CSET Professional Learning

Foundational Institutes

Our cross-content foundational institutes target advanced professional skills for teaching excellence with an emphasis on K-12 school and district teams.

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Pedagogy for Powerful Learning

  • Rescheduled to July 28-August 8, 2022 
  • 6-days of virtual and in-person sessions
  • This professional learning experience supports educators in developing high-quality teaching practices that effectively leverage technology, materials, and thinking routines to create powerful, creative, and joyful learning for all students.

Instructional Leadership Using a Core Practices Approach

  • July 25 - 29, 2021 held VIRTUALLY.
  • A 5-day intensive institute supported by a year-long follow-up.
  • This professional learning experience aims to develop participants’ ability to practice leadership within their school context, emphasizing high-leverage, equitable teaching practices.

Formative Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning

  • July 25 - 29, 2021 held VIRTUALLY.
  • A 5-day intensive institute supported by a year-long follow-up.
  • This professional learning experience provides an opportunity for teachers to explore research-informed ideas about formative assessment, one of the most powerful core practices for increasing student achievement (Black, B.P. & William, D., 1998).

Eliciting Student Thinking & Academic Discussion

  • Currently on hiatus.
  • At Monash University in Australia.
  • A 5-day intensive institute followed by a year-long mentorship.
  • This year-long experiences asks teachers to apply the features of transformative professional learning to coaching by anchoring coaching in instructional core practices.