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CONCURRENT SESSIONS | SET J
DECEMBER 6, 2016
TUESDAY
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
WEDNESDAY TUESDAY
MONDAY
SUNDAY
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J28 |
Problem-Based, Blended Learning:
Design for Success
Discover how you can establish the
conditions where teachers can implement
powerful, 21st-century learning in their
classrooms as represented by rigorous
problem-based, blended, and personalized
learning. Understand the characteristics of
these approaches and learn how districts
and schools are designing systems for
successful implementation. Leave with the
resources you need to develop individual,
school, team, and school system capacities
for innovation.
Jane Chadsey, Educurious, Seattle, WA,
jchadsey@educurious.org
Ellen Dorr, Renton School District, Renton, WA,
ellen.dorr@rentonschools.us
Area of Focus: Implementation
J29 |
Leaders: Discover, Communicate,
and Sustain Your School Identity
Learn how to use a genealogist’s
tools and processes to discover your
school’s historical identity in order to
foster community consensus around
a compelling vision and purpose.
Understand how and why you should
shape and communicate the essence
of your story to important stakeholders.
Examine strategies and practices for hiring,
developing, and retaining teachers and
administrators who understand and are
committed to sustaining your school
identity as documented in your story.
Barbara Dill-Varga, Maine Township High
School District 207, Park Ridge, IL,
bdillvarga@maine207.org
Area of Focus: Learning Communities
J30 |
Let’s Play Chess, Not Checkers
The rate of change is faster than our ability
to adapt to technology, increased social
demands, and emotional issues. Most of
us are playing checkers with very limited
moves and limited strategy when we need
to play chess, with multiple pieces, multiple
moves, and more creative solutions. See
how to determine what to keep from our
past and what to adapt and use creatively
for new solutions.
Betty Burks, Adkins, TX, bettyburks@gmail.com
William Sommers, Austin, TX,
sommersb4@gmail.com
Area of Focus: Leadership
J31 |
Student Learning Objectives: One
Measure of Teacher Effectiveness
Learn how an urban school district has
implemented and customized the use of
student learning objectives (SLOs) as one
measure of the new Professional Pathways
for Teachers (PPfT) appraisal system.
Experience a process that helps teachers
with collecting and analyzing data,
determining areas of high needs, setting
an objective, and measuring the student
growth. See how to set up systems that
will help you implement SLOs at your own
campus or district.
Joann Taylor, Austin Independent School
District, Austin, TX, joann.taylor@austinisd.org
Robert Chavez, Austin Independent School
District, Austin, TX, robert.chavez@austinisd.org
Omar Castillo, Austin Independent School
District, Austin, TX, omar.castillo@austinisd.org
Area of Focus: Data
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J32 |
Implementing the Literacy Design
Collaborative Through a Hybrid
Professional Learning Model
Discuss early lessons learned in designing
and implementing a hybrid Literacy
Design Collaborative (LDC) professional
learning model in New York and Louisiana
through a federal Investing in Innovation
(i3) grant. Learn how teachers, coaches,
and school leaders utilized a network of
online and in-person supports to build
teacher competencies in implementing
rigorous standards and using data to
identify leading indicators to gauge
implementation strength.
Megan Jensen, Literacy Design Collaborative,
New York, NY, megan@ldc.org
Sarah Arroyo, Los Angeles Unified School
District, Los Angeles, CA, sxa3440@lausd.net
Tracie Bryant, Los Angeles Unified School
District, Los Angeles, CA, tholden@lausd.net
Area of Focus: Learning Designs
J33 |
Leadership Talent Assessment
Learn how school districts can recruit,
develop, and retain visionary principals
who will continue to drive teaching and
learning improvement. Dive into the
new research-based Principal Talent
Management Framework for school
superintendents and district leadership
teams created by the George W. Bush
Institute and American Institutes for
Research. Self-assess your own district
policies and practices pertaining to
supporting and growing your own
principal talent. Design action plans to
begin improving a targeted policy or
practice areas for improvement.
Eva Chiang, George W. Bush Institute, Dallas,
TX, echiang@bushcenter.org
Matthew Clifford, American Institutes for
Research, Washington, DC, mclifford@air.org
Area of Focus: Leadership
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