Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment

Program Title: Achieving Excellence through Data-Driven Decision Making for Administrators
Program Length: 1.5 hours (1 hour content, 1/2 hour Experience Odyssey)
Delivery Method: Stream-Video
Program Provider: USDLC-Keynote Addresses 1
Audience: Administrators, Teachers, Adults
Additional Information: http://www.usdlc.org/pathways/morenclb06.jsp

Registration: http://doe.sd.gov/octa/ddn4learning/programguide/registration/usdlc.asp

Program

Part 1: Leverage for Leaders Equity Odyssey: TAGLIT

Part 2: Issues of Diversity: Equity, Vision, Excellence
Experience Odyssey: Good to Great

Part 3: Evidence-Based Decision-Making: Utilizing Data to Improve Instruction and Learning
Experience Odyssey: Lead Mine Elementary School

Part 4: What “Effective” Reading Instruction Looks Like
Experience Odyssey: Rowan-Salisbury School System

Part 5: Effective Literacy Instruction
Experience Odyssey: Plato eduTest

Part 6: Beliefs, Mission, Vision and School Culture/Climate
Experience Odyssey: Study Island

Part 7: Schools That Pull It Together
Experience Odyssey: Curriculum Mapping

Part 8: Effective Instructional Design for Hispanic Learners: What Works, How It Works
Experience Odyssey: PDAs for eAssessment

Part 9: High School and Special Education – Can Achievement Really Happen?
Experience Odyssey: Plato Orion

Part 10: Underachievers – Who Are They?
Experience Odyssey: Leveraging Your Technology Investment (Principals’ Executive Program, Center for School Leadership Development

Overview: No one will argue that the building principal plays a crucial role in meeting the federal expectations behind NCLB. The ability of building level leadership to effectively meet these standards are tied directly to their own professional development in the areas of: beliefs, mission, vision, and school culture/climate; successful integration of these parts + data + professional development; program development and evaluation for schools with a growing number of predominant number of Hispanic students; special education and the high school learner – how do we move them toward higher standards; and the underachieving student – this may be the gifted learner, the average student that isn’t motivated, or the student that typically “falls through the crack”.
Each program will be connected through a common framework that begins with examining the beliefs around the topic and ending with the research-based impact of student opportunities and results. Each program will focus on “how to do it” and will give administrators practical experience in a training format. These programs will require reflection on tough issues, an examination of beliefs, a questioning spirit, and a willingness to realize that a good school CAN become a great school – but not without having some tough dialogue and conversations.

Professional Development Standards (NSDC Standards) http://www.nsdc.org/standards

NSDC Standards for Staff Development

Context Standards

Organizes adults into learning communities whose goals are aligned with those of the school and district. (Learning Communities)
Requires resources to support adult learning and collaboration. (Resources)

Process Standards

Uses multiple sources of information to guide improvement and demonstrate its impact. (Evaluation)
Provides educators with the knowledge and skills to collaborate. (Collaboration)

Content Standards

Prepares educators to understand and appreciate all students, create safe, orderly and supportive learning environments, and hold high expectations for their academic achievement. (Equity)

NOTE: Each site must audio mute upon connecting to the session to prevent voice activated moving of the cameras from site to site.

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