Professional Learning Institutes
Experience customizable Professional Learning opportunities from some of the best names in education
What is a Professional Learning Institute?
An Eduplanet21 Professional Learning Institute is an integrated collection of self-paced online courses called learning paths, global and local opportunities for networking, and interactive resource libraries that can be customized to meet the needs of your school or district.
PLUS Professional Learning Institutes
We work with world-renowned authors and experts in the field of education to bring you the best online professional learning experience. Our PLUS Institutes are pre-developed professional learning opportunities for your staff to take advantage of.
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Understanding by Design Institute
Explore the concept of backward curriculum design, and teaching for understanding and transfer.
Learning Paths Included:
UbDⓇ – 1 The Big Ideas of Understanding by Design
UbDⓇ – 2 Stage 1: Transfer Goals and Understandings
UbDⓇ – 3 Stage 1: Essential Questions, Knowledge, and Skills
UbDⓇ – 4 Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
UbDⓇ – 5 Stage 2: Performance Tasks
UbDⓇ – 6 Stage 3: The Learning Plan
UbDⓇ – 7 Unit Review: Overview and Stage 1
UbDⓇ – 8 Unit Review: Stage 2
UbDⓇ – 9 Unit Review: Stage 3
To bring the Understanding by Design Institute to your school or district, contact us.
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Institute
Build awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity in schools.
Learning Paths Included:
Building Awareness on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in School
Designing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Classrooms
Planning Instruction to Promote Disciplinary Language Development
Integrating Culturally Relevant Materials into Classroom Instruction
Advocating for Diverse Students Across Schools
To bring the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Institute to your school or district, contact us.
Boosting Student Motivation Institute
In this Institute, Mike Anderson provides a holistic approach to boosting student motivation for all grade levels.
Learning Paths Included:
Boosting Student Motivation in Your Classroom
Teacher Talk Matters
Boosting Engagement Through Choice
Planning Student-Drive Research K-12 (Coming Soon)
To bring the Boosting Student Motivation Institute to your school or district, contact us.
Habits of Mind Institute
Learn the attitudes, dispositions, and Habits that help students become better thinkers.
Learning Paths Included:
Habits of Mind 1: Introducing
Habits of Mind 2: Listening with Understanding and Empathy
Habits of Mind 3: Managing Impulsivity
Habits of Mind 4: Persisting
Habits of Mind 5: Questioning and Problem Posing
Habits of Mind 6: Metacognition
Habits of Mind 7: Assessing How We Value Dispositions
Habits of Mind 8: Assessing with Checklists and Conferences
Habits of Mind 9: Assessing with Journals and Portfolios
Habits of Mind 10: Assessing and Reporting Growth
Leading with the Habits of Mind in Mind
To bring the Habits of Mind Institute to your school or district, contact us.
Social Emotional Learning Institute
Learning Paths Included:
An Introduction to Social Emotional Learning K-12
Leading for SEL Integration
Incorporating SEL into Your Classroom (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
SEL for Paraprofessionals (In Development)
Integrating SEL into Your Curriculum (In Development)
SEL and Equity (In Development)
To bring the Social Emotional Learning Institute to your school or district, contact us.
Differentiation in the Classroom Institute
Explore differentiated instruction by focusing on five key elements: learning environment, curriculum, assessment, instruction and leadership, and management of the differentiated classroom.
Learning Paths Included:
Introduction to Differentiation
Differentiation and the Learning Environment
Differentiation and the Curriculum (Coming Soon)
Differentiation and Assessment (Coming Soon)
Differentiation and Instruction (Coming Soon)
Differentiation and Classroom Leadership and Management (Coming Soon)
To bring the Differentiation in the Classroom Institute to your school or district, contact us.
Learning Personalized Institute
Explore personalized learning and understand how students can become self-directed.
Learning Paths Included:
Personalized Learning: What It Is and Why It Matters
The Four Filters for Personalizing Learning: Voice, Co-Creation, Social Construction, Self-Discovery
Personalized Learning: Growing Personalized Learning in your Practice
Personalized Learning: What Students Need to Work Through Challenges
Personalized Learning: A Culture of Curiosity and Wonderment
To bring the Learning Personalized Institute to your school or district, contact us.
Personalized Professional Learning Institute
Explore the key concepts of Personalized Professional Learning – Voice, Co-Creation, Social Construction, and Self-Discovery.
Learning Paths Included:
Personalized Professional Learning 1: Adult Learning and Voice
Personalized Professional Learning 2: Co-Creation
Personalized Professional Learning 3: Social Construction
Personalized Professional Learning 4: Self-Discovery (Coming Soon)
To bring the Personalized Professional Learning Institute to your school or district, contact us.
We are proud to partner with some of the greatest minds in education to bring you flexible, online professional learning opportunities.
Jay McTighe
Author
Co-author of the award-winning and best-selling Understanding by Design® series.
Bena Kallick
Author
Co-author of Habits of Mind: A Developmental Series, and a private educational consultant.
Allison Zmuda
Author
Educational consultant and author of Students at the Center: Personalized Learning & Habits of Mind.
Art Costa
Author
Co-author of Habits of Mind and emeritus professor of education at California State University.
Krista Leh
Author
Emerging Leader and educational consultant focusing on the cognitive benefits of social-emotional learning.
Allison Rodman
Author
Allison Rodman is Founder of The Learning Loop, ASCD Faculty Member, and author of Personalized Professional Learning: A Job-Embedded Pathway for Elevating Teacher Voice.
Amy Heineke
Author
Associate Professor of Bilingual and Bicultural Education for the School of Education at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.
Mike Anderson
Author
Award winning teacher, bestselling author, and educational consultant focused on teaching and learning.
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Author
Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations and Policy at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education.
Continuity between Curriculum Design and Professional Learning
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