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.....
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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 structural change. For more information and.....
Curriculum & Alignment Institute
Overview
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development will provide training for district-based teams in Alaska in the implementation of effective curriculum management strategies. Regardless of a district’s current level of curriculum management, the Institute will assist districts in identifying next steps toward having manageable, locally informed, and efficiently-operating curriculum practices. The workshops are supported by the Alaska Comprehensive Center.
Objectives for the March.....
Webinar: RTI in Mathematics at the Secondary Level
The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar on January 10, 2012, on RTI in Mathematics at the Secondary Level, featuring Dr. Takako Nomi from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research and Dr. John Woodward of the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound. Dr. Nomi shared her research on how to help struggling students catch up on foundational skills needed to master algebra, and Dr. Woodward discussed how to motivate middle school students and get them engaged in mathematics.
Improving K-3 Reading Comprehension
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
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.....
Collaborative Meetings
Based on the research literature, this guide was developed specifically to support Alaska educators’ efforts to increase student learning by meeting together to collaboratively monitor the progress of their students, assess students’ learning needs, and decide how to tailor instructional practice in response to those identified needs. There is a DVD that accompanies this guide that.....
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.....
Webinar: Writing and Writing Instruction Improve Reading: What We Have Learned from Research
The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar on April 21, 2011, featuring Dr. Steve Graham, co-author of "Writing to Read", a meta-analysis that examines the influence of writing on reading skills. He presented an overview of the findings and described implications for practice. He also provided specific examples of how writing facilitates reading and reading development. The archived WebEx file can be accessed here. The PowerPoint presentation used during the webinar and a synopsis of the report is available for download below, and the full.....
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.....
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