Virtual coaching anchors all our work with teachers and administrators. We don’t leave teachers to figure things out on their own after a training– we provide ongoing support throughout the year to ensure teachers are able to implement what they’ve learned and get the just-in-time coaching and support they need.
SUPPORTING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
We researched how students are motivated and engaged in school and built a framework and teacher training course around it, but we also felt the need to provide a collection of resources teachers can use immediately (copy, modify, print) to help implement these ideas.
Take a look at the preview below or download the PDF to print templates or make your own copies (via Google Docs) to customize!
WHO IS COMMUNICATIONS BY DESIGN?
EDUCATION CONSULTING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Founded in 1991, Communications by Design supports districts, schools, and individual teachers in technology integration and professional development. We focus this work on what matters most: successful students, innovative classrooms, and thriving schools. Whether equipping teachers with practical and proven strategies like during our Project-based Learning Academy or Fostering Engagement workshops or helping district leaders make and implement technology decisions, our work begins and ends with effective teaching and learning.
Take a look at some of our most popular programs and services!
Using years of top research, we’ve developed a framework for student engagement that any teacher can use to improve student motivation, effort, and achievement. Participants will learn over 20 practical strategies they can start using in class tomorrow!
PBL Academy helps teachers develop authentic learning experiences that engage students in deep, rigorous learning to improve student achievement. Participants experience three unique PBL frameworks, over 15 PBL strategies to implement with their students, and leave with a fully formed PBL unit!
This immersive, in-person experience dives deep into the fundamentals of good teaching and learning, exploring strategies and tools in interactive and collaborative learning activities that revitalize teachers and refresh their classroom practices.
Coaching Academy is designed to expand coaching and leadership skills for instructional and technology coaches. Participants learn essential coaching questions, practice powerful coaching conversations, and workshop real-life coaching scenarios. Coaching Academy is an essential training for anyone in an educational coaching role.
Our Fostering Engagement framework is helping K-12 educators better engage and motivate students, but some may not have time for an in-person session. The Fostering Engagement Online Course is the solution to bringing high-impact strategies to busy teachers in the midst of the whirlwind.
Facilitated by literacy expert Annemarie Johnson, school and district literacy teams can join this 1-day event to develop a design-focused blueprint for literacy transformation and the tools to support a literacy coaching system.
Classroom instruction informed by proven learning science is more effective, more engaging, and more enjoyable. In this interactive and dynamic session, teachers will learn about how students learn and what it looks like to leverage big ideas in simple, practical ways.
Facilitated by literacy expert Annemarie Johnson, elementary teachers and administrators are invited to learn more about how to apply proven literacy instruction to enhance teaching practices and leverage current research.
Learn about the current landscape of artificial intelligence and its relevance in education for both teachers and students, including how to enhance lesson planning, assessment and feedback, student support and tutoring, and much more!
PBL Academy helps teachers develop authentic learning experiences that engage students in deep, rigorous learning to improve student achievement. Participants experience three unique PBL frameworks, over 15 PBL strategies to implement with their students, and leave with a fully formed PBL unit!
Supporting new teachers is a challenge for schools everywhere. Our master educators help new teachers learn to engage students, leverage learning science in their instruction, master technology tools for teaching and learning, and much more!