Pre-Order the Leading Equity Book Today! About Jorge Valenzuela Jorge Valenzuela has years of experience in education as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist, and now an educational coach and consultant. Currently, Jorge is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University, and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined (LLD). Through LLD — he provides engaging professional development (PD) and coaches assistant superintendents, directors, principals, and teachers. Additionally, he provides PD on behalf of ASCD, Corwin, and PBLWorks. Through modeling direct instruction in tandem with evidence-based strategies and educational protocols, Jorge provides sessions for educators that are inspirational, actionable, and fun. These sessions aim to redesign entire schools and classrooms by empowering educators to understand and implement federal policy, the needs of the workforce, and sound teaching practice through project based learning (PBL), computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and social and emotional learning (SEL). Show Highlights Instructional coaching design Modeling instructional practices Going beyond worksheets Culturally responsive coaching Connect with Jorge Instagram Twitter Website Additional Resources A Simple Tool for Aligning Instruction and Assessment Learn more about the Advocacy Room Free Course on Implicit Bias 20 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Activities Annihilating Racial Injustice in School Course FREE AUDIO COURSE: Race, Advocacy, and Social Justice Studies