Build a blueprint for better teaching
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Plan smarter, not harder, and create lessons that spark joy and learning for your students.
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Find answers to more essential questions by checking out our FAQ.
What You'll Learn
Strengthen your instructional core by learning methods that align your teaching objectives with meaningful, engaging lessons.
Key takeaways
- Unpack the Danielson Framework by exploring its history, purpose, and key competencies
- Design purposeful lesson plans to ensure coherence and rigor in your instruction
- Implement differentiated instruction by setting outcomes tailored to your students' diverse needs
- Engage students with effective strategies for questioning, discussion, and assessment to foster deeper learning and participation
- Strengthen your pedagogical practice by aligning instructional objectives with tasks to enhance student success and outcomes
Plan with purposeStrong instruction doesn’t start at the front of the classroom — it starts in the planning. For many teachers, especially those early in their careers, the challenge lies in creating instruction that’s both intentional and adaptable in real time. Knowing what to teach is only part of the puzzle; designing how to teach it in ways that stick is where the real work begins.
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Build with intentionPlanning doesn’t have to feel like starting from scratch every time. By grounding your planning in the Danielson Framework, this course helps you take the guesswork out of good teaching. You’ll strengthen your ability to align what you teach with how and why you teach it — building a foundation for more consistent, confident instruction.
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Teach with clarityWith a focus on real-world strategies, Designing Coherent Instruction will help you bring clarity and purpose to your day-to-day teaching. You’ll walk away with practical tools for aligning lessons to objectives, scaffolding for diverse learners, and creating routines that make planning more efficient and effective — helping your students get more out of every moment.
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Course Format and Topics
This course bridges theory and practice, packed with instructional videos, resources, discussions, and assignments — all designed to support real classroom impact. Explore our open enrollment and on demand formats to find the option that works best for you.
Open enrollment• Course & registration available for a limited time
• Join a cohort of educators from various schools and locations • Learn independently with periodic feedback from a facilitator • Self-paced within course period |
On demand• Available at any time, with flexible pacing
• Private access for your team, school, or district • Work with a dedicated facilitator • Customize course content and/or receive additional coaching |
Course begins
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Participants who are registered prior to the course start date can expect to receive course login details 2-3 days before the course starts. For more information on access and participation, please visit our FAQ page.
Preview an introductory video from the course:
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Topic 1
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Cultivating Content Knowledge
Build a strong foundation by exploring how your content knowledge and instructional choices shape student understanding. |
Topic 2
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Selecting Instructional Outcomes
Learn how to set meaningful learning goals that meet your students where they are and move them forward. |
Topic 3
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Creating a Culture of Learning
Discover how to create a classroom environment where learning feels purposeful, valued, and shared by all. |
Topic 4
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Engaging Instruction
Explore strategies that spark curiosity and keep students actively involved in the learning process. |
Topic 5
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Moving from Q&A to Q&D
Shift from asking questions that check for recall to leading conversations that deepen student thinking. |
Topic 6
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Assessing for Success
Unpack practical ways to gather meaningful feedback from students — before, during, and after a lesson. |
Course ends
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Course participation ends and assignments close one (1) week after the final course topic is released. Within two weeks after this date, final grades and certificates will be processed.
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Meet Your Facilitator
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Dr. Cristina ComptonCristina oversees a wide range of school-based projects and the Student Press Initiative, a program that supports teachers and students in developing projects that culminate in professionally designed, print-based publications. When working with educators, she focuses on areas of strength and opportunities for growth, in an effort to develop highly customized and targeted professional development plans. In her on-site work, she supports schools with curriculum design, unit planning, project-based learning, and developing literacy strategies that can bolster student achievement across the disciplines.
"Great instruction begins with clarity — start with the end in mind to create a roadmap for student success." |
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Take Your Next Steps
This opportunity is designed for K-12 educators to grow independently, or as part of a team. Still have questions? Check out our FAQ page, or contact us at [email protected]. We look forward to working alongside you!
This timing doesn't work for you? Talk to us about a custom course for your team or school, that works with your schedule!
This timing doesn't work for you? Talk to us about a custom course for your team or school, that works with your schedule!
