Producing High Performing Schools
April 22, 2008
This professional cohort is designed for current and aspiring administrators to build personal leadership capacity. The goal is to develop critical areas that when implemented should provide added value in student success. For more information about any of the following, contact Leslie Christian or Rhonda Cavett
Working Systemically : Overview for Administrators, September, 4, 2008 (morning) SEDL’s systemic approach is based on over three decades of research and is designed to directly address issues that have the most impact on student learning. Working Systemically does not provide a quick fix but instead works to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment with state standards; finds solutions that are small enough to be manageable but large enough to make a difference in student achievement; and ensures that leadership at all levels of the system are supportive of the selected focus so that the resources of time, personnel, and energy concentrate on the alignment process. The Working Systemically approach is a systematic way to conduct the comprehensive needs assessments required for Title 1 campuses and districts and provides a format for completing campus and district improvement plans.
Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle: Overview for Administrators, September 4, 2009 (afternoon) The professional teaching and learning cycle is a six-phase process that teachers use for collaboratively planning and implementing lessons that are aligned to the TEKS. It is an integral part of the Working Systemically process designed by SEDL to improve a school’s capacity to increase student achievement. This overview will increase administrators capacity to target professional development on curriculum alignment and the collection and use of data.
Professional Teaching and Learning Cycle: Instructional Specialists, Department Heads, and Teacher Leaders, September 24, 2008. The professional teaching and learning cycle (PTLC) is a professional development approach in which teachers collaboratively plan and implement lessons to their state standards (TEKS). Designed by SEDL to improve a school’s capacity to increase student achievement, this job-embedded process reflects current research on professional development and school improvement. PTLC is an on-going, cyclic process that is designed to improve the quality of professional development; promote collaboration among staff; use data to inform instruction; align curriculum, instruction, and assessment with state standards; create quality and coherence across classrooms; monitor student learning; and develop leadership-support systems for continuous school improvement. Teachers work in collaborative planning teams to study the standards, research and select instructional strategies, develop common lessons supporting instruction, implement the planned lesson, analyze student products, and reflect on the implications of the analysis of the student work.
Data Driven Dialogue: October 1, 2008 Addressing a need to focus your attention and energy on using data, this training will give you a process for guiding data-driven dialogue and tools that pro mote group learning, planning, and problem-solving. (Bruce Wellman Resource)
Federal Accountability and AYP: Scheduled upon request Technical Assistance to guide discussion and dialog regarding the calculation of AYP.
Accountability: Defining State & Federal Systems: July 29, 2008 (Course #1281.3981) This course is designed to provide foundational concepts to the federal and state accountability systems. One goal of this class is to provide participants the opportunity to attain an understanding of specific details relating to the standards and testing options. Particular attention is paid to understanding AYP and the foundations of standards and school improvement.
