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Spotlight on the Common Core and More: SchoolsMovingUp/date - May 2012

• May 15 Webinar, Key Features of Comprehensive Principal Evaluation Systems
• May 30 Webinar, The Common Core: The Foundation of the RtI Framework
• June 5 Webinar, Personalize Learning to Meet the Common Core
• June 6, 13, 20 Webinar Series: Advancing STEM Education K-8 in California

  SchoolsMovingUp/date - April 2012: Spotlights on Online Learning and Equity

  • Apr 26 Webinar, How Online Professional Development Can Support the Common Core Standards Roll-Out—Arizona's Vision
  • May 2 Webinar, A National Perspective of K-12 Online and Blended Learning: Current Issues and Trends in Policy and Practice
  • May 7 Webinar, Discipline that Does No Harm: Improving Academic Outcomes for African American Male Students

  SchoolsMovingUp/date - March 2012: Spotlight on the Common Core and on Online Professional Developme

  • Mar. 21 Webinar, Turnaround Schools in California: The Story of General Grant Middle School
  • Mar. 29 Webinar, Designing Quality Units Aligned to the ELA Common Core State Standards
  • Apr. 19 Webinar, E-Learning for Educators: Effects of Online Professional Development on Teachers and their Students
  • Apr. 26 Webinar A Case Study of Online Professional Development at the State Level to Support the Common Core

  SchoolsMovingUp/date - February 2012: Spotlight on Equity

  • Feb. 8 Webinar, Making Sense of SCIENCE: Going Deep to Go Far by Linking Science and Literacy Instruction
  • Feb. 15 Webinar, Implementing a Seal of Biliteracy
  • Feb. 22 Webinar, STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs): New Research on Design, Implementation and Results
  • Feb. 29 Webinar, Common Core State Standards: An Integration of Systems and a Culture of Change with Comprehensive Local Assessments

  SchoolsMovingUp/date - January 2012: New Year's Edition

  • January 26 Webinar, Effective District Planning: Insights from Successful Districts
    • February 8 Webinar, Making Sense of SCIENCE: Going Deep to Go Far by Linking Science and Literacy Instruction
      • February 29 Webinar, Common Core State Standards: An Integration of Systems and a Culture of Change with Comprehensive Local Assessments

      SchoolsMovingUp/date - December 2011: Spotlight on Webinar Archives

      SchoolsMovingUp/date - November 2011: Spotlight on District Improvement

      Staff Reading Picks by Sharon Tucker, Senior Program Associate, WestEd
      • November 30 Webinar, Strategies to Advance Student Success Through High School After-School Programs
      • December 7 Webinar,Strategies for School Turnaround: School- and District-Level Perspectives

        SchoolsMovingUp/date October 2011 - Spotlight on Diverse Learners

        Staff Reading Picks by John Carr, Senior Research Associate, WestEd
        • October 19 Webinar, Articulating High Expectations from K-12: Valley High School's Story
        • October 26 Webinar,After School Alignment With the Core Instructional Day in Support of STEM Learning

        SchoolsMovingUp/date - September 2011: Spotlight on School Improvement

        • September 28 Webinar, "Advancing Student Success: Aligning In and Afterschool Learning"
        • October 13 Webinar , "Providing Rich Educational Offerings Despite Fiscal Constraints: Buena Park High School’s Story"
        • October 19 Webinar, "Articulating High Expectations from K-12: Valley High School and Its Partners"

        SchoolsMovingUp/date - August 2011: Welcome Back to School!

        • September 14 Webinar, "Common Core Standards and Math Placement: Lessons Learned, Moving Forward"
        • October e-Workshop on Classroom Management

        SchoolsMovingUp/date - July 2011: Summer Reading Picks

        SchoolsMovingUp/date - June 2011: Effective Principals

        New Effective Principals Section WestEd Staff Summer Reading Selections by WestEd's Leadership Initiative Director Karen Kearney

        SchoolsMovingUp/date - May 2011: More Ways to View Webinar Archives

        • May 12 Webinar, "Making Choices to Prioritize Learning Time for Students"
        • May 25 Webinar, "Behavior and Classroom Management: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Implementation"
        • May 26 Webinar, "Using Additional Teacher Collaboration Time to Improve Student Achievement"

        SchoolsMovingUp/date - April 2011: Using Time Effectively and More

        April 6 Webinar, "Enhancing Infant and Toddler Care through Reflective Practice, Part IV"
      • April 7 Webinar, "Making Every Minute Count"
      • April 20 Webinar , "EdSteps: Using Student Work to Teach & Assess 21st Century Knowledge & Skills"

      SchoolsMovingUp/date - March 2011: The Common Core State Standards...and More

      • March 9 Webinar, "Enhancing Infant and Toddler Care through Reflective Practice, Part III"
      • March 10 Webinar, "Implementing a SEAL of Biliteracy"
      • March 23 Webinar, "Improving Educational Outcomes for English Language Learners: How ESEA Reauthorization Can Help"

        SchoolsMovingUp/date - February 2011: Common Core and English Learners

        Members' Picks by Molli Sipe, Lead Technical Assistance Coach, Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
      • February Webinars on English language learners
      • March Webinars on the Common Core State Standards

      SchoolsMovingUp/date January 2011: Special Education Students and English Learners

      • January 19 Webinar, "Programs and Practices for Effective Sheltered Content Instruction"
      • January 26 Webinar, "Journey Toward Special Education Improvement"

      SchoolsMovingUp/date - December 2010: A Spotlight on Members

      Members' Picks by Elvia Teixeira, Title III COE Regional Lead, Region 4, and English Learner Coordinator, Contra Costa County Office of Education

      SchoolsMovingUp/date - November 2010

      • December 15 Webinar, "Enhancing Infant and Toddler Care through Reflective Practice, Part II"
      • January 19 Webinar, "Programs and Practices for Effective Sheltered Content Instruction"
      • February 9 Webinar, " English Language Development: Issues & Implementation at Grades Six Through Twelve"

      SchoolsMovingUp/date October 2010: A Focus on English Learners

      Top Reading Picks on English Language Learners by WestEd's Comprehensive School Assistance Program Staff Member Robert Linquanti

      September 2010 SchoolsMovingUp/date - New Webinar Series on English Learners

      SchoolsMovingUp's New English Learner Series
      • October 27 Webinar, "Effective English Literacy Instruction for English Learners"
      • November 2 Webinar, "Research to Guide English Language Development Instruction"
      • November 9 Webinar, "English Language Development: Foundations & Implementation in Kindergarten Through Grade Five"

      August 2010 SchoolsMovingUp/date - Webinar Archives

      • September 22 Free Webinar, Achieving Dramatic Improvement: An Exploratory Study
      • Current Webinar Archives

      July 2010 SchoolsMovingUp/date - Serving English Language Learners

      • Top Reading Picks by WestEd's Comprehensive School Assistance Program Staff Member Zoe Ann Brown

        June 2010 SchoolsMovingUp/date - WestEd Staff Summer Reading Picks

        • WestEd Staff Summer Reading Selections by WestEd's School Turnaround Center Co-Director Fred Tempes

          April 2010 SchoolsMovingUp/date - A Focus on Differentiated Instruction

          • April 28 Webinar, "Engaging, Differentiated Grammar Lessons to Promote Student Success in Writing"
          • May 5Webinar, "Infusing Culturally Responsive Instruction into Daily Teaching"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - February 2010

          • February 17 Free Webinar, Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Texas School Dropout Prevention and Reentry Program Grants
          • March 25, April 1, April 8, April 15, April 22, April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20 e-Institute Series, "Leadership Institute on English Language Learners: Aligning Theory, Policy, and Practice"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - January 2010

          • January 27 Free Webinar, Hawthorne Math & Science Academy: Creating a Community of Learners
          • February 3, 10, 17, & 24 & March 3 e-Workshop Series, "Academic Vocabulary Instruction for English Language Learners in Pre-K to Grade 2"

          SchoolsMovingUp's e-Workshop: Academic Vocabulary for English Learners

          • February 3, 10, 17, & 24 & March 3, 2009 e-Workshop Series, " Academic Vocabulary Instruction for English Language Learners in Pre-K to Grade 2"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - November 2009

          • November 24 Webinar, "Assessing 21st Century Skills to Maximize Student Readiness for Higher Education and Careers"
          • December 2 Webinar, "Making Mathematics Accessible for English Learners"
          • December 8 Webinar, "What Happens to High School Dropouts Who Return to School?"

          SchoolsMovingUp/Date - October 2009

          • October 14 Webinar, "Reducing School Dropout Rates"
          • December 8 Webinar, "What Happens to High School Dropouts Who Return to School?"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - August 2009

          • August 20 Webinar, "English Learners and the Language Arts (Encore Presentation)"
          • September 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2009 e-Workshop Series, " Academic Vocabulary Instruction for English Language Learners in Pre-K to Grade 2"

          Introducing SchoolsMovingUp's e-Workshop Series

          • September 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2009 e-Workshop Series, " Academic Vocabulary Instruction for English Language Learners in Pre-K to Grade 2"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - May 2009

          • May 19 Webinar, "Turning Around Chronically Low-Performing Schools: Resources From Doing What Works"
          • May 21 Webinar, "Math Pathways & Pitfalls: Jump-Starting Effective and Equitable Instruction"
          • May 26 Webinar, "Recommendations for Addressing the Needs of English Language Learners: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - April 2009

          • April 21 Webinar, "Making Progress on Essential Standards and Assessment Reforms"
          • April 22 Webinar, "Cesar E. Chavez High School: High Expectations, Empowerment, and Excellence"
          • April 28 Webinar, "Word Generation: Using Online Tools To Support Effective Implementation of an Academic Language Program (SERP Institute)"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - March 2009

          • April 7 & 9, 2009 Webinar, "Early Head Start: Providing a Quality Comprehensive Program for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families, Parts I & II"
          • April 22, 2009 Webinar, "Cesar E. Chavez High School: High Expectations, Empowerment, and Excellence"
          • April 28, 2009 Webinar, "Word Generation: Using Online Tools To Support Effective Implementation of an Academic Language Program (SERP Institute)"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - February 2009

          • March 12, 2009 Webinar, "Monitoring Student Academic Progress throughout the School Year: Why, When, and How?"li>
          • May 6, 2009 Webinar, "Algebra Intervention: Not Business as Usual"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - January 2009

          • February 4 Webinar, “Response to Intervention: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Implementation” with Naomi Tyler, Kathy Strunk, Debbie Williams, and Silvia DeRuvo
          • February 18 Webinar, “Response to Intervention: Online Professional Development Modules and Resources for Classroom Assessment” with Kimberly Skow, Debbie DeBerry, and Silvia DeRuvo

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - September 2008

          • October 8, 2008 Webinar, "English Learner Literacy Development through Formative Assessment of Oral Language," with Alison Bailey and Margaret Heritage
          • October 15, 2008 Webinar, "English Learners and the Language arts," with Pamela Spycher
          • October 22, 2008 Webinar, "Doing What Works : Teaching Elementary-School English Learners," with Nikola Filby
          • October 28, 2008 Webinar, "What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners," with Claude Goldenberg
          • October 29, 2008 Webinar, "Building Oral Language into Content Area Instruction," with Diane August
          • October 30, 2008 Webinar, "Taking Center Stage II : Ensuring Success for Middle Grades English Learners," with Carol Abbott and Jeanette Ganahl
          • November 5, 2008 Webinar, "English Learners in Secondary Mathematics: Rigor and Excellence," with Leslie Hamburger
          • November 12, 2008 Webinar, "Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model—Encore Presentation," with Jana Echevarria
          • November 18, 2008 Webinar, "Quality Teaching for English Learners: High Challenge and High Support," with Aída Walqui

          Schools Moving Up/date - May 2008

          • May 7, 2008 Online Event, "Snapshots of RTI Implementation," with Greg Roberts, Saro Mohammed, and Kathryn Tackett
          • May 13, 2008 Online Event, "RTI Process Steps: An elementary School Approach to Implementation," with Silvia DeRuvo and Brad Barcus
          • May 28, 2008 Online Event, "RTI in a Secondary School Setting: Riverbank High School Story," with Ken Geisick and Peggy Graving-Reyes
          • February 7, 2007 Archived Event, "Response to Intervention (RtI) and the Connections to Neurodevelopment," with Leigh Burgess

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - March 2008

          • March 18, 2008 Online Event, "A School Immersed in Vocabulary," with Elfrieda H. Hiebert
          • April 22, 2008 Online Event, "A County Immersed in Vocabulary," with Elfrieda H. Hiebert
          • April 30, 2008 Online Event, "Critical Science Vocabulary," with Elfrieda H. Hiebert
          • October 24, 2007 Archived Event, "Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development," with Kathleen McClaskey and Joan Sedita

          Schools Moving Up/date - December 2007

        • December 5, 2007 Online Event, "Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy," with Bonnie Wilson
        • January 16, 2008 Online Event, "Ideas in Action: Central Union High School," with Emma Jones
        • January 30, 2008 Online Event, "Data Use and Teacher Collaboration: One School's Success Story," with Michael Gulden
        • November 13, 2007 Archived Event, "Data Analysis: One High School's Journey," with Shirley Houser

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - November 2007

        • December 5, 2007 Online Event, "Ideas in Action: Baldwin Academy," with Bonnie Wilson
        • January 16, 2008 Online Event, "Ideas in Action: Central Union High School," with Emma Jones
        • January 30, 2008 Online Event, "Data Use and Teacher Collaboration: One School's Success Story," with Michael Gulden
        • November 13, 2007 Archived Event, "Data Analysis: One High School's Journey," with Shirley Houser

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - October, 2007

        • October 17, 2007 Online Event, "The Envision Schools Approach to Project-Based Learning" with Kyle Hartung and Bob Lenz
        • October 24, 2007 Online Event, "Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development" with Kathleen McClaskey and Joan Sedita
        • November 8, 2007 Online Event, "Research from CREATE: Making Standards-based Lessons Understandable for English Learners: The SIOP Model" with Jana Echevarria

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - September 2007

        • September 19, 2007 Online Event, "Mentoring New Teachers Through Collaborative Coaching" with Kathy Dunne
        • September 26, 2007 Online Event, "Building Choice: Improving Public School Choice Programs " with Pansy Houghton, Willie Poinsette, and Kristing Mitchell
        • October 3, 2007 Online Event, "Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School" with Cynthia Greenleaf
        • October 24, 2007 Online Event, "Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development" with Kathleen H. McClaskey and Joan Sedita

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - June 2007

        • July 18 Online Event, "Standards-Based Instruction: Is It Possible for Students with Disabilities?" (Encore Presentation)
        • Tips to Go feature highlighting "Full Inclusion Helps All Students"
        • Schools on the Move feature highlighting Sanger High school in Fresno County, CA

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - April 2007

        • May 17, 2007 Online Event, "Promising Technology Practices for Struggling Readers" with Heidi Silver-Pacuilla
        • May 23, 2007 Online Event, "New Tools to Make Benchmark Analysis Free and Painless" with Janice Morrison
        • May 24, 2007 Online Event, "Word Lists: Choices and Uses" with Elfrieda Hiebert
        • June 14, 2007 Online Event, "Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth" with Diane August
        • Literacy Resources — featuring all of SchoolsMovingUp's literacy resources

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - March 2007

        • April 5, 2007 Online Event, "Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions to Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy for Adolescent ELLs," with Deborah Short
        • April 25, 2007 Online Event, "Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School" with Cynthia Greenleaf
        • June 14, 2007 Online Event, "Findings from the National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth" with Diane August
        • Literacy Resources — featuring all of SchoolsMovingUp's literacy resources

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - February 2007

        • February 27, 2007 Online Event, "District & School-based Professional Development Approaches for Content Area Literacy Improvement," with Diane Waff and Cathleen Kral
        • April 25, 2007 Online Event, "Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School", with Cynthia Greenleaf
          
          New, Enhanced Tips to Go
        • Tips to Go feature highlighting "Everyone is Involved in Assessment"
        • Tips to Go feature highlighting "No Excuses University: All Students Can Go to College"
        • Tips to Go feature highlighting "Endorsing the Endorsement Document"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - January 2007

        • January 23, 2007 Online Event, "Response to Intervention (Rtl) and the Connections to Neurodevelopment," with Leigh Burgess
        • January 29, 2007 Online Event, "What's Happening in Vocabulary Research?", with Elfrieda (Freddy) H. Hiebert
        • January 30, 2007 Online Event, "Differentiated Instruction: An Overview and One Classroom's Transformation", with Melissa Storm and Lori Centerbar
        • February 14, 2007 Online Event, "Resource Allocation to Support Student Achievement", with Jannelle Kubinec and Lori Van Houten
        • Tips to Go feature highlighting "Shadow Classes"

          SchoolsMovingUp/date - November 2006

        • November 30, 2006 Online Event, "Teaching Science: How to Really Give Universal Access to English Learners," with John Carr and Ursula Sexton
        • December 6, 2006 Online Event, "Using Formative Assessments to Improve the Achievement of All Students: Key Policy Questions and Practical Decisions" Part 1, with Robert Anderson
        • December 13, 2006 Online Event, "Using Formative Assessments to Improve the Achievement of All Students: Key Policy Questions and Practical Decisions" Part 2, with Robert Anderson
        • Tips to Go feature highlighting "A District Focuses on Customer Service"