HIGH-LEVERAGE PRACTICES
High-leverage practices are the fundamental tasks of equitable classroom teaching, used across subject areas, grade levels, and contexts.
Harnessing the power of teaching to create a more just society.
At TeachingWorks, we work with teacher educators, teachers, and leaders to create transformative learning experiences for every student. Find out how our powerful professional learning and research-grounded tools and materials can impact your work.
Programs + Services
OUR FOCUS
Our work is grounded in the intersection of equity, practice, and content, empowering educators to develop equitable, skillful teaching.
WHOM WE SERVE
Learning to teach is an ongoing journey so we design programs and services to support teaching across the career span, from teacher preparation to PK–12 teaching.
PK–12
- District & Instructional Leaders support new and veteran teachers in building effective, high-leverage teaching practices through tailored professional development.
- Teachers develop their practice through expertly led learning experiences grounded in the realities of actual classrooms.
Teacher Education
- Teacher Preparation Leaders support preservice teachers to develop equitable teaching using standards, guidelines, frameworks, and programs.
- Teacher Educators help preservice teachers by equipping them to create justice-centered classrooms from day one.
OUR WHY
Teaching consists of countless individual interactions with students.
We believe that these interactions matter. That’s why we’ve dedicated ourselves to investigating, understanding, and refining teaching practice, down to the smallest details. This is what it takes to drive transformative changes in the classroom.
Upcoming Events
Foundations of Practice-Based Teacher Education Workshop
May 11–13, 2026
Join us for the Foundations of Practice-Based Teacher Education workshop, a two-and-a-half-day in-person event that provides a comprehensive introduction to the foundational ideas and skills of practice-based teacher education and equips participants with the tools and strategies needed to design or redesign instructional activities in their own courses or programs.
Beyond Foundations: Practice-Based Pedagogies Deep Dive
May 14–15, 2026
Already have some experience with practice-based teacher education and looking to keep growing your skills? Join us for this one-and-a-half-day in-person event geared to teacher educators interested in continuing to develop skill with practice-based pedagogies. We will build on the Foundations of Practice-Based Teacher Education Workshop by digging more deeply into several powerful pedagogies of teacher education, including using videos and transcripts to introduce and help teacher candidates practice practice.
Elementary Mathematics Laboratory
July 6–10, 2026
This week-long learning opportunity will use live elementary mathematics instruction to explore the complexity of teaching and investigate and challenge what it means to use skillful teaching to disrupt patterns of injustice.
Backwards Design Institute for Teacher Educators
July 30–31, 2026
If you are responsible for designing a course inside a teacher education program—or even an entire program—you should join us for the Backwards Design Institute for Teacher Educators. In this focused, one-and-a-half-day event, we will apply the tenets of backwards design to teacher education to explore how teacher educators can develop a clear, shared vision of what teacher candidates will learn to do in their programs and how to use that vision to shape their courses.
TeachingWorks Practice Collaborative: Analyzing Practice Through Videos and Transcripts
September 18, October 16, and November 13, 2026
Are you planning to use videos and transcripts in the coming semester to help your teacher candidates analyze teaching practice? Are you looking for some support? Join the TeachingWorks Practice Collaborative: Analyzing Practice Through Videos and Transcripts, a one-semester-long, virtual community of practice.
TeachingWorks Practice Collaborative: Rehearsals and Other Simulations
September 25, October 23, and November 20, 2026
Are you planning to implement rehearsals or another form of simulation in your upcoming class and looking for some support? Join the TeachingWorks Practice Collaborative: Rehearsals and Other Simulations, a one-semester-long, virtual community of practice.
OUR IMPACT
2000+
Resources of videos and instruction available
23
States involved in TeachingWorks Programs
100+
School leaders working in partnership to provide feedback and support to beginning teachers
900+
Participants in PK–12 partnership programming
80+
School and school district, teacher preparation programs, and agency partners
1000+
Participants have attended the Elementary Math Lab programs
700+
Teachers and classrooms impacted by our ongoing PK–12 work
250+
Workshops delivered
2000+
Presentations
Our Team
The TeachingWorks team is a group of experienced educators and researchers with deep expertise in the fundamentals of teaching.
Director’s Message
Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball shares the story of TeachingWorks and the organization’s vision for ensuring that teachers are prepared and supported to help each of their students thrive.
FEATURED RESOURCES
High-Leverage Practices
Ensure your teacher candidates are skilled with the fundamental tasks of teaching across contexts.
High-leverage practices help:
- Students learn important content and support their social and emotional development
- Educators identify, understand, and begin to disrupt inequitable patterns across subject areas, grade levels, and contexts
Teacher Education Pedagogies
Explore pedagogies that teacher educators can use to provide preservice and current teachers with diverse examples of what teaching practice looks like in action.
Access resources that support the implementation of the high-leverage practices, including:
- Videos in classrooms
- Practice transcripts & simulated student interactions
- Peer run-throughs
- Coached rehearsals
PK–12 Content
Learn how to connect the high-leverage practices and the teacher education pedagogies to specific PK–12 content areas including:
- General best practices
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- English Language Arts
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