Professional Development is integral to all that we do. We believe that every educator is an active learner seeking insights, skills and real-world understanding to continuously improve their engagement and connection with every learner. Avant's role involves leading collaborative workshops, webinars and communities to facilitate just-in-time learning, engagement and sharing, and real-world application of insights and skills.

Professional development workshops are built to support the realization and application of insights from Avant's STAMP and Placement tests, ClassPak learning support tool, and iCAN™ personalized learning platform.

Current Workshop Offerings:

• Assessment Foundations: Assessment Literacy in the World Language Classroom
• Data Review: STAMP Test Data Analysis and Review
• Rater Training Foundations: Rating Student Writing & Student Speaking Samples
• Reading in the World Language Classroom
• ClassPak Utilization: Formative Assessment Strategies and ClassPak Training
• iCAN™ Platform Specific:
  • Why Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning – The Power of Evidence
  • Using Textbooks in an Outcomes-Based System
  • Developing Engaging Performance Tasks to the iCAN Statements
  • Developing and Using Rubrics and Scoring Guides for Performance Tasks

Avant webinars are focused on specific areas identified with our educational partners to best address the learning needs of their organization. Webinars may be related to workshop learning events or may be independent based on the needs of the educator group.

Avant's iCAN™ online community is specifically designed for educators to connect and share inquiries and insights related to personalized learning, iCAN™ practices and effective tasks that enable students to show what they can do.