Standards Institute™

Standards Institute™ ELA sessions focus on the supports and scaffolds that work to address students’ unfinished ELA instruction while maintaining the rigor of grade-level standards and curriculum. Educators will:

• Explore the commitment, knowledge, and skills necessary to use ELA standards, texts, and tasks to provide all students access to grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM — instruction
• Leave with a personal action plan for bringing GLEAM instruction to life in their ELA classrooms

ELA Grade-Bands: K–5, 6–8, 9–12

The Leadership Pathway gives school and district leaders a foundation in the key concepts of ELA and math instruction in order to develop a deeper understanding of both subject areas. Participants will:

• Consider key components of planning, instructional delivery, and coaching that lead to grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM — instruction.
• Assess their roles as leaders in advancing educational equity and operationalizing GLEAM within a school system
• Leave with a personal action plan to lead GLEAM instruction in their schools

Leadership Grade-Bands: K–5, 6–8, 9–12

Standards Institute™ Math sessions offer participants interactive, hands-on experience planning and implementing grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM — mathematics instruction. Educators will:

• Reflect on math identities and their impact on GLEAM math instruction
• Deepen their understanding of math instructional shifts (focus, coherence, rigor) to support GLEAM math instruction
• Learn a new approach to address students’ unfinished instruction that supports GLEAM math instruction within their school contexts
• Leave with a personal action plan for bringing GLEAM instruction to life in their math classrooms

Math Grade-Bands: K–5, 6–8, 9–12

Standards Institute Accelerating English Language for Multilingual Students sessions, teachers and coaches receive research-based, high-leverage, immediately applicable resources, processes, and strategies to accelerate academic English development and build knowledge across content areas in the primary classroom. Educators will:

• Adapt standards-aligned lessons to support multilingual students in instruction for reading foundational skills, ELA, and math to ensure all students have access to grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM — instruction.
• Leave with a repertoire of practical strategies and a personal action plan for bringing GLEAM instruction to life for multilingual students.

Multilingual Learners Grade-Bands: K–5

Standards Institute™ Science sessions offer participants a foundation in the principles and best practices in science instruction. The Science Pathway explores the Next Generation Science Standards and a vision for grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM — instruction for all students. Participants will:

• Explore new ideas through hands-on lessons and investigations in different scientific domains
• Develop a repertoire of practical strategies to ensure that instruction exemplifies GLEAM
• Leave with a personal action plan for bringing GLEAM instruction to life in their science classrooms

Science Grade-Bands: K–5, 6–8, 9–12

UnboundEd Planning Process™ (UPP) sessions introduce participants to a set of powerful practices for bringing grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM — instruction to life in ELA and math classrooms. Educators will:

• Explore the meaning and value of GLEAM instruction for all learners
• Learn a step-by-step strategy for applying GLEAM principles to any lesson and gain hands-on practice
• Leave with a personal action plan for bringing GLEAM instruction to life in their classrooms

UnboundEd Planning Process (UPP) Grade-Bands: K–5, 6–12

Note: K–5 participants will use both ELA and math lessons during the week; participants in grades 6–12 will use lessons in their preferred subject area — either ELA or math.

This pathway offers educators a strong foundation in standards-aligned and evidence-informed reading practices rooted in the science of reading. Educators will:

• Dive into the research on reading instruction and connect research to practice
• Develop high-leverage instructional practices (educational practices that can improve outcomes for every learner, like designing lessons in service of a goal, promoting active student engagement, collecting and assessing data, and more)
• Deliver standards-aligned and evidence-informed reading instruction

Elementary Reading Academy Grade-Bands: K–6

Participants in the Leadership for Literacy pathway will develop a foundational understanding of the science of reading and learn how to transform their instructional practices to accelerate student literacy. Leaders will:

• Learn practical knowledge about the science of reading and how to implement it across systems
• Develop tools, skills and processes for assessing school-wide literacy programs
• Identify leadership actions that help build professional capacity and introduce new opportunities for students to become successful readers and communicators

Leadership for Literacy Grade-Bands: K–5

The Achievement Network sessions support school leaders in building a draft research-based, balanced assessment plan. Participants discover strategies to decrease the time spent testing students while increasing instructional time and providing equitable outcomes for all students. School leaders will:

• Learn a research-based framework for classifying assessments and how they can create a balanced assessment landscape within their school.
• Explore the current state of assessments and teacher data used to craft a draft school-wide vision for the future of equitable assessments.
• Leave with a plan to gather teacher input and carry out a balanced assessment strategy with a team of teachers and leaders in the school.

School Leadership Grade-Band: K–12

The Achievement Network sessions support district and system leaders in building a draft research-based, balanced district-wide assessment plan. Participants discover how to empower educators and school leaders to increase instructional time and data usage while decreasing the time spent testing districtwide, leading to more equitable outcomes for students in schools. District leaders will:

• Learn a research-based framework for classifying assessments and how it can create a balanced assessment landscape across the district.
• Explore strategies to empower your educators throughout the creation of your district-wide assessment plan and how to build capacity around data gathering and analysis.
• Leave with a plan to gather input from various stakeholders, invest in schools, and carry out a balanced assessment strategy across the district with a cross-functional team of leaders.

District Leadership Grade-Band: K–12