ABOUT US
Maverik Education provides professional development, guidance, and support on how to develop and deliver teaching and learning experiences that are academically rigorous, socially and emotionally supportive, and student responsive.
Maverik Education is owned and operated by Erik M. Francis, M.Ed., M.S., an international author and presenter with over 25 years of experience working in education as a classroom teacher, a site administrator, an education program specialist with a state education agency, and a trainer who produces and provides professional development for teachers and school leaders. He is the author of Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning published by Solution Tree and Now THAT'S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning published by ASCD. He is also ranked consistently as one of the World's Top 30 Education Professionals by the research organization Global Gurus.
Erik specializes in providing academic professional development, consultation, and coaching to K-12 schools, colleges, and universities on how to develop rigorous learning environments and deliver engaging educational experiences that will prompt and encourage students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their depth of knowledge (DOK) in diverse contexts, new situations, and their own unique way. He has extensive experience working with diverse populations of schools, staff, and students at all grade levels from pre-kindergarten to post-graduates.
Erik's seminars and workshops have been featured at national, state, and regional education conferences hosted by organizations such as ASCD, Learning Forward, the College Board, the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), the National Teacher Center, and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). He has led and facilitated in person and virtual professional development trainings at K-12 schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States and internationally in Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, and Dubai.
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 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!), basketball (Go Phoenix Suns!), working out, Peloton (#Maverik70), playing guitar, classic rock music (I'm a huge Van Halen and Led Zeppelin fan!), and watching films (The Godfather films, Jaws, and Star Wars series are my top three favorites). You can connect with Erik at the following social media sites:
Twitter: @Maverikedu12
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
21st Century Learning
Academic Interventions
Academic Rigor
Acceleration and Enrichment
Assessment and Grading
Cognitive Frameworks
Cognitive Rigor
College and Career Readiness
College and Career Readiness Standards
Common Core State Standards
Comprehensive School Reform
Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum Mapping
Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
Differentiated Instruction
Disciplinary Literacy
Distance Learning
English Language Development
English Language Learners
Exceptional Learners
Expeditionary Learning
Federal Programs
Formative Assessment
Gifted and Talented
Growth Mindset
High Ability, Motivation, and Potential
Higher Order Thinking
Individualized Teaching and Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning
Instructional Strategies
Learning Taxonomies
Literacy
Mathematics
Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
Multiple Intelligences
Personalized Learning
Postsecondary Readiness
Problem-Based Learning
Product-Based Learning
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Project-Based Learning
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Rigor and Relevance
Service Learning
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Special Education
Special Populations
Standards-Based Grading (SBG)
Standards-Based Learning (SBL)
Structured English Immersion(SEI)
Teacher Wellness
Twice Exceptional Students (2E)
Understanding by Design (UbD)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Books by Erik M. Francis
If your understanding of depth of knowledge (DOK) is a little cloudy, you’re not alone. This resource is your one-stop-shop for learning what it is and how to use it to provide learning experiences that are academically rigorous, socially and emotionally supportive, and student responsive.
What is a good question - or rather, how does a good question challenge students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and understand and use their depth of knowledge? xplore how good questioning can provide the proper scaffolding to deepen student thinking, understanding, and application of knowledge.
NOW AVAILABLE!
Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge:
A Method and Model
for Deeper Teaching and Learning
by
Erik M. Francis
Published by Solution Tree