Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Richard and Rebecca DuFour November 24, 2009 Free Webinar Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Doing Whatever It Takes to Improve Student Learning Hosted by Richard and Rebecca DuFour Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:00 p.m. EST Register today! This webinar examines the practices of schools that have used the professional learning community (PLC) process to help struggling students become proficient and to enrich and extend the learning for students who are already proficient. Learn the big ideas that drive the work of a PLC, examine some of the necessary cultural shifts, identify the parameters that lead to effective intervention and enrichment, and review the results from elementary, middle, and high schools serving diverse student populations throughout the United States. Professional Development Defined 04/16/2009
The National Staff Development Council (NSDC) recently posted three videos to their site. The videos were produced by The School Improvement Network and they are beneficial to K-12 educators. If you are beginning to create curriculum units using Understanding by Design, aligning the curriculum with Curriculum Mapping, training teachers to develop Common Formative Assessments, or changing from teachers working in isolation to teachers and administrators functioning as a Professional Learning Community, then these videos will be a valuable resource. | AuthorSteven Weber is the Director of Secondary Instruction for Orange County Schools in Hillsborough, NC. Weber has served as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, and state department of education consultant in Arkansas and North Carolina. He consults school systems in aligning their curriculum and in unpacking curriculum standards.  ArchivesMarch 2010 CategoriesAll |
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