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Knowles Academy Workshops & Courses
Start 2025 off right with engaging professional learning! The Knowles Academy is excited to announce our upcoming courses and workshops, launching January 22. Choose from two six-week online courses or numerous 90-minute virtual workshops, covering topics such as lesson design, project planning, coaching, engineering, and AI.
The Knowles Academy offers innovative professional learning experiences designed to meet the needs of educators. Every course and workshop is led by experienced educators who understand the realities of the classroom.
Free Workshop: Promote Engagement in Science through Lesson Design
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm EST via Zoom
In this workshop, teachers will learn how high cognitive demand tasks increase opportunities for students to access learning. Teachers will explore ways of modifying tasks to increase students’ abilities to engage in sensemaking.
Free Workshop: Engineering to Empower
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm EST via Zoom
How can we integrate engineering into math and science classes to help students develop a more meaningful understanding of real-world issues? We’ll use a Four-Level Empowered Engineering framework to explore how engineering integration in science and math offers students a range of opportunities for learning, engagement in community issues, and agency for solving problems in their world.
Free Workshop: AI Essentials for Educators
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm EST via Zoom
In this workshop, you’ll explore practical applications of AI tools that can support both classroom instruction and behind-the-scenes tasks like lesson planning. We’ll provide hands-on opportunities to engage with AI and consider how it can be adapted to your specific teaching context.
Free Workshop: Project Planning Pyramid Framework
Thursday, February 14, 2025 | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm EST via Zoom
Come learn with us about the Project Planning Pyramid Framework, a tool developed to strengthen the disciplinary content and practices present in projects, in order to help support all students in accessing rigorous math and science through your PBL courses.
Course: Promote Sensemaking with Science and Math Practice
Every Tuesday, February 25- April 1, 2025 | 7:00 pm-9:00 pm EST via Zoom
Throughout the course, participants engage in hands-on explorations of phenomena, learning how to guide students in constructing, evaluating, and refining ideas.
Free Workshop: Actionable Norms for Effective Groupwork
Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm EST via Zoom
In this workshop, teachers will learn strategies and principles for establishing a classroom culture of effective and meaningful student collaboration through the clear and intentional setting of actionable norms—working persistently, communicating productively, and taking risks.
Course: Coaching for Teacher Development
Every Tuesday, April 8- May 13, 2025 | 7:00 pm-9:00 pm EST via Zoom
Are you ready to transform your skills and knowledge in instructional coaching? Discover how our dynamic course can help you build a strong foundation in coaching techniques, empowering you to support teachers’ professional growth and elevate their teaching practices.
Questions?
We would love to answer any of your questions, feel free to reach out to us at academy@knowlesteachers.org.
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