Dr. Montra L. Rogers
Director of Partnerships & Instruction
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Our Services
Building capacity
through partnership
Turning Vision
Into Practice
We work with districts that believe in creating classrooms where curiosity drives learning; meaningful conversations happen daily; and students see themselves as thinkers, investigators, and engaged citizens.
How do you make great instruction happen consistently across classrooms, campuses, and grade levels? Through coaching, professional learning, leadership development, and consultative support, we help districts turn aspirations into action.
Consultative Services
Curriculum Development Coaching
Create coherence and clarity across your program through support with scope and sequence development, instructional frameworks, resource alignment, and curriculum planning.
Instructional Coaching
Strengthen instruction where it matters most through job-embedded coaching focused on student learning, lesson implementation, instructional decision-making, and teacher growth.
Instructional Rounds
Gain a clearer picture of teaching and learning through collaborative classroom observations that uncover trends, inform decisions, and support continuous improvement.
Leadership Development
Inspire action, build capacity, and sustain success through vision setting, stakeholder development, implementation planning, and our multiyear Social Studies Leadership Corps.
Professional Learning
Classroom Instruction
Move from planning to powerful instruction with favorites like Plan, Practice, Teach; Adding Teacher Moves; and It All Starts with Geography, along with many other classroom-ready sessions.
Disciplinary Literacy
Help students read, write, discuss, and think more deeply through offerings such as Good Noise; Cultivating Student Writers; This Is Disciplinary Literacy; and more.
Assessment for Student Success
Turn evidence into action with practical approaches from Formative Assessment in Social Studies; RARE-ing to Go!; and additional sessions focused on student growth.
Leadership Development
Build strong learning communities, support teacher growth, and drive student achievement through Formative Assessment in Social Studies and Foundations of Effective Social Studies Leadership.
Popular Sessions
Lesson Internalization
Adding Teacher Moves
Equips teachers with strategies to prepare for effective Tier I instruction. Includes planning time to ensure immediate classroom application.
Effective Instruction
Plan Practice Teach
Guides teachers through a planning protocol for personalized lesson design. Ensures instructional resources are used with purpose and clarity.
Geographic Literacy
It All Starts with Geography
Explores how to use maps, globes, and data to study the world. Helps teachers embed geographic skills into instructional practices for deeper content understanding.
Big Ideas for Transforming Learning
Explore the ideas, research, and practices shaping the future of social studies and helping students thrive in a complex world.
White Paper
Geography Is Foundational
Explore why geographic literacy is a critical building block for student learning and understanding.
Web
The Values Behind Meaningful Learning
See how our instructional values empower students to ask questions, explore perspectives, and own their learning.
Blog
Beyond the Lecture
Learn how shifting from delivering content to designing experiences leads to deeper, longer-lasting learning.
Upcoming Webinars
The Practitioner
Let Them Own It
September 17, 2026
Help students become independent thinkers with practical strategies that promote visible thinking, academic conversations, and ownership of learning.
The Practitioner
Classroom Foundations
October 8, 2026
Gain practical strategies to better support today’s teachers, strengthen instruction, build confidence, and improve long-term teacher retention.
The Practitioner
Human Raised, Human Ready
November 5, 2026
Discover a balanced approach to AI that expands learning while preserving the relationships and experiences essential to child development.
Meet the Team
Partnerships & Instruction Team
Through collaborative consulting and professional learning, our Partnerships & Instruction team empowers leaders and teachers to build lasting instructional capacity.
Jamie Filipow
Partnerships & Instruction Coordinator
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LaChardra “Chardra” McBride
Partnerships & Instruction Coordinator
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Regina Wallace
Partnerships & Instruction Coordinator
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