Region II Education Service Center
Professional Development
Data Driven Leadership for School Improvement
This seven-session seminar is for principals and their central office counterparts who want to become competent and confident instructional leaders. At each of the three-hour, monthly sessions, participants will learn practical methods of checking implementation of School Improvement strategies. A commitment to attendance at all sessions is required.
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District Assistance Team Training (DAT)
District personnel who work with schools in School Improvement must participate in professional development on the following DAT modules in order to be certified.
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Accountability/Louisiana Needs Assessment (LANA) Module
Louisiana’s School and District Accountability System is intended to drive fundamental change in classroom teaching by helping schools and communities focus on improved student achievement. The system is designed to encourage and support the school improvement process. Participants will receive a general overview of the Accountability System, followed by professional development on the first piece of the School Improvement process, the needs assessment. Working from student assessment results, districts and schools will use the LANA to collect and analyze pertinent data for use in the school improvement planning process.
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School Improvement Planning
Participants are led through the process of writing a School Improvement Plan as outlined in the Louisiana Department of Education’s "Tools for Success” and "School Improvement Plan Template.” Emphasis is placed on planning as a process and quality implementation/evaluation for success. Participation in the Louisiana Needs Assessment Module (LANA) is a prerequisite for attending the School Improvement Planning Module. The Accountability/Louisiana Needs Assessment module is a pre-requisite to attending this professional development offering.
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Degree of Implementation Guide (DIG)
The writing of the School Improvement Plan is just the beginning step in impacting student achievement in a given school. The second step is the quality implementation of the plan. The DIG is a process designed to systematically collect and analyze evidence to measure the level and quality of implementation of pre-determined indicators for each strategy in the School Improvement Plan. The Accountability/LANA and SIP modules are prerequisites to attending this professional development offering.
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District Assistance Team (DAT) Updates
State and federal policies change over time. District Assistance Team (DAT) personnel who have participated in DAT training and are certified must attend these update meetings in order to retain their certification.
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Curriculum Mapping
Based on the research of Fenwick English and Heidi Hayes-Jacobs, school-based teams are provided with an overview of the benefits and process of mapping a school's curriculum over time. The outcomes of this process for a school include improved communication among teachers and grade levels as well as clearer alignment of the curriculum.
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| Lynn Delahaye |
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School Improvement Coordinator
lynn.delahaye@la.gov
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985.549.2864 Fax
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Thinking Maps
RESC II staff provide training to schools on teaching students to use Thinking Maps as visual thinking tools in order to improve their students' achievement.
Thinking Maps
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Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)
The goal of this professional development opportunity is to provide teachers with differentiated learning strategies, teaching routines, and cooperative thinking strategies to improve the performance of students and teachers.
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| Carolyn Kane |
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School Improvement Coordinator
carolyn.kane@la.gov
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985.549.2381 Fax
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LEAP 21
RESC personnel are available to assist with the interpretation of test results and with the selection of instructional strategies to improve student performance. The Center also provides training to teachers on the use of the Louisiana PASS, which is an online program to provide practice in LEAP-like items at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Teachers are trained in assisting students to use the program, which provides feedback in the areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies for multiple choice, open-ended, and essay items.
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