Professional
Development
Practical, hands-on training that helps teachers turn structured visuals into real student conversation, in every classroom and every subject.
This training serves as an orientation to The Visual Non-Glossary. Participants will access their VNG accounts directly and participate as a student in structured conversations using the VNG. In 3-hour sessions, participants will also plan out a VNG lesson and practice implementing structured conversations.
90 minutes or 3 hours
In this training, participants who are already familiar with The Visual Non-Glossary learn how to leverage students’ voices to extend whole-class conversations for deep exploration and inquiry of academic content. Participants will plan a VNG lesson that incorporates extended academic conversations and other activities that boost academic language.
3 hours or 6 hours
Want to see more reading and writing in content-area instruction? This training shows participants how to teach content and build literacy skills at the same time, by anchoring academic reading and writing with small-group conversations and structured visuals. Participants will learn how to create, differentiate, and structure reading and writing.
3 hours or 6 hours
Inquiry is at the heart of the learning process. Learn how to transform students’ curiosity into wondering, and wondering into probing questions and investigation in Science, Social Studies, and Math classrooms. Participants in this training will engage with strategies that get students asking questions, making predictions, and justifying reasoning.
3 hours or 6 hours
Professional development is not a one-and-done deal. It is continuous throughout the school year, and Constructed Learning’s consultants are here to support. We have a proven approach that meets teachers where they’re at and helps them grow, one step at a time. We also work to develop the coaching capacity of campus leadership through modeling coaching, coaching on the coaching process, and administrative walk-throughs.
instructional coaching
leadership support
