Next week's free webinars!

Four free webinars for next week:




Ohio's 'Grand Experiment' in Performance Assessment: A How-To for States and Districts
The Ohio Department of Education has created a project that uses curriculum-embedded performance to encourage and measure deeper learning. The Ohio Performance Assessment Pilot Project uses Learning and Assessment Tasks to:

• Help students learn and apply skills in multiple contexts,
• Prepare them for the state's next-generation assessment program, and
• Train hundreds of teachers to evaluate student work, use the results to improve instruction, and create their own learning tasks.

This webinar will show how the OPAPP dyad system blends learning and assessment into unified tasks. We will also discuss the teacher training components of the project, as well as how curriculum-embedded performance assessment helps students acquire and demonstrate the skills needed to be truly college and workplace ready.

Guests:

Lauren Monowar-Jones, program coordinator, performance assessment, Ohio Department of Education
Susan Tierney, product manager, science, Measured Progress
This webinar will be moderated by Michael Richards, program manager, Ohio Performance Assessment Pilot Program, Measured Progress.
Register now for this free live webinar. 




More Time for Reading: How Florida Schools Are Using a Longer Day to Bolster Literacy Instruction
In 2012, Florida required its 100 lowest performing elementary schools to add an extra hour to their school day, with the time to be used for intensive reading instruction. Early results suggest the initiative may be paying off. An elementary curriculum director from a large district and a principal from a small district share their strategies for making the most of the additional time.

Guests:

Debbie Battles, elementary curriculum director, Palm Beach County school district, Fla.
Harriet Taylor, principal, Springfield Elementary School, Panama City, Fla.
This webinar will be moderated by Catherine Gewertz, associate editor, Education Week.
Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by the Ford Foundation.
Register now for this free live webinar.

Free webinar: Building a blended school

Join us Monday, March 31, at 4 p.m. Eastern for Building a Blended School with Rich Kiker, director of online learning for the Palisades School District in Pennsylvania. Learn more and pre-register. Visit the EdTech Innovators community at www.edweb.net/innovation.

 

Free webinar: What arethe educational benefits of homework?

Join us Tuesday, April 8, at 5 p.m. Eastern for What are the Educational Benefits of Homework with Shannon Holden, assistant principal at Republic Middle School in Missouri. Learn more and pre-register. Visit the New Teacher Help community at www.edweb.net/newteacherhelp.










































































Four free webinars for next week:





Ohio's 'Grand Experiment' in Performance Assessment: A How-To for 
States and Districts


The Ohio Department of Education has created a project that uses curriculum-embedded performance to encourage and measure deeper learning. The Ohio Performance Assessment Pilot Project uses Learning and Assessment Tasks to:

• Help students learn and apply skills in multiple contexts,
• Prepare them for the state's next-generation assessment program, and
• Train hundreds of teachers to evaluate student work, use the results to improve instruction, and create their own learning tasks.

This webinar will show how the OPAPP dyad system blends learning and assessment into unified tasks. We will also discuss the teacher training components of the project, as well as how curriculum-embedded performance assessment helps students acquire and demonstrate the skills needed to be truly college and workplace ready.

Guests:

Lauren Monowar-Jones, program coordinator, performance assessment, Ohio Department of Education
Susan Tierney, product manager, science, Measured Progress
This webinar will be moderated by Michael Richards, program manager, Ohio Performance Assessment Pilot Program, Measured Progress.
Register now for this free live webinar.   

Free webinar: Building a blended school

Join us Monday, March 31, at 4 p.m. Eastern for Building a Blended School with Rich Kiker, director of online learning for the Palisades School District in Pennsylvania. Learn more and pre-register. Visit the EdTech Innovators community at www.edweb.net/innovation.

More Time for Reading: How Florida Schools Are Using a Longer Day to Bolster Literacy Instruction
In 2012, Florida required its 100 lowest performing elementary schools to add an extra hour to their school day, with the time to be used for intensive reading instruction. Early results suggest the initiative may be paying off. An elementary curriculum director from a large district and a principal from a small district share their strategies for making the most of the additional time.



Guests:
Debbie Battles, elementary curriculum director, Palm Beach County school district, Fla.
Harriet Taylor, principal, Springfield Elementary School, Panama City, Fla.
This webinar will be moderated by Catherine Gewertz, associate editor, Education Week.
Underwriting for the content of this webinar has been provided by the Ford Foundation.
Register now for this free live webinar.
Free webinar: What are the educational benefits of homework 

Join us Tuesday, April 8, at 5 p.m. Eastern for What are the Educational Benefits of Homework with Shannon Holden, assistant principal at Republic Middle School in Missouri. Learn more and pre-register. Visit the New Teacher Help community at www.edweb.net/newteacherhelp.