Erik M. Francis | SpeakerHub

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Erik M. Francis is an author, educator, and speaker who specializes in teaching and learning that promotes cognitive rigor and college and career readiness. He is the author of Now That’s a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning published by ASCD. He is also the owner of Maverik Education LLC, providing professional development and consultation on increasing student achievement, teacher effectiveness, program compliance, and overall school performance.

Erik works with K-12 schools nationwide on developing learning environments and delivering educational experiences that challenge students to demonstrate higher order thinking and communicate depth of knowledge in detail, insightfully, and in their own unique way.

Erik is an ASCD Faculty Member, a professional development consultant for the Association for Middle Level Educators (AMLE), a presenter and consultant for First Educational Resources, a presenter for Staff Development for Educators, Inc. and a presenter and instructional coach for FACTS Management. Erik is also one of World's Top 30 Education Professionals for 2019 by the research organization Global Gurus.

Erik's professional development seminars and workshops have been featured at national, state, and regional education conferences hosted by organizations such as ASCD, Learning Forward, the College Board, the New Teacher Center, the Southern Region Education Board, and the Association for Middle Level Education. He has also been a keynote speaker and featured presenter at education conferences addressing topics such as gifted education, school leadership, Title I, English language learners, dropout prevention, charter schools, and social work.

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Current position (2)

ASCD Author

ASCD

Author, Educator, Speaker, Owner

Maverik Education LLC

Achievements (2)

Author, Now THAT'S a Good Question!

Author of the book Now THAT'S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning published by ASCD July 2016.

World's Top 30 Education Professionals for 2019

Ranked #13 of the World's Top 30 Education Professionals for 2019 Global Gurus in education.
https://globalgurus.org/education-gurus-30/

Degrees (3)

M.Ed., Education Leadership

Northern Arizona University

2000 to 2001

M.S., Film and Television Production and Management

Syracuse University

1991 to 1992

B.A., Rhetoric and Communication / English

University at Albany

1987 to 1991

Presentations

Presentations (7)

Now That's a Good Question!

What is a good question -- or rather, how does a good question prompt and encourage students to think deeply and express and share the depth and extent of their learning? Learn how to use the Cognitive Rigor Questions Framework developed by MAVERIK EDUCATION LLC to create good questions that promote cognitive rigor by challenging students to demonstrate higher order thinking and communicate depth of knowledge.

Knowing Is Half the Battle! Teaching and Learning for Cognitive Rigor

How can we prompt and encourage students to think critically and creatively about how they can transfer and use the knowledge they have acquired and developed? Learn how to develop learning experience that promote cognitive rigor by challenging students to demonstrate higher order thinking and communicate depth of knowledge.

What's Up, DOK? Teaching and Learning for Depth of Knowledge

Whhat exactly is depth of knowledge? How does it mark and measure student learning? Learn how depth of knowledge designates the depth and extent students are expected to demonstrate and communicate their learning and how to use the Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Model Context Ceilings developed by MAVERIK EDUCATION LLC to deliver challenging and engaging learning experiences.

Standards-Based Grading with Good Questions

How can student learning be measured accurately and authentically? What if the educational objectives of academic standards were rephrased into good questions that prompt students to demonstrate and communicate their learning? Learn how to use the Bloom's Questioning Inverted Pyramid developed by MAVERIK EDUCATION LLC to rephrase academic standards, educational objectives, instructional directions, and learning targets into good questions that will set the instructional focus and serve as assessments for deeper student learning experiences.

R.E.I.D. to Learn: Research. Examine. Investigate. Design.

How can students learn how to acquire and gather the information they need to process into deeper knowledge and thinking they can transfer and use in their own unique way? Learn how to develop and scaffold good questions that prompt students to read, research, and report background knowledge; examine and explain how and why concepts and procedures can be used; investigate to extend learning; and design to develop and demonstrate talent and thinking.

P.I.P.E.S.: Project-Based + Inquiry-Based + Problem-Based + Expeditionary + Service Learning

D.I.P. It! Differentiate, Individualize, and Personalize Learning

What distinguishes differentiated instruction from individualized instruction and personalized learning? Learn how to use all three practices and the methodologies and strategies associated with them to develop and deliver deeper, student-centered teaching and learning experiences.

Workshops (2)

Now THAT'S a Good Question!

Full day

Learn how to rephrase the performance objectives of academic standards and learning targets into good questions that will challenge students to demonstrate different levels of thinking and communicate depth of knowledge as designated by Webb's DOK Levels.

Depth of Knowledge (D.O.K.)

Full day

Learn what exactly depth of knowledge is and how it can be used to measure the cognitive demand of the learning expectations of academic standards, curricular activities, and assessment items.

Past talks (5)

Now THAT'S a Good Question!

ASCD Empower19!

Chicago, IL

March 15, 2019

Now That's a Good Question!

National Principals Association

Philadelphia, PA

December 31, 2016

Now That's a Good Question!

Youth Empowerment Services Summer Institute

Dallas, TX