Coaching takes many shapes and forms in districts across the country. It is used to advance a range of strategic priorities, from supporting teacher growth and implementing evidence-based instructional practices to building leadership capacity.
Across the nation, students struggle with reading. If educators want to help their students, there’s one resource they’ll need to bring in: families.
Presented by Claude Goldenberg, Ph.D., Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Education, Emeritus, Stanford University; and Susan Lambert, Ed.D., Chief Academic Officer of Literacy and Host of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Amplify Education
Presented by Joan Sedita, Author of The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects
Moderated by Pam Austin, Director of Instructional Technology, Voyager Sopris Learning
Presented by Dr. Steve Graham, Regents Professor, Mary Emily Warner Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
Moderated by Pam Austin, Director of Instructional Technology, Voyager Sopris Learning
Presented by Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D., Former District Leader, Current Founder and CPO, SpringMath Accelerate
Presented by Dr. Raymond Barnes, Chief of Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (GA); Dr. Bryan Willis-Reese, Principal, Allgood Elementary School, DeKalb County Schools (GA); and Derrick L. McMahon, Jr., Former Educator, Senior Customer Success Manager
The 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a significant milestone—a celebration of five decades of progress in special education, including expanded access to general education classrooms and AI- and tech-driven innovations.
Faced with a need to improve literacy skills and overall reading achievement, district leaders from Berkeley Unified School District in California (BUSD) knew that, no matter what they did, results wouldn’t be fast or easy. But only after three years of dedicated systematic change in kindergarten through fifth grade, they have seen improvement in not just student scores but also in teacher confidence in their ability to meet students’ needs.