The art and science of classroom conversation.

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  • Online PD
  • 90 Minutes

Teach Different Method Training

A structured conversation routine that brings student voice and critical thinking into the lessons you already teach.

For Middle and High School Teachers

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Multiple Sessions Available

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What this is

A tool you add. Not a new curriculum.

The Teach Different Method is a discussion routine you bring into the lessons and curriculum you already use. It doesn’t replace what you teach. It changes how your students engage with it.

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The Method

Structured conversations that work with
any curriculum.

A four-move routine you can drop into any unit or lesson. Passive classrooms become engaged ones.

  • Every student speaks — every voice heard, every perspective valued.
  • Safe and respectful dialogue — disagreements become learning moments.
  • Deeper thinking by design — students learn to question and think critically.
  • Culture you can feel — trust and belonging built into the daily routine.

What You Get

A Training, a Community, a Pathway.

90-Minute Online PD Session

Learn the full conversation routine in one sitting, outside school hours. Use it in your classroom the next day. Certificate of Participation included.

Access to the Professional Learning Community

Bring your phone! You’ll be signing up for a nationwide network of educators using the method. Live trainings, conversation modelings, shared resources. Access starts the day you attend and runs through the end of the school year.

Optional Certification Pathway

A seat is reserved for you in a 10-week certificate program if you choose to participate. Complete three conversation cycles to earn certification.

Limited Availability

Trainings are limited. Seats are filling.

We’re running a limited series of workshops this season. To keep each session intimate and high-quality, every training is capped. One spot in each is reserved for one teacher from your school.

10

Participants per training, max. Small by design.

1

Seat reserved for one representative from your school.

90

Minutes. One Zoom session. Outside school hours.
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Multiple session dates available — choose what fits your schedule. Seats are filling.

Teacher Voices

Real stories from the classroom.

Francesca Massing

Social Studies Teacher
Grayslake High School
Grayslake, Illinois

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This training is part of the TDMT Statewide Expansion Project led by Teach Different, the Democracy School Network,
and The Illinois Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities.

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