25ANNUAL TH - Southern Regional Education Board

SATURDAY, 8:30 A.M.REGULAR SESSIONSSITE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE692. eWalk PACE: Automating Walkthroughs to Improve DataCollection and Monitor ImprovementROOM: GOVERNOR’S CHAMBER CPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8FCODE: HS, MG, TCThis workshop will demonstrate technology in the collection of data todocument school improvement activities. Web-based portal eWalk PACEprovides school leaders and peer mentors with the ability to build templatesand checklists to monitor improvement plans. The program uses tablettechnology to electronically collect walkthrough observations.PRESENTER(S): Michael Curley, Chief Academic Officer, Pennsylvania Departmentof Education — CT Distinguished School Leader Program,Mechanicsburg, PAParticipants who attended the 2011 Site Development Institute pre-conferenceworkshop will reconvene from 8:30 a.m. to noon to develop action plans forimplementation activities.SDI-1. Implementing the HSTW DesignROOM: PRESIDENTIAL BALLROOM ASDI-2. Implementing the MMGW DesignROOM: BELMONT CSDI-3. Implementing the TCTW DesignROOM: CHEECKWOOD DSATURDAY, 10:30 A.M.CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION693. What Great Teachers and Principals Do to Create Great Opportunities for Student LearningTODDWHITAKERROOM: DELTA BALLROOMPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8DCODE: HS, MG, TC, SLDuring his keynote presentation, Todd Whitaker will challenge participants to think critically about the actions andstrategies that great teachers and principals use to enable all students to learn. Attendees will be able to implement eachof these concepts in their classrooms and schools immediately.Todd Whitaker, professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University, has spent his life researching and studyingeffective teachers and principals. Prior to moving into higher education, he served as a math teacher, a basketball coachand a principal at the middle grades and high school levels. Todd has authored numerous publications, including thenational best-seller, What Great Teachers Do Differently.PRESENTER(S): Todd Whitaker, Professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, INPRESIDER:Gay Burden, Director, Secondary to Postsecondary Transition, Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, TN—R – Repeated Session – 2011 Pacesetter School or Award Recipient – MMGW Top 50 Most-Improved School (2008-2010)• – Top 50 High-Implementation MMGW Site (2010)93