Leverage Your District's
Professional Learning
Founded in 2011, Lessoncast focuses onbringing professional learning into actualclassroom practice. Our team combines
dynamic adult learning techniques,
neuroscience-based approaches, engaging
online professional learning communities,
and innovative technology to provide
impactful workshops, keynotes, self-paced
courses, leadership coaching, and multiyear implementation plans.

In over 30 years of teaching, this was the most effective
professional learning I have ever experienced."

Our Areas of Expertise:
PD for PD Leaders
Exponentially increase the effectiveness of your school improvement initiatives. Our research-based
approaches will help your PD leaders design and deliver professional learning experiences that inspire
educators and improve instruction.

UDL & Inclusive Practices
Personalize learning and reach every student by embedding inclusive practices, implementing MultiTiered Systems of Support, and applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

DEIB: Creating Brave Spaces & Curriculum Representation
Get beyond equity buzzwords. Cultivate equitable learning spaces and design inclusive learning
experiences with our research-based approach to achieving equitable outcomes.

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PD for PD Leaders
What if your district could immediately
multiply the impact of your school
improvement initiatives? What if you
could improve instruction and reduceburnout at the same time? You can by investing in the personnel who pourinto teachers: your PD leaders.
At Lessoncast, we are the premiere experts inSupercharge your district's professional learning.

building the capacity of your professional
learning leaders (your professional development
department, instructional coaches, curriculum
and instruction specialists, and school leaders).

Our research-based approaches will help yourPD leaders design and deliver professional
learning experiences that refuel and inspire
educators to make effective changes.

PD leaders engage in interactive presentations,collaborative problem-solving, and hands-on
learning with the Lessoncast Team and Nicole
Tucker-Smith, author of Supercharge Your
Professional Learning. With a compelling healthand-wellness analogy, this professional learning
experience provides concepts and tips fordesigning and delivering impactful PD.

Leverage your professional learning dollars byconsistently providing PD that engages adultlearners and helps them put best practices intoaction. Exponentially increase the effectivenessof your school improvement efforts.

Materials include tools and techniques forremoving barriers to adult learning. Strategies
shared include distance and in-person
professional learning options. Professionallydesigned templates help your team immediately
put these interactive strategies into practice.

"For anyone designing PD this is an
important PD to take."~ PD Leader and Course Participant

Transform professional development & increase student learning2UDL & InclusivePractices
Effectively implement Multi-Tiered
Systems of Support (MTSS),
ensure inclusive instruction, andpersonalize learning so that every
student has access to rigorous andengaging learning opportunities
Take the theory of Universal Design for Learning

Our comprehensive packages include:(UDL) and put it into practice to optimize
teaching & learning to reach every student.

Dynamic PD workshops in a - variety offlexible formats - with concrete resources

Teachers apply concrete strategies to& strategies that teachers & leaders canensure inclusive classrooms.

apply right away.

Leaders identify look-fors for effective

A private online community of practice

implementation.

tailored to meet school or district goals,

Students - from those who need moresustain the work, & maintain momentum.

support to those who need more challenge

On-demand multimedia PD mini-lessons- are more engaged, resourceful, & able towith facilitator guide materials that can be

fully show what they know.

embedded within staff meetings & sitebased PLCs.

Why Lessoncast is your solution
Lessoncast has over a decade of experience leading effective UDL implementation. CEO Nicole
Tucker-Smith is a highly-sought, international presenter on UDL & Co-chair of the UDL Rising to Equity
initiative. We specialize in applying UDL not only to student learning, but also professional learning tomeet the diverse needs of your teachers and leaders. Our expert facilitators co-design 1-3-year
comprehensive PD plans based on what we know is required for effective implementation.

Lessoncast simplifies the UDL Framework so that educators can dive right in and apply new learningand instructional strategies immediately."~ Director, Nevada County Superintendent of Schools3

Equity: Creating Brave
Spaces & Curriculum
Representation
Does your equity PD go beyond
defining concepts anddeveloping general awareness?
What specific practices are
educators able to apply toactualize equitable outcomes?
Curriculum Representation Workshop Series
Develop and build educators’ capacity to design
Equity professional learning sessions often leaveparticipants frustrated and unsure of how toproceed or they give educators a false sense ofaccomplishment when little changes for student
outcomes and opportunities. Led by CEO Nicole
Tucker-Smith, author of "The Illusion of Equity

representative curriculum and cultivate culturalrespect for diverse perspectives within theclassroom. We customize our methods andmaterials to fit your district’s context and specificcurriculum development and professional
learning needs.

PD" (Educational Leadership, March 2021),
Lessoncast offers equity workshops andcoaching that lead to tangible improvements inlearning environments and instructional
experiences.

I used to feel overwhelmed about how to make mycurriculum more inclusive. This series provided aterrific roadmap with bite-sized pieces.
Apply a qualitative and quantitative review ofcurrent curriculum.

Creating Brave Spaces with CARE
Identify and apply the dispositions, habits, andresources required for ensuring a brave learningspace that affirms relationships,Customize unit and lesson frameworks that
include diverse perspectives, authentic
connections, and align to state standards.
Employ concrete instructional strategies forfacilitating student discourse.

builds community,

Produce model units that incorporate a range ofand promotes

authors, diverse perspectives, and authentic

healthyconnections to engage students and improve

dialogue in adiverse setting.

Translate equity aspirations into improved outcomes

student learning skills across content areas.
Gain an extensive library of resources to support
ongoing professional growth.

4Flexible Delivery Options
Find a format that fits your budget & capacity
Level

PD for PD Leaders

UDL & Inclusive Practices

Equity & Belonging

1:

Bring the Supercharge Your
Professional Learning Retreat to yourPD leaders.

Request Founder Nicole Tucker-Smith (UDL
expert and Co-chair of UDL Rising toEquity) as a keynote / featured speaker foryour in-person or virtual event.

Engage staff in the Creating Brave
Spaces workshop to cultivate equitablelearning environments that affirm
relationships, build community, andfacilitate dialogue in a diverse setting.

IntroductoryWorkshop

2: Level 1 Plus

Community ofPractice with
On-demandContent

3: Levels 1&2 Plus

In-person
and/or VirtualSessions

Time: 1-2 day workshop
Outcome: PD leaders gain new
insights, templates, guidance andresilience for designing impactfulprofessional learning experiences
tailored for your district.

Access the Supercharge online
community, including video demonstrations and content refreshers basedon the latest in cognitive science.
Time: Annual subscription
Outcome: PD leaders have ongoing
access to video tutorials and updated
digital templates.

Enroll PD Leaders in the SuperchargeYour Professional Learning
Certification Course
Time: 45 hours, 3 CPD credits*
Outcome: Build internal capacity tosupport adult learner variability andimplement effective improvement
initiatives.

4: Levels 1-3 Plus

Leadership
Coaching andCapacity
Building

Engage in PD needs assessment andconsultation to optimize PD design
and measure progress.
Scope depends on local needs.

Time: 30 - 90 min keynote or 1-3 hourbreakout session
Outcome: Experience insight, inspiration,and concrete tips for implementing andsustaining equitable multi-tiered systemsof support.
Gain a private online community tailored tomeet a range of needs, experiences, andknowledge levels. Content includes videos,
downloadable resources, PD mini-lessons,and/or asynchronous courses.
Time: Annual subscription
Outcome: Build a common understandingof UDL/inclusive practices and what thatlooks like for teaching and learning in yourschools.

Engage educators in a series of in-person
and/or virtual sessions to facilitate
implementation of inclusive practices.
Content may focus on lesson planning fordiverse learners, designing the learning
environment to reduce barriers, andassessment for learning.
Scope depends on local needs.

UDL Implementation Academy for Leaders
Time: 2 days
Outcome: 1-3 year Implementation planaligned to district priorities
UDL Coaching Series
Time: 4 90-minute sessions
Outcome: Customized UDL Coaching Guide

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Time: 1 day
Outcome: Identify core ideas, keystrategies, relevant resources, and next
steps for ensuring equitable learningspaces.
Gain a private online community with
tailored content including PD mini
lessons to support Creating Brave
Spaces. Includes a gallery forshowcasing best practices and local
exemplars.
Time: Annual subscription
Outcome: Facilitate and sustain equity
work and share effective practices.

Bring the Curriculum Representation
Workshop Series to your district todesign engaging curriculum withauthentic connections for students.
Time: 4 - 8 sessions (based on scope)
Outcome: Identify gaps, opportunities,
and next steps for designing inclusiveand equitable curricula and student
learning experiences.

Work with expert facilitators to:
Develop your Pushback
Emergency Toolkit
Engage in Equity Team Meetings
Problem solve through leadershipcoaching sessions
Scope depends on local needs.

5Meet theFounder
Nicole Tucker-Smith, founder and CEO ofLessoncast, brings insight and inspiration

Nicole also founded the following three affiliate programs.

into professional learning focused on

The JumpstartPD Network isinclusion and equity. Nicole co-authoreda free online community for
equity-minded educators toSupercharge Your Professional Learning:equip their ability to provide

40 Concrete Strategies to Improve Adult

impactful PD, so that schools
can achieve equitable

Learning, which provides practical how-tooutcomes for all students.

information for applying the UDL

Did We Learn Anything is a podcast

Guidelines to professional learningwhere we explore diverse perspectives

experiences. In addition, she wrote

and question what lessons to learn fromthem.

Remote PD Zen, available on Amazon,Apple Books, and Google Play. Nicole’sDiverse.Decor.Store offers
teaching and learning materials

article, “The Illusion of Equity PD,” wasdesigned to cultivate awarenessfeatured in the March 2021 issue ofand a positive sense of selfefficacy. Merchandise includes

Educational Leadership.

educator wellness andclassroom design resources.

Nicole has served as a teacher, supervisor of parent
support services, assistant principal, and systemwide
coordinator of professional development and training for
Baltimore County Public Schools. She was also a
program coordinator for Johns Hopkins University Center
for Technology in Education and faculty member at theAdditional Articles and Interviews

JHU School of Education. Nicole is an internationalpresenter on Universal Design for Learning, a member of
the CAST National Faculty, co-chair of the UDL Rising toWhy the debate over school curriculum matters to everyoneAuthor ‘Supercharges’ Professional Learning
The Illusion of Equity PD

Equity initiative, and she provides her professional

The Oscars are still failing the ‘DuVernay test’ on race anddevelopment expertise to support implementation of UDL
in P12 and higher education learning environments

representation in cinema
Interview on Edtech Insiders: Universally Designing for
Learning with Equity with Nicole Tucker-Smith

In addition, Nicole hosts the podcast Did We Learn

The Danger of Importing Bias into the Metaverse

Anything and is a dancer and choreographer for FullInterview on PEBC: Cultivating Spaces that Promote

Circle Dance Company where she resides in Baltimore,Agency, Equity, & Connection with Nicole Tucker-Smith
Avoid burnout this fall by focusing on community care

Maryland.

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