Developed from our experience in training thousands of new and developing teachers, our Professional Development courses focus on what’s important to schools: relevant content focused on specific teaching strategies, and evidence-based best practices, delivered in a format ready to be used in the classroom.
Online Professional Development Courses Designed toImprove Teacher Performance
A Complete Professional Development Solution for Your School or District
Training Built for the Classroom
Our menu of courses cover the exact topics and researched-backed strategies critical for effective teaching, lesson planning, assessment, and classroom management.
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Model Teaching’s comprehensive menu of courses are designed to provide classroom-relevant training to developing teachers. While most professional development only covers the theory behind a particular classroom strategy, our courses actually guide teachers through the necessary steps for classroom implementation. In addition to this guided instruction, we also provide teachers with the tools, resources, templates, and planning outlines needed to put together a plan-of-action for their classroom. At the conclusion of each course teachers will receive a certificate of completion, documenting earned credit hours. View our Course Menu now to find the right course for your teachers!
High-Quality Course-Aligned Tools & Resources
Every course comes with a highly aligned set of resources, tools, templates, rubrics, and student worksheets that are designed to help teachers build a plan of action and implement it in their own classroom. Schools receive tools for administrator in-class observation as well.
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Each course comes with a variety of resources, tools, organizers, and templates designed to aid in the implementation of new strategies.
Examples of Course Resources Include:
- Lesson Plan Templates (With Examples & Samples)
- Trackers (Mastery, Behavior, & Documentation)
- Graphic Organizers to be Used With Students
- Checklists & Tools to Aid in Planning
- Strategy Guides & Concept Summary Tools
- Student Activities & Templates
- Implementation Rubrics to Aid in Application
- Evaluation Rubrics for Administrators
A Focus on Implementation
Our courses are designed by experienced educators and are built to provide clear guidance in a highly-structured format designed for classroom application.
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All Model Teaching courses are built with classroom implementation in mind. Our experienced instructors are all certified teachers with years of in-classroom experience. Our instructors start by introducing teachers to a new strategy, then take them step-by-step through the process of implementation as they build a custom plan for their own students. In addition to this, teachers will also be provided with pre-built templates and tools to use in planning lessons as well as worksheets, graphic organizers, and sample materials to use with their students.
Feedback Centered Around Proficiency
Our instructors provide guidance, feedback and support throughout the process. Modeled after in-person workshops and planning sessions, teachers receive personalized feedback on their developed plan of action and support after they have implemented it.
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All Model Teaching instructors are experienced, state-certified educators with years of in-classroom experience who specialize in their area of instruction. Our instructors evaluate course progress in real-time, provide a comprehensive evaluation of all course submissions, as well as post-implementation support through written feedback. Our instructors will reach out to teachers following implementation of the new course ideas in their own classroom, and provide support and coaching where needed. Teachers may reach out to their instructor at any time as they progress through the course(s) using our built-in messaging system. Administrator evaluation rubrics are also provided with each course, for optional in-class observation from school leadership.
Highly Structured Courses Designed For Immediate Classroom Application
Our Courses Take Teachers Through A Process of Concept Mastery, Planning & Feedback Leading Them To a Full Strategy for Implementation Into Their Own Classroom
Most Professional Development today focuses on teaching concepts and theories important to education without providing clear guidance on how to actually apply these new ideas to a real-world classroom. Our courses move beyond this approach and provide a structured process that combines learning, application, & tools to produce teaching excellence.
Our standardized course structure optimizes the quality of the learning experience by allowing teachers to not only master the concepts behind new strategies, but importantly how to apply these strategies with their own students. Using a step-by-step approach, teachers are provided with training, coaching, planning tools, and all resources needed to implement a clear plan-of-action in their classroom.
Teachers Follow This Workflow As They Progress Through The Course:
STEP 1
Demonstration & Mastery
Teachers are walked through the theory behind and steps needed to implement the new strategy in their classroom. Teachers participate in high-quality video presentations, virtual discussion boards and complete content-aligned activities.
STEP 2
Planning & Tools
As they progress through the course, teachers build a personalized plan of action, ready for use in their classroom, using pre-built tools, step-by-step lesson planning templates, graphic organizers, and worksheets.
STEP 3
Feedback
Our instructors provide feedback on activities and teacher-developed action plans to ensure mastery of the key concepts and effective implementation of their new plan.
STEP 4
Implementation
Along with their action plan, teachers will have the tools and resources needed to implement the new strategy. Our instructors provide follow up support as well as supply effectiveness rubrics for in-classroom observation from administrators.
Let Teachers Control Their Own Learning Path
- A course menu that allows teachers to choose their own learning path.
- Practical courses targeting skill-sets needed in the classroom.
- Receive instant access to all course content, materials, & instructor feedback.
Build A Custom Learning Plan For Your Team
- Build a personalized learning plan from our skill-based menu of courses.
- Target specific teaching deficiencies or areas of growth.
- Allow our instructors to manage or take control of your own teachers’ plan.
Build An Individualized Learning Plan For Your Teachers & Campus.
Our Comprehensive Course & Training Menu is Constantly Updated With New Courses & Currently Includes:
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A Comprehensive Library of Resources Are Provided With Every Course
Each course comes with a variety of resources, tools, organizers, and templates designed to aid in implementation of new strategies immediately.
Examples of Course Resources Include:
- Lesson Plan Templates (With Examples & Samples)
- Trackers (Mastery, Behavior, & Documentation)
- Graphic Organizers to be Used With Students
- Checklists & Tools to Aid in Planning
- Strategy Guides & Concept Summary Tools
- Student Activities & Templates
- Implementation Rubrics to Aid in Application
- Evaluation Rubrics for Administrators
Full Evaluation & Implementation Support Included
Model Teaching is unique in that we provide full evaluation and coaching support for your teachers as they progress through their courses, providing feedback, grading, and advice on implementation.
Our platform also provides the option for schools and administrators to manage their own team’s learning plan by providing a school-based Course Manager Dashboard build for administrator use. Admins have the option to view their teacher’s progress, assign courses, generate reports, and even evaluate submissions.
Evaluation Support Included With Each Course:
During The Training: Throughout each training, our instructors will evaluate completed assignments and activities and provide coaching and support.
After The Training: At the conclusion of the course, teachers will submit their final action plan. Our instructors review these action plans and provide feedback and support on how well they have mastered the key concepts.
Following Implementation: Our instructors provide follow up support following implementation of the new plan in the teachers’ own classroom. Teachers are also able to securely upload videos of their instruction and receive personal coaching on their implementation of the course material with their students.
Evaluation Resources Provided to Administrators: Each course comes with an Implementation Effectiveness Checklist. These rubrics are designed to provide administrators a quick evaluation tool for teacher observation. Admins can print them out and use them to evaluate their teacher’s implementation of the course content during classroom observations.
OPTION 1:
We Provide Full Evaluation & Implementation Support
As teachers work through the courses, we evaluate, provide feedback, & assign completion certificates and/or microcredentials.
OPTION 2:
Manage or Monitor Your Own Teachers’ Learning Plan
Schools will be provided with a Course Manager account where admins can view progress, assign courses, download activity reports, as well as evaluate and grade if they choose.
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