Principals' Study Councils
2007-2008 Schedule: Elementary Principals
All meetings run 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. with networking and breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. All meetings will be held at IU 13's Lancaster Conference Center at Burle Business Park (1020 New Holland Avenue). There is NO cost for the Elementary Principals' Study Council Meetings.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Topic: Math Instruction & Intervention
Description: Looking at best practice math instruction, walkthrough "look fors" and research-based intervention programs.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Topic: Formative Assessment
Description: A review of the role of formative assessments as assessments for learning and not as assessment of learning.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Topic: Online Toolkits
Description: A presentation of the new math portal and the online standards-aligned math curriculum.
2007-2008 Schedule: Middle Level Principals
All meetings run 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. with networking and breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. All meetings will be held at IU 13's Lancaster Conference Center at Burle Business Park (1020 New Holland Avenue). There is NO cost for the Middle Level Principals' Study Council Meetings.
Monday, December 3 , 2007
Topic: Walkthroughs
Description: What to look for, what to ask about. This session will review the concepts of walkthroughs with special emphasis on what to look for (focus) and what to ask about (inquiry).
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Topic: Formative Assessment
Description: What it is and how it is used. Using the concepts of zone of proximal development and focused teaching we will investigate how formative assessment has changed and is evolving in Pennsylvania.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Topic: Data Retreats
Description: Everyone knows that using data to inform instructional goals is an important part of a principal's role. But how does one involve teachers appropriately to help in continuous results management?
2007-2008 Schedule: Secondary Principals
All meetings run 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. with networking and breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. All meetings will be held at IU 13's Lancaster Conference Center at Burle Business Park (1020 New Holland Avenue). There is NO cost for the Secondary Principals' Study Council Meetings.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Topic: Grants
Description: How to find, write and implement grants. This session focuses on where grants are to be found, how to write them to the required specs and how to handle them once you win the award. Panel of educators who have won grants will present and do a Q and A.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Topic: School Improvement Plans
Description: Facilitating faculty discussions about school improvement plans. Everyone knows that using data to inform instructional goals is an important part of a principal's role. But how does one involve teachers appropriately to help in continuous results management?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Topic: Math Portal
Description: Online Statewide Curriculum, PDE had premiered an online way to access the math curriculum. It is linked to big ideas and focal points from NCTM and presents a framework with K-12 course, units and lesson.
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