Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
This professional development session is designed to help teachers employ effective instructional strategies to help students interact with and deepen new content knowledge. These strategies provide in-class opportunities where students can reflect on critical content through cognitively complex tasks.... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: May 14th, 2024
5E Lesson Writing Session 1: Authenticity and 5E Lessons focuses on building relationships with participants, examining different 5E lesson frameworks, and aligning 5E snapshots with the authentic teaching tool. Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 28th, 2024
5E Lesson Writing Session 2: Developing 5E Lessons focuses participants on examining different authentic lesson activities, placing them in appropriate components of authenticity, and reflecting on designing activities that are highly engaging for students. Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 28th, 2024
5E Lesson Writing Session 3: The LEARN Writing Process focuses participants on creating a LEARN lesson with the support of a content curriculum specialist. Participants begin the development of an Authentic 5E lesson that will be published to LEARN and taught to cohort students. Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 28th, 2024
In this session, participants explore themes from research on the benefits of extra/co-curricular activities and analyze the ways in which club activity design connects back to the research. Facilitators model guidance that participants can apply to their classrooms; this will provide educators with... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: April 23rd, 2025
A Classroom Framework for Supporting Student Well-Being focuses on creating a common language for safety, connections, and coping strategies in the classroom. Participants will reflect on their teaching practices with an eye towards transforming their classrooms into safe and nurturing spaces. Read more »
Created by: Shayna Pond
Date Updated: February 22nd, 2024
During this session, participants will discover how the use of technology can assist students and their families in preparing for a postsecondary education or career. Participants will be given the opportunity to walk through the stages of creating an account and will explore the benefits and functions... Read more »
Created by: Ryan Rahhal
Date Updated: July 3rd, 2024
In order to engage, employees require access to information that helps them meet organizational goals and informs their roles in reaching those goals. In addition, they need to feel supported and heard within the organization. This professional learning session is part of a series that explores the... Read more »
Created by: Shayna Pond
Date Updated: May 4th, 2023
This session examines the barriers, benefits, and process of creating lessons that touch on standards from more than one subject area. Participants view samples of student products from multidisciplinary lessons, analyze a K20 LEARN lesson, and work to create ideas for collaborative lessons in their... Read more »
Created by: Ryan Rahhal
Date Updated: February 10th, 2023
This activity models authentic, inquiry-based strategies and connects research to the benefits of student engagement. Participants will discuss the strategies they use to engage their students and then document these strategies for future faculty reference and collaboration. Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: July 24th, 2023
This PD introduces the use of Swivl™ robots in the classroom. Participants will go through the process of setting up the bot, recording video, uploading video to the cloud, and accessing previously saved videos. Additionally, participants will discuss possible uses of Swivl bots both for instructional... Read more »
Created by: Bradly Cusack
Date Updated: May 21st, 2024
This professional learning session focuses on providing teachers with foundational knowledge and strategies they can use to promote affective student engagement in the classroom. Participants will explore research on student engagement, analyze engagement scenarios, and generate strategies for improving... Read more »
Created by: Matthew McDonald
Date Updated: March 18th, 2024