Services
As we collectively respond to the COVID-19 crisis, we are here to support you with student distance learning and virtual professional learning for educators.
What We Do
Teaching Lab is a non-profit organization with a mission to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning for educational equity.
In partnership with teachers, we transform professional learning from the ground up to dramatically improve student outcomes. We also work with school, district, and state leaders to create the instructional systems necessary to support these changes.
We support over 5,000 educators in over 30 school systems across the U.S.
Virtual Professional Learning
“This virtual PL is working much better than I anticipated. You’re doing a great job keeping us all engaged and feeling like a class among each other.”
We are ready to support you, remotely!
Teaching Lab’s professional learning can be delivered virtually through our virtual professional learning platform, which brings our unique professional learning content and learning environment online while enhancing our ability to build community amongst educators.
Participants in our distance learning engage in a variety of synchronous (led by a facilitator) and asynchronous (self-directed) learning experiences and enjoy 24/7 access to professional learning content and curricular resources. Teaching Lab also supports educators in learning about the principles and practices of high-quality distance learning for both teachers and students.
Additionally, Teaching Lab anchors our distance learning in meeting the needs of diverse learners (including English learners and students with disabilities) and students with unfinished learning and supports educators in accelerating learning for all students. Teaching Lab’s distance, blended, and in-person professional learning will continue to ensure educators have a strong start in addressing student unfinished learning, especially unfinished learning brought on by extended school closures.
Professional Learning Services
Teaching Lab wants every teacher to experience a high-impact year of professional learning every year of their careers. We support educators in using high-quality instructional materials that
Ensure all students experience joyful, culturally-responsive, and rigorous instruction.
Support teachers in deepening their content knowledge and improving their practice.
We can provide professional learning aligned with any high-quality curriculum and have deep expertise in the titles referenced below.
A year of Teaching Lab services includes:
Assets and Needs Assessment on Professional Learning Enabling Conditions
Teacher Professional Learning, focused on Curriculum-aligned Cycles of Inquiry
Lab Leader Development, focused on Building Teacher-Led Community
Instructional Walkthroughs with School Leaders and District Leaders
Instructional Consultation for System Leaders
Teaching Lab supports professional learning aligned with the following curriculum:
Louisiana Guidebooks 2.0
ELA: Grades 3-10
EL Education 2.0
ELA: Grades K-5, 6-8
EL Education 1.0 EngageNY
ELA: Grades 6-8
Illustrative Math
Math: Grades 6-8, 9-12
Zearn
Math: Grades K-5
Professional Learning Supports
We offer customized sequences of learning for educators aligned to high-quality instructional materials:
State Partnership Services
Teaching Lab supports state leaders in shifting the enabling conditions for professional learning through state-wide capacity-building efforts. We offer the following state-level services through three capacity-building models. Understanding that states have unique contexts, models can be adapted to meet state leaders’ unique needs.
Instructional Leader Fellowship Model
Cohort(s) of RSC (Regional Service Center) and/or district leadership teams.
Content Leaders Model
Cohort(s) of RSC and/or district-level coaches or other instructional leaders with or without common instructional materials with the goal of replicating PL in their home districts.
District Hub Model
Cohort RSC and/or district-level teams focused on implementing a common curriculum.
District-Level Model
Individual districts selecting, adopting, and/ or implementing HQIM (high quality instructional material).
**Note: this is not a state-level service, but this work can be sponsored by states.
All of Teaching Lab’s services will be delivered virtually through our virtual learning platform, which brings our unique professional learning content and learning environment online while enhancing our ability to build community amongst educators. Participants engage in a variety of synchronous (led by a facilitator) and asynchronous (self-directed) learning experiences and enjoy 24/7 access to professional learning content and curricular resources.