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Anita Harris

The Tech Commandments - 6 views

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    How to implement educational technology successfully by following the "tech commandments" which are ideas aimed to help you make the right choices when integrating tech tools into the classroom. A great read and an AWESOME planning tool!
Derek Kelley

Best Evidence Encylopedia -- Empowering Educators with Evidence on Proven Programs - 0 views

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    This website researches some of the common eduational programs that are in schools and evaluates their effectiveness.
Karen Wester

Educational Leadership:Assessment to Promote Learning:All About Accountability / Can Gr... - 0 views

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    Discussion of AYP, achievement, and the disconnect of AYP data in comparison to growth of student achievement.
Karen Wester

Educational Leadership:Assessment to Promote Learning:Seven Practices for Effective Lea... - 0 views

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    May be helpful as a resource for Administrative Action Plan.
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    Overview of 7 assessment and grading practices to enhance learning and teaching. Best practices include summative assessments, using criteria & models, assess before teaching, offer appropriate assessment, provide feedback early & often, encourage self-assessment and goal setting, and allowing new evidence of achievement to replace old evidence.
Karen Wester

Surviving Accountability: As Easy as AYP : August 2006 : THE Journal - 0 views

  • Established in the No Child Left Behind Act, AYP requires that districts and schools show a minimum, prescribed level of growth in student achievement, until the year 2013-2014, when every eligible public school student must pass state assessments in math and reading.
  • Instead of applying broad academic policies and inviting teachers to statewide conferences to learn about new teaching methods, these schools use data to gauge student progress at any point during the school year, and then use the information to customize curriculum and instructional programs. The data informs the schools when and where interventions are necessary.
  • Technology is a key player in this approach. It does more than relieve teachers of onerous paper-and-pencil practices and make performing assessments faster and more effective.
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  • where educators use their student information systems and assessment tools to drill down to a particular student’s weaknesses, to evaluate teaching methods and curriculum, and to apply new skills and technologies to improve test scores.
  • This information is then available to each school for the creation of its annual school improvement plan, which cites specific strategies to improve teaching and learning.
  • Teachers also monitor the data throughout the year,” Paskewicz says, “so they can modify their teaching strategies in very targeted ways to boost student achievement for specific classes and individual students.”
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    Overview of data-driven strategies and personalized instruction in response to demands to meet AYP.
Heather Hurley

Internet Safety - 0 views

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    Sussex County Internet Safety Information Resource Page.
Anita Harris

Walk The Talk - Management and Leadership Development Resources - - 0 views

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    Love the "Effective Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus" books. This company offers books and resources on leadership development program ideas, habits of highly effective leaders, effective team leaders, business leadership and motivation training, ethics leadership, and performance improvement aids.
David Robb

EduRatings 2.0 - 0 views

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    Educator Ratings of Web 2.0 Tools
Heather Hurley

Suggestions for Writing a Philosophy Statement - 0 views

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    Thoughts an ideas on how to write an educational philosophy
David Robb

Footprints in the Digital Age - 0 views

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    Will Richardson In the Web 2.0 world, self-directed learners must be adept at building and sustaining networks.
Marlo Gaddis

Teachscape > About Us > Upcoming Events > Leadership Conference - 0 views

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    This is the conference I attended in Napa, September 2008. Great leadership info with data and PD information.
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