Professional Development
From Structure to Instruction: 2012 Institute on High School Design and Improvement
Education Northwest’s 2012 Institute on High School Design and Improvement will take place on the West Coast this year—in Seattle, Washington, June 29–July 1, 2012. The fifth annual From Structure to Instruction Institute will build on the success of the previous institutes by offering best practices, tools and strategies, and personalized coaching by experts in the field to help school and district teams tackle the intensive work of instructional improvement and.....
Domain Resources
Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8
This resource from The National Academies Press is an update to the previous round of National Research Council publications that redefine what it means to be proficient in science. It provides key ideas on what it takes for teachers to provide high-quality science instruction and to support students in learning science effectively. It also provides a framework for thinking about the core elements of scientific knowledge and practice and provides evidence to support these key elements that ultimately form a foundation for science education in.....
Behavior and Classroom Management: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Implementation
Webinar: Wednesday, May 25 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. AK Std Time
Are you concerned about how to implement and sustain classroom management and behavioral interventions? This interactive webinar will highlight the free, online professional development modules and resources on Classroom and Behavior Management provided by the IRIS (IDEA '04 and Research for Inclusive Settings) Center for Training Enhancements. Silvia DeRuvo, Senior Program Associate at the California Comprehensive Center at WestEd, and two classroom teachers will discuss how.....
Using Additional Teacher Collaboration Time to Improve Student Achievement
May 26 9:30am–11:00am (AK Std Time) Teacher collaboration is crucial to improving instruction and accelerating student achievement. In this last session in our webinar series on extended learning time, Ben Lummis, Vice President for the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) and Sarah Gallagher, Program Associate at NCTL will share how more time can be best used to improve teacher collaboration and professional development. The session will explore the essential components of productive teacher time through examples of effective.....
Making Choices to Prioritize Learning Time for Students
May 12 9:30am–11:00am (AK Std Time) Do you wonder how districts, unions, and schools can collaborate to create innovative time and prioritize expanded learning time for students?
Budgets, staffing, and negotiated agreements don’t have to place strict limits on the length of the school day. In this third session of a webinar series on expanded learning time, Ben Lummis, Vice President for the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) and Sarah Gallagher, Program Associate at NCTL will share a framework for flexibly thinking about.....
COI Webinar Series: Using DWW Resources to Support SIG Grantees in Adolescent Literacy
The Center on Instruction has released a series of five webinar modules designed to provide key adolescent literacy principles and practices to support the federally funded School Improvement Grants (SIG). The webinar modules introduce the Center on Instruction (COI) and Doing What Works (DWW) websites' tools and resources and address 1) school leadership, 2) research overview, 3) explicit vocabulary instruction in middle and high school, 4) text discussion, and 5) intensive interventions for struggling readers. Also included for each module.....
Conversations with Practioners: SUPPORTING STATE-LEVEL COLLABORATION AMONG GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATORS
About this document
This booklet has three main parts:
• What is collaboration?
• Recommendations for supporting state-level
collaboration
• Building capacity for collaboration
Part one compares collaboration to other forms of
active partnership (cooperation and coordination) and
encourages readers to consider which type of
partnership is most appropriate for their situation.
Part two describes seven recommendations for
fostering collaboration at the state level and illustrates
them with examples of “collaboration in.....
Coaching for School Improvement: A Guide for Coaches and Their Supervisors (CII)
A Guide for Coaches and Their Supervisors offers tools, tips, and strategies for coaches working with school improvement teams. The guide also offers examples and recommendations for coaches working with teams who are using the online Indistar® tool created by CII.
http://www.centerii.org/restructuring/
Participation over time: Keeping youth engaged from middle school to high school (CII)
This article draws on data collected in a larger study of practices that engage older youth in OST programs over time,...shares insights about programs that successfully engage older youth and the strategies they use to maintain high participation rates.
http://www.centerii.org/ses/
Screening for Mathematics Difficulties in K-3 Students (COI)
This report from the Center on Instruction examines the effectiveness of existing early screening measures and discusses the key features needed to screen kindergarten through third grade students for difficulties in mathematics. The full report can be downloaded here.
The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar in November 2007 in which Ben Clarke, one of the authors, discussed this report.
Screening for Mathematics Difficulties in K-3 Students (COI)
This report from the Center on Instruction examines the effectiveness of existing early screening measures and discusses the key features needed to screen kindergarten through third grade students for difficulties in mathematics. The full report can be downloaded here.
The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar in November 2007 in which Ben Clarke, one of the authors, discussed this report.
Center on Instruction (COI) Launches New Website
The Center on Instruction is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, designed to provide easier access to your specific needs for high-quality educational resources. It is updated to provide a more contemporary look as well as provide better ways to draw attention to latest resources that, as always, are high quality, useful, and relevant to clients.
COI has also added a new topic, eLearning. COI will be posting resources on web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classrooms, and digital collaboration. IMPORTANT: To.....
New Functionality for the Screening, Progress Monitoring, and Instruction Tools Charts
The National Center on Response to Intervention is pleased to announce that the Screening, Progress Monitoring, and Instruction tools charts have been updated to include new functionality . You are now able to sort all columns by clicking the arrow at the top of each column, filter by subject (math, reading, writing) and by grade level (elementary and secondary), and compare a select group of tools by checking the box on the far right. Many features and the content of the chart remain the same, but this new functionality will help you to find.....
Terms of Engagement—Rethinking Teachers' Independent Learning Traits (NCREL)
This Critical Issue piece focuses on teachers as students. It looks at their own independent learning traits in light of today's imperative that they both foster lifelong learners in their classrooms as well as become lifelong learners themselves
ASU's Equity Alliance
Equity Alliance at ASU represents a set of funded programs that promote equity, access, participation and outcomes for all students. Building on educational theory, cutting-edge research, and the momentum of the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), the National Center for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI), and NIUSI-LeadScape, the ambition of the Equity Alliance at ASU is to promote equity, access, and participation in education. It's job is to support state and local school systems with equity related issues.....
Toolkit for Implementing the School Improvement Grant Transformation Model (CII)
This document is intended for use after the LEA has determined that the Transformation model is the best fit for the school. The purposes of this document are to:
•outline action items involved in implementing the School Improvement Grant (SIG) Transformation model and •provide tools and resources to help districts and school implement the Transformation model.
Response to Intervention in Elementary-Middle Math
This multimedia overview explains why states and districts are turning to Response to Intervention (RtI) systems described, including the three instructional tiers and components that are common to most systems. Each sub-section contains a practice summary along with practice help: Learn What Works (video interviews with nationally known research experts), See What Works (slideshows with audio of successful schools that have implemented RTI), and Do What Works (ideas for action and tools and templates).
This resource pertains to K-8 math.....
Find Youth Info provides information, strategies, tools, and resources for youth, families, schools and community organizations that promise to improve school climate
FindYouthInfo.gov was created by the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP), which is composed of representatives from 12 Federal agencies that support programs and services focusing on youth. The IWGYP promotes the goal of positive, healthy outcomes for youth in three significant ways:
» Create and Support youth-serving organizations
» Identify and Disseminate Promising and Effective Strategies
» Promote Enhanced Collaboration
Docs.Teach.org (National Archives teaching resources)
The National Archives has launched a new online tool for teaching with documents. Not only does DocsTeach.org welcome educators to explore thousands of documents in a variety of media from the holdings of the National Archives, but it also allows teachers to combine these materials using clever tools to create engaging activities. Teachers can create lessons from scratch, adapt lessons from others, or let their students create the lessons, and a single suite of tools can be applied to a range of subjects and skill levels. FOR MORE.....
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