Presented by Erik M. Francis, Author and Educational Speaker, Solution Tree

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Depth of Knowledge (DOK) continues to be a focus and priority in education. However, if your understanding of it is cloudy, you’re not alone. In this edWebinar, you learn how DOK clarifies what exactly students must learn and how deeply students must understand and use their learning. You also learn how the DOK levels can be used to plan and provide teaching and learning experiences that are standards based, socially and emotionally supportive, and student responsive.

Learning objectives include:

• Understand how DOK clarifies the cognitive demand of academic standards, curricular activities, and assessment items
• Deconstruct the learning intention of academic standards and performance objectives to clarify what exactly students must learn and confirm how deeply students must understand and use their learning in a certain context
• Designate the DOK level of academic standards, curricular activities, and assessment items based on the demand of the task students must complete, the mental processing students must perform, or the response students must provide
• Use the DOK levels as a Multi-Tiered System of Supports for delivering instruction, responding to intervention, and extending or enriching student learning

You also hear about comparing the demand and expectations of DOK teaching and learning experiences to TV quiz shows such as Jeopardy! and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (DOK 1), instructional TV shows such as The Joy of Painting and 30-Minute Meals (DOK 2), skills-based reality TV competitions such as LEGO Masters and Top Chef (DOK 3), and business reality TV competitions such as Kitchen Nightmares and Shark Tank (DOK 4).

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers and school and district leaders.

About the Presenter

Erik M. Francis is an international author, educator, and presenter with more than 25 years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, site administrator, education program specialist at a state education agency, and staff development trainer. He is consistently ranked as one of the World’s Top 30 Education Professionals by the international research organization, Global Gurus.

Erik provides professional development on establishing rigorous learning environments and delivering educational experiences that challenge students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and use their Depth of Knowledge (DOK) in different contexts. His areas of expertise include good questioning and inquiry, teaching and learning for DOK, tiered instruction, authentic learning, differentiated instruction, personalized learning, standards-based grading and learning, and talent development.

Erik received a master’s degree in education leadership from Northern Arizona University and a master’s degree in television/radio/film production and management from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and rhetoric and English from the University at Albany.

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