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Professional Development/Professional Learning


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / professional learning

Maverik Education provides continuous professional development and professional learning for teachers and school leaders on how to implement research-based best practices and creative instructional methods that will challenge students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their Depth of Knowledge (DOK) through inquiry and by questioning with good questions. Seminars, trainings, and workshops can be presented as half-day or full-day in-services. They can also be provided continuously throughout the academic year to ensure ideas and strategies are implemented effectively and with fidelity.

Maverik Education has conducted seminars, trainings, and workshops at numerous national, state, and regional education conferences hosted by organizations such as ASCD, Learning Forward, the College Board, the New Teacher Center, the Southern Region Education Board, the Association for Middle-Level Education, and the National Association for Gifted Children. We have also been a featured and keynote speaker at conferences focusing on Title I, gifted education, English language learners, dropout prevention, guidance counseling, and social work. We have also conducted seminars and workshops internationally in Canada, Dubai, and Singapore.

Training Through Microcredentialing

Maverik Education has partnered with the online platform SkillsForce to facilitate professional learning, track skill development through the use of micro-credentials, and share best practices within a peer community of educators. Participants in our training are eligible to receive recertification hours for attendance and completion of training. There are also opportunities to become certified as a trainer or specialist in the techniques and topics we train through our comprehensive train-the-trainer program.

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Professional Development or Professional Learning

Professional Development

Professional development (PD) often refers to structured training with activities that teachers engage in to enhance their knowledge, skills, and competencies in their profession. It is often a one-size-fits-all approach and is typically associated with one-time workshops, seminars, trainings, or lectures. The focus of professional development is on acquiring new knowledge, learning specific strategies or techniques, and developing practical skills that can be applied in the classroom.

Professional Learning

Professional learning (PL) engages and encourages educators to collaborate continuously to develop and practice new methods for educating students. It involves experiences such as intensive sessions, collaborating with other teachers, coaching, and support, and more training and discussion during the academic year as a follow-up. Professional learning aims to increase student achievement and teacher effectiveness through collaborative and continuous learning experiences.

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Professional Development and Professional Learning Offerings

Our training applies and extends the ideas and strategies featured in the books written by Erik M. Francis. However, we can provide guidance, support, and training on a variety of research-based practices and academic topics.

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Inquiring Minds Want to Learn

(Based on the book from Solution Tree.)

Learn how to plan and provide inquiry-based teaching and learning experiences driven by good questions that will "hook" students' curiosity and interest to learn, set the instructional focus, serve as assessments, and personalize learning.

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Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge

(Based on the book from Solution Tree.)

Learn how Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a concept and language clarifies the cognitive demand of standards, activities, and assessments and how the DOK Levels can be used to plan and provide rigorous and responsive teaching and learning experiences.

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Now THAT's a Good Question!

(Based on the book published by ASCD.)

Learn what the eight different types of good questions are that promote cognitive rigor by challenging students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their learning at different levels of Depth of Knowledge (DOK).

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Are You Ready to Rethink Depth of Knowledge (DOK)?

Maverik Education specializes in providing comprehensive and sustainable professional learning experiences on how to understand and use Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a concept, framework, and language accurately and appropriately.

Our training applies and extends the ideas and strategies featured in the book Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning by Erik M. Francis and published by Solution Tree.

Through our guidance, support, and training, schools and staff will learn the following:

  • How Depth of Knowledge as a concept measures the cognitive demand of academic standards, curricular activities, and assessment items
  • How to use the language of DOK to clarify and communicate what exactly students must learn and how deeply students must understand and use their learning to demonstrate proficiency, develop competency, or perform successfully.
  • How to use the DOK Levels as a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for delivering instruction, responding to intervention (RTI), enriching or extending student learning, and addressing and assessing learning loss
  • How teaching and learning for Depth of Knowledge can strengthen and support student achievement, teacher effectiveness, and overall school performance.

We also offer a comprehensive "train the trainer" program and model designed to equip and empower educators with understanding, applying, and sustaining Depth of Knowledge (DOK) in different aspects of education. Click here to learn more.

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DOK Services and Support

We provide professional learning and guidance on how to understand and apply Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a concept, framework, and language for instruction, learning, and assessment.

We provide coaching and support on how to plan and provide DOK teaching and learning experiences that are standards-driven, socially and emotionally supportive, and student-responsive.

We provide training and support on how to understand and use the DOK Levels as a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for delivering instruction, responding to intervention (RTI), and addressing and assessing learning loss.

We provide training and guidance on how to implement, lead, and sustain Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a comprehensive districtwide and schoolwide method, mode, l and mindset for strengthening and supporting overall district or school performance.

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We offer a comprehensive "train the trainer" program and model designed to equip and empower educators with the essential expertise needed to understand and use Depth of Knowledge in different aspects of education.

We provide training and guidance on how to use Depth of Knowledge and the DOK Levels to conduct alignment studies between academic standards, curricular activities, assessment items, and generative artificial intelligence (AI) resources.

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Frequently Asked Questions About DOK Training

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DOK Training Modules

These modules can be offered a series of trainings to become certified as a DOK Trainer or endorsed as a DOK Specialist through our DOK Train the Trainer Program and Model.

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Distinguishing Depth of Knowledge

Recognize what distinguishes Depth of Knowledge and how the DOK Levels mark and measure the cognitive demand of academic standards curricular activities, assessment items, and generative artificial intelligence (AI) resources.

Rethinking Depth of Knowledge

Understand how Depth of Knowledge (DOK) clarifies and communicates what exactly and how deeply students must understand and use their learning to demonstrate proficiency, develop competency, or perform successfully.

Understanding and Using the Language of DOK

Use the language of Depth of Knowledge to clarify and communicate the complexity of the task students must complete, the demand of mental processing students must perform, and the extent of the response students must provide.

Deconstructing Standards for Depth of Knowledge

Deconstruct the learning intention and individual objectives of academic standards, curricular activities, and assessment items to determine the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Level students must understand and use their learning.

Reconstructing DOK Learning Targets

Reconstruct performance objectives into DOK Learning Targets that specify the demand of the mental processing (DOK Skill) students must perform and the extent of the response (DOK Response) students must provide.

DOK in the Content Areas

Understand how teaching and learning for Depth of Knowledge is experienced in different content areas, and use the DOK Levels to plan and provide DOK teaching and learning experiences in a specific subject.

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Teaching and Learning for DOK

We provide professional development, guidance, and support in how to teach and learn for Depth of Knowledge in different content areas.

DOK in Literacy

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in reading, literature, and language arts.

DOK in Mathematics

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in mathematics.

DOK in Science / S.T.E.M.

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in science and with S.T.E.M.

DOK in Social Studies

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in social studies classes and courses.

DOK in World Languages

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in world language courses.

DOK in the Arts

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in the arts (fine, visual, performing).

DOK in Health and Physical Education

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in health and physical education classes.

DOK in Career and Technical Education (CTE)

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student-supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in career and technical education courses.

DOK in the Elementary Grades

Learn how to plan and provide standards-based and student-supportive DOK teaching and learning experiences in the elementary grades (Grades K-6).

DOK With Advanced Placement

Learn how to understand and apply Depth of Knowledge as a concept, framework, and language in Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

DOK With International Baccalaureate

Learn how to understand and apply Depth of Knowledge as a concept, framework, and language in International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.

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Discard the DOK Wheel

Watch this video to learn why the DOK Wheel is inaccurate and must be discarded.

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Enhancing Education With DOK

We provide professional development, guidance, and support in how to use Depth of Knowledge as a concept, framework, and language to strengthen and support educational practices.

Use Depth of Knowledge to determine which standards are essential to learn, important to understand, or “nice to know” and the DOK Levels to map curriculum, instruction, learning, and assessment.

Use Depth of Knowledge as a concept, framework, and language to address and assess the critical questions that drive the actions, choices, and decisions of the Professional Learning Community (PLCs).

Use the DOK Levels as a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for delivering instruction, responding to intervention (RTI), extending or enriching learning, and addressing and assessing learning loss.

Phrase and pose good questions that will prompt students to comprehend, communicate, and consider their learning through inquiry and by questioning at different and deeper DOK Levels.

Use Depth of Knowledge as a language and the DOK Levels as a rating scale to check and confirm how closely curricular activities, assessment items, and AI resources address a specific standard.

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DOK for Exceptional Learners

We specialize in providing training and support on how to plan and provide DOK teaching and learning experiences for students who receive and require specialized services and support in achieving, reaching, and surpassing grade-level goals and expectations.

EDOK for Students With Disabilities and Special Needs

Learn how Depth of Knowledge clarifies the cognitive demand of goals and expectations set by IEP goals and how to align the Extended DOK (EDOK) Levels with the four core DOK Levels to provide instruction, interventions, and accommodations.

EDOK for English and Second Language Learners

Learn how Depth of Knowledge clarifies the cognitive demand of goals and expectations of language objectives, and how to align the Extended DOK (EDOK) Levels with the four core DOK Levels to strengthen and support language development.

GDOK for Gifted, Talented, and Twice Exceptional Students

Learn how Depth of Knowledge clarifies the cognitive demand of goals and expectations of advanced and enrichment experiences, and how to align the Gifted DOK (GDOK) Levels with the four core DOK Levels to advance or enrich student learning.

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Become Certified to Train on Depth of Knowledge (DOK)!

Maverik Education offers a comprehensive train-the-trainer program and professional learning model designed to equip and empower educators with the essential expertise needed to understand and use Depth of Knowledge (DOK) accurately and appropriately in diverse educational settings.

This exclusive train-the-trainer opportunity applies and extends the ideas and strategies featured in the book Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning by Erik M. Francis. The trainings are also conducted and facilitated by the author through onsite workshops and online coaching and support.

The DOK professional learning trainings are organized into a series of smaller, manageable modules or units that explore and explain what exactly Depth of Knowledge is and how DOK can be applied as a concept, framework, and language for instruction, learning, and assessment. Each session is designed to cover key concepts and strategies related to DOK and how it can be applied accurately and appropriately as a method, model, and mindset for instruction, learning, and assessment.

Whether you're leading curriculum development, providing instructional support, or directly engaging with students in the classroom, this training will equip you with the expertise and resources needed to ensure teaching and learning are standards-driven, socially and emotionally supportive, and student-responsive.

DOK Training Through Microcredentialing

Maverik Education offers its DOK Training through SkillsForce, an online professional development platform that facilitates professional learning, tracks skill development through the use of micro-credentials, and provides opportunities to share best practices within a peer community of educators.

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DOK Trainer Certification

Who: academic leaders, instructional coaches, department chairs, classroom teachers, district and site-based administrators, curriculum directors and specialists, academic program directors, assessment specialists

The DOK Trainer possesses the essential expertise needed to train educators on how to understand, apply, and implement Depth of Knowledge as a concept, framework, and language within their district, school, or education organization.

All participants seeking DOK Trainer Certification must complete the following modules:

  • Distinguishing Depth of Knowledge
  • Rethinking Depth of Knowledge
  • Understanding and Using the Language of Depth of Knowledge
  • DOK in the Content Areas

Participants will also engage in a book study of Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning by Erik M. Francis, facilitated by the author. Contact Solution Tree at (800) 733-6786 or click here to email for pricing.

Please Note:

  • Certified DOK Trainers are authorized to provide professional development, guidance, and support exclusively and only within their local education agency or through their employing educational organization that is contracted with Maverik Education.
  • The "train the trainer" program and model are offered only to educators employed by districts, schools, and education organizations contracted with Maverik Education. We will be organizing and offering individual "train the trainer" in the future.

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Endorsements for DOK Training

Certified DOK Trainers are eligible to earn endorsements in one or more of the following areas:

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DOK Academic Specialist

The DOK Academic Specialist will possess the essential expertise needed to understand and implement Depth of Knowledge as a concept, framework, and language to strengthen and support academic initiatives and practices in different areas and aspects of education.

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DOK Content Specialist

The DOK Content Specialist will possess the essential expertise needed to understand and use Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a concept, framework, and learning to plan and provide teaching and learning experiences in certain content areas and specific subjects.

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DOK Leader

The DOK Leader will possess the essential expertise needed to lead and sustain the implementation of Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a district and schoolwide method and model for increasing student achievement, teacher effectiveness, and overall school performance.

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Inquiry-Based Learning and Questioning Training

What Does a Good Question Do?

  • Stimulates different levels of thinking.
  • Checks for and confirms knowledge, understanding, and awareness.
  • Expands knowledge and extends thinking.
  • Piques curiosity, imagination, interest, and wonder.
  • Encourages students to express and share the depth and extent of their learning in their own unique way.
  • Prompts students to reflect before responding.
  • Presents the instructional focus and purpose for learning as a question.

What Will You Take Away From This Training?

  • Identify the types of good questions that promote cognitive rigor and student inquiry.
  • Recognize the seven forms of inquiry students can engage in experience.
  • Understand how good questions prompt students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and comprehend and communicate their learning at different levels of Depth of Knowledge (DOK).
  • Pose good questions to activate, advance, assess and augment student learning.
  • Rephrase the performance objectives of academic standards and learning targets into good questions that will set the instructional focus, serve as assessments, and personalize learning.
  • Develop and deliver inquiry-based learning experiences using the Inquiring Minds Framework.
  • Choose which of the seven forms of inquiry students will engage in and experience based on the demand of the standards, the strength of the students, and the intent of the inquiry.
  • Utilize generative artificial intelligence (AI) and e-search engines as a stimulus to come up with good questions students could address through inquiry and questioning.
  • Plan and provide inquiry-based teaching and learning experiences that are standards-driven, socially and emotionally supportive, and student-responsive.
  • Realize how teaching and learning with an inquiring mind ensures the experience is academic, effective, and authentic for all.

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Teaching and Learning With Good Questions

Inquiring Minds Want to Learn

Learn how to develop and deliver inquiry-based learning experiences driven by good questions that will "hook" students' curiosity and interest to learn, assess and build knowledge, deepen understanding, and develop expertise.

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Good Questioning for Depth

Learn what the overarching essential good questions are that promote inquiry-based learning at each DOK Level, and how the Depth of Knowledge demanded by a good question depends on the extent of the response students must provide.

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Now That's a Good Question!

Learn what are the eight types of good questions that promote cognitive rigor by challenging students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their Depth of Knowledge in different contexts.

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Inquiry and Good Questioning in Specific Subjects

Literacy and Language Arts

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of literacy and language standards and learning targets into good questions that will engage students to comprehend, critique, and create texts of literary fiction and nonfiction and strengthen their literacy skills.

Mathematics

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of math standards into good questions that will challenge students to demonstrate and communicate how they could use concepts, operations, and procedures in a variety of mathematical and real-world contexts.

Science / S.T.E.M.

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of science standards and learning targets into good questions that will engage students to demonstrate and communicate their learning through research, experimentation, scientific inquiry, and engineering design.

History and Social Studies

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of history standards and learning targets into good questions that will challenge students to engage students to develop and demonstrate their understanding of civics, economics, geography, and history.

The Arts

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of visual and performing arts standards and learning targets into good questions that will deepen students' understanding and appreciation of the arts and design their own original works of art, music, or theatrical performance.

World Language

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of world language standards and learning targets into good questions that will develop students' ability to understand and express themselves in a target language and deepen their awareness of other cultures and customs.

Health and Physical Education

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of physical education and health standards and learning targets into good questions that will prompt students to comprehend, communicate, and consider physical performance and deepen their health awareness.

Career and Technical Education

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of career and technical education standards and learning targets into good questions that will prompt students to develop, demonstrate, and deepen their applicable skills in a profession or trade.

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Personalized Professional Development

"Help me help you!" - Jerry Maguire

Maverik Education provides personalized professional development, guidance, and support to teachers and school leaders at all grade levels and in all content areas. Sessions are offered as small group (2-5 participants) meetings or through 1:1 coaching.

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Is Your District or School Contracted With Us?

Staff currently employed at districts and/or schools that have contracted to receive professional training from Maverik Education are eligible to receive FREE virtual coaching and support.

Check with your district or school to verify whether they have contracted with Maverik Education for onsite professional development and support.

To inquire about contracted professional training with coaching and support, please click the button below to complete our Professional Training Request Form.

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60 Second PD

Maverik Education is the producer of the 60-second PD video series. These are a series of short videos for educators that provide a brief overview of academic concepts and instructional methods. They are meant to serve as an introduction to teaching and learning ideas and techniques that will increase student achievement, teacher effectiveness, and overall school performance. These videos can be viewed here or on our YouTube channel.

For a more in-depth professional development webinar or workshop on any of these topics, please complete the CONTACT US information at the bottom of this page or e-mail [email protected].

Webinars and Workshops

Topics addressed in the 60-Second PD Series can be presented as an extended webinar or workshop, with continuous coaching and support provided on-site or online.

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What Exactly is Depth of Knowledge?

Learn in 60 seconds what exactly depth of knowledge is and how the teaching and learning expectations of Webb's DOK Levels are similar to popular TV game shows, DIY shows, and challenge shows.

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Now That's a Good Question!

Learn in 60 seconds what a good question does and what are the 8 types of good questions that challenge students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and communicate their depth of knowledge.

Teaching and Learning With Good Questions

Learn in 60 seconds how to use good questions to develop and deliver teaching and learning experiences that will challenge students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their depth of knowledge in different contexts.

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Good Questions Pyramid

Learn in 60 seconds how to create good questions from the performance objectives of academic standards and learning targets using the Good Questions Pyramid based on Bloom's Taxonomy.

Deconstructing Standards

Learn in 60 seconds on how to deconstruct standards into their individual parts, and understand which parts determine the level of depth of knowledge demanded.

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