Classroom Instruction That Works: Facilitator Program
Become an authorized expert trainer on McREL’s Classroom Instruction That Works and deliver our professional learning sessions at your school, district, or regional service area using McREL’s high-quality materials.
Contact us today at info@mcrel.org for more information about the onboarding process.
Note: McREL’s CITW Facilitator Program is currently available only to staff employed at schools, districts, and regional education service centers (BOCES, ESAs, ESUs, AEAs, etc.). It is not currently available for independent consultants.
Deliver CITW Professional Learning at Your School/District
Become the in-house expert trainer for your school, district, or service area!
Get authorized to deliver these 2-day CITW sessions using McREL materials:
1. Getting Students Interested In and Committed to Learning. This 2-day professional learning session covers phases 1 & 2 of McREL’s 6-Phase Model of Student Learning, including these CITW strategies:
– cognitive interest cues
– student goal setting and monitoring
2. Helping Students Focus On and Make Sense of Their Learning. This 2-day professional learning session covers phases 3 & 4 of the learning model, including these CITW strategies:
– vocabulary instruction – high-level questions and student explanations
– strategy instruction and modeling – guided initial application with formative feedback
– visualization and concrete examples – peer-assisted consolidation of learning
3. Helping Students Extend and Apply Their Learning. This 2-day professional learning session covers phases 5 & 6 of the learning model, including these CITW strategies:
– retrieval practice – cognitive writing
– spaced, mixed independent practice – guided investigations
– targeted support – structured problem solving
The CITW Facilitator Training and Authorization Process
- Attend the three 2-day courses as an active, engaged participant, either in person at our Austin, Texas facility, or online via streaming. Upcoming schedule of sessions. After each day’s session, you’ll stay in the room to have a 30-45 minute conversation with McREL’s expert facilitators, to debrief and reflect on the workshop content and facilitator responsibilities. Then, after each 2-day event concludes, you’ll submit a brief 1-2-page feedback and reflection document.
- After attending all three 2-day sessions, attend a final 90-minute online meeting with McREL’s CITW leaders to receive additional insights and facilitator materials, clarify understanding, and review processes for running your own sessions (including ordering participant materials).
- Pay annual fee: $2,500 the first year; $1,500 renewal fee in subsequent years.
Once you’re on board, you’ll get a wealth of McREL-developed presentation materials to help you build out your workshops—and you can deliver as many sessions as you want. You or your participants will need to order participant manuals from McREL for each of your sessions.
You’ll also have access to a monthly, one-hour, online group meeting where authorized facilitators can meet with McREL staff to ask questions, share insights and tips with fellow facilitators, and get guidance on prepping for upcoming sessions. This meeting is optional—attend if and when you need to.
Contact us at info@mcrel.org for more information and to begin the onboarding process.
