This Signature Course Opens Only 3x a Year!
By putting in your email you will also be added to my weekly email list providing you with additional freebies, videos, and tips to help each student in your classrooms to have a positive math story.
Registration is re-opening in light of current world events.
It will be open until April 15th and will re open in September 2020.
In This Course Both Your Students and You WIN!
| Teachers Learn How To: | Students: |
|---|---|
| Simplify lesson planning “I can plan effectively using a quick four-step process. Using a template or sticky notes, I’ve got this thing!” | Increase a sense of efficacy “I can do this” |
| Orchestrate powerful classroom discussions “ I can identify the types of thinking I see around the room and then select and sequence the ones that will provide the best discussion and movement towards our learning goals while building community and efficacy in all of my learners.” | Fully engage in every lesson “I have something to offer” |
| Choose the right problems “I can weed through some fluff as well as problems that take away student thinking to select a problem worth building a concepts from.” | Persevere without direct instruction to make sense of mathematics. “I can try something, this is just my rough draft thinking. I don’t need constant teacher help.” |
| Choose less problems “I can select less problems with confidence! Dear goodness me I felt like a drill sergeant rushing us through all of the problems every day. Less is more. Now I understand when it’s time to practice a lot of problems and when we’re just trying to build understanding. ” | Consistently and frequently engage in math reasoning “I can repeat what I heard, add on, make connections, or explain my own thinking.” |
| Generate and use open questions & prompts “I get the difference now between an open and a closed question and how a conversation stops or continues based on what and how I ask it.” | Reason, compare & contrast thinking and methods. “I can engage with your thinking and compare it to my thinking instead of just regurgitating the teacher’s ideas.” |
| Anchor learning as an explicit teaching strategy as well as a spiral review strategy “I can break apart and define the thinking of the day to make it accessible for all students and to make it clear to both of us the key learning. I can use this each day in my unit to help revisit and review concepts.” | Use multiple methods “I know demonstrating multiple methods means I’m flexible in my thinking and have a stronger foundation.” |
What real-world educators are saying about Empower Consulting and Shannon Kiebler:
Workshop Details
(What’s covered in each module.)
Module 1: Why do many textbook lessons need transforming?
In this module learn methods for knowing a lesson goal and getting through the ‘fluff’ in the textbook.
Learn effective and simple planning techniques for identifying the know, understand and do for each lesson.
Module 2: How do I Transform a Lesson?
In this module learn the why and what behind a flipped, inquiry-based classroom. Why does it matter? What impact does it have? How does it change how I guide students through lessons?
Module 3: How do I engage students at the start of the lesson?
How do we choose the right type of problem to launch our lessons? In this module learn about the types of problems that make learning more engaing and effective and apply them to your textbook lessons.
Module 4: What should my role be during the lesson?
In this module, now that you have your problem, you will learn about strategies that are led with open questions and provide ways for all students to access and engage with the content.
Module 5: How do I end the lesson?
In this module learn how to effectively anticipate, monitor, select and sequence student work. How do we know what which student work to select and discuss? What and how should students discuss? to choose? Learn this through real classroom examples and apply to your own lessons.
Module 6: How do I put it all together?
In this module learn how to effectively wrap up a lesson so that learning remains and connections are made to future and past learning. How do we ensure the important learning of the day stays focused and relevant for upcoming lessons? How do we know if students have got it? In this module, we will explore anchoring important learning as you go through your lesson so that instruction remains explicit and targeted.
Registration is currently closed for this workshop.
Download your free question stems above and check your email for updates to be added to the course wait list for
Fall 2020.
FAQs
Q. When does the registration close?
A. The registration will close on August 20th, 2019 at 10:00 pm PST and will not reopen until August 2020. Our FB group posts will be more beneficial if teachers start the course about the same time.
Q. What happens after I register?
A. You will receive an email with a receipt shortly after you register. You will receive information about how to log in within 1 week of your course purchase.
Q. Do I have to pay for this course with my own money?
A. Not necessarily. Over 70% of most workshop participants are reimbursed for the cost of the course. Many administrators and teacher organizations (Unions and teacher associations) have funding for which you can apply. We provide you with a certificate of participation as proof that you took part in the professional development course.
Q. How do you register more than one teacher at a time?
A. Yes. Please contact me for information.
Q. Can I pay with a purchase order?
A. Yes. Please contact shannon@empowerconsulting.org directly with a purchase order.
Q. Will there be homework and assignments?
A. I believe if you are investing in this course, you are invested and serious in making changes in your instructional practices. Therefore, following each lesson and module there will be follow up activities and assignments that involve reflection, planning and trying out a strategy. I’d love for you to interact in our FB group so that you get the most out of this learning experienc
Q. What is your refund policy?
A. If you do the work, and you’re still not satisfied, show me your work within 30 days of enrolling, and I’ll gladly give you a refund.