The Center for Transforming Education

At the heart of

Transforming Education

is a commitment to create schools that are healthy, dynamic places where every member learns, leads, and makes a difference.

SPECIFIC TRAININGS OFFERED

SPECIFIC TRAINING OFFERED THROUGH THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING EDUCATION

Not every school is ready immediately to make the three-year commitment that is part of our
full partnership. To support their efforts in school change, our team can tailor our partnership to
specific aspects of transformational work that allow us to meet the school where it is. Toward this end, we offer specific workshop options such as the following for professional development:

  • Implementing High Quality Project-Based and Place-Based Learning
  • Cultivating and implementing Social Emotional Learning throughout the school
  • Developing Shared Vision: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Create a Compelling Purpose
  • Implementing a Peer Coaching Model in Your School
  • Using Design and Systems Thinking to Advance School Transformation
  • Building a Positive and Connected School Culture
  • Strengthening Teacher Practice with Reflection: Depth of Knowledge Analysis
  • Assignment Analysis, Protocols to Examine Student Work and Data
  • Cultivating Effective Professional Learning Communities
  • Nurturing Human-Centered Classroom Behavior Management
  • Building an Ethic of Excellence and Shared Images of Success in Your School
  • Becoming a Peace Learning Circles (Previously “Tibes”) Community
  • Creating Scenarios to Advance Strategic Plans
  • Embedding Growth Mindset into Classroom and School-wide Systems
  • Using a Gradual Release Model to Engage Students and Strengthen Teaching
  • Teaching for Transfer (Performance-based Tasks): Deeper Learning Mini Units