What professional development is essential?  What PD improves teacher effectiveness and quality, leads to improved grades and test scores among students, and lowers discipline referrals across the board?  Is there evidence-based PD out there that links gender issues and racial equity?  Are you planning out PD days, as well as long term projects, to help with these issues this year?

Gurian Institute professional development has been proven effective for more than two decades.   If you go to www.gurianinstitute.com and check out the Success drop down menu, you’ll see data from schools and districts around the country.   In today’s blog post, we want to remind you of what we do and invite you to reach out to us for information and program design at info@gurianinstitute.com.

GI has been addressing boys’, girls’, and equity issues for 25 years, beginning with our two year pilot in six school districts in Kansas City, Missouri in the 1990s.  That pilot resulted in improvement in all the areas with which we began this blog post, and more.

Because GI work targets the learning and life needs of children from a brain-based perspective, and because we add to that perspective the specific needs of boys and girls, including trauma-informed education, race and cultural sensitivity, and the gender spectrum, we are able to target our training to areas of specific need that are inclusive of all learning minds.   Our PD is teacher-centered and teacher-friendly, whatever the subject being taught.

On our website, www.gurianinstitute.com, you’ll see action steps you can take to bring PD to you.  Check out the Success, Programs, and Products pages.

We provide on site, online, and virtual PD as well as PD embedded into one year training and support programs, and PD via other ongoing assets.  Michael Gurian and our cadre of Master and Certified trainers provide services throughout the country and around the world.

Our PD, support, and consulting fits nearly every budget and can be funded via Title and similar funds.

Our Wonder of Parenting Podcast (www.wonderofparenting.com), Parent Online Course, and parent talks and trainings specifically help parents at home and parent outreach through schools.

We hope you, your school, and your community will partner with us for exciting and essential professional development.  As you plan your January, Spring, and Summer PD and training, please check out www.gurianinstitute.com and write us at info@gurianinstitute.com.