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COLLABORATION Your Way
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If you are an educator that is new to Concept-Based learning or an educator looking to deepen and refine current practice, you will gain a collection of actionable, time-saving strategies that will help you move student learning beyond skills to conceptual understanding and transfer in our literacy classrooms.
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Whether you choose to book an individual coaching call, host an in-person workshop to kick off your Concept-Based journey, plan a virtual learning series to spread learning over the course of the school year, enroll in an online course, or you choose to engage in ongoing personalized collaboration, I'll serve as your thought partner each step of the way.
Select one of the workshop options below, or customize the professional learning to meet your unique needs. All workshops can be delivered in-person or through virtual meetings.
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Or, check out the most current online course to learn from and collaborate with educators from around the world.
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Experience inquiry-based professional learning that honors the expertise that each educator brings while furthering the goals of your school.
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One day, two day, or multi-day school year collaboration.
To inquire about availability, email contact@tiffaneebrown.com.
Individual Coaching Call:
One-on-One Collaboration
Do you have specific questions or things you'd like try? Are you looking for feedback on a unit you've been working on? Or, do you need a thought partner with which to toss ideas around?
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Engage in one-on-one personalized collaboration through an individual coaching call.
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Your private session will be tailored to meet your individual needs, and I will serve as your thought partner each step of the way.
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Concept-Based Literacy Workshop
Learning experiences are what bring a Concept-Based Literary classroom to life and what engages the hearts and minds of students. Teaching to a conceptual level of understanding does not mean that all your “old” literacy learning experiences are no longer relevant or valued. Learn how to weave together current literacy practices with inductive inquiry to deliberately leverage students’ conceptual understanding of what it takes to be a capable reader, writer, viewer, speaker, listener, presenter, and researcher.
In this hands-on inquiry based workshop, participants will experience Concept-Based Literacy in action while also learning effective tools for designing learning experiences that cultivate a deep conceptual understanding. This includes guided time to design a Concept-Based lesson to be used in your own classroom.
Custom Workshop or School Year Support
Do you have a few staff meetings that you'd like to fill with hands-on learning opportunities? Or, are you seeking ongoing collaboration throughout the school year?
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Custom workshops can apply to any subject area or grade level. They are not limited to literacy and language.
Use the ideas below or propose an idea of your own.
Potential workshops:
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Understanding concepts: knowledge vs. process, micro vs. macro, identifying concepts in your standards
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Boosting access, engagement, and understanding through sorting
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Guiding Questions that support Concept-Based inductive learning design
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Universal Design for Learning in a Concept-Based Classroom
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Strategies for concept formation
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2-dimensional vs. 3-dimensional literacy at a glance
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Strategies to help students generalize
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Reflection on process and craft reports
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Leveraging the power of AI to create text sets in inquiry lessons
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Giving current literacy practices a conceptual boost
Curriculum Review
This isn’t about starting over. It’s about elevating what you already do well. My curriculum review process helps teams streamline, deepen, and enrich their existing units so teachers feel confident, students feel inspired, and learning becomes more meaningful.
My curriculum review services help schools align their literacy instruction to Concept-Based pedagogy and inquiry-rich learning. I evaluate current units, materials, and assessments to identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities for deeper conceptual understanding and transfer.
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Curriculum reviews are a collaborative, teacher-centered process.
Download Ready to Use Resources
While many literacy resources mention that deep learning and transfer are the end goals of instruction, they do not actually show teachers how to design lessons to systematically support the transfer of students’ conceptual understandings. My resources are carefully designed to promote conceptual thinking!
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Download, prep, teach. That's all you need to do!
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Check out my socials and store for ideas and downloads.
Keynote Address
As a keynote speaker, I help educators reimagine instruction through the lens of concepts and conceptual understanding. My sessions blend practical classroom strategies with big-picture thinking, inspiring teachers to move beyond worksheets and spark genuine understanding, curiosity, and transfer in their students.
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Keynote addresses apply to all subjects and grade levels.
My Favorite Techniques: Concept Formation and Sorting
Sorting is hands down my favorite teaching strategy! Sorting mentor texts requires that students actively engage in analyzing and categorizing based on concepts (specific traits, structures, or themes). This process encourages critical thinking, pattern recognition, and deeper comprehension of literary elements.
Conceptual thinking is all about patterns and using what is revealed in the examples to develop students’ understanding of concepts and conceptual ideas. In order for students to truly understand a concept, they must be exposed to multiple-representations that are rich in detail. That’s where sorting comes in!
How Sorting Promotes Student Learning:
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Encourages Active Reading: Instead of passively reading, students must engage with the texts by identifying similarities and differences.
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Reinforces Writing Skills: By sorting texts based on structure, style, or purpose, students internalize effective writing techniques they can apply to their own work.
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Supports Genre Awareness: Sorting by genre, tone, or audience helps students recognize the conventions of different types of writing.
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Develops Analytical Skills: Students learn to justify their choices, strengthening their ability to explain and support their thinking with textual evidence.
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Enhances Collaboration: Working together to sort texts fosters discussion and exposes students to different perspectives, enriching their understanding.
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Encourages Transfer of Knowledge: Sorting mentor texts allows students to make connections between different pieces of writing, leading to a deeper appreciation of themes, author’s craft, and rhetorical strategies. And, students are then better able to transfer the new concepts to their own practice as readers and writers.
By engaging in sorting activities, students move beyond surface-level learning and develop a stronger foundation for both comprehension and writing mastery. If you are an educator that is new to Concept-Based learning or an educator looking to deepen and refine current practice, here will you find a collection of actionable, time-saving resources that will help you move student learning beyond skills to conceptual understanding and transfer in our literacy classrooms.
Have you read all of the books in our Concept-Based collection?
Each text is available in multiple languages including, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic.
To inquire about available languages for a specific text, email contact@tiffaneebrown.com.