Need something to do this summer to stay out of the heat ---- Here are a few webinars!

Thursday, July 21, 2016 / 2 to 3 pm ET
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Monitoring and Improving School Climate With Student Surveys Part of the Inside ESSA Webinar Series Monitoring facets of school climate—like how safe, supported, and welcome students feel in their schools—is necessary to ensure that efforts to improve the learning environment are effective and that schools don't overlook the needs of students from some populations, like those from racial minority groups, researchers say. But, until recently, school climate surveys have been off limits to schools that didn't have the resources to pay for one or develop their own. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Education released a free, online survey tool that will allow schools, districts, and states to administer regular, anonymous, online student surveys about school climate topics. The survey site, developed by a panel of researchers, creates an instant analysis of a school's results, and administrators can save the data in existing local data systems so they can track results over time. These results could be useful for school-level improvement work. They may also be helpful for schools in states that adopt school climate as an accountability indicator under the Every Student Succeeds Act. In addition to learning about the new tool, webinar participants will hear from the Austin Independent School District about its school climate surveys, how their results align with student achievement, and how schools there use the data in their day-to-day work. Underwriting for this webinar has been provided by the NoVo Foundation Guests: Lindsay M. Lamb, evaluation analyst, Austin Independent School District, Texas Joaquin R. Tamayo, Jr., director, strategic initiatives, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education This webinar will be moderated by Evie Blad, staff writer, Education Week

Free Webinar: Cultivating Curiosity in Your  Classroom

In this webinar, Dr. Wendy Ostroff, author of the ASCD book, Cultivating Curiosity in K–12 Classrooms: How to Promoteand Sustain Deep Learning, will describe how you can create a structured, student-centered environment that allows for openness and surprise, where inquiry guides authentic learning. When a classroom is grounded in curiosity, teachers have the unique opportunity to mine students' deepest held wonder, making their engagement natural and effortless and allowing them to fully open up to learning.

This webinar will detail ways to foster student curiosity through novelty and play; questioning and critical thinking; and experimenting and problem solving.

Cultivating Curiosity in Your Classroom
Thursday, July 28 2016, 3:00 p.m. EDT (US)
Presented by Dr. Wendy Ostroff

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Webinars

Monday, March 7, 2016 3 -4 p.m. ET Teaching Reading Like a Champion: A Look at Doug Lemov's New Book Doug Lemov gained international fame with the release of his first book, Teach Like a Champion. In a new book, he and two of his Uncommon Schools colleagues dive into the instructional tactics behind effective reading instruction. Using the Common Core State Standards as a framework, the book tackles text selection, close reading, nonfiction, vocabulary, and a range of other literacy topics. While most of the tips are geared toward middle and high school English teachers and reading specialists, the authors say there's something in there for anyone teaching reading. In this webinar, the authors of Reading Reconsidered will discuss some of the key insights from their five years of research on what the best reading teachers are doing. Underwriting for this webinar has been provided by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Guests: Colleen Driggs, director of professional development, Teach Like a Champion team, Uncommon Schools Doug Lemov, managing director, Uncommon Schools, and head of the Teach Like a Champion team, a professional development arm for the 44-school charter network Erica Woolway, chief academic officer, Teach Like a Champion team, Uncommon Schools

This webinar will be moderated by Liana Heitin, assistant editor, Education Week
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 2 - 3 p.m. ET

Content provided by: Go Digital With Formative Assessment & Critical Thinking 21st century learning embraces the use of digital tools to enhance instruction. In this webinar, we'll explore research-based practices utilizing digital tools to formatively assess and support critical thinking. We'll also address how this integration can help monitor, improve, and maximize instructional opportunities. Based on formative assessment data, teachers can ensure students make progress towards the mastery of all standards. Webinar participants will be challenged to develop an implementation plan to immediately integrate the tools into instruction to support critical thinking and timely formative assessment. Join us to share your ideas about technology integration that spur innovative thinking. Guest: Rebecca Stobaugh, associate professor, Western Kentucky University This webinar will be moderated by Kim Brody, director of professional development, Mentoring Minds REGISTER HERE

Webinars: 21st Century Skills and Kid's Online Privacy and Digital Footprints

Okay, continuing our theme of FREE webinars:

 Integrating 21st Century Skills into Core Instruction

Date: Monday, December 12, 2013                      
Time: 2:00pm EST / 11:00am PST

Duration:  1 hour

Speaker:

Dawn Siech, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Tipton Community School District       

Today's students need to develop 21st century skills to prepare for college and to compete in our global economy.  Attend this upcoming webinar and find out how to:

• Prepare students for upcoming assessments
• Incorporate digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem solving skills into everyday instruction
• Implement a web-based 21st century skills supplementary curriculum
• Take practical steps to ensure a smooth implementation

Free Webinar...Register Now!Space is limited!
 Sponsored by: leArning3.com

Free Webinar: ThinkTwice: Kids' Online Privacy and Digital Footprints

Join us on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. Eastern for "Think Twice: Kids' Online Privacy and Digital Footprints," with Lisa Highfill, K-12 instructional technology coach for the Pleasanton Unified School District. Learnmore and pre-register. Visit the Digital Citizenship community at www.edweb.net/digitalcitizenship.