ThinkCERCA

We’re excited to bring our favorite IAA Courses back to the Field Museum! Join us for one or both days, bring your team, and leave with practical ideas to spark courageous thinking around opportunity and excellence for every student.

Two Courses Offered:
🗓️ October 15, 2026 | Course #481 | Leadership Requirements for Moving from Good to Great
🗓️ October 16, 2026 | Course #3807 | Leadership and Learning: Implementing a Change Process
Location: Field Museum
🚗 Parking, breakfast, and lunch included
✅ Attend one day or both!

Spots are limited — register now to lead change with purpose: https://bit.ly/4iO7BAX

Please join us for an overview of ThinkCERCA’s resources from Foundational Reading to Advanced Academics: Advanced Placement English Language and Composition, featuring our own Lory Reddel, Director of District and School Support.

Our AP English Language and Composition course was developed with the College Board. A recent College Board study showed that students who used this courseware achieved 20% growth in AP readiness. The courseware is a blended learning curriculum with print and digital resources aligned to the College Board’s Course Exam Description.

Writing Instruction and Vertical Planning for grades 3-12: how to use close reading and evidence-based writing across IB, AP, AICES, ACT, and SAT prep, with customizable tools that fit your programming needs

Wednesday, September 23rd @ 11 AM CST
Register here:https://bit.ly/4xy7LQF

How to Read and Use the Leveling Assessment Data

How to Read and Use the Leveling Assessment Data Discover how to effectively interpret Leveling Assessment data to support students' reading comprehension and application skills for grade-level texts.

There's still time to register for our upcoming free webinar!
📽️ Part 3: Using Writing Evidence to Drive School-Wide Growth
🗓️ Wednesday, August 19 at 11 AM CST
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4z97OUL

You’ll walk away with:
-A protocol for using writing samples to anchor collaborative team meetings
-A model for translating student performance data into shared instructional priorities across grade levels- Real examples from schools that have sustained this work over time

Catch up on Part 2 and Part 3 on-demand here: https://bit.ly/4z97OUL

Join ThinkCERCA for our free webinar, Using Writing Evidence to Drive School-Wide Growth, and start the school year with practical literacy strategies for school leaders.

📽️ Part 3: Using Writing Evidence to Drive School-Wide Growth
🗓️ Wednesday, August 19 at 11 AM CS
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4hqQynU

You’ll learn:
✔️How to use writing samples to guide team meetings
✔️How to turn student performance data into shared instructional priorities
✔️What successful schools are doing to sustain this work

Catch up on Parts 2 and 3 on-demand: https://bit.ly/4hqQynU

Get ready for the new school year with the ThinkCERCA team and join us for our free webinar, Using Writing Evidence to Drive School-Wide Growth, where we'll equip school leaders with practical strategies for a strong start.

📽️ Part 3: Using Writing Evidence to Drive School-Wide Growth
🗓️ Wednesday, August 19 at 11 AM CST
🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4woDcMG

You’ll walk away with:
-A protocol for using writing samples to anchor collaborative team meetings
-A model for translating student performance data into shared instructional priorities across grade levels- Real examples from schools that have sustained this work over time

Catch up on Part 2 and Part 3 on-demand here: https://bit.ly/4woDcMG

ThinkCERCA's Award-Winning, Research-Based Automated Feedback and Scoring

ThinkCERCA's Award-Winning, Research-Based Automated Feedback and Scoring Read answers to FAQs related to automated scaffolds, scoring, and AI as well as data security and privacy.

What we know from decades of research, and from working directly with districts that have moved the needle, is that writing improves when it becomes a system. Not a program. Not a unit. A shared, coherent approach that spans classrooms, grade levels, and content areas.

Join ThinkCERCA’s District and School Success Manager for Texas, Elizabeth Lalor, and Sheldon ISD’s Secondary ELA Coordinator, Shelley Holland, as they walk through what that kind of system looks like in practice and how to build it without adding more to teachers’ plates.

You'll walk away with:
✔️A clear framework for embedding writing across content areas without overloading teachers.
✔️The research behind why writing accelerates comprehension gains and why it's consistently underused.
✔️A concrete starting point for assessing where your district sits right now.

Wednesday, July 15 at 11:00 AM CST
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Leveraging Leadership to Accelerate Literacy Growth as a Team: Writing Across Disciplines Join our webinar to discover a coherent writing system that enhances literacy across disciplines without overburdening teachers. Learn effective strategies to assess and implement this approach.

What if multilingual learners weren’t seen as “behind”—but ahead?
ThinkCERCA’s latest blog unpacks strategies that challenge deficit mindsets and uplift emerging bilinguals through rigorous, scaffolded instruction.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4exzYQ7