Institutes

Teachscape Institutes. Focused Learning.

Often, school districts want to make an impact in a focused area of professional learning over a fairly short period of time. Teachscape's Institutes bring teachers and instructional leaders together over a selected topic with the goals of creating a shared understanding of the research and developing a common vocabulary for understanding the work. These in-service programs offer critical professional learning and set the stage for more ongoing, job-embedded Programs of Study.

District participants begin with an exceptional, two-day professional workshop designed to begin the professional learning process, develop a common plan for action, and introduce research-based best practices. Participants then work through online resources and collaboration tools as they seek to incorporate the new learning into practice. A third workshop day is offered later on to reflect on their work, share resources, collaborate on future improvement goals, and to support the ongoing professional learning community.

All Institutes include:

• Three days of face-to-face training designed to introduce the research and methodology in the content-focused area of study and the online tools
• Access to related online professional learning resources, including video case studies and selected readings, for one semester for all participants
• A professional library of print resources
• Participant journals

Current Institute offerings are listed in the table below.

Institute	Service Area
Questioning and Assessment in Math In mathematics, errors provide a critical key to understanding and informing student thinking. In this Institute, teachers and leaders are offered strategies to improve mathematics practice through the effective use of questioning and ongoing assessment to identify and understand the impact of student errors on achievement.	Mathematics Services
Supporting ELL for Leaders Addressing the special challenges faced by instructional leaders responsible for closing the achievement gap of ELL students, this online resource includes a comprehensive look at characteristics of ELL students, current theories of instruction, laws affecting ELLs, different types of programs, and strategies for meeting content and language objectives.	English Language Learners Services
Teaching with the High Yield Strategies Despite the best efforts of teachers and instructional leaders across the country, achievement levels in many schools and districts are stagnant and achievement gaps remain a concern. The single most effective way to address the variation in outcomes is to improve teaching practice – in every content area in every school. The High Yield Strategies Institute is designed to do this by enhancing the skills of instructional leaders and teachers to identify, understand, and apply proven, research-based instructional strategies as an integral part of their daily practice.	Effective Strategies Services
Instructional Decision-Making and Planning This Institute has two over-arching goals: 1) To deepen understanding of the research-based instructional approaches and strategies that inform and scaffold standards-based planning and instructional decision-making; and, 2) To enhance the capacity of instructional leaders to implement, support, and sustain an effective lesson-planning model to improve teaching practice and student learning.
RtI Tier One: Using Data to Differentiate Instruction This Institute has two over-arching goals: 1) To deepen understanding of the research-based instructional approaches and strategies that inform and scaffold standards-based planning and instructional decision-making; and, 2) To enhance the capacity of instructional leaders to implement, support, and sustain an effective lesson-planning model to improve teaching practice and student learning.	Response to Intervention Services
RtI Tier One: Ongoing Assessment in the Mathematics Classroom In mathematics, errors provide a critical key to understanding and informing student thinking. In this Institute, teachers and leaders are offered strategies to improve mathematics practice through the effective use of questioning and ongoing assessment to identify and understand the impact of student errors on achievement.
Classroom Walkthrough When professional learning communities become focused on instructional data as well as student performance data, the whole conversation changes. Learn how to use Teachscape's Classroom Walkthrough tools; develop skills and strategies for getting teachers to be reflective about their practice; and, explore was that schools can focus on continuous improvement through better understanding their own teaching practice.	Classroom Walkthrough