PD Bytes™
Best Practice Strategies in Under an Hour
What's a PD Byte™? It's a small "byte" of practical professional learning that can be completed in a prep period, at home, or in a PLC meeting. These 45-60 minute self-paced online courses introduce a single best practice classroom strategy, offer a downloadable resource/template, and guide teachers through trying it in their own classroom. Ideal for squeezing PD into tight teaching schedules and ever-shrinking budgets, each PD Byte is equivalent to a 1-hour professional learning credit.
How to Run Math Circuit Training
Investigate math circuit training, learn to set up scaffolded stations, and get a template for building your own math circuit cards
How to Make Co-Teaching Work
Examine the role of the co-teacher, practice collaboration strategies, and get a blueprint for building a unified learning space
When to Use Question Stems
Explore question stems, determine when to use them, and get question stem cards for 12 types of commonly used questions
How to Conduct Strategic Monitoring
Compare formative assessment with strategic monitoring, review data gathering strategies, and practice making in-class micro-adjustments
How to Structure ELA Training Circuits
Investigate ELA circuit training, learn to set up scaffolded stations, and get a template for building your own ELA circuit cards
How to Fine-Tune Classroom Management
Explore classroom management challenges, review effective classroom protocols, and get tools for keeping students on track
How to Build a Learning Menu
Explore tiering lessons via learning
menus (aka choice boards), reflect on
student needs, and get sample learning
menus with an easy-build template
How to Turn Facts Into Problems
Examine presenting facts via real-world
connections, explore strategies for
connecting with students, and get a
tool for creating solvable problems
How to Trigger Student Questions
Investigate the use of student questions, learn to craft statements that trigger students to ask them, and get a tool for creating content-aligned SQPL statements
How to Involve a Student Audience
Explore turning “audience” time into an academic exercise, learn strategies for involving students, and get tools for changing audience members into active listeners
Personalize PD One Credit-Hour at a Time
$10 per Seat
Each PD Byte guides participants through a best practice teaching strategy, supplies a practical classroom resource, and a delivers a real-time certificate for 1-hour of professional learning for just $10.
Seat Block Discounts
Provide teachers with a suite of PD offerings by purchasing a block of seats to multiple PD Bytes or send your entire staff through a single PD Byte at a discounted rate. Rates as low as $5 per teacher.
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How to Tier a Lesson
How to Build Inferencing Skills
When To Use Graphic Organizers
How to Make Micro-Adjustments During Class
How to Transform an Essential Question
How to Create a Real-World Math Problem
When to Use Word Clouds
How to Monitor Learning Stations
How to Design a Rubric
When to Use Positive Narration
How to Promote Meaningful Discussion
How to Use Google Earth
When to Use Collaborative Learning
How to Give Targeted Feedback to Students
How to Design Learning Agendas
How to Promote Student-Talk (Turn and Talk)
How to Build Effective Transitions
How to Monitor Progress Informally
How to Create an Exit Ticket
When to Pick Up the Pace in Class
How to Build Anchor Charts for Any Topic
How to Promote Annotation Skills
When to Use Interactive Games
How to use Back-Channeling
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