Making Thinking Visible: 4 Key Practices to Support Learning
Oct 15, 2026 3:30PM—5:00PM
Location
Virtual
Cost Early Bird Pricing for Members (Available until Sep 10) $225 members; $170 group-rate 3+; $435 non-members
Categories Curriculum & Pedagogy, Intensive, Online, School Leaders, Social & Emotional Learning, Staff, Teachers
ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
The use of thinking routines and the idea of making students’ learning and thinking visible originated at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and has captured the interest of schools and teachers worldwide, especially as educators navigate the disruption of AI. With such popularity, we sometimes get superficial use of the routines. For example, teachers may use thinking routines as simple activities. The real power of thinking routines comes from using them to establish patterns of thinking in the classroom, but how do teachers move beyond the use of routines as good activities to their establishment as patterns of thinking? What do classrooms look like when such patterns take hold? How do thinking routines engage students in active learning?
Drawing on the book The Power of Making Thinking Visible, this interactive workshop with author and educational leader Ron Ritchhart will provide participants with the chance to learn how teachers at all levels can make students’ thinking visible through 4 key strategies: thinking routines, documentation, questioning, and listening. The effective use of these practices can transform classrooms into cultures of thinking. For those already using thinking routines, the coordination of these practices in tandem will elevate their practice.
Participants will:
- Understand the transformative potential of making thinking visible
- Explore specific practices for making thinking visible and how these practices support one another to advance students’ learning
- Examine the key thinking moves necessary for students to build understanding and how we can make these central in our teaching
AUDIENCE
This workshop is ideal for K-12 classroom teachers, curriculum designers and instructional coaches, school leaders and administrators.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Ron Ritchhart currently directs the Worldwide Cultures of Thinking Project and serves as Executive Director of the Cultures of Thinking Foundation. Ron is a world- renowned and award-winning educator, researcher, and author. For over 25 years, Ron was one of the leading researchers and Principal Investigators at Project Zero at the Harvard where his research focused on understanding how to develop, nurture, and sustain “cultures of thinking” for both students and teachers. Ron maintains his classroom and school-based research and writing today and continues to design and instruct online courses for Project Zero. Ron’s ability to seamlessly merge theory, research, practice, and application together in a highly accessible and engaging manner has made him a best-selling author and sought after speaker. Ron is currently working with Mark Church and Karin Morrison on a completely updated and revised version of the Making Thinking Visible due out in late 2027.
Cancellation Policy
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