2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog

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Leading and Sustaining a Data-Informed Culture
What are the leadership actions needed to support student learning through
the implementation of data-informed school and district cultures?
Leadership
Never before have the demands for academic achievement been as pressing for educators and as
imperative for students. In the Common Core Standards-driven curriculum, instruction, and assessment
environment, research overwhelmingly verifies that the most powerful way to increase student learning
and motivation is through the implementation of data-informed decision making. This full day session is
designed as an overview of the rationale for and leadership actions required for building, leading and
sustaining a data-informed culture within your school. During this full day session, participants will:
• Explore the rationale for creating and sustaining a data-informed culture that supports real-world,
student-involved learning and achievement
• Recognize that in order to be a data-informed culture, educators must identify the intended Depth of
Knowledge (DOK) found within each standard and use that to align instruction and assessment
• Determine the need for a school/building-wide balanced assessment system including formative and
summative assessments used by and with students to chart progress toward standards
• Understand that in order to sustain a data-informed culture, educators must build and execute a plan
for all stakeholders that includes a well articulated, multi-phased approach to standards, assessment,
and learning for all.
PARTICIPANTS: Building and district administrators, teacher leaders
DATE/TIME: Oct 4 2013 8:30AM - 3:00PM
COST: $169 for Curriculum Center Members; $194 Curriculum Center Non Members
LOCATION: Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Yorktown Heights, NY; School Services Building
FACILITATOR: Karen Bailey is an educational consultant who presents extensively throughout the United
States and Canada. Her experience began with classroom teaching and teacher mentoring, curriculum
and assessment writing, and instructional coaching. While at Measured Progress, one of the major
national assessment and professional development providers, Ms. Bailey was trained by Dr. Rick Stiggins
of ETS/ATI. She created and delivered training sessions and workshops, as well as long-term assessment
planning and development programs with districts nationwide. She has worked at the national, state,
provincial, district, and school levels to implement long-term professional development programming,
establish education best practices, and assist in the creation and implementation of classroom-based
formative and summative assessments. As a project manager for an English Language Learner (ELL)
13 state consortium, she supervised the creation of ELL standards, piloted and field-tested assessment
items, and assisted in the creation of a high-stakes assessment. She worked for Solution Tree on the
implementation of Professional Learning Communities, Curriculum Mapping and 21st Century Learning,
and is now the President of Bailey Educational Consulting.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY: 9/20/2013
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