Champlain Valley Educator Development Center (CVEDC-ESA)

Make Scaffolding Your Superpower! (Grades k-8)

Presenter: Megan Grube, Assistant Superintendent Maple Run USD

Who Should Attend? Classroom Teachers, Interventionists, Special Educators, and Coaches

Is this mini series for you? Have you been wondering any of the following?

• How do I keep expectations high for students and provide different access points for varied learners?
• How do I help build independence and autonomy in my students so they can persist through challenges?
• Differentiation, scaffolding, UDL, personalized learning...How do I do it all?
• How do I offer support AND build skills at the same time?

Unlock your full potential and ability to engage each and every student in rigorous instruction with strategic, proactive planning and efficient tools. This targeted, practical training on instructional scaffolding will give you tangible tools, approaches and clarity that will impact student achievement.

By the end of this mini series, participants will be able to:

✅ Clarity on Scaffolding: Define what scaffolding is and how it supports independent and confident learners.

✅ Practical Planning Tools: Learn and use tools for each of the 3 "Knows" of scaffolding to create a proactive system for scaffolding.

✅ Foster Student Confidence: Apply your knowledge so that every day students see what they CAN do and how that can help them unlock what they need to learn next.

✅Master the Fade: Acquire the crucial skill of knowing when and how to gradually remove supports, ensuring students build self-efficacy and achieve true mastery.

Date and Time: February 11, 2026 and March 25, 2026  9am-3:30pm

Location: CVEDC Classroom - Light breakfast and lunch are provided

Cost: including the book- How Scaffolding Works: A Playbook for Supporting and Releasing Responsibility to Students By: Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, John Taylor Almarode

CVEDC Member: $500 

Non-Member: $600

Megan Grube is the Asst. Superintendent for Maple Run USD

Prior to coming to MRUSD she was the Curriculum Director in GISU, has worked as a School Effectiveness Coordinator for the Agency of Education and was an inaugural Ferguson Fellow focusing on effective implementation of MTSS in charter, public, urban and rural settings.