Core STEM programs: Strengthen sessions
Professional development sets teachers and leaders up for success, whether they are new to or experienced with a program. Each Strengthen session promotes a deeper understanding of the program through targeted instructional practices.
Explore STEM Strengthen sessions by program below.
Amplify professional development has been vetted by Rivet Education’s team through a rigorous three-step process and is listed in the Professional Learning Partner Guide.
About Strengthen sessions
Target specific instructional practices with Strengthen sessions designed for teachers and leaders in year one and beyond.
Ready to schedule? Contact us and an Amplify expert will help identify the session(s) that best support your students’ success.
Each package includes one Strengthen session. Additional sessions can be added as enhancements.
Amplify Math
Amplify Math is a core math curriculum that serves 100% of students in accessing grade-level math every day. The program delivers engaging grade-level math lessons; flexible, social problem-solving experiences both online and off, and insights, data, and reporting that drive performance.
Explore the Amplify Math Strengthen sessions (for grade bands 6–Algebra 1 and Geometry–Algebra 2) for Begin packages and beyond. Click the session title or scroll down to learn more about each session.
Begin packages
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Hybrid on-site package (15 hr.) |
Hybrid 10 package (10 hr.) |
Hybrid virtual package (15 hr.) |
Virtual package (7 hr.) |
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| One Strengthen session per package | On-site 3 hr. sessions |
On-site 3 hr. sessions |
Virtual 1 hr. sessions |
Virtual 3 hr. sessions |
Virtual 1 hr. sessions |
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Begin: Enhancing planning for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Prepare to teach Amplify Math lessons effectively by engaging in collaborative backward planning with experts. Work alongside our facilitators to understand how to target key concepts and make successful instructional decisions across a unit, and leave with a completed unit plan for your class.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Enhancing practice for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
See the Launch, Monitor, Connect problem-based learning model in action, and practice integrating these practices into your facilitation of lesson activities. Leave with guidelines for using the Launch, Monitor, Connect model that you can implement during your next lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Enhancing observations for leaders
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn to use our non-evaluative classroom look-for tool for Amplify Math to promote the use of instructional resources, focus on instructional delivery, and monitor instruction. Leave with an action plan for collecting and analyzing observation data to support teachers in their implementation of Amplify Math.
Audience: Leaders (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Strengthen Focus: Unit-level planning for grade 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Dive into unit planning as you learn the story of how your upcoming unit is tied to other units and grade levels, and discover the big ideas you will explore alongside your students in Amplify Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Strengthen Focus: Lesson-level planning for grade 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Dive into lesson-level planning as you learn how to create a road map that guides student learning, makes connections across lessons, and measures student understanding of the learning goals in Amplify Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Strengthen Focus: Increasing engagement with Instructional Routines for grade 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Explore how to use Instructional Routines such as Notice and Wonder to support and engage students as they make sense of new contexts and mathematical problems in Amplify Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice packages
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Hybrid 15, on-site package (15 hr.) |
Hybrid 13 package (13 hr.) |
Virtual package (9 hr.) |
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| One Strengthen session per package | On-site 3 hr. sessions |
On-site 3 hr. sessions |
Virtual 1 hr. sessions |
Virtual 3 hr. session |
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Practice: Enhancing planning for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Prepare to effectively teach Amplify Math lessons by engaging in collaborative backward planning with experts. Work alongside our facilitators to understand how to target key concepts and make effective instructional decisions across a unit, and leave with a completed unit plan for your class.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Enhancing practice for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
See the Launch, Monitor, Connect problem-based learning model in action, and practice integrating these practices into your facilitation of lesson activities. Leave with guidelines for using the Launch, Monitor, Connect model that you can implement during your next lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Enhancing observations for leaders
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn to use our non-evaluative classroom look-for tool for Amplify Math to promote the use of instructional resources, focus on instructional delivery, and monitor instruction. Leave with an action plan for collecting and analyzing observation data to support teachers in their implementation of Amplify Math.
Audience: Leaders (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Using differentiation supports for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn how to leverage embedded differentiated supports in Amplify Math to ensure that all students can be successful. Walk away with a plan for supporting students in your classroom including multilingual/English learners (ML/ELs), students with disabilities, students who may need extra support, and advanced students.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Using data to drive instruction for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Grow your proficiency in data analysis. Turn student data gathered within Amplify Math into differentiated instruction targeting specific skills. Walk away ready to use the data provided in the curriculum to align embedded support to your students’ unique needs.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Addressing prerequisite skills for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Explore Amplify Math’s just-in-time approach to addressing prerequisite skills. Leave with a deeper understanding of how to use embedded curriculum resources to identify and support prerequisite skills essential for your next unit.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Orchestrating math discussions for grade 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn strategies for leading discussions that promote more math talk among all students in your classroom. Walk away with strategies and Amplify Math curriculum tools you can bring back to your classroom to enhance discussion in your next lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Building language with math routines for grade 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Explore how Math Language Routines support students as they make sense of new contexts and mathematical problems in Amplify Math. Leave with strategies for using these routines to support students in learning mathematical practices, content, and language in your upcoming lessons.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Unit-level planning for grade 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Dive into unit planning as you learn the story of how your upcoming unit is tied to other units and grade levels, and discover the big ideas you’ll explore alongside your students in Amplify Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Lesson-level planning for grade 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Dive into lesson-level planning as you learn how to create a roadmap for a lesson that guides student learning, makes connections across lessons, and measures student understanding of the learning goals in Amplify Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Increasing engagement with Instructional Routines for grade 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Explore how to leverage Instructional Routines such as Notice and Wonder to support students as they make sense of new contexts and mathematical problems in Amplify Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Amplify Desmos Math
Amplify Desmos Math is a core K–12 program—available in English and Spanish—that applies a problem-based approach to develop deep conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application. Using technology inspired by students’ natural curiosity, Amplify Desmos Math connects the classroom and fosters real collaboration, discourse, and perseverance in problem-solving. Captivating activities, powerful teaching tools, and lots of support enable students to develop math proficiency that lasts a lifetime.
Explore the Amplify Desmos Math Strengthen sessions (for grades K–5, 6–A1, and high school) for Begin packages and beyond. Click the session title or scroll down to learn more about each session.
Begin packages
Strengthen sessions
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Hybrid 15, on-site package (15 hr.) |
Hybrid 10 package (10 hr.) |
Hybrid 15, virtual package (15 hr.) |
Virtual package (7 hr.) |
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| One Strengthen session per package | On-site, 3 hr. |
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Begin: Amplify Desmos Math: Enhancing planning for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Dive into planning for Amplify Desmos Math, both big picture and day-to-day. Practice using lesson- and unit-planning protocols that will help you build a deep understanding of the math content you’ll be teaching and the planning resources available to you in the curriculum. Walk away with practical strategies for planning, even when you may not have much time.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Amplify Desmos Math: Enhancing practice for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Dig into Amplify Desmos Math’s Launch, Monitor, Connect framework to level-up the student discourse in your math class. Explore in-the-moment differentiation support to help you orchestrate discussion and make the most out of key opportunities for conversation and collaboration.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
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Begin: Strengthen: Supporting all learners: Differentiation in Amplify Desmos Math for K–5 or 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn how to use the differentiation supports in Amplify Desmos Math to effectively support all learners, both in the moment during a lesson and beyond the lesson. Leave with a plan for implementing resources to support, strengthen, and stretch students’ thinking.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
New session
Begin: Amplify Desmos Math: Enhancing observations for K–5, 6–A1, or high school leaders
High school sessions are available October 2026.
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Elevate your program knowledge to support teachers with effective Amplify Desmos Math implementation. Leave prepared to identify key instructional elements in a problem-based math lesson, analyze data, and conduct effective classroom observations.
Audience: Leaders (maximum 30 participants)
New session
Begin: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Desmos Math: Unit-level planning for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Dive into unit-level planning to learn the story of your upcoming unit, and discover the big ideas you will explore alongside your students in Amplify Desmos Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice packages
Strengthen sessions
Practice: Amplify Desmos Math: Enhancing planning for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Dive into both big-picture and day-to-day planning for Amplify Desmos Math. Practice using lesson- and unit-planning protocols that will help you build a deep understanding of the math content you’ll be teaching and the planning resources available to you in the curriculum. Walk away with practical strategies for planning, even when you may not have much time.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Desmos Math: Enhancing practice for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Dig into Amplify Desmos Math’s Launch, Monitor, Connect framework to level up the student discourse in your math class. Explore in-the-moment differentiation support to help you orchestrate discussion and make the most out of key opportunities for conversation and collaboration.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
New session
Practice: Amplify Desmos Math: Enhancing observations for K–5, 6–A1, or high school leaders
High school sessions are available October 2026.
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Elevate your program knowledge to support teachers with effective Amplify Desmos Math implementation. Leave prepared to identify key instructional elements in a problem-based math lesson, analyze data, and conduct effective classroom observations.
Audience: Leaders (maximum 30 participants)
New session
Practice: Amplify Desmos Math: Supporting all learners: Differentiation in Amplify Desmos Math for K–5 or 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn how to use the differentiation supports in Amplify Desmos Math to effectively support all learners, both in the moment during a lesson and beyond the lesson. Leave with a plan for implementing resources to support, strengthen, and stretch students’ thinking.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Available October 2026
Practice: Amplify Desmos Math: Supporting and facilitating meaningful discussions for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Explore how to transform your mathematics classroom into a social and collaborative environment where students deepen their understanding by sharing their mathematical thinking. Learn more about how Amplify Desmos Math provides support for these meaningful mathematical conversations.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Available October 2026
Practice: Amplify Desmos Math: Assessment in action: Analyzing data, reports, and planning next steps for K–5 or 6–A1 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Deepen your understanding of the different types of assessments in Amplify Desmos Math and how they provide evidence of student learning. Analyze sample student work to calibrate on assessment scoring, interpret student thinking, and make a plan for instructional next steps.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
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Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Desmos Math: Unit-level planning for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Dive into unit-level planning to learn the story of your upcoming unit, and discover the big ideas you will explore alongside your students in Amplify Desmos Math.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Desmos Math: Teaching a lesson with digital student screens for K–5 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Get ready to facilitate lessons with digital student screens. Explore what’s possible with the Teacher Dashboard and plan to make the most of these exciting instructional moments.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Desmos Math: Snapshots in the Teacher Dashboard for 6–A1 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Explore how to use the Snapshots tool in the Teacher Dashboard to create a collaborative classroom that invites and celebrates student thinking. Leave with planning tips and tricks that will get you ready to use Snapshots during your busy math classes.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Available October 2026
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Desmos Math: Increasing engagement with instructional routines for K–5, 6–A1, or high school teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Explore how to use the instructional routines in Amplify Desmos Math to support and engage students as they make sense of new contexts, develop mathematical language, and solve problems.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff (maximum 30 participants)
Amplify Science
Amplify Science is a K–8 science curriculum that blends hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools to empower students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers.
Explore the Amplify Science sessions (for grade bands K–5 and 6–8) for year-one packages and beyond. Select the session title or scroll to learn more about each session.
Begin packages
Strengthen sessions
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Hybrid 15, on-site package (15 hr.) |
Hybrid 10 package (10 hr.) |
Hybrid 15, virtual package (15 hr.) |
Virtual package (7 hr.) |
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| One Strengthen session per package | On-site, 3 hr. |
Virtual, 3 hr. |
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Virtual, 3 hr. |
Virtual, 1 hr. |
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Begin: Amplify Science: Enhancing planning for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn how to use a planning protocol to internalize an upcoming Amplify Science unit. Leave with a plan to support students engaging in three-dimensional learning while also meeting the needs of all students in your classroom.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Amplify Science: Enhancing practice for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn how Amplify Science supports phenomenon-based learning. Experience a sequence of model instruction from the curriculum, and walk away with a plan for how you can enhance the curriculum through your teaching practice to build a powerful culture of figuring out in your science classroom.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Amplify Science: Enhancing observations for K–8 leaders
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn to use the non-evaluative classroom look-for tool for Amplify Science to promote the use of instructional materials, focus on instructional delivery, and monitor instruction. Leave with an action plan for collecting and analyzing observation data to support teachers in their implementation of Amplify Science.
Audience: Leaders grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Planning an Amplify Science lesson for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Develop structure and routines for planning Amplify Science lessons and leave prepared for an upcoming lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Supporting all learners: Exploring the resources for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Learn how to use lesson-specific differentiation briefs, embedded assessments, and activity-specific teacher support notes to maximize instruction for all learners with Amplify Science.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Begin: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Supporting all learners: Teacher modeling and student discourse for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Explore ways to leverage and build upon two key instructional elements in Amplify Science, and plan how you’ll use these supports to engage all learners in your next lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice packages
Strengthen sessions
Practice: Amplify Science: Enhancing planning for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn how to use a planning protocol to internalize an upcoming Amplify Science unit. Walk away with a plan to support students engaging in three-dimensional learning while also meeting the all needs of students in your classroom.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Enhancing practice for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn how Amplify Science supports phenomenon-based learning. Experience a sequence of model instruction from the curriculum, and walk away with a plan for how you can enhance the curriculum through your teaching practice to build a powerful culture of “figuring out” in your science classroom.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Enhancing observations for K–5 or 6–8 leaders
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Learn to use the non-evaluative classroom look-for tool for Amplify Science to promote the use of instructional materials, focus on instructional delivery, and monitor instruction. Leave with an action plan for collecting and analyzing observation data to support teachers in their implementation of Amplify Science.
Audience: Leaders grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Supporting all learners with complex texts for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Collaborate to solve common reading challenges alongside other educators. Learn strategies to support students in grades K–5 or 6–8 in accessing complex texts in Amplify Science units by engaging in a model-reading sequence. Leave with a plan for incorporating effective strategies into your upcoming Amplify Science reading lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Supporting multilingual/English learners for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Explore strategies and engage in model activities to support multilingual/English learners in grades K–5 or 6–8 in developing their abilities to do, talk, read, write, visualize, and construct arguments in Amplify Science. Leave with strategies to support a deeper understanding of the critical role that language and literacy play in developing scientific understanding.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Writing in science for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Develop an understanding of how the Amplify Science writing approach supports students in grades K–5 or 6–8 in engaging in science practices, making sense of science ideas, and growing as writers. Leave with a plan for supporting student writing in your next unit.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Assessment system for K–5 or 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Analyze a sample formative assessment, deepen your understanding of learning progressions in each Amplify Science unit, and participate in discussions to understand the relationships between different types of assessments and your unit’s learning goals. Walk away with strategies for collecting, analyzing, and responding to student assessment data.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades of K–5 or 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Engineering Internships for 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Plan for the first Amplify Science Engineering Internship course of your grade level (6–8) by exploring the Futura workspace and digital tools students will use during the internship experience. Leave with an understanding of how students will apply science concept knowledge to construct design solutions. This session will feature one of the following Engineering Internships based on your need: Metabolism, Plate Motion, or Force and Motion.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Amplify Science: Science Seminar for 6–8 teachers
On-site or virtual, 3 hours
Experience a Science Seminar sequence of a sample unit from Amplify Science grade 6–8 from the student perspective! Gain an understanding of how students apply science concepts to engage in argumentation about a phenomenon, and leave with a plan for teaching a Science Seminar unit in your own classroom.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades 6–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Planning an Amplify Science lesson for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Develop a structure for planning Amplify Science lessons and leave prepared for an upcoming lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Supporting all learners: Exploring the resources for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Learn how to use lesson-specific differentiation briefs, embedded assessments, and activity-specific teacher support notes to supplement instruction for all learners with Amplify Science.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Supporting all learners: Teacher modeling and student discourse for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Explore ways to leverage and build upon two key instructional elements in Amplify Science and plan for ways to use these supports to engage all learners in your next lesson.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Analyzing student work for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Engage with a protocol to analyze real student work and plan for instructional next steps in Amplify Science. (You are required to bring student formative assessment samples to this session.)
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Supporting all learners: Multimodal learning and multiple at-bats for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 3 hours
Learn strategies to develop an understanding of how Amplify Science’s multimodal approach supports all learners.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Grading with Amplify Science for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Develop an understanding of how to use assessment resources in Amplify Science to grade students three-dimensionally and use practices that align with district/school guidelines.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Enhancing the digital experience for K–5 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Learn how to go further with Amplify Science digital experience tools to enhance teaching and learning.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–5 (maximum 30 participants)
Practice: Strengthen Focus: Amplify Science: Planning with the Coherence Flowchart for K–8 teachers
Virtual, 1 hour
Practice using the Coherence Flowchart resource to plan an upcoming Amplify Science unit.
Audience: Teachers, instructional staff grades K–8 (maximum 30 participants)