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In May, the 2010-11 NCA Professional Development Calendar will be posted on this site. Fifteen sessions on six topics will be held around the state. In addition, we have also scheduled some informational and training webinars over various topics.

Administrators who want to learn more about successfully implementing school improvement may want to join us for the Continuous Improvement and the Administrator workshops that will be held September 22nd at the IASP headquarters. Building and central office administrators are welcome at this free session.

As you know, the NCA/AdvancED accreditation process has changed dramatically since 2007-08. Schools still work on their school improvement plans and document results, but the Quality Assurance Review (QAR) teams will look at how schools are meeting the other standards as well. These research-based standards, drawn from a careful investigation of the effective schools studies, are the focus of Preparing for the Quality Assurance Review Visit workshop. Participants will examine these standards and learn how to self-assess their ability to meet them in preparation for the QAR visit. Schools who have not yet hosted a QAR visit will benefit from this free workshop.

Improving student learning seems even more challenging in these difficult economic times.  However, that work must go on, and NCA has designed some low-cost workshops that will assist you.  While schools are adept at collecting data and using it to place students in programs, effectively analyzing and using data to change instructional practice is still a struggle for many.  Data:  Selecting, Analyzing and Using It is designed to help schools and districts with those tasks. 

Why is vision critical to change and improvement?  What truly constitutes a commitment to continuous improvement in the 21st century?   The Road to Continuous Improvement:  Vision and Commitment will explore the answers to those questions, including how to operate more collaboratively as well as more systematically and systemically in order to sustain the process of improvement.

Creating a school improvement plan is easy.  Bringing those efforts to life on a daily basis is the challenge.  Sustaining the Momentum will deal with what to do after the Quality Assurance Review visit is over and offer strategies to keep your school improvement efforts moving in the right direction.

 Secondary Reading Strategies and Assessments will focus on teaching reading in the content areas at the secondary level. We will review research-based strategies, the concept of K-12 literacy planning and the selection of reading assessments.  We will also review the new Indiana Reading Framework.

 

2010-11 WEBINARS

This year we are presenting two types of webinars. The first are free informational webinars. Leslie Ballard will conduct the KEYS Online Surveys and Tools webinar in September for districts interested in using this wonderful, research-based survey and the accompanying resources.  (KEYS is available to districts whose teachers are ISTA-affiliated and whose schools are NCA-accredited.)  She will also conduct Responding to the APR in September for schools who are or will be working on their Accreditation Progress Reports.

Dr. Joyce Fulford will conduct the Introduction to District Accreditation webinars in November to provide participants with a brief overview of the process.

The Improving Student Learning Series webinars may be taken as a group of five or seven for a reduced cost or they can be taken individually. The Improving Student Learning Series will include:

 A blog site will be created for the Improving Student Learning Series Webinars so that participants can continue to learn and exchange ideas long after the webinar is over.

What is needed to participate in a webinar? A computer with internet access and a telephone (with speaker capability if more than one person will be participating).