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ASLI Institute 2012 Festival of Ideas
Alaskan Resources
Alaskan examples of successful practices implemented in Alaska schools and districts.
Rural Alaska Principal Preparation and Support (RAPPS)
Research and Best Practices
RAPPS is a comprehensive leadership development program focused on preparation of principals for high poverty and remote Alaska schools, and support for those who are currently serving in those schools. The program consists of three components: 1) preservice, 2) induction, and 3) training and technical assistance for principals in high need districts.
Funded by the US Department of Education: School Leadership Grant Program (CFDA#84.363A)
Tools to Transition to the New Alaska Standards
Alaskan Resources
The Department of Education & Early Development has created a comparison tool for to support the transition to the new standards. This tool can be used to assist educators in analyzing the commonalities and differences between the new standards and the Fourth Edition reading, writing, and mathematics standards (Grade Level Expectations).. This tool is a start toward the transition, and districts may choose to augment the document with more detail. All districts will continue to administer the Standards Based Assessments, which are aligned to.....
District RTI Capacity and Implementation Rubric and Worksheet
Research and Best Practices
This two part rubric and worksheet is for use by individuals responsible for monitoring (1) district-level capacity to support response to intervention (RTI implementation and (2) district-wide fidelity of RTI implementation.
Prevent Dropout with an Early Warning System
Research and Best Practices
This resource provides an overview of the Early Warning System tool and process, which is designed to support students who are at risk of dropping out of school with both school-wide strategies and targeted interventions. It provides background information, an implementation guide, and both a high school and middle school tool to identify and monitor students at risk of dropping out of school
Closing the Achievement Gap: Collaborating to Support Student Success
Research and Best Practices
This resource from The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin focuses on how educators can collaborate to improve student outcomes and strengthen instruction for students within an RTI framework. In particular, it describes the rationale for promoting collaboration between educators, identifies team members who collaborate, and explores a tool that can be used in collaboration. It can support broader school improvement efforts, including the implementation of School Improvement Grants (SIG), by.....
CAI Institute Resources-March 8 & 9, 2012 at the BP Education Center
Alaskan Resources
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development provided training for district-based teams in Alaska in the implementation of effective curriculum management strategies. The institute helped districts in identifying next steps toward having manageable, locally informed, and efficiently-operating curriculum practices.
The listed materials are provided by facilitator Susan McCauley, PhD, and are available for download.
Using Instructional Routines to Differentiate Instruction: A Guide for Teachers
Research and Best Practices
This publication helps educators plan differentiated instruction using 72 formatted activities called Instructional Routines, which provide a structure for teaching specific foundational reading skills. Included is a table which displays the alignment between the Instructional Routines and the Common Core State Standards organized by the five reading components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension).
Intensive Interventions for Students Struggling in Reading and Mathematics -Practice Guide
Research and Best Practices
This guide provides research-based guidance that reflects "best practices" for intensifying instruction in reading and mathematics for students with significant learning difficulties in K-12, including students with disabilities. It can also be used as a resource for instructional specialists and special education teachers who are searching for broad guidelines on the design and delivery of intensive interventions.
CAI Institute Resources-November 9 & 10, 2011
Alaskan Resources
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development has provided training for district-based teams in Alaska in the implementation of effective curriculum management strategies. The resources listed above are from the November 9 and 10 Institute in Anchorage
Handbook on Family and Community Engagement
Research and Best Practices
The Handbook is designed to guide state, district, and school Title I personnel in providing high-quality, research-based family and community engagement programs and experiences. Thirty-six experts on a range of topics contributed to the Handbook. Each chapter provides grounding in research and practical action principles for the field. A concluding chapter lists specific recommended practices for the state, district, and school. The.....
Alaska State Literacy Blueprint-Birth To Graduation
Alaskan Resources
The Blueprint was created by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and a State Literacy Team of Alaskan educators, to focus on the development of children's literacy from birth to graduation. The Blueprint is intended to provide guidance to policymakers, districts, school and community leaders, educators and families about ways to support all children in becoming literate and prepared to fully participate in their chosen.....
New Alaska Standards
Alaskan Resources
Driven by a desire to better prepare graduates for college and careers, the department with the support of Alaska educators and stakeholders has revised the English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards to adequately prepare Alaskan students to compete globally. The Standards were adopted June 2012.
Improving K-3 Reading Comprehension
Research and Best Practices
The Center on Instruction has published a series of four Improving K-3 Reading Comprehension professional development modules designed to provide key principles and practices that support classroom instruction. Each module provides resources useful to federally funded School Improvement Grant (SIG) programs. The webinar modules introduce the Center on Instruction (COI) and Doing What Works (DWW) websites' tools and resources and address 1) the supporting research, 2) teaching comprehension strategies, 3) engaging students with text, and 5).....
Improving Adolescent Literacy in Rural Schools: A Schoolwide Approach
Research and Best Practices
This is the second in a series of webinars especially designed to assist rural school staff with implementation of their School Improvement Grants (SIGs).
The intended audience for this webinar includes all educators engaged in or interested in improving literacy instruction for adolescents—grades 6–12. The presenters were Dr. Debby Houston Miller and Vicki LaRock from the Center on Instruction's Literacy Team. During this one hour webinar, presenters focused on the following guiding questions:
What are the major goals of adolescent.....
Rural School Turnaround Webinar
Alaskan Resources
This was a recording of the first in a series of webinars especially designed to assist rural school staff with implementation of their School Improvement Grants (SIGs).
In this one-hour webinar, Dr. Sam Redding, co-author of the Institute of Education Sciences' practice guide Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools, summarized the recommendations for making significant changes to increase student performance in three years or less.
Early Warning System Middle Grades Tool
Research and Best Practices
The National High School Center's Early Warning System (EWS) Middle Grades Tool enables schools and districts to identify students who may be at risk for academic failure and to monitor these students’ responses to interventions. The tool relies on student level data available at the school or district including indicators for attendance, course failures, and behavior (if available) to calculate potential risk for eventual dropping out. The intended purpose is to support students with an increased risk of academic failure, in order to get.....
New! ----High School Knowledge Database
Research and Best Practices
The National High School Center has announced a free new online resource located on the website: High School Knowledge Database. The Database houses vetted resources on a variety of high school improvement topics that can be sorted and filtered, and replaces the static Topics Web pages that previously housed these resources. The new Database includes three search options: 1) a Keyword text search; 2) a High School Topic Area(s) search; and 3) an option to Search by the Eight Elements of High School Improvement. This last search allows you to.....
ACC Year 6 Program Evaluation
During the first three years of the ACC work (July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2009), evaluators from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) conducted the evaluation of ACC activities. During the fourth and fifth year of ACC operation, the evaluation work shifted as a subcontract from Education Northwest (formerly NWREL) to the staff of Portland-based Educational Support Services, an independent consulting company.
As in the previous years, the overall purposes of the evaluation during this sixth year were, first, to assess.....
Working with Community-Based Organizations to Support Increased Learning Time
Alaskan Resources
School, district, and state staff who work with community-based and nonprofit organizations that provide out-of-school academic programs will find ideas for actions to facilitate program design, implementation, and improvement that is aligned with research-based practices.
Comprehensive Planning Template for Schools
Alaskan Resources
This template was designed to help technical assistance and professional development providers work with schools. The results of this school-level assessment can help school personnel identify actions as part of school improvement efforts to design, monitor, or refine increased learning time models.
Comprehensive Planning Template for Districts
Alaskan Resources
This template aims to help technical assistance providers and district-level personnel identify actions and policies and establish a coordinated and coherent districtwide plan to design, select, monitor, and refine increased learning time models.
Evaluate implementation and outcomes to improve program quality.
Alaskan Resources
This checklist provides guidance and direction to school and district administrators in their efforts to evaluate out-of-school programs and expanded learning time schools.
Self-Evaluation Tool: Providing Individualized and Engaging Instruction in Expanded Learning Time in Schools
Alaskan Resources
District and school staff are encouraged to use this tool to self-reflect on how each of the specified strategies is used as part of planning a longer school day or a longer school year. This self-reflection tool lists six categories of indicators: (a) use of data to inform instruction; (b) professional development; (c) teacher inquiry and collaboration; (d) engaging instruction and enrichment; (e) individualized Instruction; and (f) community partnerships. For each indicator, the user can provide a rating, add a rationale for the rating, and.....
