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Instructional Practices & Learning Expectations

Great teaching practices are built through collaboration, shared learning, and a commitment to growth. At Compass, we partner with educators and school teams to strengthen the practices, systems, and expectations that shape every student’s experience. Whether you’re working to align curriculum, improve classroom culture, refine grading practices, or build more inclusive and collaborative learning environments, we’re here to help you get there. 

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Professional Learning Topics

PLC Facilitation

We’ll help educators use Professional Learning Communities to collaborate, reflect on their practice, share what’s working, and continuously improve to create a culture of learning that benefits students and teachers alike. 

Curriculum & Resources Alignment

Effective teaching starts with knowing your curriculum inside and out. This training gives educators strategies for aligning their curriculum with standards and integrating learning objectives, assessments, and instructional practices for greater classroom success 

Essential Standards & Visible Learning

Clarity between teachers and their students is at the heart of great instruction. We offer processes and protocols to help educators identify essential standards, align them with lesson plans, and make learning goals visible and meaningful for every student. 

Evolving Grading Practices

When the focus shifts from grades to feedback, students tend to take ownership of their learning. Our team will help educators develop practical processes for implementing grading practices that raise expectations, inform instruction, and empower students to understand and drive their own progress. 

Student Centered Learning

Engaged students learn better. We support student engagement by helping educators build a dynamic, interactive classroom that captures student interest, encourages active participation, and creates positive, learner-driven experiences day in and day out. 

Classroom Management

We’ll provide a range of training opportunities that help teachers build structured, fair, and student-centered environments where every learner feels safe, engaged, and ready to reach their full potential. 

Collaborative Culture

Students need more than a great teacher. They need an entire community willing to stand up for them. Compass helps schools spark the conversations and build the structures that inspire cooperation, mutual respect, and shared responsibility among everyone connected to the learning environment. 

Co-Teaching Coaching & Training

Co-teaching is an educational model where two certified teachers share a classroom—collaborating on lesson planning, instruction, assessment, and student support. When it works well, it means more personalized attention, more flexible grouping, and a stronger learning environment for every student. Our team prepares co-teaching pairs with the tools, structures, and communication strategies they need to make that partnership effective from day one, with ongoing coaching and classroom observations to keep the collaboration strong over time.  

Supportive Classroom

Learn how to build a collaborative classroom environment that works for everyone in the room, from certified staff to paraprofessionals, parent volunteers, and mentors. Participants in this training explore co-teaching models, roles, and data collection tools that help the whole team show up for students. 

MTSS Framework

A strong Multi-Tiered System of Supports ensures every student gets the right level of instruction and intervention. We help schools and districts understand the MTSS framework, use data to identify student needs, and build sustainable systems that support all learners—from Tier 1 core instruction through more intensive supports. 

Explicit Instruction

Explicit Instruction equips educators with clear, structured strategies proven to increase student achievement across grade levels and content areas. 

Expand Your Professional Development

Coaching

Our coaches work side-by-side with educators to provide personalized support, accountability, and ongoing guidance.  

Embedded PD

Tight schedules and substitute shortages shouldn’t stand in the way of professional learning. With Embedded PD, our expert STEM instructors lead hands-on activities with your students during the school day, so your teachers get focused, uninterrupted time to grow with our specialists.

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Behavior Solutions

Meaningful behavior supports starts with relationships, respect, and a clear understanding of why the behavior occurs. We equip paraprofessionals, educators, administrators, and organizations with practical, dignity-centered strategies to identify the function of behavior, address skill gaps, and create consistent, supportive responses for every student. 
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Relational Culture & Leadership

We support educators, schools, districts, and organizations in building environments rooted in trust, belonging, cultural awareness, and human-centered leadership—through CircleBridge Framework, intercultural growth, and story-driven professional learning. 
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Early Childhood Education Coaching

Great early childhood education is built through intentional practice and strong support. Our coaching partners with preschool and kindergarten educators to strengthen teaching practices, improve classroom environments, and create spaces where every young learner can thrive. 
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Support Services for Educators

From STEAM programming to online learning and out-of-school time support, we offer a wide range of services designed to enhance learning experiences and help educators build dynamic, effective environments for every student. 
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