We have found that there’s a big difference between information about PBL and providing step-by-step training that educators can absorb and immediately put to use. CraftED combines international PBL expertise with experience in the classroom, for realistic, easily implemented training, tips, and guidance where PBL is concerned. Our training is designed to deliver both quality content and convenience. When we do in-person training, we can calibrate, troubleshoot, and quickly equip teachers with plans to go in and teach, instead of mere theory. And for schools on tighter budgets, thousands of educators have moved in a self-taught way through our popular e-courses, books and workbooks, because we make every effort to make PBL easy to understand. We specialize in clearing the path for anyone to become a highly trained PBL provider.

We’re all for direct questions! Our trainings, books and courses are written from both the expert and teacher perspectives, so our users would tell you that we explain things clearly, in a way that saves confusion and saves time. Our products and trainings are highly customizable; whether we’re tailoring an in-person training to your school’s mandates and preferences or your educators are moving in a self-guided way through our variety of e-courses, we avoid a cookie-cutter approach to this highly nuanced area of education, while making it easy to do.

As soon as you begin our courses or books, you will start to feel comfortable with PBL. However, for schools, the longer “arc of learning” can span anywhere from six months to three years to meet distinct goals or requirements.

THE PROCESS: If you choose to do in-person training at your school, we’ll begin with a leadership consultation that assures our personalized workshops will meet the unique needs of your staff.

Our core onsite workshop of PBL 1.0 is typically 4-6 hours; that can be broken up and scheduled around your time constraints. Teachers leave these highly interactive workshops with concrete initial project plans they have created during this step-by-step experience with PBL that can be put to immediate use.

We also offer an onsite workshop of Assessment 2.0, which is typically 2-6 hours. This can be an extension of day one’s PBL 1.0 or provided on a second day. As always, teachers leave with (assessment) tools and (implementation) plans. This workshop includes some individual project coaching to finalize their project plans and tools as well as a follow-up reflection and refinement workshop after teachers run the project, so teachers leave with a revised and improved project as well as a second project.

The PBL Certification course offers the exact same content as our in-person workshops and trainings. These PBL e-courses are viewable on demand, so you can stop, start, go back and more.

NEW!: We now offer sitewide licenses to our e-courses, which allow your entire staff – all grade levels and subjects – to access our popular e-courses and move through the topics of interest at their own pace.

In-person, onsite training is more tailored, adapting content and goals the specific staff. In this scenario, we have more time to explore the details of the project design process. We also offer time for teachers to actually implement the training steps and engage in discussion, to tailor their learning to their experiences. Onsite training also provides full access to CraftED experts to continuously answer questions as you go. These trainings also include copies of our guidebooks for your staff as well as access to our private online library of tools and resources.

We combine our internationally-renowned expertise in PBL practices with the unique factors of your school and staff composition to offer the industry’s leading customized PBL training.

With experience working on PBL implementation at every type of school – from elementary to high school, public, private and charter schools – even online schools – we are familiar with the specific needs for PBL to succeed in each content. We are also familiar with the standards and curricular adoptions that apply, so we can customize projects to meet your district mandates.

Let’s put it this way: after decades of teaching and presenting, we can read the room. Our process always begins with discovery and discussion prompts, so we can identify pain points around PBL and create a strategy for success.

While we have a proven method for teaching PBL, our workshops aren’t cookie-cutter. We use our process while continuously monitoring how attendees are responding, so we are always providing what the room needs to stay engaged and successful. We never just want your staff to leave the room “knowing” PBL; we want them to feel highly confident about their place in it.

For details of how we have customized our PBL training for various schools, please visit our CASE STUDIES!