Becoming #2 - 2020 Sessions

November 21, 2020

Your pathway to move from surviving to thriving in a remote learning environment. Whether you're just getting started or you're ready to level up your remote learning skills, all of the sessions are designed to build off of each other. In the Getting Started and Next Steps pathways, you'll dive into sessions on effective remote teaching, building engaging and interactive synchronous and asynchronous lessons, as well as creating meaningful remote assessments. You'll leave each session with templates, actionable strategies, toolkits, and resources you can right now in your remote classroom.

Getting Started - Effective Remote Teaching

Essential Question: What are the best practices for remote learning?

Emergency distance learning may be over, but traditional face-to-face techniques do not work the same way in an online setting. You need to have a strong foundation in the basics of remote learning in order to create powerful learning experiences time after time for online learners. That's exactly what we're giving you in this session. We're walking you through how to create and manage a consistent schedule, how to maximize live instruction time, how to transition between asynchronous and synchronous learning, as well as tips and tricks to streamline your workflow.

Getting Started - Creating Interactive Remote Synchronous Lessons

Essential Question: How to deliver high-quality remote instruction synchronously?

You might find yourself with limited time for live instruction or you might be on the opposite side with hours of time to fill. Either way, you need to create meaningful and interactive lessons to make the most of your live instruction time without staying up until 1 a.m to do it. In this session, we're taking you through all of the steps needed to create engaging synchronous lessons time after time. Get ready for hands-on support to help you develop lessons that are interactive and supportive for all students. We're also giving you plug and play templates, so you can quickly create lessons for your remote classroom.

Getting Started - Creating Engaging Remote Asynchronous Lessons

Essential Question: How to deliver high quality remote instruction asynchronously?

Creating asynchronous lessons can feel like a puzzle you just can't solve. You can spend hours creating lessons your students never complete or barely engage with. In this session, we're walking you through an easy process to design lessons that make the most of asynchronous learning time, are engaging and interactive, as well as what tools to use to ensure you can track student progress and engagement. We're also giving you a customizable template that you can use time after time to quickly build lessons for asynchronous learning.

Getting Started - Creating Meaningful Assessments for Remote Learning

Essential Question: What do effective remote learning assessments look like?

In addition to the challenge of creating powerful learning experiences for remote environments, you will need to be able to provide authentic online assessments. What does this look like and how do you even get started? No worries! In this session, we're starting at the very beginning so you can see exactly what meaningful assessments look like in a remote environment and we're taking you step-by-step through how to create assessments customized for your students.

Next Steps - Effective Remote Teaching

Essential Question: What does effective remote teaching look like?

In this session, we're going beyond the basics of best practices for remote learning to cover everything you'll need to deliver high-quality content virtually that is the equivalent to in-person instruction. In this session, we're breaking down how to effectively manage your remote classroom, coordinate small group learning, how to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students, lesson pacing, as well as the best tools and resources to use. We're keeping it simple to avoid adding to the tech overwhelm for you and your students.

Next Steps - Creating Interactive Remote Synchronous Lessons

Essential Question: How to continue to deliver high-quality remote instruction synchronously?

Whether you're creating synchronous lessons for 30 minutes, 60 minutes, or longer, it's helpful to see actual examples of what this looks like. In this session, we're walking you through a few examples of various synchronous lessons, and then we're helping you build your own to maximize live instruction time. We're diving deeper into the best practices on pacing, transitions, as well as how to use a core selection of tools and resources to help you streamline your workflow. All while still delivering high-quality instruction.

Next Steps - Designing Engaging Remote Asynchronous Lessons

Essential Question: How to continue to deliver high-quality remote instruction asynchronously?

Go beyond the basics and learn how you can create dynamic asynchronous lessons to keep your students engaged week after week. As the school year progresses, it can be difficult to find new ways to refresh your asynchronous lessons to keep them interactive. In this session, we're walking you through different tools, resources, and ideas you can use now or save in your teacher toolbox to be able to seamlessly refresh your lessons quickly and easily. We're also diving deeper into how you can continue to simplify your workflow to help you save time.

Next Steps - Creating Meaningful Assessments for Remote Learning

Essential Question: How to provide meaningful assessments in a remote learning environment?

You've got the basics down of how to create authentic online assessments? Great! Now in this session, we're diving deeper into even more ways you can assess your students virtually. Get ready to learn how to maximize a core set of tools and pick up even more techniques to continue to create accurate assessments for online learners. We're also showing you how to take preventive steps to ensure students are providing authentic responses.

November 21, 2020

Ready to finally know how to crush blended teaching? In every session listed below, we're walking you through how to be an effective blended teacher, how to quickly and easily create engaging synchronous and asynchronous lessons, as well as how to design authentic assessments for in-person and remote students. Get ready to walk away with a simple toolkit you can rely on, flexible resources, and templates you can use time after time. We're taking the mystery out of blended learning to help you save time and move from surviving to thriving.

Getting Started - Effective Blended Teaching

Essential Question: What are the best practices for blended learning?

We're going to take a wild guess and say the number one question on your mind when it comes to blended teaching is: "how to balance remote and in-person learning?". In this session, we're answering this question by walking you through what an effective blended learning structure looks like, showing you how to create a consistent schedule that will work for all learners, and how to seamlessly transition between remote and in person learning.

Getting Started - Designing Interactive Synchronous Blended Lessons

Essential Question: How to deliver high quality blended instruction synchronously?

Do you wish you could take a peek inside a blended teacher's classroom and see what effective synchronous lessons look like? We're making your wish come true in this session by sharing a few examples of live blended lessons, as well as working alongside you to build your own, customized to meet the needs of blended learners. Get ready to learn how to use a core set of powerful tools and resources, as well as techniques to help keep remote and in-person learners engaged inside live lessons.

Getting Started - Creating Simple and Engaging Blended Asynchronous Lessons

Essential Question: How to deliver high quality blended instruction asynchronously?

In a blended learning environment, asynchronous lessons become even more important. You need to ensure your students at home are being appropriately challenged and their needs are being met outside of live instruction. The most challenging part...how to keep those students engaged. In this session, we're breaking down effective asynchronous blended lessons from start to finish. We're giving you our tried and true formula of tools, resources, and templates to use, as well as walking alongside you to build your own customized asynchronous lessons that will actually engage your students.

Getting Started - Creating Authentic Assessments for Blended Learning

Essential Question: What do authentic blended learning assessments look like?

With students learning at home and in person, it can be challenging to keep track of student progress and create accurate assessments for both learning environments. In this session, we're starting with the basics by showing you what authentic blended assessments look like and walking you through step-by-step to create your own to meet the needs of your students. We're also showing you how to use our top tools and resources to streamline the creation and effectiveness of your assessments.

Next Steps - Effective Blended Teaching

Essential Question: What does effective blended teaching look like?

Ready to go beyond the basics of blended learning? In this session, we're expanding on blended teaching practices by diving deeper into how you can continue to build a cohesive learning environment between home and school, as well as how to meet the needs of all learners and ensure all students are appropriately challenged. We're also diving into best practices on pacing and how you can streamline your blended teaching workflow to save time.

Next Steps - Designing and Delivering Interactive Synchronous Blended Lessons

Essential Question: How to continue to deliver high-quality blended instruction synchronously?

Get ready to dive deeper into how you can create dynamic interactive lessons to keep your remote and in-person students engaged in a blended environment, week after week. You'll learn how to maximize a core set of tools, as well as new techniques and templates you can use to quickly and easily create synchronous lessons. We're also helping you streamline your lesson creation workflow to save time and diving into even more best practices on pacing and transitions.

Next Steps - Creating Simple and Engaging Asynchronous Lessons for Blended Learning

Essential Question: How to continue to deliver high quality blended instruction asynchronously?

Ready to take your asynchronous lessons to the next level? Good because in this session we're diving deeper into more techniques and strategies! We're showing you how to maximize the use of a core set of tools, so you can refresh your content to keep your students engaged. It's inevitable that if you do the same thing over and over again, people will get bored. To avoid lesson fatigue from your students, we're giving you different resources and ideas you can use now or store in your teacher toolbox to quickly pull out when you need them. The best part? We're keeping it simple to avoid needing to learn how to use a ton of tech tools or new resources.

Next Steps - Creating Authentic Assessments for Blended Learning

Essential Question: How to create authentic assessments in a blended environment?

Got the basics down of how to create assessments for blended learning? Check! Now you're ready to dive deeper into a core set of tools, as well as utilize even more techniques and strategies to continue to create authentic assessments for remote and in-person learners. We're also diving deeper into accurate progress monitoring and how to set up precautions to prevent cheating online.

Best Practices - Effective Remote Instruction for Primary Learners

Essential Question: How to improve online instruction for little learners?

What does effective remote instruction for primary learners look like? We're breaking it down for you in this session. Managing your remote classroom, what to prioritize for live synchronous learning, the best age appropriate tools and resources to use, as well as how to seamlessly transition between synchronous and asynchronous learning...we're covering it all! Go step-by-step and leave with tools, resources, and strategies to help you create engaging learning experiences for little learners.

How to Create Interactive Synchronous Lessons & Activities for Primary Remote Learners

Essential Question: How to hold little learner's attention during live remote lessons?

When little learners have a short attention span, how do you create and deliver live lessons that are actually interactive and engaging? In this hands-on make and take-style workshop, we'll walk through new engaging techniques and tools you can use, and then we'll help you design your own lessons and activities. Customized support to help you create a hands-on learning experience for little learners time after time. Prepping synchronous lessons just got easier!

How to Create Engaging & Easy to Follow Asynchronous Lessons for Primary Remote Learners

Essential Question: How to build simple lessons young learners can complete on their own?

Creating engaging asynchronous lessons for remote learning is challenging, but then add in primary learners and it can feel like you're trying to find a unicorn formula to build a lesson. In this session, we're walking you through a basic set of tools and a template you can use to design asynchronous lessons that are simple and interactive. Simple is key so young learners can complete lessons with little to no help from their parents or guardians. This paired-down workflow will help you save time designing asynchronous lessons that will actually engage your students.

How to Accurately Assess & Track Student Progress in Remote Learning

Essential Question: What do authentic remote assessments look like for little learners?

You've spent time creating engaging lessons, activities, and assignments, but how do you even begin to accurately assess your little learners? In this session, we're showing you the tools and techniques you'll need in order to create formative assessments customized for primary learners. We're helping you cut through the stress and confusion of assessments, so you can relax knowing that you're tracking student progress in the best way.

November 21, 2020

It's time for hands-on support that is specifically designed for primary teachers! In these sessions, we're showing you how to successfully create engaging blended learning experiences for little learners right NOW. You need to know all of the ins and outs of blended learning customized for little learners, how to create interactive asynchronous and synchronous lessons, as well as how to assess learning for in person and remote learners...we've got you covered! Did we mention we're giving you a simple toolkit, templates, and resources you can use right now?

Best Practices - Effective Blended Instruction for Primary Learners

Essential Question: How to create an effective blended experience customized for little learners?

How to streamline blended learning to keep it simple for you, your young students, and their families? In this session, we're showing you how to do just that! Balancing remote and in person learning, creating a consistent schedule, pacing, and streamlining communication...we're covering it all! We're also walking you through what an effective blended learning structure should look like for primary learners and we're giving you age appropriate tools you can use in your blended classroom.

How to Create Dynamic & Hands-On Synchronous Lessons for Remote and In-Person Learners

Essential Question: How to create an interactive and engaging experience for all students during live blended lessons?

30 minutes, 60 minutes, or 3 hours...you need hands-on, interactive lessons that will keep your young learners engaged during live instruction. In this session, we're helping you create meaningful and comprehensive lessons for all different time periods. We're giving you templates, tools, and resources you can use to easily create synchronous lessons that are engaging for all learners. We're also breaking down our top tips to help you streamline lesson creation to save you from staying up until all hours of the night trying to design multiple lessons that will work both in-person and remote learners. Engaging synchronous lessons simplifed? Check!

How to Create & Deliver Engaging Asynchronous Lessons for Blended Learning

Essential Question: How to creating engaging and easy to follow lessons for remote and in-person learners?

Whether you're creating asynchronous lessons for in-person or remote learners, you're going to need to ensure these lessons are simple, challenging, and engaging. This is no easy feat and you can find yourself spending tons of time trying to create lessons that your student may or may not even complete, especially if they require a lot of parent support. In this session, we're giving you the tools, resources, and templates you'll need to create an engaging asynchronous lesson every time.

How to Create Meaningful Formative Assessments for Blended Learners

Essential Question: How do you measure learning for primary students in a blended environment?

You have students learning at home and in person, which makes it difficult to meaningfully assess each and every one of your students. In this session, we're walking you through how to build formative assessments for your little learners step-by-step. We're showing you examples of effective blended assessments and we're giving you templates, a few simple tools to use, as well as techniques to help you easily keep track of all of your student's progress.

November 21, 2020

Teachers are constantly looking to you for answers to all of their blended and remote learning questions, as well as quick wins to help them keep their heads above water. Some days it can feel more like you're IT support or just putting out fires. We want to help make your job easier by giving you the tools, resources and techniques you'll need to support teachers in any learning model (yes, even through those model transitions we know are coming), help them shift their pedagogy, and even build up your capacity as a coach.

How to Support Teachers in a Remote Learning Environment

Essential Questions: How to help teachers succeed in remote learning?

The challenges that teachers face in a remote learning model are unique, so we've dedicated one whole session to help you build out your coaching toolbox with the tools, strategies, and techniques you'll need to support your teachers. Remote learning best practices, student engagement, pacing, assessment, and building effective routines...we're breaking it all down. We're giving you everything you'll need to help your teachers address their main challenges in a remote learning environment.

How to Support Teachers in a Blended Learning Environment

Essential Question: How to help teachers successfully navigate blended learning?

What are the best practices for blended learning and how can you help your teachers incorporate them into their instruction? In this session, we're walking you through how to help your teachers create a plan and set the correct pacing to not only teach in the most effective way, but also with a strong emphasis on essential standards. Student engagement, balancing in-person and remote learning, streamlining teacher workflow, and consistency are the main challenges we're helping you address in this session. We're giving you the tools, techniques, and resources you'll need to be able to support multiple teacher's challenges quickly and effectively in a blended learning environment.

How to Help Teachers Shift Pedagogy for Remote and Blended Learning

Essential Question: How to support teachers in shifting their pedagogy to align with remote and blended learning?

When it comes to remote and blended learning one thing is for certain...teacher pedagogy must shift. Teachers cannot continue to employ the same practices that worked for in-person learning. Now, how do you help those teachers that are reluctant to shift their pedagogy? We're showing you exactly how in this session. We're giving you a core set of tools, techniques, and strategies to use to help teachers understand why their pedagogy must shift and then how to make that shift as easy and seamless and possible.

How to Grow Your Capacity as a Coach in any Learning Environment

Essential Question: How to build up your skills as an instructional coach to be able to support teachers in multiple learning models?

It's inevitable that changes will occur throughout the school year and transitions between learning models will take place. In order to effectively support teachers in any learning model, you need to remain flexible and ready to adapt to any changes at a moment's notice. This is no easy task, which is why we're helping you build up your coaching toolkit now. We're helping you expand your use of a core set of tools to avoid tech overwhelm, as well as giving you tried and true resources and techniques you can effectively employ in any learning model.

Remote Teacher Sessions

Remote Learning - Getting Started

Getting Started - Effective Remote Teaching

Getting Started - Creating Interactive Remote Synchronous Lessons

Getting Started - Creating Engaging Remote Asynchronous Lessons

Getting Started - Creating Meaningful Assessments for Remote Learning

Remote Learning - Next Steps

Next Steps - Effective Remote Teaching

Next Steps - Creating Interactive Remote Synchronous Lessons

Next Steps - Designing Engaging Remote Asynchronous Lessons

Next Steps - Creating Meaningful Assessments for Remote Learning

Blended Teacher Sessions

Blended Learning - Getting Started

Getting Started - Effective Blended Teaching

Getting Started - Designing Interactive Synchronous Blended Lessons

Getting Started - Creating Simple and Engaging Blended Asynchronous Lessons

Getting Started - Creating Authentic Assessments for Blended Learning

Blended Learning - Next Steps

Next Steps - Effective Blended Teaching

Next Steps - Designing and Delivering Interactive Synchronous Blended Lessons

Next Steps - Creating Simple and Engaging Asynchronous Lessons for Blended Learning

Next Steps - Creating Authentic Assessments for Blended Learning

Primary Remote Teacher Sessions

Best Practices - Effective Remote Instruction for Primary Learners

How to Create Interactive Synchronous Lessons & Activities for Primary Remote Learners

How to Create Engaging & Easy to Follow Asynchronous Lessons for Primary Remote Learners

How to Accurately Assess & Track Student Progress in Remote Learning

Primary Blended Teacher Sessions

Best Practices - Effective Blended Instruction for Primary Learners

How to Create Dynamic & Hands-On Synchronous Lessons for Remote and In-Person Learners

How to Create & Deliver Engaging Asynchronous Lessons for Blended Learning

How to Create Meaningful Formative Assessments for Blended Learners

Instructional Coach Sessions

How to Support Teachers in a Remote Learning Environment

How to Support Teachers in a Blended Learning Environment

How to Help Teachers Shift Pedagogy for Remote and Blended Learning

How to Grow Your Capacity as a Coach in any Learning Environment