Free Webinar - Thursday, March 3rd 3:30 - 4:30 pm ET

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Fueling the Next Generation of Opportunity for Young Children’s Love and Engagement in Reading

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Please join us for a free, live webinar
Thursday, March 3, 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET

Hosted by Dr. Anne E. Cunningham

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Fueling the Next Generation of Opportunity for Young Children’s Love and Engagement in Reading

Dr. Anne E. Cunningham, Professor, Cognition and Development, University of California, Berkeley, and lead author of Big Day for PreK™, sees opportunities for the next generation of readers everywhere she looks: at the grocery store, driving around town, hiking a coastal trail, waiting for the bus, and of course, on a cozy couch.

In this webinar, Dr. Cunningham will share the rationale for and the cognitive consequences of fostering rich language experiences and reading every day with and to children.

Thursday, March 3, 2016, 12 to 1 p.m. ET

How to Start a Teaching Career on the Right Foot While some districts struggle to recruit teachers, many also struggle to retain them. Years of research highlight school-based factors that can reduce teacher attrition, but how can teachers help themselves? In this Q&A-based webinar, special guest Roxanna Elden, an author and teacher, will discuss ways teachers can thrive despite challenges, including by managing expectations, building mentoring relationships, and taking advantage of other school supports. In addition, school leaders will get advice on how they can better support their teachers, while creating a more attractive environment for recruits. Guest: Roxanna Elden, teacher and the author of See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers, a guide that has helped new teachers navigate potential pitfalls as they transition from training to the classroom. More recently, she has created and launched the "Disillusionment Power Pack," a free, one-month series of emails to help new teachers through the most difficult part of the school year. For more information, visit www.roxannaelden.com. This webinar will be moderated by Ross Brenneman, assistant editor, Education Week Teacher; contributing writer, Education Week In conjunction with the 4th Annual Education Week TopSchoolJobs Virtual Career eXPO, TopSchoolJobs will randomly select 10 webinar attendees to receive a copy of Roxanna Elden's See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers. Register to enter the drawing!

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Content provided by: Thursday, March 3, 2016, 2 to 3 p.m. ET Using Formative Assessment to Influence Planning, Guide Teaching, and Support Student Learning Assessment is important and must be connected to classroom teaching every single day. As we all embark on the implementation of ESSA, this statement should not be considered an endorsement of teaching to one or more end-of-the-year summative assessments. Rather, we seek to emphasize the important role of formative assessment in the teaching and learning process. This distinction is particularly relevant because even though formative assessment has been discussed for over five decades, it remains elusive to many. In this webinar we will present a collection of classroom-based formative assessment techniques for elementary and middle grade mathematics teachers to not only consider, but also to use effectively—everyday. Our guest, Skip Fennell, will also discuss how particular formative assessment techniques can bridge to summative assessments and the preparation for such measures. Fennell will address the suggestion from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All (2014) that educators leverage assessment opportunities to improve teaching and learning at the classroom and school level. Guest: Francis (Skip) Fennell, L. Stanley Bowlsbey Professor of Education and Graduate and Professional Studies, and project director, Elementary Mathematics Specialists and Teacher Leaders Project, McDaniel College, Westminster, Md. This webinar will be moderated by Tim Hudson, vice president of learning, DreamBox Learning REGISTER HERE

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The SERC Library will be CLOSING at 3:30 pm, on Tuesday, February 23rd.

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Implementing an effective intervention model is complicated. Whether it’s due to lack of resources, unclear objectives, inconsistent professional development, or having to navigate changes in funding regulations, ongoing challenges make it difficult to implement an intervention framework with fidelity and realize it’s true purpose: to improve student outcomes.

A popular model for delivering intervention and support for students with diverse learning needs is Response to Intervention, or RTI. But what makes an intervention model, like RTI, successful? 

Join us to hear Dale Webster, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer at the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE), discuss strategies for creating an effective intervention program for grades K-8, including:

Essential components of a RTI framework as applied in grades K–8
Important considerations for implementing a multi-tiered system of support
Evidence-based instructional strategies for effective interventions in math and literacy
How to effectively use data from progress monitoring to inform instruction
EVENT DETAILS

Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 1:00 PM CST
Duration: 60 minutes

GUEST SPEAKER
Dale Webster, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer at the Consortium on
 Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE)

For 24 years, Dale has had extensive experience at all levels
 of education: school site, district, county office, state 
board/state dept. of education, and university. 

Dale is currently the Chief Academic Officer for CORE, 
a professional development/technical assistance firm supporting

 the implementation of scientifically-based reading and math instruction, K-12.

REGISTER HERE

The SERC Library is Closed today - Friday, February 5th!  

Content provided by: From Probation to Graduation: Online Learning Increases Student Success In 2009, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) put Marshall Metropolitan High School on academic probation. In 2011, the Marshall staff implemented Pathway to Accelerated Student Success (PASS), which consists of three credit recovery programs: Daytime, Extended Day, and the PASS Institute. Now, 90 percent of PASS Institute students finish high school in a year or less, and Marshall Metropolitan High School is off academic probation. From 2011 to 2015, PASS provided thousands of CPS students the opportunity to recover credits, meet graduation requirements, and continue to postsecondary education. In this webinar, we will review Marshall's proven practices of relationship building, peer-to-peer mentoring, and FuelEd online courses and wraparound services. Together these elements have evolved into a powerful, integrated system that gives students opportunities they never thought they would have. CPS cited Marshall "A turnaround school that has revitalized its curriculum, culture, and climate, and is showing clear gains as a result. Students receive the supports necessary to be academically successful." Guests: Carol Brown-Robinson, administrator, John Marshall Metropolitan High School, Chicago, Ill. John Watson, founder, Evergreen Education Group This webinar will be moderated by Nicole Bono, director of marketing, Fuel Ed

Register HERE - Thursday, February 4th 2 pm to 3 pm ET

Content provided by: From the Mirage to Reality: The Future of Professional Learning Over the past decade, numerous research reports have concluded that current teacher professional development and certification processes are outdated and ineffective. The latest report, The Mirage, from TNTP, suggests that despite spending nearly $18,000 per teacher per year (or $67 billion nationwide) on teacher development efforts, teacher improvement is relatively infrequent and not tied to district interventions. In this webinar, Daniel Weisberg, CEO, The New Teacher Project, will be interviewed by Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, about the key insights of The Mirage report, where the field of educator professional learning is headed, and what it means for districts to ask fundamentally different questions about what great teaching means and how to achieve it. Upon registering, attendees may submit questions to be addressed in the conversation, and live Q&A will be held at the end. Guest: Daniel Weisberg, chief executive officer, The New Teacher Project This webinar will be moderated by Joanne Weiss, former chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan

Register HERE - Thursday, February 11th 2 pm to 3 pm ET