Maverik Education ensures teaching and learning is standards driven and student supportive so the experience is the following: To ensure teaching and learning are standards driven and student supportive so experiences are the following: - meaningful, memorable and motivational (instruction) - impactful, measurable and visible (learning) - cognitive, communicative and contextual (assessment) - actionable, achievable and applicable (leadership) - innovative, inventive, and inspirational (technology)
Maverik Education specializes in providing professional learning services and support in the following area:
- Strengthening and sustaining a culture of learning
- Ensuring teaching and learning is standards driven and student supportive
- Teaching and learning for Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
- Teaching and learning with an inquiring mind through inquiry and by questioning
- Simplifying standards to enhance teacher clarity and ensure student understanding
- Tiering instruction based on the demand of the standards and diverse needs of the students
- Differentiating instruction to individualize and personalize learning
- Using artificial intelligence (AI) as a partner, producer or provider of ideas and information
Maverik Education is owned and operated by Erik M. Francis, an international author, educator, presenter, and professional development producer and provider with over 30 years of expertise in education.
Erik is the author of the following bestselling books:
- Inquiring Minds Want to Learn: Posing Good Questions That Promote Student Inquiry (Solution Tree, 2024)
- Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning (Solution Tree, 2022)
- Now That’s a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning (ASCD, 2016)
Through MAVERIK EDUCATION, Erik provides professional learning services and support based on the ideas, research, strategies and work featured in his books to schools and staff. He has facilitated onsite and virtual workshops with schools and staff throughout the United States and internationally in regions such as Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East. He has also been a keynote, featured, and breakout presenter at numerous national, regional, and local conferences and summits hosted by education organizations such as ASCD, Learning Forward, the National Association for Elementary and Secondary Principles (NAESP / NASSP), the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), the Southern Regional Education Board, the College Board, the the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), and the National Teacher Center. He has presented and provicded professional development sessions, trainings, and workshops at schools, districts, organizations, colleges, and universities throughout the United States and internationally