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K-12
Leadership Academy for Principals'/Support Staff
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Division
of Operations and Instruction
 "Welcome
to the Leadership Academy for Principals and Support Staff. We all
understand the importance of the
 roles we fill as instructional leaders.
We also recognize the importance of having access to timely, relevant,
research-based strategies so we are equipped to make the leadership
decisions that will have a direct impact on raising student achievement.
With this in mind, we will be delivering leadership training sessions
that you can easily take back to your schools and to your teachers who
also need access to timely, relevant, research-based instructional
tools. We hope this website becomes a powerful training tool that will
ultimately help us all create a stronger teaching and learning
organization."
~ Dr. Mary Thurman
District 11 Deputy Superintendent for Instruction and Operations
Mission: To learn and model research-based strategies and procedures
that will ultimately result in increased student achievement.
About the format: The
repackaging of information in this electronic format has been designed to archive all of the
relevant documents or information presented each session in an online
format that can be easily accessed from locations other than the
office.
"We cannot
become what we need to be by remaining what we are."
~Max
Depree
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21st Century
Schools
Presenters: Dr. Brenda McBrayer, David Malone, Vince Puzick,
Date: November 4, 2007 |
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@1st
CenturyDecember 7, 2006
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Curriculum Alignment &
Building Walk-Throughs
Presenters: Dr. Brenda McBrayer, David Malone, Vince Puzick,
Dora Gonzales, Dr. Mary Gromko, Peggy Vigil, Tom Fleecs, Derek
Swanson, Julie Shaw, and Stacy Brisben
Date: September 6, 2007
Description: Participants met in leveled groups for an
overview of online curriculum alignment guides, pacing guides,
and District 11 Diamond Lessons. Principals brought samples of
Building Walk-Through documents used during the previous year.
After meeting in small groups and sharing samples, participants
developed a list of criteria that should be included in model
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November 4, 2006 |
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New Teacher Orientation
Presenters: Dr. Brenda McBrayer, Dr.
Shirley Stevens, Pat Ring,
August 8-10, 2007
Description: The orientation took place in two parts: Onsite
Training at the schools, and District Training at Tesla.
District Training included sessions on Culturally Responsive
Teaching, Lesson Design, response to Intervention,
Communication, First Day of School, and Reflective Practice.
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November 4, 2006 |
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Reciprocal Teaching and
Building Walkthroughs
Presenter: Brenda McBrayer
September 1, 2006
Description:
In this session, participants
will explore and discuss the components of Reciprocal Teaching,
and what they look like in practice. Strategies associated with
reciprocal teaching can increase students' reading comprehension
regardless of which type of text students are reading.
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Differentiated
Instruction:
Personal Mastery & Lifelong Learning
Presenter: Edlyn Plute
October 5, 2006
Description: This session focuses on types
of Differentiated Instruction. Participants will be given
opportunities to analyze and discuss our current efforts at
"taking students from where
they are today to where we
need them to be by using their learning profile, their
interests, and their level of readiness.” As part of personal
mastery and lifelong learning, every educator needs know and
understand his/her learning patterns. Extended learning includes
activities for teachers to discover their dominant learning
styles, mind styles, peak learning times, Keirsey-Bates
Personality Profiles and more. |
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Culturally Responsive Teaching
Presenter: Lavonne Neal
Date: November 4, 2006
Description:
“My hope is that administrators and support staff
members will walk away from this training session inspired, with
an understanding of how each one of them as teacher leaders can
return to their schools and, in turn, inspire their teachers to
operationalize Culturally
Responsive Teaching.
~ LaVonne Neal
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December 7, 2006
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5 Components of Reading Instruction
Presenters: Vince Puzick and D11 School Leaders
Date: December 7, 2006
Description: School-wide
literacy visions must address the five components of reading
instruction to meet the needs of students as they become
proficient readers of challenging texts. Proficient readers are
developed through quality instruction in each of the five
components. By understanding each of the five components, we
will all be able to embed best practices in literacy throughout
all content areas. |
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January 11, 2007 |
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Response to Intervention
Presenters: Bob Howell and D11 School Leaders
Date: January 11, 2007
The
Response to Intervention model, when implemented with fidelity,
has proven to be effective in raising student achievement. The
information in this module is relevant for principals and school
leaders regardless of their current stage of RtI implementation.
In addition, the RtI Support Team members are ready and eager to
assist schools in the initial planning, implementation, and
evaluation stages of the program in your school. |
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Professional Learning Communities
Presenters: Rob Slauson, Rusty Moomey,
Katherine Tapia-Griego
Date: February 1, 2007
Professional Learning Communities provide and effective
organizational structure that can raise student achievement by
increasing educator collaboration and by changing the way
schools do business.
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Curriculum Alignment and Pacing Guides
Presenters: David Malone & Content Area
Coordinators
Date: March 1, 2007
School
districts that have risen to meet the challenge of a diverse
student population have done so by implementing a viable and
cohesive curriculum guided by quality Curriculum Alignment and
Pacing Guides. Review and participate in a planning session to
critique the quality of our current documents and see examples
of innovative ways to improve the D11process of curriculum
management. |
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School Improvement Planning, Accreditation, & Counselor
Comprehensive Plans
Presenters:
Shirley Stevens, David
Malone & Laurie Maxson
Date: April 5, 2007
The
purpose
of this session is to familiarize
principals with the process needed to complete the revised SIP. The
quality of work done in the School Improvement Planning Process can
be increased through effective use of Continuous Quality Improvement
process and effective problem identification. Participants will
leave with a
clear understanding of the process and examples to be used with
School Improvement Team/or Building Leadership Team. |
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Celebrations and Planning for 2007-2008
Presenters:
Mary Thurman
Date: May 5, 2007
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Year-End
Evaluation Survey |
