Whole-school Participation In Online Course Study Course Selection

Common Core 

• Assessment and the Common Core Standards, Kay Burke 

• Common Core in ELA: Instructional Shifts for Effective Implementation (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12), Meesha Brown 

• Common Core in Math: Instructional Shifts for Effective Implementation (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12), Meesha Brown 

• Common Core State Standards for School Leaders, Meesha Brown 

• Common Core Teaching Writing, Meesha Brown (K-5, 6-8, 9-12) 

• Making Student Thinking Visible, Jon Saphier 

Support for Diverse Learners 

• Teaching Reading and Comprehension for English Learners, Margarita Calderon 

• Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher, Gary Howard 

• No Nonsense Nurturer, Lee Canter and Kristyn Klei Borrero 

• Motivating and Engaging Students, Robert Marzano and Debra Pickering 

• Best Practices for Teaching African-American Boys, By Dr. Jawanzaa Kunjufu 

• Making Student Thinking Visible, Jon Saphier 

Response to Intervention 

• Pyramid Response to Intervention, Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos, and Chris Weber 

• Supporting Struggling Students with Rigorous Instruction, Dr. Robyn Jackson 

• Motivating Underachievers with Response to Intervention and Differentiated Instruction, Carolyn Coil 

• Differentiation and the Brain, Carol Ann Tomlinson and David Sousa 

• Making Student Thinking Visible, Jon Saphier  
 

For more information concerning the whole school participation in online course study http://info.kdsi.org/online-pd, please contact Erin Walker at ewalker@kdsi.org