Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Downtown Convention Center
305 Korean Veterans Blvd
Nashville, TN 37201
As educators, we cannot go backward to move forward. Struggling students rarely escape the endless cycle of remediation that is focused on filling the gaps of years past. We know that the most effective catalyst for achieving grade-level proficiency lies in accelerated learning.
At this event, you will experience the acceleration pathway, gaining practical instructional strategies to ensure high levels of learning for all. Teams will develop their own acceleration plans with the support of our expert practitioners.
Team Learning Outcomes
Set attainable goals using a strength-based system that identifies areas of opportunity in data.
Create a community of learners as the foundation for achieving equity.
End negative student talk and practice the strength-based language of high expectations, rigor, and hope.
Learn how to build prerequisite skills into existing units at the point of need.
Limit the catch-up standards to the skills and concepts underpinning on-level curricula.
Acquire a toolkit of instructional strategies to close gaps across content areas.
Develop a system of assessment that includes pre-assessments, daily check-ins, common formative assessments, and unit assessments.
Understand the importance of frequent feedback and opportunities to self-monitor learning progress.
Gain differentiation practices that can be applied immediately.
Recognize the specific type of RTI/MTSS system necessary to accelerate learning.
Provide effective Tier 3 interventions by grouping students based on diagnostic needs and working through prerequisite skills and concepts in two-week intervals.
Develop transition plans, step-up meetings, and goal attainment celebrations to ensure continuous improvement.
Leave the workshop with an acceleration plan.
Sharon V. Kramer, PhD, is an author and recognized leader in accelerated learning and school improvement. A former assistant superintendent, she specializes in using the PLC at Work® process, assessment, and intervention to ensure high levels of learning for all students.
Dr. Kramer is a leading voice on interventions, providing educators with practical strategies for supplemental support that keeps students on track for success. Her professional development focuses on strengthening K–12 literacy and core instruction, designing interventions and differentiation that meet the diverse needs of all learners, and utilizing assessment data to provide timely extensions for students ready to move beyond grade-level expectations.
Sarah Schuhl specializes in professional learning communities, mathematics, common formative and summative assessment, school improvement, and RTI. She has been a secondary mathematics teacher, high school instructional coach, and K–12 mathematics specialist for more than 20 years.
Sarah was instrumental in the creation of a PLC in the Centennial School District in Oregon, helping teachers make large gains in student achievement. She earned the Centennial School District Triple C Award in 2012.
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You will receive a certificate of participation within six weeks after the event concludes.
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