Ratio: Building Knowledge, Learning and Engagement

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Ratio: Building Knowledge, Learning and Engagement

Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Build Classrooms Where Students Learn Deeply

Too many classrooms treat content delivery like a checklist. Students pass through lessons but often don’t engage, think deeply, or retain essential knowledge. Teachers burn energy trying to compensate for gaps, yet these efforts still don’t translate to student gains.

Ratio fixes that. By focusing on knowledge-building and structured discussion, writing, and questioning practices, Ratio helps transform classrooms into environments where thinking becomes the norm and students master the content. Ratio techniques boost the number of students who actively participate and the depth of the thinking they do.

Join Doug Lemov and the Teach Like a Champion team, and leave equipped to train teachers on how to support students in participating fully and thinking deeply. Workshop participants will walk away with a deep understanding of effective techniques PLUS all the materials to pass along this training to colleagues back on campus. 

What You’ll Get (Outcomes)

• A framework for analyzing student engagement in a classroom — Participation Ratio and Think Ratio.
• Strategies to support  participation, engagement, and comprehension across diverse student populations — usable in class the next week
• Practice activities that will broaden teachers’ capacity to increase Ratio through classroom writing, discussion, and questioning.
• A complete Implementation Toolkit — ready-to-use presentation slide deck, participant guides, and illustrative classroom videos of expert teachers.

Why This Works 

• Ratio techniques derive from decades of research in cognition, reading science, and classroom practice. We see these techniques utilized in classroom videos of highly effective teachers.
• Schools using Ratio report marked improvements in student engagement, depth of thinking, writing quality, and classroom discussions — often within weeks.
• TLAC's Train-the-Trainer format empowers your attending educators to lead this workshop back at your campus, using activities, language, and video clips that resonate with your team.

See It In Action: Real Teachers, Real Classrooms

What makes TLAC training different? You’ll watch actual classroom videos showing these techniques in action. This isn’t a boring lecture.

No other training gives you this level of visual clarity. All TLAC workshops utilize content from our video library of over 1,700 clips collected over 17 years from master teachers around the globe. You’ll leave knowing exactly what these techniques look like in real life.

Practice Until You’re Confident

You won’t just learn these techniques. You’ll practice them repeatedly until you can teach them to others.

Through guided practice sessions, participants will:

• Practice techniques with peers
• Get feedback from expert facilitators
• Build confidence through repetition
• Action plan to guide practice with teachers back at school

Leave ready to lead professional development that actually changes teacher practice.

Pricing

Tickets are $1,000.00 per person for 2 full days of training with breakfast and lunch.

For $1,000 more (the cost of one additional ticket), train your entire school with an Implementation Toolkit, including:

• Complete editable PowerPoint presentations
• Participant materials you can use as-is or customize
• Video clips to use in your training, from a range of schools, subject, and grade-levels

Payment Note: Schools will receive a single invoice after the workshop for all combined ticket and toolkit costs. 

EventBrite Note: There is a $200 non-refundable deposit for all registrants. Credit card purchasers will pay this deposit at time of registration. Pay-by-invoice option is available for schools to avoid this credit card deposit, but cancellations will still be invoiced for deposit amount.

Who to Send

TLAC workshops use a Train-the-Trainer format. We prepare instructional leaders and school leadership teams to deliver excellent training on Teach Like a Champion 3.0 techniques. Schools typically send a team of two to five instructional leaders and teachers in order to have several key team members ready to deliver and support the training back at their campuses.

No need to hire additional consultants or send everyone to training. Your team becomes the experts who sustain these effective practices in your classrooms.

Workshop Details

📍 Location: Trident Technical College, North Charleston, SC

📅 Dates: January 22-23, 2026

⏰ Time: 2 full days of intensive training

Registration closes January 9, 2026. Limited Space Available. We cap attendance to ensure every participant gets personalized attention and practice time.

I loved all the sessions. This week has been my favorite teaching workshop. There were many great tools I learned to better my classroom culture and to increase my think and participation ratio. - CASA Academy, Arizona

I took a great deal away from learning about “Writing for Ratio!” Highly informative and I can’t wait to begin tailoring quick “jot it down” writing into this upcoming school year. I’m so intrigued to learn about the Habits of Discussion during tomorrow’s portion of the training! - Plato Academy, Florida

Presenter preparation was obvious! Very knowledgeable presenters who were engaging and enthusiastic. Material is applicable immediately! Thank you for opportunities for planning and practice! - Windsor Elementary, Texas