An overview and brief examples and non-examples of CIF strategies
An overview of the Common Instructional Framework strategies on one-page.
One-per-page posters of CIF practices for classroom display.
A one-page document with descriptions of the Common Instructional Framework strategies.
A slide deck focused on the rationale for collaborative group work, protocols for collaboration and incorporating collaboration into lessons.
A rubric to evaluate the quality of collaborative group work.
A slide deck addressing the implementation of Collaborative Group Work.
A white paper detailing best practices for cooperative group work.
A set of spotlights illustrating how innovative teachers use CIF strategies in English Language Arts classes.
A checklist to help educators identify student behaviors when using the Common Instructional Framework.
A two-page document that crosswalks the CIF strategies with other frameworks including the Texas Literacy Initiative, Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol and Project Based Learning.
Jobs For The Future one-pager on the Common Instructional Framework outlining the six strategies to build college readiness.
A set of spotlights illustrating how innovative teachers use CIF strategies in math classes.
Part of Jobs for the Future publication series Students at the Center that explores the role that student-centered approaches can play to deepen learning
and prepare young people to meet the demands and engage the opportunities of the 21st century.
Part of Jobs for the Future publication series Students at the Center that explores the role that personalized approaches to learning can play to deepen learning
and prepare young people to meet the demands and engage the opportunities of the 21st century.
Printable rubrics for the CIF strategies.
Cards describing group roles for students in literacy groups and in collaborative group work.
Sample questions for teachers or coaches when reflecting on the application of the Common Instructional Framework.
A set of spotlights illustrating how innovative teachers use CIF strategies in science classes.
A set of spotlights illustrating how innovative teachers use CIF strategies in social studies classes.