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Improving Engagement and Performance: Key Thinking Moves All Instructional Leaders Should Look for K-8

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Webinar/Podcast Overview:

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    80 Minute On-Demand Webinar

What we’ll learn:

  • What thinking is and what it’s not
  • How thinking moves form routines and mindsets
  • Common curriculum and instructional barriers to student thinking
  • Administrative “look-fors” that bring a culture of thinking into focus

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Why do ideas take off in some classrooms and fall flat in others? Why do some classrooms experience more learning loss than others? View this panel for an evidence-based discussion to learn how principals, teachers, and curriculum leaders can develop a culture of thinking to transform student performance and engagement.

The panelists use K-8 science as a context for discussion, exploring ties between thinking and new performance-based standards such as the Next Generation Science Standards, using elements of KnowAtom’s evidence-based core science curriculum designed for K-8 Next Generation Science Standards in adaptive and adoptive states.

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READ THE PRESS RELEASE

Why do ideas take off in some classrooms and fall flat in others? Why do some classrooms experience more learning loss than others? View this panel for an evidence-based discussion to learn how principals, teachers, and curriculum leaders can develop a culture of thinking to transform student performance and engagement.

The panelists use K-8 science as a context for discussion, exploring ties between thinking and new performance-based standards such as the Next Generation Science Standards, using elements of KnowAtom’s evidence-based core science curriculum designed for K-8 Next Generation Science Standards in adaptive and adoptive states.

Fill out the form to watch the webinar or listen to the podcast.

Improving Engagement and Performance - Key Thinking Moves K-8

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Who Should Attend?

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K-8 curriculum Administrators, Principals, Teachers, and Instructional Coaches

Presenter(s):

Dr Ron Ritchhart
DR. RON RITCHHART
Educator, Researcher, and Author

Dr. Ron Ritchhart served as a Senior Research Associate and Principal Investigator at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for over 25 years. Dr. Ritchhart has continued his classroom- and school-based research and writing to further the ideas of visible thinking and the creation of schools as cultures of thinking. Dr. Ritchhart is a best-selling author of numerous books including Intellectual Character, Making Thinking Visible, Creating Cultures of Thinking, The Power of Making Thinking Visible, and his new book, Cultures of Thinking in Action.

 

 

Francis Vigeant
FRANCIS VIGEANT
Teacher and CEO KnowAtom, LLC

Francis Vigeant is a former public K-12 science, engineering, and math teacher, top-performing in New Hampshire statewide testing. Since 2006, KnowAtom focuses on authentic hands-on screens-off science instruction, where instructional culture and cognitive rigor meet to support student agency and performance at scale. His work creating next generation science curricula and professional learning models for K-8 public education has successfully transformed districtwide science instruction for thousands of students through KnowAtom and has been the subject of Northeastern University studies. He served as Interim Board President of non-profit STEM Power/STEM Synergy and has been a regular contributor to STEM education workgroups including the Clinton Global Initiative. He currently serves as a strategic advisor to the School of Education at Gordon College.

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