We extend what we learn in Colorado’s public schools to classrooms across the country.

PEBC offers a full suite of professional development services in literacy and instruction to schools across the country. You can choose our comprehensive plan for your school or district, or you can select from one or more of the individual services outlined below.

PEBC’s Comprehensive Literacy & Instruction Plan

PEBC staff developers work in collaboration with teachers and school administrators to create comprehensive, site-specific professional development offerings to help meet their school improvement goals. This work begins by establishing an onsite leadership team charged with managing and nurturing the long-term change efforts. It continues with whole-staff professional development via study groups, demonstration lesson and lesson analysis, orientation lab experiences, curriculum design and planning. Individual teacher collaboration and small group collaboration is also an important part of this school-based work.

Individual Literacy & Instruction Services

Instructional Coaching for Teachers
PEBC provides ongoing job-embedded professional development to teachers on their classroom practice including developing rituals and routines to support student engagement and learning; teaching in all content areas to promote students’ thinking, reading, writing, and use of the comprehension strategies; planning curriculum based on clear learning objectives and standards; setting up workshop structures; conferring; differentiating instruction to meet diverse learners’ needs; using multiple forms of assessment to gauge students’ progress and determine next instructional steps; and developing the habits of reflective teaching.

Leadership Development
Principals need to balance their organizational and instructional skills in increasingly complex environments. PEBC works with principals to help them understand and identify best instructional practices in the classroom, to use data in evaluating student performance, and to motivate and retain the highest quality workforce.

Thinking Strategies Institutes
Thinking Strategies Institutes are four-day institutes focusing on the research and instructional practices surrounding the seven cognitive behaviors of successful thinkers. Participants engage in shared learning, facilitated classroom observation, structured conversations and study groups, and ongoing reflection of current practices and desired goals.

Institutes and Seminars
In addition to the Thinking Strategies Institutes, PEBC offers a wide variety of institutes and seminars for all educators. To see a list of this year’s offerings, please click here.

For more information on PEBC’s Literacy & Instruction Services beyond Colorado, please call 303-861-8661 or email Judy Hendricks at jhendricks@pebc.org.