WORKSHOPS
Customized Professional Learning
Just as students vary in how they learn, educators vary in their needs. Every school and group is different, so I design and facilitate professional learning that is customized and personalized to meet their specific goals.
A tailored workshop experience
Dr. Tucker’s team tailors workshops to meet each school or district’s unique needs, drawing from her extensive expertise
Booking a speaking engagement includes
- Initial Consultation: A 30-minute call with Dr. Tucker for a comprehensive needs assessment.
- Customized Agenda: Dr. Tucker will draft an agenda for the training session based on the initial consultation and submit that proposed agenda for review and feedback.
- Interactive Workshop Design: Dr. Tucker will design a hands-on, practice-based workshop, drawing from her extensive experience with instructional models and strategies. (see below)
- Immersive Learning Experience: Dr. Tucker will facilitate a dynamic session that includes discussion, reflection, and collaboration. Participants will create practical learning experiences and resources they can use immediately.
Designing dynamic learning experiences
The goal of Dr. Tucker’s work is to support educators in designing and facilitating accessible, inclusive, and equitable learning experiences that help students develop the skills and confidence to share the responsibility for learning with their teachers, creating a more rewarding and sustainable approach to this work.
Additional Workshop Add-Ons
- Consulting sessions with leadership or administrative teams.
- Coaching sessions for teaching teams or departments.
- Training or coaching sessions for instructional coaches guiding implementation.
Topics for your next workshop
Explore a range of workshop topics designed to meet your school or district’s unique needs, drawing from research-based strategies and proven instructional models.
Blended Learning
- Station Rotation Model
- Flipped Instruction
- Flipped Classroom Model
- Whole Group Rotation Model
- Playlist or Individual Rotation Model
- 5Es Instructional Model
- Choice boards
- Choose your learning path adventure
- Online discussions
- Hyperdocs
- Digital notebooks/portfolios
Student-led Workflows
- Student discovery
- Small group, student-led discussion
- Reading for connection
- An authentic audience
- Student-generated review and practice
- Formative assessment as a metacognitive skill-building tool for learners
- Feedback during the process
- Self-assessment
- Student-led communication with families
- Student-designed project-based learning (PBL)
MTSS & Inclusive Teaching Practices
- Data-informed design
- Differentiated Tier 1 small group explicit instruction
- Instructional strategies for shifting Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction into the general education classroom
- Personalized support and feedback
- Progress monitoring tools for teachers and students
- Prioritizing student agency and meaningful choice
- Standards-aligned assessment with rubrics
- Tiered assignments, chunking, and scaffolding
Universal Design for Learning
- Designing for learner variability
- Articulating firm goals and providing flexible means
- Understanding voice and choice
- Recruiting interest and sustaining effort
- Cultivating expert learners
- Developing self-regulation skills
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- AI-enhanced design
- AI in services of strong pedagogical practices
- AI and equity in education
- Writing in the classroom with AI
- Leveraging AI as a 24/7 feedback tool
- AI-generated authentic assessments
- AI-generated standards-aligned, mastery-based rubrics
- AI protocols and best practices (for teachers and learners)
Metacognitive Skill Building
- Goal setting
- Thinking routines
- Monitoring progress
- Ongoing self-assessment
- Growth over time evaluation
- Reflective practices
- Student-led conferencing protocol
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