Accelerating
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How do you catch kids up?
Accelerating learning for all students requires a fundamental shift from a reactive remediation model to a proactive instructional approach. This systematic model provides a research-based framework for supporting and challenging learners before, during, and after a lesson, moving beyond the inherent limitations of waiting for students to fail before offering support.
The focus is on strategically incorporating previewing, scaffolding, and extension activities into every high-quality lesson. These practices provide the necessary structure for students who need support to access grade-level content, while also offering meaningful challenges to extend and deepen learning for all. By analyzing lessons through the lens of acceleration, educators learn to identify opportunities to embed these practices purposefully, unlocking the full academic potential of each student.
Key Takeaways
With Accelerating Learning-Focused Lessons professional learning, you will be able to…
- Explain the rationale and benefits of a proactive Acceleration Model over one focused solely on remediation.
- Evaluate existing lesson plans to identify opportunities for incorporating acceleration practices.
- Identify specific strategies for previewing content, scaffolding learning, and providing appropriate challenges.
- Describe the characteristics of targeted and effective remediation within a comprehensive acceleration framework.
- Integrate previewing, scaffolding, challenge, and remediation strategies into the planning and delivery of lessons.
Case Study:
Accelerate Learning for Students
Accelerate or Remediate?
While often debated in the educational world, the data-backed answer for a North Carolina school district is clear.
Accelerate!
Catawba County Schools is the largest school district in Catawba County, North Carolina. Like many districts, they knew some students struggled to meet proficiency levels, particularly in mathematics. Traditional remediation methods were not yielding the desired results, and there was a need for an innovative approach to address performance and boost student confidence.
Accelerating Learning-Focused Lessons
Professional Development Opportunities
Transform teaching through deep, comprehensive learning.
Accelerating Learning-Focused Lessons is provided as a Learning-Focused Online Comprehensive Course. Learning-Focused Online Comprehensive Courses are immersive professional learning experiences designed to provide educators with extensive, guided support in implementing the Learning-Focused Instructional Framework and exemplary practices.
These courses go beyond strategy introduction — they offer a thorough exploration of high-impact instructional design, equipping educators with the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to create truly rigorous and engaging learning environments. Each Comprehensive Course is built around a corresponding book, ensuring that participants have a robust reference and planning resource throughout their journey.
Through a structured combination of research-based concepts, interactive content, reflective application, and planning tools, participants will gain the depth of understanding and confidence necessary to effectively implement comprehensive practices that improve student achievement.
Whether you're beginning your Learning-Focused journey or scaling implementation across a school or district, our Comprehensive Courses provide the foundation for lasting instructional excellence.
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Accelerating Learning-Focused Lessons
- Regular price
- $95.00
Frequently asked questions
How much is shipping?
Regular ground shipping, which arrives in 7-10 business days, is free. Yes, FREE!
However, if you need faster shipping for an additional charge, call 866-955-3276 to place your order.
Do you offer quantity discounts?
We offer quantity discounts up to 10% on materials when purchased for a school-wide or district-wide professional development
training that we are providing at your location or when using with a Learning-Focused Online course.
Contact us to request a discount.
What is your return policy?
Learning-Focused will accept returns of products within 30 days of receipt of shipment for a refund. Learning-Focused will accept
returns of products within 45 days of receipt of shipment for an exchange or store credit. To qualify for return or exchange, products
must be unused.
Call 866-95-LEARN to arrange the return for a refund or exchange. Products purchased that are made to order (Coaches Binders,
Monitoring Binders, Redelivery Notes) will not be accepted for exchange or refund. Defective products will be exchanged for the same product only.
