Professional Development Offerings
(All Content Areas)
For more information about any of the sessions, please contact teaching_learning@iu13.org.
Crafting a Personalized Vision for Meaningful Learning
Duration: One half- to full-day
Facilitators: Kristina Fulton & Brian Booker
Whether your goal is to empower students as confident problem-solvers or to foster a collaborative and inclusive learning environment, our approach to facilitating vision design and development adapts to support your specific vision. Through collaborative conversations, we help you develop a vision that not only aligns with your educational goals but also balances the learning experiences you envision for your students with the instructional approaches needed to create those environments. This ensures that your school's program is both effective and meaningful for all learners.
Curriculum Development (Literacy, Mathematics, Social Studies, and STEELS)
Duration: 4 days
Literacy Facilitator: Jennifer Bean
STEELS/STEM Facilitator: Jason Zimmerman
Social Studies Facilitator: Brian Booker
Math Facilitator: Kristina Fulton
In this work session, a team of educators tasked with writing curriculum are guided by an IU13 consultant through an evidence-based curriculum alignment and writing process.
Curriculum Needs Assessment (Literacy, Mathematics, Social Studies, and STEELS)
Duration: 1.5 days
Literacy Facilitator: Jennifer Bean
STEELS/STEM Facilitator: Jason Zimmerman
Social Studies Facilitator: Brian Booker
Math Facilitator: Kristina Fulton
In this work session, a team of educators tasked with making curriculum revisions/updates are guided by an IU13 consultant through an internal curriculum review process to improve alignment and sequencing.
Curricular Resource Selection Process Consultation & Facilitation
Duration: 3-4 days
Literacy Facilitator: Jennifer Bean
Math Facilitator: Kristina Fulton
Social Studies Facilitator: Brian Booker
STEELS/STEM Facilitator: Jason Zimmerman
Empower your leadership teams with content area expertise through your curriculum selection process. Our team of content experts will guide your team through every step of the review process. Designed for curriculum coordinators, supervisors, department chairs, and principals, this service includes:
- Curating 5-7 top-rated, standards-aligned programs for initial review
- Coordinating vendor outreach to secure samples and schedule overview presentations
- Facilitating productive, evidence-based committee discussions
- Providing user-friendly evaluation tools to support a deep dive into 2-4 finalists
Whether you're adopting a new core program or supplementing existing materials, this collaborative process ensures your team makes informed, student-centered decisions.
Fundamentals of Curriculum Design
Duration: 1 day
Facilitator: Jennifer Bean and Kristina Fulton
This session provides an overview of curriculum design in five parts:
- Curriculum alignment
- Key concepts
- Articulation and coordination
- Using data
- Assessment
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) That Make a Difference
Duration: 1 day
Facilitator: Kristina Fulton
When rooted in a culture of collaboration, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) positively impact student learning and social-emotional well-being, while increasing feelings of belonging and collective efficacy in educators. In this session, participants will discuss the conditions necessary to foster a culture of collaboration, explore resources and processes to facilitate high-impact PLCs, and engage in action planning to further develop PLCs in their educational setting.
For more information on Curriculum Professional Development sessions, please contact teaching_learning@iu13.org
Co-Teaching and Collaboration
Duration: 1 day
Facilitator: Jennifer Bean
In this workshop participants will explore co-teaching. Participants will examine models for co-teaching and collaboration. These models will help to enhance the instructional strategies for learners, as well as real-life case studies that depict challenges and successes of co-teaching. Participants will also learn about research based means to pre-plan and collaborate prior to instruction.
Delivering Effective Feedback: Insights from Dylan Wiliam's Research
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: Kristina Fulton and Brian Booker
In this workshop, participants will explore the power of effective feedback to enhance student learning, grounded in Dylan Wiliam’s extensive research on formative assessment. Educators will learn strategies to provide feedback that moves learning forward—feedback that is specific, actionable, and encourages student ownership of their progress. Through hands-on activities, case studies, and collaborative discussions, participants will leave with practical techniques to implement timely, constructive feedback in their classrooms, helping students close learning gaps and achieve their full potential.
Increasing Rigor
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: Jennifer Bean
Participants will explore the characteristics of a rigorous classroom, consider how to differentiate to increase cognitive demand within content areas, and create authentic learning opportunities.
“I Know I Taught That” - Why do students forget and how do I support student retention?
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: Kristina Fulton and Brian Booker
This session focuses on the reasons why students may forget what they've learned and how educators can support student retention. The session explores memory processes and factors that contribute to forgetting, such as cognitive overload and lack of repetition. Strategies for enhancing retention, such as active learning techniques and retrieval practice, are also discussed. Educators will leave with practical tools to help their students better retain and apply what they've learned in the classroom.
Introduction to Project-Based Learning
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: Brian Booker and Jason Zimmerman
Welcome to the world of Project-Based Learning where participants are introduced to the different learning outcomes that are essential to PBL design. Participants will learn about and explore each of the outcomes, and how they relate to crafting meaningful PBL experiences.
Look Who’s Talking
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: Kristina Fulton
Think about this: “correct answers can mask confusion, just as incorrect answers can hide understanding” (Marilyn Burns). An answer is a response to a question or situation. As educators, we ask a large amount of questions, but how can we use questioning to make student thinking visible? Educators can use effective questioning to help students share, clarify, and expand on their thinking as well as listen to and think with peers. According to Barack Rosenshine, a professor and researcher who contributed to the understanding of effective instruction, “effective questioning is one of the most powerful tools for teachers to consolidate and assess student understanding.”
Make Learning Stick- High-Impact Instructional Strategies
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: Kristina Fulton and Brian Booker
This session draws on cognitive science research to provide practical techniques for educators and learners to improve long-term memory and transfer of learning. It emphasizes the importance of active learning, feedback, and frequent retrieval practice in achieving deep understanding and long-term retention of information. The focus will be on effective strategies for enhancing learning and retention with time to develop plans for the classroom.
Meeting the Needs of ALL Learners through Differentiation
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: Jennifer Bean, Brian Booker, Kristina Fulton, Jason Zimmerman
Differentiation is more than a set of strategies—it's a way of thinking about teaching and learning that ensures every student has access to meaningful and challenging opportunities to grow. This interactive workshop will explore how to "teach up" by designing instruction that meets students where they are while maintaining high expectations for all learners. Differentiation can be viewed through the lenses of process, product and content. This session will focus on each of these lenses and provide participants with opportunities to apply learning to content areas. Participants will dive into practical approaches to create inclusive environments that honor students’ unique strengths, interests, and readiness levels.
Supervising Teachers with Danielson’s Framework for Teaching
Duration: 1 day
Facilitators: TBD
This session for new administrators introduces Danielson’s Evaluation Instrument, five best practices for teacher supervision and evaluation, and the recommended formal observation process.
For more information on Instruction Professional Development sessions, please contact teaching_learning@iu13.org
Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDTs)
Duration: 1 half-day - 1 day
Facilitators: Jennifer Bean
A variety of options are available to support the implementation and ongoing use of PDE’s CDTs. Contact IU13 to plan an overview of the benefits of using CDTs, steps to implementation, student conferencing, analyzing data, as well as more customized professional development.
Common Assessment Development (Literacy, Mathematics, Social Studies, or STEELS)
Duration: 4 days
Literacy Facilitator: Jennifer Bean
STEELS/STEM Facilitator: Jason Zimmerman
Social Studies Facilitator: Brian Booker
Math Facilitator: Kristina Fulton
In this work session, a team of educators tasked with developing common assessments are guided by an IU13 consultant through an evidence-based assessment-writing process.
Developing Quality Performance-Based Assessments
Duration: 1 half day
Facilitators: Jason Zimmerman and Kristina Fulton
In this 3-hour session, participants with existing performance-based assessments will learn a process for self-assessing their own performance tasks and rubrics to ensure quality design.
Formative Assessment Strategies
Duration: 1 half day
Facilitators: Jennifer Bean, Brian Booker, Kristina Fulton, and Jason Zimmerman
In this 3-hour session, participants will explore the benefits of and strategies for using formative assessments to provide teachers and students with just-in-time information about what students know and understand, and areas where more support is needed.
Fundamentals of Assessment Design
Duration: 1-2 days
Facilitators: Kristina Fulton
This session will guide participants in reviewing, revising, and/or designing assessments and scoring guides aligned to standards. Participants will explore best practices in designing selected-response, short-constructed response, and extended-constructed response assessment items.
For more information on Assessment Professional Development sessions, please contact teaching_learning@iu13.org
