Video Journal of Education
School Improvement Network video programs are research-based and contain rich training and instruction by education's top experts. Each program shows real classroom examples of exemplary teachers modeling the strategies being taught, allowing teachers to realize that they too can implement these best practice methods in their classrooms.Benefits of our video programs:
Elementary and Secondary Editions
Many programs are available in Elementary and Secondary Editions to provide teachers with the training and classroom examples that are most applicable to them.
Ongoing Training
Each video program is broken into segments, which allows training to be spread out over several sessions. Each segment provides between 30 and 45 minutes of group training. Research proves that ongoing and job-embedded professional development is the best way to implement training in the classroom and to ensure that participants retain the greatest amount of information.
Theory and Practice
Programs help participants understand both the theory and practical application of each training topic. The experts clearly explain every strategy, concept, and method. The best practice classroom examples show real teachers in real classrooms and help participants understand how they can apply these methods in their classrooms.Top Education Experts
Our programs feature the top educational experts, including Glenn Singleton, Rick Smith, Michael Fullan, Gayle Gregory, Rick Stiggins, Joellen Killion, Richard and Rebecca DuFour, Eleanor Renee Rodriguez, Spencer and Laurie Kagan, and many more. See all our consultants.
Real Classroom Examples
Each program features a wealth of real classroom examples from urban, suburban, and rural schools across North America. These examples feature real teachers demonstrating best practice behaviors. The examples are not scripted and will give your teachers the confidence that they too can implement the best strategies and practices in their classrooms.
Implementation Focused
Programs are focused on implementation. Unlike drive-by workshops, our video programs provide ongoing and give teachers many practical strategies and methods they can implement in the classroom immediately.
Common Language and Practice
Our video programs will provide all participants with a common language and practice. Through participating, your entire staff will be on the same page about school improvement and how to achieve it.
Our most popular video programs:
Instruction:
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies, with McREL's Salle Quackenboss
Differentiation:
Differentiating Instruction to Meet the Needs of All Students, with Gayle Gregory and Carolyn Chapman
Applied Differentiation: Making It Work in the Classroom, with Gayle Gregory, Cindy Strickland, Liz Kuzmich, and others
Increasing Minority Student Achievement:
Closing the Achievement Gap-Courageous Conversations about Race, with Glenn Singleton
No Excuses! Increasing Minority Student Achievement, with Bonnie Davis, Jamie Almanzan, James Comer, and other experts
All Means All: "What Is It About Me You Can't Teach?", with Eleanor Renee Rodriguez
Poverty:
Working with Students from the Culture of Poverty, with Mary Montle Bacon
Coaching:
Instructional Coaching: School-Based Staff Development for Improved Teacher and Student Learning, with Joellen Killion, Jim Knight, and Stephen Barkley
Leadership:
Leadership in the Age of Standards and High Stakes: Building Professional Learning Communities, with Richard DuFour
Elementary Principals as Leaders of Learning, with Rebecca DuFour
Secondary Principals as Leaders of Learning, with Irving C. Jones
Assessment:
Assessment For Learning: Classroom Assessment for High-Stakes Success, Rick Stiggins
Reading:
Reading in the Content Areas with Research-Based CRISS Strategies, with Carol Santa
Classroom Management/New Teacher Training:
New Teacher Training: Classroom Management to Win Students Over-Not Win Over Them, with Carol Cummings
Unlocking the Secrets of Great Teachers: What the Best Teachers Do Everyday, with Rick Smith