Provide virtual and on-site professional learning on the digital platform and grade-specific curriculum training¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The publisher supports implementation with Customer Success team assistance plus "various virtual and on-site professional learning for teachers and administrators." Sessions cover how to use Imagine Learning digital platforms and Twig Science curriculum training, with the curriculum training varying "by grade level and district needs." This makes professional development an implementation component rather than an optional add-on.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers and administrators must have access to the Imagine Learning digital platforms being trained on.

Constraints¶

• Curriculum training content varies by grade level and district needs, so it is not a single standardized sequence.

Target Learners¶

• Teachers of Grades K–8 science
• School administrators

Target Learning Goals¶

• Effective use of the Twig Science curriculum
• Operation of Imagine Learning digital platforms

Related Strategies¶

• Twig Science Curriculum K 8
• Implement Classtime with a kick-off training day plus ongoing grade-specific follow-up sessions
• Multi-format professional learning for curriculum implementation (on-site, virtual, blended, coaching)
• Layered professional development for curriculum implementation (webinars, workshops, coaching)
• Layered implementation support for teachers adopting a new science curriculum: preservice training, follow-up training, and a science coach
• Layered professional learning and support for teachers implementing individualized software
• Assign a dedicated site expert and site-developed professional learning plan when implementing Imagine Language & Literacy
• Use optional professional development sessions for administrators and educators to support Imagine Math implementation
• Provide LLI interventionists with 3-day formal training including follow-up on-site coaching
• Support program implementation with curriculum-embedded professional learning: workshops, planning and classroom coaching, leadership walkthroughs, and student-work data analysis
• Implementation Success Partnership with check-ins and training events for all staff
• Provide a structured first-year Getting Started Experience plus year-long administrator training when adopting a comprehensive curriculum
• Offer optional virtual or on-site professional development tailored to administrators and educators
• Pursue continuous collaboration between digital learning platform providers and school districts, with teacher training, to interconnect platform use with instruction

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Twig Science — Evidence Rating: Promising. (2025). Imagine Learning program evidence summary. https://evidenceforessa.org/program/twig-science/