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The Fires in Grading
This monthly live show series offers educators and administrators insights and practical solutions to address common resistance points—or "fires"—in grading reform.
May 13, 2025
Extinguishing Fires within PLCs
Even the most well-intentioned PLCs face challenges that can derail collaboration and diminish impact. Join the FIRST Education PLC Center for Extinguishing Fires Within PLCs, an interactive webinar offering practical tools to address common struggles like conflict, resistance, and lack of focus—helping teams create purpose and productivity.
June 19, 2025
Standards Based Grading Unpacked: What's Your Reality?
Join us for "Standards-Based Grading Unpacked," a free workshop collaboratively hosted by The FIRST Education STAGR Center and Otus. This interactive session is designed to empower schools to explore their current realities in standards-based grading, connect with peers from other districts, and chart actionable next steps for implementation.
April 24, 2025
Rethinking Co-Teaching: Unlocking Its True Potential
Co-teaching is often reduced to "one teach, one assist," where the special education teacher plays a passive role. This common approach limits access to rigorous instruction and prevents students from reaching their full potential. It’s time to rethink co-teaching.
May 29, 2025
AI With Intention
How can we ensure AI tools are used in ways that support, rather than undermine, effective teaching and learning? Drawing on the framework in his book “AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders,” Tony Frontier will share practical insights and strategies rooted in recent research on AI, and decades of research on teaching and learning.
May 7, 2025
An Introduction to the Highly Trained Math Teacher Framework
Discover the Highly Trained Math Teacher (HTMT) framework in this free 30-minute webinar—an actionable roadmap for defining, developing, and recognizing excellence in math instruction. Whether you're a teacher or school leader, learn how to strengthen instructional practice, foster engagement, and build capacity across your school or district.
July 30, 2025
Introduction to Math Workshop:
Maximizing Impact in Your K–8 Math Classroom
The Math Workshop model offers a flexible, student-centered approach to teaching that blends whole group, small group, and individualized instruction to meet the diverse needs of learners. In this introductory session, educators will explore how this framework fosters engagement, builds confidence, and supports deep, conceptual understanding in the K–8 math classroom.
July 30, 2025
Shifting the Equation: Student-Transforming Secondary Math Through Best Practices
As secondary math educators, we aim to help every student reach their full potential—but the diverse needs in our classrooms can challenge traditional instructional models. In this introductory session, we’ll explore how small groups, student teams, and intentional lesson design can increase engagement, encourage discourse and inquiry, and support deeper conceptual understanding of mathematics for all learners.
May 13, 2025
Extinguishing Fires within PLCs
Even the most well-intentioned PLCs face challenges that can derail collaboration and diminish impact. Join the FIRST Education PLC Center for Extinguishing Fires Within PLCs, an interactive webinar offering practical tools to address common struggles like conflict, resistance, and lack of focus—helping teams create purpose and productivity.
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By agreeing to the registration terms, you understand and acknowledge if you cancel less than 14 business days prior to the Event or non-attendance, you will be liable for the full cost of the registration. No reimbursements will be made for travel, accommodation or any other costs incurred by you in connection with the Event which you do not attend or cancel.