has presented for a variety of regional and national conferences, including the Illinois Science Conference, Illinois Associated for Gifted Children, National Staff Development Council, and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He has also worked with numerous publishing companies and education organizations, such as Harcourt Brace, Educational Testing Service, and the Illinois State Board of Education, to create curricular teaching materials and state and national assessments.

Dr. Tom Dewing

A Culture of Shared Leadership: How to Build Collaboration and Trust
2024-02-21 14:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online
FREE WEBINAR | JOIN US ONLINE

A Culture of Shared Leadership: How to Build Collaboration and Trust

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 | 2:30 PM ET – 3:00 PM ET

Changing the culture of a school can be a challenge, and it can feel impossible without buy-in from the entire staff. That’s why it is essential to build trust and provide opportunities for collaboration so everyone feels like “we’re all in this together.” In this webinar, join Sharon Nepote and Tom Dewing to learn practical ways to promote shared leadership in your school by first focusing on promoting more collaboration and building greater trust among all staff members.
PLUS: Join us for a live Q&A session after the webinar!

Seating is limited. Reserve your spot today!

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Dr. Sharon Nepote

Dr. Tom Dewing

Reading for Understanding – 4-Day Academy (Feb. 6, 13, 27, and Mar. 5, 2024 – Choose from Morning or Afternoon Options)
2024-02-06 | Online
READING FOR UNDERSTANDING
An online academy for all teachers, administrators, and instructional coaches

Reading for understanding is the key to deep learning at all grade levels and in every content area.
But what does it take to read for understanding? Research shows that strong readers use a battery of strategies before, during, and after reading to make sense of texts. They preview and predict in advance. They monitor their comprehension along the way. And they reflect on their thinking after reading.
In this online academy, Dr. Harvey Silver, Joyce Jackson, and Susan Kreisman will show you how to help all students read more actively and build deeper understanding of content. Not only for teachers of reading, this academy is for every educator—in any discipline and grade level—who is looking to build the kind of deep-reading skills that enhance classroom learning and promote higher achievement.
Most important, these sessions will be packed with ready-to-use tools that work with all kinds of texts and are easy to integrate into your current lessons and units. In this academy, you will . . .

Learn the critical connections between two key bodies of research: proficient-reader behaviors and executive function.
Use a good-reader strength chart to focus in on critical reading skills and strategies.
Learn a set of comprehension-boosting tools and strategies.
Use a simple planning framework for building literacy skills into your lessons and units. (Framework featured in the December/January issue of ASCD's Educational Leadership)
Reflect on current practice and target areas for strategic improvement.

ACADEMY INFO

This academy consists of four online sessions of 90 minutes each (six instructional hours). Participants may register for morning or afternoon sessions, to be held on these dates:

February 6, 2024 (11a or 4:30p ET)

February 13, 2024 (11a or 4:30p ET)

February 27, 2024 (11a or 4:30p ET)

March 5, 2024 (11a or 4:30p ET)

CREDIT HOURS

All participants will receive a Thoughtful Classroom Certificate of Completion for completing 6.0 professional learning hours.

All participants will receive a Thoughtful Classroom certificate of participation for completing 6.0 professional learning hours.

All participants will receive a Thoughtful Classroom certificate of participation for completing 6.0 professional learning hours.

INDIVIDUALS
$495 per person

TEAM OF FIVE – Save $475$2,000

Register TODAY!

QUESTIONS?Contact Alexis Connor, Director of Client Management, at 610-704-0653or aconnor@thoughtfulclassroom.com

BUILD IT YOUR WAY!
This high-impact professional development can be designed and delivered according to your needs, goals, and budget. Available as . . .

An online academy
An onsite institute
A blended PD session
A school-based or districtwide PD initiative

Schedule a FREE CONSULTATION: CLICK HERE

Reading for Understanding: The Key to Deep Learning in Any Classroom
2024-01-24 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Online
LIVE! With Dr. Harvey Silver

FREE WEBINAR | JOIN US ONLINE

Reading for Understanding: The Key to Deep Learning in Any Classroom

January 24, 2024 | 1:00 PM ET

Here is your opportunity to spend some quality time with Harvey as he discusses how reading for understanding is the key to deep learning at all grade levels and in every content area.

Seating is limited. Reserve your spot today!

Reading for understanding is the key to deep learning at all grade levels and in every content area. In this webinar, Dr. Harvey Silver, a renowned education trainer and author of Teaching for Deeper Learning and Reading for Academic Success, will show you how to use high-impact tools to help all students read more actively and build deeper understanding of content.
If you are interested in improving reading comprehension, this is the best thirty minutes you can spend!
PLUS: Join us for a live Q&A session after the webinar!

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Dr. Harvey F. Silver

A Culture of Shared Leadership, a Culture of Success
2024-01-10 11:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online
FREE WEBINAR | JOIN US ONLINE

A Culture of Shared Leadership, a Culture of Success

January 10, 2024 | 11:00 AM ET – 11:30 AM ET

Shared leadership is critical to any school’s success but it is never easy for school leaders to establish. Join Sharon Nepote and Tom Dewing to learn how to engage your entire staff in building a culture of shared leadership that improves the quality of teaching and learning in every classroom.
PLUS: Join us for a live Q&A session after the webinar!

Seating is limited. Reserve your spot today!

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Dr. Sharon Nepote

Dr. Tom Dewing

Reading for Understanding: The Key to Deep Learning in Any Classroom
2023-11-28 16:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
LIVE! With Dr. Harvey Silver

FREE WEBINAR | JOIN US ONLINE

Reading for Understanding: The Key to Deep Learning in Any Classroom

November 28, 2023 | 4:00 PM ET

Here is your opportunity to spend some quality time with Harvey as he discusses how reading for understanding is the key to deep learning at all grade levels and in every content area.

Seating is limited. Reserve your spot today!

What does it take to read for understanding? Research shows that strong readers use a battery of strategies before, during, and after reading to make sense of texts. They preview and predict in advance. They monitor their comprehension along the way. And they reflect on their thinking after reading.
In this webinar, Dr. Harvey Silver will show you how to use high-impact tools to help all students read more actively and build deeper understanding of content.

REGISTER TODAY!

Dr. Harvey F. Silver

Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making: ASCD Virtual Author Workshop
2023-10-24 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
What Will You Learn?
Join bestselling ASCD authors Jay McTighe and Harvey F. Silver as they discuss ideas from their book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making. Deep learning occurs when learners are actively engaged in making meaning of content. When students have learned something deeply, they retain information, achieve conceptual understanding, and can transfer their learning to new situations. However, deep learning doesn’t occur on its own as a result of didactic teaching; rather, it requires the active mental manipulation of content using higher-order thinking skills.
During this two-part webinar series, McTighe and Silver will explore a set of important questions:

What is deeper learning and why is it important?
How does deep learning occur?
What’s worth learning deeply?
How should curriculum be framed to promote deeper learning?
What kinds of instruction will help students learn deeply?

The authors will also present a set of practical and proven instructional tools and strategies to help students make meaning, build deep understanding and transfer their learning from school into the world beyond.
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IAGC Conference: SESSION 3 BREAKOUT: The CRAFT of Leadership
2023-10-19 11:15 - 12:15 (America/New_York)
Effective Program Leadership
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Room 162
Description
Whether you’re the leader of a district gifted program, the administrator of a school, or a member of a team of teachers you can influence everyone’s leadership effectiveness by advancing the C.R.A.F.T. of Leadership within your school. Developing the skills of collaboration, reflection, adaptation, focus, and trust will result in elevated outcomes, support overall achievement, and ongoing growth. This presentation will provide participants will the opportunity to explore their own skills of C.R.A.F. T. of Leadership and provide them with practical and easily implemented strategies that will advance the use of C.R.A.F.T. throughout their school.

IAGC Conference: SESSION 2 BREAKOUT: Change the Question; Change the Thinking
2023-10-19 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
SESSION 2 BREAKOUT:
Change the Question; Change the Thinking
Evidence-Based Curriculum and Instruction
In this interactive and ‘applicable tomorrow’ presentation participants will learn the why and also how deeper questioning not only increases the level of thinking in the classroom but leads to greater engagement, transfer and just pure joy for the gifted learner. Wherever you are on the road to designing and implementing greater thinking in your classroom, this presentation will give you the means to a more dynamic classroom.

Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making: ASCD Virtual Author Workshop
2023-10-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Online

KEYNOTE: Executive Function: The Key to Reading for Meaning
2023-09-29 | 2023 Dyslexia Therapy Conference – Mississippi College (Canton, MS)
On Friday, September 29th, the Mississippi Chapter of ALTA welcomes as keynote speaker, Dr. Harvey Silver, renowned educator, author, and coach, providing a two-part presentation on “Executive Function: The Key to Reading for Meaning.”

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2023 Kentucky Deeper Learning Conference – ONE DAY ONLY!
2023-07-17 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville)
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE

Monday

— JULY 17th 2023 —

9:00AM – 3:00PM ET

EAST HARDIN MIDDLE SCHOOL

810 New Glendale Rd. | Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Teaching for Deeper Learning
By Dr. Harvey Silver & Jay McTighe
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn directly from today’s top experts on deeper learning—Harvey Silver and Jay McTighe, authors of ASCD’s bestselling Teaching for Deeper Learning. In connecting their renowned work to Kentucky’s Deeper Learning Initiative, Harvey and Jay will help you

Develop a meaningful definition of deeper learning that you can use to assess and refine classroom practice.
Frame instruction around big ideas and essential questions that promote conceptual thinking and transfer.
Focus in on a set of thinking skills that make content learning active and deep.
Integrate deep-learning tools and strategies into your current lessons and units.

One-Day-Conference (July 17th, 2023) $250/per person

REGISTER TODAY!

QUESTIONS? NEED INFO? Contact Alexis Connor, Director of Client Management, at 610-704-0653 or aconnor@thoughtfulclassroom.com.
PURCHASE ORDER If you would like to register by PO, please click the “Register Today” button above and select “Pay By Check.” Then, fax the the PO to 201-652-1127 or email them to aconnor@thoughtfulclassroom.com.

SCHOOL LEADERS: Learn The Thoughtful Classroom Framework – Day 4 of 4
2023-06-20 08:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Online
LAST CHANCE | Register by June 7, 2023

Don't Miss this Early Summer PD For
SCHOOL LEADERS

Learn the Thoughtful Classroom Framework

Online Institute For School Leaders

Onboard new administrators | Refresh your own practice | Learn new tools

FOUR-SESSION EVENT | 08:30-10:30AM ET

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During the four sessions of this high-impact workshop, school leaders will learn . . .

How to make the evaluation process "simple and deep" using the Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework.
How to use Essential Questions to enhance observation, evaluation, and decision making.
The Four Cornerstones of Effective Classrooms—and how to use them to build a culture that promotes learning and growth.
How to provide effective feedback to teachers.
A set of classroom-ready tools (from the award-winning Tools for Today's Educators series) to help teachers solve their unique “problems of practice."
How to build trust across the school and district.

Presented by

Cindy Weber

$795/person for all 4 sessions
Includes four live online training sessions (2 hours each day) and a complete set of implementation resources:

TCTEF Resource Guide
Tools for Thoughtful Assessment
Tools for a Successful School Year

Register Today!

QUESTIONS? NEED INFO? Contact Alexis Connor, Director of Client Management, at 610-704-0653 or aconnor@thoughtfulclassroom.com.
PURCHASE ORDER If you would like to register by PO, please click the "Register Today" button above and select "Pay By Check." Then, fax the the PO to 201-652-1127 or email them to aconnor@thoughtfulclassroom.com.

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