Depth of Knowledge and leading PD [NAESP]

Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to sit down at the NAESP / NASSP UNITED conference last July and talk with Erik Francis. If you’re not familiar with Erik’s work, he is a Depth of Knowledge (DOK) virtuoso. He regularly stretches my thinking about how to use and think about DOK in schools (and many schools are using it incorrectly). That NAESP podcast episode is now available. Erik is extremely practitioner-oriented and practical. Be sure to also check out his latest books!

• Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning
• Inquiring Minds Want to Learn: Posing Good Questions to Promote Student Inquiry
• Now That’s a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning

Happy listening!

Previous NAESP CIL podcast episodes

• Depth of Knowledge and leading PD (Erik Francis)
• AI in elementary and middle schools (Holly Clark)
• Building a new, student-centered school (Bryan Byerlee, Garden City Elementary School)
• The power of children learning outside (Heidi McKay, Down to Earth Forest School)
• Play-based, place-based learning (Traci Mathena, Creative City Public Charter School)
• Innovating project-based learning (Beth Foster, Anderson Mill Elementary)
• Transformative school culture (Eric Chagala, VIDA)
• What makes a great principal? (Linda-Darling Hammond, Learning Policy Institute)
• Fighting for equity (Mark Gooden, Teachers College)