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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

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maverikeducation/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ErikFrancisMaverikEd

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)

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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.

Click and watch the video to learn more about the key details, ideas, and strategies addressed in the book.

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Click and watch the video to learn more about the key details, ideas, and strategies addressed in the book.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE

Interviews / Podcasts

Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Conversation with Erik M. Francis - Solution Tree Podcast

DOK and Good Questioning - The Tom Schimmer Show

Daily Drop In with Rae Hughart from Teach Better Team

Teach Better Talk Podcast with Rae Hughart and Jeff Gargas

Out of the Trenches Podcast with Dana Goodier

DOK and Good Questioning - Teacher Success Summit with Chuck Poole

The Lurnist Radio Show - Interview along with Chrisian Nelson from uQualio(R)

Interview on The Lasting Learning Podcast hosted by Dave Schmittou

"Transitioning Teaching and Learning in the Classroom to the Home" - Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning podcast hosted by Andrea Samadi

"Using Good Questions to Promote Cognitive Rigor" - Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning podcast hosted by Andrea Samadi

Interview on the EduTechGuys

Promotional video for Now THAT'S a Good Question!  How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning published by ASCD.

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NOW AVAILABLE!

Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: 

A Method and Model 

for Deeper Teaching and Learning

 by 

Erik M. Francis

Published by Solution Tree

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