
If you're eager for awesome, brain-based PD, you cannot go wrong with this course on the six SACRED principles of brain-based learning and student engagement.
This course was designed to provide educators with an understanding of how teaching and learning can and should be informed by what we now know to be true about how the brain learns. Each of the six principles of the SACRED Framework are introduced, contextualized, and discussed in the context of practical classroom implementation. Likewise, each module is brimming with resources that make it easy to translate everything you learn into practice immediately.
You can get a taste of what this course offers here!
If you’re a new teacher, this course will help to ensure your teaching philosophy and classroom practices are aligned with modern research right out of the gate. (This is the course the rest of us wish we had when we were first entering the classroom!)
If you’re a veteran educator, this course will help you to better understand why your best lessons are as successful as they are, and to improve every practice, lesson, and activity in your repertoire by considering it through a neuroscientific lens.
The full course spans eight modules that can be completed in rapid succession (e.g. in the span of an in-service day) or, our recommendation, over the span of multiple weeks (i.e. one or two modules per week either independently or with your PLC).
This comprehensive course includes:
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- Module 1: An Introduction to the SACRED Framework
- Module 2: Safety
- 2.1 - Safety Pre-Test
- 2.2 - Understanding the principle
- 2.3 - Brainstorming & Application
- 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 - Resources & Practical Strategies for Implementation
- Module 3: Attention
- 3.1 - Attention Pre-Test
- 3.2 - Understanding the principle
- 3.3 - The science behind the principle
- 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 - Resources & Practical Strategies for Implementation
- Module 4: Connection
- 4.1 - Connection Pre-Test
- 4.2 - Understanding the principle
- 4.3 - The science behind the principle
- 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 - Resources & Practical Strategies for Implementation
- Module 5: Retrieval
- 5.1 - Retrieval Pre-Test
- 5.2 - Understanding the principle
- 5.3 - The science behind the principle
- 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 - Resources & Practical Strategies for Implementation
- Module 6: Executive Function
- 6.1 - Executive Function Pre-Test
- 6.2 - Understanding the principle
- 6.3 - The science behind the principle
- 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 - Resources & Practical Strategies for Implementation
- Module 7: Differentiation
- 7.1 - Differentiation Pre-Test
- 7.2 - Understanding the principle
- 7.3 - The science behind the principle
- 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 - Resources & Practical Strategies for Implementation
- Module 8: Putting It All Together
- 8.1 - The SACRED Framework as a Lens
- 8.2 - The SACRED Framework template
The modules are comprised of instructional videos, graphic organizers for brainstorming and applying what you've learned, and plenty of resources you can personalize, print, and put to use in your classroom right away.
This course is designed to be flexible, self-paced, and accessible anytime — whether you’re powering through the entire course as part of an in-service or PD day, or you’re expanding your professional expertise throughout the course of the school year.
Standard registration is $199 for 12 months of continued access to the modules, resources, and more! Register now!
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