USNS Essentials

Virtual or in-person, this session sets the vision and provides practice administering and scoring screeners to help your school or district implement USNS successfully.

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Implementing the Universal Screeners for Number Sense (USNS) in a way that has a positive impact requires thoughtful learning, collaboration, and coordination. This virtual, synchronous 90-minute professional learning session is designed to equip teachers, school-based coaches, and instructional leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to administer, score, and analyze the assessments with confidence.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the structure and timing
Understand best practices for conducting interviews
Score with consistency across classrooms
Develop an implementation plan for your school(s)

Duration & Timing

Virtual delivery of the live session is 1.5 hours and includes a 30-minute planning meeting*. Ideally, the session is delivered in advance of fall (BOY) assessments to allow adequate time for teacher preparation. While grade-level delivery is recommended to support deeper exploration of grade-level expectations and practice with relevant tasks, it is not required.

In-person training options can be crafted around your needs and durations vary. Contact us to discuss further.

Who

This training is intended for principals, instructional leadership, and teachers that will be administering the USNS assessments. We cap participation for virtual sessions at 100 participants. Contact us if you would like to schedule multiple sessions for a larger group.

Pricing & Next Steps

Virtual delivery is priced at $900 per session.

One-day, on-site trainings are priced at $4,500 per facilitator and include up to six hours of professional learning, customized to your district’s goals and context. Contact us to discuss further.

*In preparation for the live session, connect with our team for a discovery call to ensure that the format and content align with school/district work, systems, and initiatives.

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