Webinars

Our webinars are hosted by the top experts in education today. Whether it’s new research-based practices you want to learn about or practical tips you can apply in the classroom tomorrow, we have got something of interest for everyone.



Blending Learning: Models and Lessons • On-demand

Blended learning is a popular topic in education today, but how can you compare and assess different strategies to find the right one for your needs? Which implementation model is the best fit for your particular circumstances and unique academic goals?

Achieve3000® is proud to host Julia Freeland Fisher, Director … Read More



Rigorous Reading: Building Strength and Stamina • On-demand

Performance on any high-stakes measure of reading — whether it be a state-level summative assessment, a college entrance examination, or instructions for rescuing a computer hard drive — requires both reading strength and reading stamina. For students, these skills don’t just appear suddenly. Rather, they are attributes that have to … Read More



How to Reach the Hard to Teach: Excellent Instruction for Those Who Need It Most • On-demand

For every teacher, it’s different, but you know who they are for you – the students who are “hard to teach.” Maybe they’re reading far below grade level. Maybe they’re English learners. Maybe they have diagnosed learning disabilities or behavioral issues. Maybe they’re underachieving for reasons that are unknown. They … Read More



Go Blended: 5 Tips for Getting Blended Learning Right • On-demand

In this research-driven webinar, Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, shares key findings from her organization’s years of blended learning research, as well as lessons learned from the hundreds of school systems that the Institute has studied. She will cover both essential … Read More



Unstoppable Learning • On-demand

Sharing insights and findings from his book, Unstoppable Learning, Dr. Douglas Fisher will help you discover how systems thinking can enhance teaching and learning school-wide. Join Dr. Fisher for a live, interactive webinar that will cover:

  • Essential elements to unleash student potential and adapt learning in response to students’ … Read More


Text Complexity: Best Practices for Matching Students and Texts • On-demand

For decades, educators have known that quality instruction requires a careful matching of materials and students. However, selecting appropriate reading material for students can be difficult. What makes a text “hard?” What’s the best way to measure students’ reading abilities? How do we ensure our students are gaining the skills … Read More



Effective Collaborative Conversations with Doug Fisher • On-demand

Join Dr. Douglas Fisher for this informative live session!

The power of peer-to-peer learning has been well documented in the research base of effective instruction. Perhaps the most influential theorist on the role of peer-assisted learning is Lev Vygotsky, who believed that all learning is mediated by interactions with others. … Read More



Close Reading with Doug Fisher • On-demand

Attending to the information presented in the text while recognizing their own assumptions, background knowledge and biases helps readers deeply understand what they are reading. As part of an instructional approach, close reading teaches students these skills as they read a text several times, often for different purposes and based … Read More



What Do We Mean By Rigor ? • On-demand

Join Achieve3000® and Dr. Douglas Fisher, author of Text Complexity, Raising Rigor in Reading, as he explores text complexity and matching students with texts that are just right for them.

You’ll leave this engaging session with a clearer understanding of rigor and innovative strategies you can use immediately to … Read More



Helping Students Get Ahead with the Gradual Release of Responsibility • On-demand

Join Achieve3000® and Heather Anderson, co-author of Text Dependent Questions K-5 and 6-12 with Dr. Doug Fisher and Dr. Nancy Frey, to discover proven methods for helping your students build independence as they progress towards college and career success.. In this engaging edWeb event, Heather Anderson will explore proven … Read More



Teacher Wellness: How Curriculum Can Support Teacher Confidence • On-demand

In this engaging edWebinar, Kevin Baird will refocus the question of curriculum efficacy from one that looks only at student achievement to one that also considers the teacher’s sense of confidence and well-being as a classroom’s instructional leader. Instead of asking simply “How does this help students accelerate learning?”, Kevin … Read More



Improving Literacy Through Summer Learning • On-demand

The “Summer Slide” is real. Research indicates that most students lose reading proficiency during the summer recess, with students from low-income households losing several months of academic growth. In this research-driven presentation, we look at ways students have actually gained literacy skills during summer break. Join this live webinar with … Read More



Using Digital Literacy to Build Unstoppable Reading Grit • On-demand

Literacy experts agree that for students to succeed in college and career goals, mastering a 1300 Lexile® level with informational text is nonnegotiable. The question is, can you create unstoppable standards mastery and content fluency when it comes to informational text for all students? Yes, you can, by tapping into … Read More



Designing Learning They’ll Love—Making Learning Personal • On-demand

Can we design learning experiences our students will love? Pandora does this for music; in fact, their mission is “to play music you’ll love.” They use the power of their music discovery platform to create a win-win partnership that helps artists find their fans and listeners find music they love. … Read More



Developing Assessment- Capable Learners • On-demand

We all know that collective efficacy is the new number one influence on students’ learning and there is good reason for that. In part, efficacious teachers ensure that their students are assessment-capable, which means that students understand their current level of performance and compare that with the desired level of … Read More



Accelerating Literacy with Precision Differentiation • On-demand

Generalities fail us in the classroom. Teachers face individual students, not statistics, to be taught with best practices. And good teachers know that making an authentic connection with students—by recognizing their unique interests, needs, and preferences—is what’s most likely to help them engage with schoolwork. No matter how magical the … Read More



Turning Test-Prep Angst Into Confidence Through Deep Learning and Student Agency • On-demand

As we head into the second half of the school year, teachers and administrators are thinking about one thing: how will I help all of my students to do better this year than they did last year on the end-of-year state assessment? It’s not an easy question to answer. The … Read More



Accelerate Learning for the Unique Needs of Your ELLs! • On-demand

What strengths and challenges do English language learners bring to the classroom? How can educators ensure all students achieve college and career readiness, regardless of their unique needs? In this session, literacy and bilingual education teacher Aida Allen-Rotell examines how differentiated instruction can be implemented in a systematic but flexible … Read More



Leveraging Response to Intervention Schoolwide • On-demand

With an effect size of 1.07 (Hattie, 2012), response to intervention (RTI) is a proven approach for accelerating learning for students not yet making expected progress. But school-wide systems are crucial for implementing RTI effectively, and these systems are different at the elementary and secondary levels.

Watch Nancy Frey, Professor … Read More



Deep Learning for All Students • On-demand

How can technology help increase rigor, relevance, and joy in students? This webinar is about what we can do to help all of our students work with challenging questions and content, enjoy classroom discussions, and produce work that makes them proud!

Dr. Deep Sran has spent over 20 years pushing … Read More