Professional Development
Exemplars offers a wide range of professional development opportunities for performance-based assessment and instruction including remote sessions.
By creating an experience where participants learn by doing, Exemplars professional development workshops and Institutes demonstrate how to use performance tasks to guide instruction, improve student learning outcomes, and meet today's standards.
Sessions focus on integrating authentic math problem solving, inquiry-based science, and student communication in the classroom.
Virtual Workshops
Take your teachers’ strengths — and your students’ achievement — to a whole new level in mathematics with Exemplars virtual professional development workshops and Institutes.
Using the conference platform, Zoom, our consultants will help your teachers acquire new and innovative tools to strengthen math inquiry, encourage engagement, and help students achieve higher-order thinking and reasoning skills.
In-School Workshops
For more than two decades, Exemplars has helped thousands of educators bridge the gap between the written standards and classroom application.
Our full-day workshops for Math (K–12), Science (K–8), and Writing (K–8) are designed to assist schools and districts as they work toward professional development that generates immediate and sustained results.
Sessions are geared for audiences at all levels of leadership allowing for system-wide success through a shared vision and common goals.
Webinars
New! Exemplars offers free "how to" webinars meant to provide ideas, inspiration, and support for educators interested in exploring rich performance-based instruction and assessment using our tasks, rubrics, and resource materials. Presenters feature educational experts, top-notch teachers, and Exemplars staff.
Take your teaching to the next level and join us for an upcoming session or watch an archived webinar on-demand.
Self-Paced
Designed for individual Exemplars users looking to further their practice, these self-paced courses set educators up for success. The three-course series will begin with the basics of Exemplars problem-solving performance tasks and walk you through effective teaching and assessment techniques.
Upon completing the 3-course bundle, participants will earn certificates worth 6 credit hours.
Planning
If you are interested in scheduling a workshop for your school or district, Exemplars will work with you to meet your specific needs. Learn more »
Instructors
With extensive backgrounds in assessment, curriculum development, classroom teaching, higher education, and technology, our professional development consultants are knowledgeable about state, national, and Common Core standards as well as performance assessment, portfolios, and using assessment information to improve student performance and classroom instruction.