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Training & PD

Training & professional development

SOAR® is built to be turn-key — training is optional. But when a school or district adopts with three or more teachers, the right session gets everyone to the same starting line before the first lesson.

Training options

Training is optional — and most valuable for group adoptions

Training is not required to use the SOAR curriculum. Every license includes turn-key lessons, the teacher presentation tool, and the 8-Step Getting Started Guide, so a single teacher can start without a session.

For schools or districts adopting with three or more teachers, training is encouraged. Consistency across classrooms is the thing most PD promises and rarely delivers — a shared session gets every teacher pacing, planning and assessing the same way from day one.

Three options are available:

Most popular

Live, virtual training (Zoom): eight steps to get started

Our most popular option for new adoptions, this 90-minute session answers the questions every new team has:

  • How do I log in?
  • Materials and supplies: what is included? Is anything more needed?
  • How do I use the curriculum to match my (or my school's) desired outcomes?
  • What are some different ways I can use the materials to deliver instruction?
  • How do I pace lessons?
  • What is the most efficient way to plan lessons?
  • What are some of the strategies my students will learn?
  • How do I assess progress?

The session is shaped around your specific objectives and parameters for delivering the curriculum — schedule, use of technology, and so on. When you schedule, you'll be asked a few questions in advance so your trainer arrives already knowing them.

  • Online session with a SOAR-certified trainer: $1,975
  • Online session with SOAR author Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed.: $3,875
The SOAR curriculum system — student book, student software, and teacher presentation tool

See it in action

What's inside?

Student materials are modular — book, software, or both. The teacher presentation tool brings it together with slides, scripts, and assessments.

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The student workbook PDF is yours immediately — or look inside one live lesson first, no sign-up needed.

For specialized initiatives

Live, in-person training: SOAR optimized for your environment

This training is for districts and schools with specialized initiatives. It covers every question the virtual session does, but is fully customized to demonstrate how the SOAR curriculum materials and learning principles can meet your specific objectives and parameters.

All sessions include:

  • Pre-consultation, to ensure the customized session meets your school or district's needs.
  • For each participant, supplies for all demonstrated strategies.
  • A customized pacing guide for your school or district.

Live, in-person training options*:

  • Training for teachers (3–6 hours, up to 25 teachers): $4,950 + travel expenses
  • Training for teachers + student workshop (one day, up to 9 hours, 25 teachers, 35 students): $5,750 + travel expenses
  • Add a parent session: +$649
  • Each additional 10 people: +$225

*Requires purchase of a curriculum license.

Beyond the curriculum

Custom PD sessions with the authors of SOAR

As experts in brain-based learning and literacy, SOAR authors Susan Kruger Winter and Brian Winter are often invited to speak on topics that don't require use of the SOAR curriculum. Topics have included:

  • Optimal learning strategies across the curriculum
  • "Shortcuts" to help special education get ahead
  • The eight problems with traditional writing instruction… and how to fix them
  • All educators should be reading specialists… and can be… in less than three hours

Pricing typically falls in the same range as the live, in-person sessions above. Contact us or call (800) 390-SOAR to share your specific needs and get a confirmed quote.

Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed.

About the Author

Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed.

Susan is a certified K–12 learning & ELA specialist with 25+ years of experience. She built SOAR from her own struggles as a student. Years later, her son's academic challenges led her into the neuroscience of learning, and The Brain Circuit model emerged from that work. SOAR's executive function curriculum is now used in 5,100+ schools across 53+ countries.

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The SOAR curriculum system — student book, student software, and teacher presentation tool

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