Building a Virtual Community: Connecting and Collaborating Online I’ve attended virtual professional development that is like listening to an episode of a podcast: I’m anonymous and unseen, the conversation is one-sided, and the presentation is more generic than it is specific to my role and my needs. I bet this has happened to you, too. […]
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We Don’t Do “Irrelevant”: Why the Stern Center Has a 95% Teacher Satisfaction Rating
48% of teachers report that their PD is irrelevant to their daily instruction. We recognize the value of funding, time, and the need for relevant, engaging professional learning. That’s why our professional development sessions result in a 95% teacher satisfaction rating.
Free Two-Part Adolescent Interactive Workshop Series
In this free, two-part virtual workshop series facilitated by Monica Crumback, B.A., C-SLDI, you will explore the ways in which adolescent students are impacted by long-term reading struggles. You’ll have the opportunity to interact, ask questions, and learn about instructional practices to help support students.
Discovering Student Insights with Year-End Surveys
As the school year winds down into spring and summer break looms on the horizon, we often find ourselves entertaining both our anticipation of the future and our reflections on the past year. It’s a perfect time to engage our students in some of that reflective work as well.
Cognitive Load Theory and Learning
One of the most critical considerations we can take as educators is how to work with our students’ brains instead of against them. Cognitive Load Theory, or CLT, is based on the work of educational psychologist John Sweller and his colleagues in the 1980s and explores mental effort’s impact on learning. Learners struggle when information overload clogs their working memory.
Terms and Conditions for Professional Learning Courses & Workshops
Learn more about our terms and conditions for courses and workshops, including policies concerning payments, graduate credits, attendance, and withdrawals.
