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Defined Learning: HQPBL Leadership Cohort

The Defined Learning: High Quality Project Based Learning (HQPBL) Leadership Cohort is designed to leverage the HQPBL framework to shift and strengthen teaching practices by focusing on the student experience. The Cohort will participate in four (4) virtual meetings with a Defined Mentor and will have the opportunity to earn three micro-credentials upon completion.

*For information on a 2-Day Workshop option, inquire with your Defined Partnership Manager.

**Consider adding Virtual Coaching and Instructional Support for Cohort Participants. 

Format: Synchrounous. Over the course of 8–10 flexibly scheduled weeks, educators will participate in 4 virtual Cohort meetings. Each meeting will last up to 2 hours.

Participants: Up to 12 educators. Ideal for educators wanting to go deeper with Defined Learning and PBL.

Rate: $6,500

Prerequisite: Defined Learning subscription required.  Must have completed Defined Learning: PBL Leadership Cohort as a pre-requisite

The Defined Learning: High-Quality Project-Based Learning (HQPBL) Leadership Cohort is designed to leverage the HQPBL framework to shift and strengthen teaching practices. The HQPBL framework is used to describe the student experience in project-based learning and the skills they will develop. Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to earn three Defined Micro-Credentials.

Expected Outcomes

Cohort participants will learn how to expand a Defined Learning performance task to align with the High Quality Project Based Learning (HQPBL) framework. This will include:

• increasing their understanding of the HQPBL criteria;
• experiencing HQPBL teaching strategies;
• using Defined Learning planning documents to support the learner experience in their classrooms;
• reflecting on implementation and determining next steps;
• earning three micro-credentials upon completion and submission:
  1. Designing Authentic Tasks
  2. Public Product
  3. Creating an Environment of Sustained Inquiry

Defined Learning:  SEL Leadership Cohort

The Defined Learning: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Leadership Cohort will allow members to develop an understanding around how social and emotional skills are focused and improved upon through the immersion of a Defined Learning performance task. The Cohort will participate in three (3) virtual meetings with a Defined Mentor and will have the opportunity to earn 3 micro-credentials upon completion, as outlined below.

Format: Synchronous. 8-10 flexible weeks.

Participants: Up to 12 virtual educators.

Rate: $5,000 per cohort

Prerequisite: Defined Learning subscription required.  Must have completed Defined Learning: PBL Leadership Cohort as a pre-requisite

Expected Outcomes:

This cohort model of professional learning is designed to focus on how to implement project based learning (PBL) while building on social-emotional learning. Members in the cohort will:

• develop an understanding of SEL competencies;

• learn how to embed SEL into PBL;

• implement a performance task while incorporating SEL;

• collaborate, share, and gather feedback from other cohort members.

• earn three micro-credentials upon completion and submission:

  1. Infusing (5Cs, 21^st C, Workplace, SEL) Skills

  2. Incorporating Social/Emotional Learning

  3. Developing a Growth Mindset

Defined Coaching & Instructional Support

Defined coaching and instructional support is intended to provide additional personalized professional learning for educators who have completed any of the Defined Workshops or Cohort models of Defined professional learning (PBL, HQPBL, SEL).  Scheduled collaboratively, these virtual coaching/instructional support sessions, co-developed by the participants, are focused on instructional practices associated with successful teaching and learning with Defined Learning and High Quality PBL.  

Participants: Ideal for those wanting to go deeper with Defined Learning and PBL.

Prerequisite: Participation in the Defined Learning: PBL Leadership Cohort is a prerequisite.

Format: Synchronous. 10-hr bundle (30 and 60-minute virtual sessions)

Participants: up to 3 Educators (per Virtual Coaching Session). Ideal for providing a personalized level of support for  a team/cohort/professional learning community's capacity to utilize Defined Learning.

Rate: $5,000

Essentials: Defined Learning subscription required. Educators must have participated in a previous Defined professional learning session in order to receive coaching & instructional support.