Why Maverik Education?

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To ensure teaching and learning are standards driven and student supportive so experiences are the following:

• meaningful, memorable, and motivational (instruction)
• impactful, measurable, and visible (learning)
• cognitive, communicative, and contextual (assessment)
• actionable, achievable, and applicable (leadership)
• innovative, inventive, and inspirational (technology)

MAVERIK EDUCATION is owned and operated by Erik M. Francis, an international author, educator, presenter, and professional development producer and provider with over 30 years of expertise in education. Erik is the author of the following bestselling books:

• Inquiring Minds Want to Learn: Posing Good Questions That Promote Student Inquiry (Solution Tree, 2024)
• Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning (Solution Tree, 2022)
• Now That's a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning (ASCD, 2016)

Through MAVERIK EDUCATION, Erik provides professional learning services and support based on the ideas, research, strategies and work featured in his books to schools and staff. He has facilitated onsite and virtual workshops with schools and staff throughout the United States and internationally in regions such as Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East. He has also been a keynote, featured, and breakout presenter at numerous national, regional, and local conferences and summits hosted by education organizations such as ASCD, Learning Forward, the National Association for Elementary and Secondary Principles (NAESP / NASSP), the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), the Southern Regional Education Board, the College Board, the  the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), and the National Teacher Center. He has presented and provided professional development sessions, trainings, and workshops at schools, districts, organizations, colleges and universities throughout the United States and internationally

Erik received his Master’s in Education Leadership from Northern Arizona University and Master’s of Science in Television/Radio/and Film Production and Management from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.  He also holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Rhetoric and Communication and English from the University at Albany.

Erik lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his family. He enjoys football (Go Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants), basketball (Go Phoenix Suns!), and baseball (Go Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Yankees!). He spends his free time working out, playing guitar, listening to classic rock music (I am a huge fan of Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Journey), and watching classic films from the 1970s and 1980s (My favorite films are the Godfather trilogy, Jaws, the Star Wars saga, the Rocky series including the Creed movies, '70s political thrillers, and '80s action films). One of his favorite movies is Top Gun, which partly influenced him to call his company "Maverik" by combining his name with his daughters MAdison and AVERy.