New RootEd Cohort Beginning Soon, Apply Now
Calling all teachers in Western North Carolina! Prepare your students and communities for the challenges of tomorrow by engaging them in solving the challenges of today, right in their backyard. Apply by September 15th, 2021 to join our 3rd annual RootEd in Western...
CoachFest Early Bird Pricing Ends August 31st
The CoachFest Conference and Retreat for coaches and leaders in education is happening November 4th and 5th, 2021 at the Blowing Rock Conference Center in beautiful Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Early bird pricing for the two-day event is $285 and ends August 31st....
What Makes a Great Lesson Plan?
In our last article, we explored who a lesson plan is for. Now it’s time to look at what makes a lesson plan well worth all the time and energy it takes to create one that really makes a difference in the classroom. There are plenty of lesson planning templates out...
Who is a Lesson Plan (Document) FOR, Anyway?
One of the things we talked about in our Top 6 Myths About Lesson Plans and Lesson Planning blog post was the difference between a lesson plan and a lesson plan document. This post focuses specifically on the lesson plan document, and more specifically on who that...
Top 6 Myths About Lesson Plans & Lesson Planning
You should hear some of us Constructive Learning Design people when we start talking about lesson plans over a drink or a zoom call. We get passionate. A lot of people do. Why? Because we want to design powerful learning experiences for our students, we want to...
CoachFest 2021 – Save the Date or Register Now!
We are so excited to host our 2nd annual CoachFest Conference and Retreat in Blowing Rock, NC on November 4th and 5th, 2021. The theme for this year's conference is "Coaching to Thrive!" We've been in survival mode for a long time and it's time to recharge, renew, and...
Summer Book Study
Constructive Learning Design is launching our summer book study! We will be reading Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves by Diane Sweeney and Leanna Harris. The book study group will meet via Zoom once a week for 5 weeks. We will meet on Wednesdays at 10:00 am ET for...
Powerful PD for Coaches: What We Learned from CoachWeek 2021
Since we believe that coaching is a powerful tool in human development, we were sad to have to postpone CoachFest, our popular conference and retreat for coaches in education. But we knew we still wanted to provide value to our coaching community and maybe even reach...
Recognizing Innovative Educators of North Carolina
We are proud to work with some of the most innovative educators, schools, and districts in North Carolina, (literally) from Elizabeth City to Murphy, and it's great to see some of them getting well-deserved recognition. The Northeast Academy of Aerospace and Advanced...