From Recall to Rigor

Using Bloom’s Questioning to Elevate Language and Content

Course Summary

From Recall to Rigor: Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Elevate Language and Learning. Presented by SPG Learning at the 2025 Arizona OELAS conference to rave reviews, this workshop is a practical, classroom-focused professional development workshop that shows teachers exactly how to move students from simple recall to deep, rigorous thinking—while intentionally supporting multilingual learners at every step. Educators learn how each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy aligns to a specific step of a 5-step lesson, and how scaffolds evolve as students climb both the cognitive and language ladder. After building this foundation, participants step into an immersive demonstration lesson where they become the language learners. The facilitator teaches a short lesson entirely through the 5-step model, using targeted Bloom’s-aligned questions and scaffolds so teachers can feel firsthand how language comprehension develops. Teachers leave not just knowing the strategies—but experiencing them—equipped with question stems, scaffold templates, and ready-to-use tools to transform classroom instruction the very next day.

Course Curriculum

Michelle Arquines

Michelle has over 20 years experience in multilingual and multicultural education. She has served as elementary teacher, ESL Department Chair, and School-Based Teacher Leader in several school districts. She has also served as an Instructional Coach for Multilingual Learning with large publishing houses. She is currently a Project Manager and Editor for SPG-produced curriculum in English and Spanish.

Michelle has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from the College of Arts and Sciences and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Education from the School of Education at American University in Washington, DC.

Johanna Even

Dr. Johanna Even leads our school and district services work. Dr. Even brings over 30 years of experience in K-12 education -as a bilingual teacher, literacy coach, principal, leadership coach, and district curriculum and instruction leader.

Her experience spans grades K-12 - district and charter schools - dual language, transitional bilingual and SEI immersion, and multiple states (California, Texas, Arizona, and New York). As such, she is acutely aware of the importance of understanding context when designing and implementing programs to support multilingual learners. Most recently, Dr. Even has been serving as education director for an outfit called Hopewell, a nonprofit social services agency. She has expertise in the areas of literacy, multilingual learners, and leadership development. She co-authored a book called Empowering English Learners for Classroom Success.

Course Pricing

PD Workshop - From Recall to Rigor - 5 enrollments

$150 USD

  • 5 enrollments - A practical, 2-hr workshop that shows teachers how to move students from simple recall to deep, rigorous thinking

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PD Workshop - From Recall to Rigor - 10 enrollment

$300 USD

  • 10 enrollments - A practical, 2-hr workshop that shows teachers how to move students from simple recall to deep, rigorous thinking

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PD Workshop - From Recall to Rigor - 25 enrollment

$750 USD

  • 25 enrollments - A practical, 2-hr workshop that shows teachers how to move students from simple recall to deep, rigorous thinking

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PD Workshop - From Recall to Rigor - 50 enrollment

$1250 USD

  • 50 enrollments - A practical, 2-hr workshop that shows teachers how to move students from simple recall to deep, rigorous thinking

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PD Workshop - From Recall to Rigor - 100 enrollmen

$2500 USD

  • 100 enrollments - A practical, 2-hr workshop that shows teachers how to move students from simple recall to deep, rigorous thinkin

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