Building Thinking Classrooms is a six-module, step-by-step workshop broken into bite-sized lessons so you can implement what you learn and immediately see the results of building your own thinking classroom.

• Module 1 uncovers why, in traditional classrooms, up to 80% of students are not thinking, why that is so detrimental to learning, and shows us what needs to change in order for thinking to begin.
• Module 2 shows you how to kick start your thinking classroom by using low-floor, high-ceiling thinking tasks, forming visibly random groups to build equity, and swapping desks for vertical, collaborative whiteboards.
• Module 3 shows you how to fine tune your emerging thinking classroom by showing you how to arrange your classroom, helping you to avoid stop-thinking questions, and mastering the art of launching a thinking task.
• Module 4 teaches you to plan a “thin-sliced” sequence of tasks and mobilize the knowledge that is in your room to help you cover large amounts of content in a short amount of time.
• Module 5 teaches you how to close a lesson by showing you how to consolidate from the bottom, move from note-taking to note-making, and rebranding homework to check-your-understanding questions.
• Module 6 equips you with competency rubrics, real-time feedback maps, and data-gathering protocols that turn thinking into learning.

Each lesson is concise, research-backed, and packed with examples. You will learn everything you need to empower every student to think deeply, collaborate confidently, and take responsibility for their learning. Start building your thinking classroom today.

*Next Semester is Oct 6 - Nov 14, 2025, Registration opens: Sep 19 at 8:00AM PDT

Course registration and payment are submitted via Grassroots Workshops. Register Here.(https://grassrootsworkshops.com/workshops/building-thinking-classrooms). 

The clock hour fee upon completion of the course is $48 paid to ESD112. 

Once you complete the course and receive the certificate of completion from Grassroots Workshops, you will claim the clock hours in pdEnroller using the claim code NOS-6PX. You will upload your certificate of completion, complete the short survey, and pay for the clock hours. Once all the steps have been completed, the clock hours will record on a pdEnroller transcript.

https://www.pdenroller.org/clockhours/claim (Link to the clock hour claim page in pdEnroller. If you don't have an account, you will have to create one).