Upcoming Webinars
Making Sense of SCIENCE: Going Deep to Go Far by Linking Science and Literacy Instruction
WestEd
February 8 
10:30am (PT)
In this webinar, Kirsten Daehler, Senior Research Associate at WestEd and director of Understanding Science for Teaching, and Kathy Huncosky, Science Instructional Resource Teacher from the Madison Metropolitan School District, will share facilitation strategies that all teachers (and teacher educators) can use to support science learning, regardless of their curriculum.
Presenters:
Senior Research Associate, Understanding Science for Teaching
WestEd
Science Instructional Resource Teacher
Madison Metropolitan School District
Implementing a Seal of Biliteracy
February 15 10:30am (PT)
In this free webinar, Dr. Laurie Olsen, Executive Board Member of Californians Together, will be joined by Dr. Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, the new Director of the English Learner Support division within California Department of Education, and presenters from California school districts to discuss the Seal of Biliteracy, a powerful approach to validating and encouraging mastery of two or more languages.
Presenters:
Executive Board Member
Californians Together
STEM Professional Learning Communities (PLCs): New Research on Design, Implementation and Results
WestEd
February 22 10:30am (PT)
Teacher professional learning communities (PLCs) are rapidly spreading as a major strategy in the field of professional development. This webinar focuses on a major new study, STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities, which addresses the questions: what makes STEM PLC's effective, and under what conditions? This event features two WestEd senior researchers: study lead author Ted Britton, Associate Director, STEM Program; and Rose Owens-West, Director, Region IX Equity Assistance Center.
Presenters:
Associate Director of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
WestEd
Director, Region IX Equity Assistance Center
WestEd
Common Core Standards: Integrating Local Accountability and a Comprehensive Assessment System
WestEd
February 29 10:30am (PT)
In this webinar, learn how districts can think about the new rigor required in building a local comprehensive assessment system that reflects the Common Core State Standards. Presenters include staff from the Comprehensive School Assistance Program at WestEd, Creighton School District (Arizona), and Assessment Technology Incorporated.
Presenters:
Senior Program Associate
WestEd
Associate Director, Local Accountability Professional Series
WestEd
Director, Integrated Services, Comprehensive School Assistance Program
WestEd
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- After School Alignment With the Core Instructional Day in Support of STEM Learning
- Assessing 21st Century Skills to Maximize Student Readiness for Higher Education and Careers
- Assessment and Accountability: Six Habits of a Highly Effective District
- Closing the Learning Gap: Steps That Work
- Common Core Standards and Math Placement: Lessons Learned, Moving Forward
- Common Core Standards: Transitioning to New Rigor
- Continuation High Schools: Supporting Overage and Undercredited Youth
- Defining Principal Effectiveness – Lessons from the Field on the Principal Role in Student Achievement and Teacher Quality
- Differentiated Tools and Strategies to Support RTI in Language Arts/Social Studies
- Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent ELLs (Research from CREATE)
- Engaging Diverse Learners in Group Instruction Utilizing Interactive Whiteboards
- Fidelity of Implementation: Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and Programs
- Formative Assessment: Improving Teaching and Learning
- Hawthorne Math and Science Academy: Creating a Community of Learners
- Ideas in Action: Central Union High School
- Infusing Culturally Responsive Instruction into Daily Teaching
- Learning All-Purpose Academic Words (Research from CREATE)
- Long Term English Learners: New Directions for Policy, Programs, and Practice
- Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model (Encore Presentation)
- Math Pathways & Pitfalls: Jump-Starting Effective and Equitable Instruction
- Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Reducing School Dropout Rates
- Response to Intervention (RTI) and the Connections to Neurodevelopment
- Response to Intervention: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Classroom Assessment
- Response to Intervention: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Implementation
- RTI Process Steps: A Small Elementary School's Approach to Implementation
- Santa Fe Middle School: Strategies for Success
- Standards-Based Instruction: Is It Possible for Students with Disabilities? (Encore Presentation)
- Strategies for School Turnaround: School and District Level Perspectives
- Supporting Students in Alternative Education Settings
- Taking Center Stage—Act II : Building Effective Programs for English Learners in the Middle Grades
- The Key Three Routine: Comprehension Strategy Instruction
- Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
- Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: Resources From Doing What Works
- Using Formative Assessments to Accelerate the Academic Achievement of English Learners
- What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners
- Word Generation: Using Online Tools To Support Effective Implementation of an Academic Language Program (SERP Institute)
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