Catlin delivered a virtual keynote to kick off our year and generate excitement among our staff about the value of combining online and offline learning. We followed that keynote with longer, individualized online training sessions with groups of teachers to build capacity. Catlin Tucker's online training sessions are interactive and personalized to address our teachers' specific needs. Her workshops guided teachers in developing lessons and units for their classes using blended learning models
Premiere Exclusive
Dr. Catlin Tucker
Google Certified Innovator, Edruptor, Bestselling Author, International Trainer, and Keynote Speaker.
Featured Topics
Fee Range
Please contact us for pricing
Dr. Catlin Tucker
Featured Books
The Shift to Student-Led: Reimagining Classroom Workflows with UDL and Blended Learning
by Dr. Catlin Tucker
The Shift to Student-Led by Catlin R. Tucker & Katie Novak
Your Guide to Student-Led Learning
Catlin Tucker and Katie Novak have worked with too many educators who are frustrated and disillusioned with the teaching profession. They know that teachers are drowning in work and unrealistic demands. Many are mentally and emotionally exhausted by the uncertainty and constant change created by the pandemic. In this follow-up to UDL and Blended Learning, the authors have set out to help teachers reimagine their approach to this work so that it is sustainable and rewarding.
Each chapter in The Shift to Student-Led takes apart one traditional teacher-led workflow, examining the problems it presents teachers and students, what the research says versus what the reality in the classroom is, and how UDL and blended learning can free teachers from the “sage on the stage” role and place students at the center of their learning. These reimagined student-led workflows help students develop self-awareness, internal motivation, and self-regulation skills, which are critical to becoming expert learners.
Intended for K–12 educators, instructional coaches, and school leaders who want to create academically robust, inclusive learning communities, this book is full of principles, strategies, and resources that can be put into practice right away and at any level.
UDL and Blended Learning
by Dr. Catlin Tucker
Balance With Blended Learning: Partner With Your Students to Reimagine Learning and Reclaim Your Life (Corwin Teaching Essentials)
by Dr. Catlin Tucker
Rethink the roles, responsibilities, and workflow in your blended learning classroom and enjoy balance in your life.
Blended learning allows a partnership that gives teachers more time and energy to innovate and personalize learning while providing students the opportunity to be active agents driving their own growth.
Balance With Blended Learning provides teachers with strategies to actively engage students in setting goals, monitoring development, reflecting on growth, using feedback, assessing work quality, and communicating their progress with parents. It includes
- Practical strategies for teachers who are overwhelmed by their workloads
- Vignettes written by teachers across disciplines
- Ready-to-use templates to help students track their progress
- Stories from the author′s experience as a teacher and blended learning coach
Power Up Blended Learning: A Professional Learning Infrastructure to Support Sustainable Change
by Dr. Catlin Tucker
This book provides an actionable framework for leaders looking to implement a long-term professional learning plan that extends professional development beyond a handful of days each year to create a "coaching culture" that supports teachers as they move toward blended learning.
Blended learning expert Catlin Tucker provides tools and resources for embedding professional learning into your school’s culture, including:
- Coaching protocols
- Templates for feedback
- Lesson planning resources for blended learning
- Rubrics for evaluation
- Stories and tips from blended learning coaches
- Vignettes from teachers who have successfully shifted to a blended learning model
- Reflection questions for leading book studies
Blended Learning in Action: A Practical Guide Toward Sustainable Change
by Dr. Catlin Tucker
Shift to blended learning to transform education
Blended learning has the power to reinvent education, but the transition requires a new approach to learning and a new skillset for educators. Loaded with research and examples, Blended Learning in Action demonstrates the advantages a blended model has over traditional instruction when technology is used to engage students both inside the classroom and online. Readers will find:
- Breakdowns of the most effective classroom setups for blended learning
- Tips for leaders
- Ideas for personalizing and differentiating instruction using technology
- Strategies for managing devices in schools
- Questions to facilitate professional development and deeper learning
Blended Learning in Grades 4-12
by Dr. Catlin Tucker
Use technology to focus on your students!
In this step-by-step guide, teacher and education blogger Catlin Tucker outlines the process for integrating online discussion with face-to-face instruction in a way that empowers teachers to focus their energies where they're most needed. With concrete strategies, ready-to-use resources, and sample rubrics grounded in the Common Core State Standards, this book shows teachers how to:
- Increase engagement and drive higher-order thinking
- Prepare students for high-stakes exams without sacrificing class time
- Assess online work
- Personalize learning and differentiate lessons
- Move toward flipped instruction to create a student-centered classroom
Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards With Technology: Grades 6-12
by Dr. Catlin Tucker
Let technology pave the way to Common Core success.
Engage your students by delving into the Common Core ELA standards with the tools they use the most. As you explore the creative road to academic success, with the Common Core ELA and literacy standards—you will turn your classroom into a student-centered learning environment that fosters collaboration, individualizes instruction, and cultivates technological literacy. Features include:
- Specific recommendations for free apps and tech tools that support the Common Core
- Step-by-step guidelines to breaking down standards by grade and subject
- Teacher-tested, research-supported lesson ideas and strategies
- Replicable resources, including prewriting activities and writing templates
- Real-life examples
Dr. Catlin Tucker
Featured Keynote Programs
Mix & Match
Shifting to Sustainable Student-led Workflows with Blended Learning & UDL
Live Sessions
You can create a customized learning experience for your teachers by selecting the workflows you want to target in your training session. 2 workflows: half-day 3 workflows: full-day
Description: Teachers are exhausted because they do the lion’s share of the work. This workshop will guide teachers in reimagining time-consuming, teacher-led workflows that are ineffective and help them to shift to more sustainable student-led workflows. This workshop will focus on developing a partnership with learners and embracing workflows that position the learners as active agents in the learning process. We’ll explore how teachers can leverage blended learning to create the time and space for these sustainable workflows and use the principles at the heart of Universal Design for Learning to ensure these workflows are accessible, equitable, and inclusive. Teachers will leave this training with concrete strategies designed to help them shift to more student-led sustainable workflows. These workshops are hands-on and practice-based, so participants will leave with resources they can use immediately!
This collection of workshops is based on my upcoming book with Dr. Katie Novak titled UDL and Blended Learning 2: Shifting to Sustainable Student-led Workflows, which will be released in spring 2022!
Workflow Shift #1 - From Transfer of Information (Lecture) to Student Discovery
Workflow Shift #2 - From Whole Group Teacher-led to Small-group Student-led (Online and Offline) Discussion
Workflow Shift #3 - From Reading as Solitary Endeavor to Reading for Connection
Workflow Shift #4 - From an Audience of One to an Authentic Audience
Workflow Shift #5 - From Teacher Created to Student-Generated Review and Practice
Workflow Shift #6 - From Formative Assessment as Teacher Tool to a Metacognitive Skill Building Tool for Learners
Workflow Shift #7 - From Feedback on Finished Products to Feedback During the Process
Workflow Shift #8 - From Teacher Assessment to Self-Assessment
Workflow Shift #9 - From Teacher Initiating Parent Communication to Learners Owning the Conversation About Their Progress
Workflow Shift #10 - From Teacher Project Design to Student-Initiated Project-Based Learning
Workshop
The Building Blocks of Online Course Design
School closures can result from a health emergency or an extreme weather event. Schools and districts need to prepare teachers with the training necessary to take their offline courses online. This will make it possible for teachers to successfully engage students in high-quality learning at home in the event of a school closure. This full-day workshop (offered both online and offline) will help teachers to build a community of inquiry online and master the basic building blocks of an online course: virtual lectures, online discussions, personalized practice, and collaborative group work. Participants will learn how to leverage online conferencing tools and video creation tools to transfer information, design dynamic online discussion questions to engage students in asynchronous academic conversations, leverage online practice and review tools, and encourage collaboration.
*Half-Day or Full Day
*Audience: Teachers and Coaches *Book pairing: UDL and Blended Learning
Workshop
Cultivating Social Emotional Learning Skills in a Blended Learning Environment
Social-emotional learning (SEL) must be woven into the fabric of every class to ensure that students cultivate the following skills: self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social awareness. Educators who weave SEL skills into the fabric of their classes can help students share the responsibility for learning. They also create learning environments where students feel safe taking risks, engaging in academic conversations, collaborating around shared tasks, and creative problem-solving. SEL skills are crucial in a blended learning environment where students enjoy more autonomy and agency.
*Audience: Teachers and Coaches
*Book pairing: The Complete Guide to Blended Learning
Workshop
The Key to Driving Deeper Learning
The teacher cannot be the only person in the classroom thinking about the students’ learning. Students must be actively engaged in thinking about, monitoring, evaluating, and reflecting on their learning. Research shows that developing metacognition helps students to apply what they are learning (knowledge and skills) in new and novel contexts, improve their ability to be strategic and flexible learners, and develop resilience in the face of challenges. This session will focus on technology-infused strategies teachers can use to help students develop their metacognitive skills so they can be more active and engaged learners. This work is critical to developing expert learners who are resourceful, strategic, and motivated.
*Half Day
*Audience: Teachers and Coaches
*Book pairing: Balance with Blended Learning or UDL and Blended Learning