Online Courses

Three asynchronous sessions define practice-based teacher education; introduce high-leverage practices, including practices for advancing justice; and take participants on a tour of the Learning Cycle, with introductions to practice-based pedagogies.

Interested in learning about specific high-leverage practices? Each of these asynchronous courses offers an introduction to a different high-leverage practice. These are introductory courses with no prerequisites, although Introduction to Practice-Based Teacher Education is recommended.

When eliciting and interpreting student thinking, teachers have an opportunity to position students as sense-makers and center their thinking as valuable. Experience an asynchronous introduction to the practice of eliciting and interpreting student thinking. This mini-course includes opportunities to examine the elements of the practice, consider the importance of the practice for novice teachers, and engage with video examples or instructional tools.

The practice of explaining and modeling content is about intentionally and thoughtfully providing access to skills, processes, and practices that may otherwise remain hidden to some students. Experience an asynchronous introduction to the practice of modeling and explaining content.

Group discussions provide opportunities for students to make sense of complex ideas together and support one another to speak and listen in ways that advance the classroom community and common good. Experience an asynchronous introduction to the practice of leading a group discussion.

Every content area has norms and practices for how people construct and share knowledge. Experience an asynchronous introduction to the practice of implementing norms and routines for classroom discourse and work.

Teachers set and maintain community expectations and establish classroom environments that preserve students’ dignity and autonomy, while allowing for a productive and safe classroom community. Experience an asynchronous introduction to the practice of establishing and maintaining community expectations.