Explicit Direct Instruction^®

EDI^® Workshop
The most important factor in student learning is the teacher in front of the classroom. The Explicit Direct Instruction Workshop is an all day (one to two days) staff development in the designing and teaching of effective and efficient lessons that help students learn more and learn faster. The workshop includes an overview of incorporating Differentiated Instruction, SDAIE English Learner Strategies, and Cognitive Strategies into a well designed lesson.

EDI^® Lesson Plan Feedback
Research has shown that no matter how well intentioned, effective staff development requires extensive monitoring, feedback, and coaching to facilitate implementation amongst all teachers. A DataWORKS researcher goes to the school to provide feedback on how well teachers are designing lessons that include researched components that help students learn more and learn faster. Feedback is given to the lessons for alignment to standards and use of effective lesson delivery components.

EDI^® Classroom Coaching
A DataWORKS researcher goes into the classroom to observe lessons and to provide feedback to teachers on their use of effective research based lesson components. Instructional leaders must attend to learn how to do Classroom Coaching to provide support for effective and ongoing implementation.

EDI^® Cognitive Strategies Workshop
This workshop addresses using brain research to make well crafted Explicit Direct Instruction lessons even more effective for students. The training applies research regarding how the human mind processes, stores and retrieves information. If all teachers designed lessons that specifically included cognitive strategies, students would learn faster and have improved retention of the content being taught. During the session, teachers develop lessons with integrated cognitive strategies that accelerate student learning and retention.

EDI^® Cognitive Strategies Lesson Plan Feedback
Research has shown that no matter how well intentioned, effective staff development requires extensive monitoring, feedback, and coaching to facilitate effective implementation amongst all teachers. A DataWORKS researcher goes to the school to provide feedback on how well teachers are incorporating cognitive strategies (that help student learn and remember) into their written lessons.

EDI^® Cognitive Strategies Classroom Coaching
A DataWORKS researcher goes into the classroom to observe lessons and to provide feedback to teachers on their use of cognitive strategies that help students learn and remember. Instructional leaders must attend to learn how to do Classroom Coaching to provide support for effective and ongoing implementation.

EDI^® Content Area Literacy Workshop
This workshop is an all day (one to two days) staff development in content area literacy strategies that improve students’ abilities to learn through reading. The workshop shows teachers how to teach students literacy skills that can greatly improve their students’ ability to extract information from texts, especially expository texts.

EDI^® Content Area Literacy Lesson Plan Feedback
Meeting with teachers and providing feedback on their lessons facilitates rapid and correct implementation of the strategies covered during the workshop. A DataWORKS researcher goes to the school to provide feedback on lessons written and designed by teachers that incorporate Content Area Literacy strategies to help students access information through reading, especially expository text.

EDI^® for English Learners Classroom Coaching
A DataWORKS researcher goes into the classroom to observe and provide coaching on lessons that include English Learner strategies to accelerate second language learners. This process should be repeated until all teachers are effectively incorporating English Learner Strategies (that accelerate learning for second language learners) into their classroom lessons.

EDI^® to Teach Writing Workshop
Students everywhere continue to struggle in becoming good writers. This workshop shows teachers how to use well crafted Explicit Direct Instruction lessons to teach writing in executable steps that produce a high student success rate. The Writing Workshop is an all day (one to two day) staff development in effective lesson design and delivery that improves student writing at the sentence, paragraph, and essay level.

EDI^® to Teach Writing Lesson Plan Feedback
A DataWORKS researcher goes to the school to provide feedback on lessons written and designed by teachers to teach writing to students. Meeting with teachers and providing feedback on their lessons facilitates rapid and correct implementation of the strategies covered during the workshop.

EDI^® to Teach Writing Classroom Coaching
A DataWORKS researcher goes into the classroom to observe and provide coaching to teachers while they teach lessons on writing to the students. Instructional leaders must attend to learn how to do Classroom Coaching to provide support for effective and ongoing implementation. This process should be repeated until all teachers can effectively teach writing to all students.