Partner Profile
Teaching Lab
Teaching Lab specializes in curriculum-based professional learning for all educators.
was approved for the PLPG in
.
The “Types of support we offer” and “Our curriculum expertise” are evaluated and approved by Rivet Education; all other information is self-reported. We recommend that you confirm details with each partner directly.
How are partners selected for the PL Partner Guide?
All of the professional learning partners featured in the Guide undergo a thorough review process by a team of expert reviewers from across the country.
Read more about our evaluation process on the PLPG Rubric.
Each applicant must demonstrate expertise in providing high-quality, curriculum-aligned support to schools and school systems.
Unless specifically indicated, Rivet Education makes no claim that a publisher authorizes, approves, sponsors, or endorses any professional learning provider.
Types of support we offer
Rivet Education evaluates this information
What are these phases?
These phases refer to the distinct areas of support (adoption, launch, ongoing for teachers, ongoing for leaders) that PL partners provide to schools and school systems to support curriculum adoption and implementation.
Adoption: Services to help educators review and purchase a new curriculum.
Launch: Initial training for teachers and school leaders after they purchase a new curriculum on how to use it to support student learning.
Ongoing for teachers: Ongoing support and coaching for teachers focused on effective use of their curriculum.
System design and leadership support: Supports school system leaders with the enabling conditions and resources required for a successful implementation of the HQIM.
Our curriculum expertise
Rivet Education evaluates this information
ELA
Math
What is a high-quality curriculum?
Rivet defines HQIM in ELA, Math, and Science as those rated ‘Meets Expectations’ on EdReports in all grade levels for their grade band (K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12).
If your curriculum is not listed, then it does not meet these criteria or has not been reviewed to date.
Our curriculum expertise
As a partner who exclusively supports the adoption phase of curriculum, Rivet does not evaluate their expertise in any particular high-quality instructional materials.
Certifications we've received
What does this certification mean?
EL Education has partnered with select professional learning providers through a philanthropically-funded pilot certification program designed to build knowledge around the content, structure, and intent of the EL Education K-5 Language Arts curriculum. In the final phase of the program, participants from each partner organization demonstrated expertise in facilitating curriculum-aligned professional learning in a real-world context.
Illustrative Mathematics: Professional Learning certified by Illustrative Mathematics is delivered through our IM Certified Facilitators, who undergo a rigorous qualification and training process to gain mastery in delivering impactful professional learning experiences based on the author’s intent. IM Certified Facilitators deliver learning educators need, in a variety of formats, including onsite academies and live virtual classrooms.
Open Up Resources (OUR) vets professional learning partners to guarantee OUR customers receive the highest quality professional learning. The vetting process includes a comprehensive certification process that ensures professional learning providers are OUR curricula experts with the experience necessary to provide professional learning that leads to efficacious implementation of OUR curricula.
OpenSciEd is growing a community of certified professional learning providers. OpenSciEd-
Our Team
facilitators/coaches
are non-white
Where we work
Types of districts that we have experience working with
Why is this important?
The purpose of the Guide is to support educators in part by focusing district demand on services that are most likely to lead to the adoption and strong implementation of HQIM. By highlighting the type of clients PL providers are best designed to serve, schools and school systems can evaluate whether a particular provider would be a good fit for them.
Teaching Lab specializes in curriculum-based professional learning for all educators.
was approved for the PLPG in
.
The “Types of support we offer” and “Our curriculum expertise” are evaluated and approved by Rivet Education; all other information is self-reported. We recommend that you confirm details with each partner directly.
How are partners selected for the PL Partner Guide?
All of the professional learning partners featured in the Guide undergo a thorough review process by a team of expert reviewers from across the country.
Read more about our evaluation process on the PLPG Rubric.
Each applicant must demonstrate expertise in providing high-quality, curriculum-aligned support to schools and school systems.
Unless specifically indicated, Rivet Education makes no claim that a publisher authorizes, approves, sponsors, or endorses any professional learning provider.
Our Team
facilitators/coaches
are non-white
Where we work
Who we are
Types of support we offer
Rivet Education evaluates this information
What are these phases?
These phases refer to the distinct areas of support (adoption, launch, ongoing for teachers, ongoing for leaders) that PL partners provide to schools and school systems to support curriculum adoption and implementation.
Adoption: Services to help educators review and purchase a new curriculum.
Launch: Initial training for teachers and school leaders after they purchase a new curriculum on how to use it to support student learning.
Ongoing for teachers: Ongoing support and coaching for teachers focused on effective use of their curriculum.
System design and leadership support: Supports school system leaders with the enabling conditions and resources required for a successful implementation of the HQIM.
Types of districts that we have experience working with
Why is this important?
The purpose of the Guide is to support educators in part by focusing district demand on services that are most likely to lead to the adoption and strong implementation of HQIM. By highlighting the type of clients PL providers are best designed to serve, schools and school systems can evaluate whether a particular provider would be a good fit for them.
Our curriculum expertise
Rivet Education evaluates this information
ELA
Math
What is a high-quality curriculum?
Rivet defines HQIM in ELA, Math, and Science as those rated ‘Meets Expectations’ on EdReports in all grade levels for their grade band (K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12).
If your curriculum is not listed, then it does not meet these criteria or has not been reviewed to date.
Our curriculum expertise
As a partner who exclusively supports the adoption phase of curriculum, Rivet does not evaluate their expertise in any particular high-quality instructional materials.
Certifications we've received
What does this certification mean?
EL Education has partnered with select professional learning providers through a philanthropically-funded pilot certification program designed to build knowledge around the content, structure, and intent of the EL Education K-5 Language Arts curriculum. In the final phase of the program, participants from each partner organization demonstrated expertise in facilitating curriculum-aligned professional learning in a real-world context.
Illustrative Mathematics: Professional Learning certified by Illustrative Mathematics is delivered through our IM Certified Facilitators, who undergo a rigorous qualification and training process to gain mastery in delivering impactful professional learning experiences based on the author’s intent. IM Certified Facilitators deliver learning educators need, in a variety of formats, including onsite academies and live virtual classrooms.
Open Up Resources (OUR) vets professional learning partners to guarantee OUR customers receive the highest quality professional learning. The vetting process includes a comprehensive certification process that ensures professional learning providers are OUR curricula experts with the experience necessary to provide professional learning that leads to efficacious implementation of OUR curricula.
OpenSciEd is growing a community of certified professional learning providers. OpenSciEd-
This partner's approach and services
Sample scopes of work
What are these sample scopes of work?
Each provider in the PLPG provides a sample scope of work for each type of professional learning they are approved for. The scopes of work represent engagements with actual clients and are intended to give users a better understanding of how the provider engages with teachers and leaders in each type of professional learning.
How we address equity
Why is this important?
High-quality professional learning supports teachers in effectively engaging all students in rigorous tasks, including students with unfinished learning, students learning English, and students with special needs.
Implicit racism plays a major role in perpetuating achievement gaps in classrooms across the country. Rivet is committed to dismantling racism by connecting educators with professional learning partners who confront implicit racism through culturally responsive services that support teachers in providing high quality instruction to all students every day.
How we build district capacity
Why is this important?
It is important for PL providers to have a gradual release plan with the schools and districts they work with. This response highlights how this provider builds capacity within a school system to effectively support the implementation of high-quality curriculum.
How we provide curriculum-aligned PL
Workshops
Coaching
PLCs
Consultations
What are these approaches?
High-quality professional learning may be delivered in a variety of structures, depending on content, audience, or type of session. Rivet has defined four types of professional learning structures that enable the delivery of HQPL: workshops, coaching, collaboration/PLCs, and consultation.