What We Offer
Maverik Education partners with K-12 schools to cultivate a culture of learning that is standards-based, student-supportive, and sustainable.
silence "The Noise". strengthen "the signals".
Cognitive C.A.L.M.™ is a method and mindset developed by Maverik Education that enables K-12 districts and schools to create the conditions for clear, focused, high-value learning in every classroom.
The Situation
Teachers and students can become overwhelmed by "the noise" caused by curriculum overload, unclear learning expectations, vague success criteria, misaligned tasks, programmatic promises, tool traps, frantic pacing, and pressure to increase student performance and progress.
The Solution
Maverik Education partners with K-12 schools, districts, and organizations to cut through "the noise" and concentrate on "the signals" that strengthen and support successful teaching and learning. We focus on making teaching and learning experiences standards-based, student-supportive, and sustainable so all can rise to, reach, and exceed expectations.
The Process
The Maverik MethodTMstrengthens the signal-to-noise ratio for students by emphasizing clear expectations and ensuring engaging lessons ("the signal") while reducing distractions and clutter ("the noise") that impede learning. Filtering "the noise" will enhance teacher clarity and enable students to process information more deeply, retain learning longer, and transfer their knowledge and skills in different contexts and deeper ways.
The Results
Schools build and sustain the continuous internal capacity to cultivate a culture of learning focused on enhancing teacher clarity, ensuring instructional alignment, emphasizing student learning, and elevating mindsets about student performance and potential.
How We Create Cognitive C.A.L.M.™
The Maverik Method™ cuts through "the noise" and concentrates on "the signals" that strengthen and support successful teaching and learning.
Transforming Teaching and Learning
Understand and use Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as a concept, framework, and language for teaching and learning.
Phrase and pose good questions that engage students to think deeply and express and share the depth and extent of their learning.
Establish and ensure alignment between academic standards, curricular activities, assessment items, and instructional practice.
Transform ideas and initiatives into sustainable expectations using the Education Momentum Framework™.
Evaluate generational shifts and similarities to teach and reach today's learners.
Use artificial intelligence (AI) as a partner in planning and providing teaching and learning experiences.
Our Approach
A single structured session, seminar, or workshop designed to enhance instructional practice and student learning.
Ongoing, collaborative experiences that engage educators in developing and practicing new methods for teaching and learning.
Small-team or one-to-one, job-embedded guidance that bridges professional learning to student learning and teacher practice.
Build internal capacity to deliver and sustain professional learning after the initial training.
Guide and support implementation of schoolwide initiatives into clear, consistent expectations.
Engage educators and leaders with an engaging keynote grounded in practical instructional insight.
Customized on-demand resources and assistants that strengthen and support teaching, learning, coaching, training, and leadership.
Stackable, competency-based credentials tied directly to the instructional practices and skills developed through training.
All services and support can be customized to address the unique needs, priorities, and goals of a district, school, or organization.
Deep Dives
Maverik Education offers book studies on the books written by Erik M. Francis. These book studies can be offered to individuals, small groups, and entire staff. They can also be facilitated by Erik M. Francis and powered by Maverik Education AI™. Participants can earn microcredentials through the SkillsForce professional learning online platform.
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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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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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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Whether you are looking for a keynote, a multi-day training, or a long-term partnership to build schoolwide capacity, Maverik Education works with schools, districts, and education organizations. Let's start the conversation.
