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Nobody actually put it so concisely. I’ve been waiting for something to make the pennies drop and I feel like now I’ve finally got something to go back to my principal with. It’s what I’ve been waiting for.
Rachel, Queensland
The presentation was fantastic. You always have me thinking and reflecting on what I can do to elevate my teaching. It definitely changes my approach.
Kristen, Missouri
My mind is going in so many great creative ways based on what I’m hearing from @marcisseks. It will allow me to stay true to who I am as an educator and still meet admin expectations. Where’s the barb?
Patty, New York
KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS THAT RAISE THE BAR
Marc designs every engagement around your school's needs, culture, and goals, whether that is a 60-minute keynote to open a conference or a multi-day workshop series.
TOPICS:
Strengthening Tier I Instruction: Task Design That Competes for Student Attention
What is the difference between a hook and a barb? One gets attention. The other holds it. Marc gives educators the visual language and practical tools to design lessons that overcome everything competing for their students' attention, and win.
Ideal for: Full faculty PD, curriculum teams, instructional coaches, new teacher cohorts.
Rigor and Higher-Order Thinking in Tier I: Assessing the Process, Not Just the Product
Rigor starts with curiosity. This session shows how to stoke it, blending knowledge and skill in the same lesson and emphasizing process over product, so meaningful learning counts for more than a number in a grade book.
​Ideal for: Elementary and secondary faculties, accelerated learning teams, curriculum directors.
The Atypical School Leader: Developing Credibility and Influence to Meet Today's Challenges
The schools that will thrive in the next decade won't be led by managers of past practice. They'll be led by leaders willing to ask the uncomfortable questions, challenge the systems they inherited, and demonstrate the kind of flexible thinking this era demands. This session is a leadership challenge disguised as professional development. It is not for administrators who are comfortable where they are. It is for the ones who are ready to take that next leap into their future greatness.
Ideal for: Principals, assistant principals, headmasters, district leadership teams, aspiring administrators.
Instructional Leadership in the
Age of AI
We want students to think. AI gives them permission not to. Instructional leaders decide which one wins in their buildings. This session gives them frameworks, including the AI Cognitive Continuum, to make that call and accelerate learning to unprecedented levels.
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Ideal for: Curriculum directors, instructional coaches, building administrators, classroom teachers.
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AI and Academic Integrity: Redesigning Assessments That Require Student Thinking
AI is already in most classrooms, invited or not. The question is whether it is used in ways that deepen learning or bypass it.
Marc shares practical tools to leverage AI as an accelerator for real teaching and avoid the traps, including the AI Infinite Loop where the bot creates the assignment, completes the assignment, and grades the assignment.
Ideal for: Administrators, curriculum teams, tech integration coaches, faculties navigating AI policy.
Beyond Compliance:
Building Faculty Investment in a Culture of Change
"That's the way we've always done it" is the most expensive sentence in education. It costs students. It costs teachers. It costs leaders who can see what's possible and struggle to get their people there.
Marc gives administrators and teacher leaders the language, the frameworks, and the permission to name cognitive entrenchment when they see it and the practical tools to build the kind of professional culture where growth is the expectation, not the exception.
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Ideal for: Administrative teams, teacher leaders, professional learning communities.
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