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Region VII Education Service Center
Professional Development
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. Certification is a requirement for serving on a DAT.
A District Assistance Team (DAT) is an external team comprised of specially trained district and university personnel, which serves as an invaluable resource for a school in School Improvement and/ or with a Comprehensive School Reform Program (CSRP) grant that needs additional assistance and support in its efforts to improve student achievement.
District Assistance Teams
| For more information contact: |
| Martha Moore |
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School Improvement Coordinator
martha.moore@la.gov
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318-797-0755
318-797-0899 Fax
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| Tina Kendrick |
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Director
tina.kendrick@la.gov
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318-797-0728
318-797-0899 Fax
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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 (SIP) Module
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 prerequisite to attend this professional development offering.
Title I, Part A
School Improvement
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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 attend this professional development offering.
Title I Home page
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District Accountability Personnel Training
District personnel who work with School Accountability are responsible for conveying Accountability policies to school personnel in their district. This training is computer-based and designed to give the Accountability personnel in the districts a full and detailed explanation of the Accountability System, including terminology, policies, and calculations of scores. This training is only recommended for district-level personnel who are new to accountability and responsible for accountability issues in the district.
Accountability
| For more information contact: |
| Tina Kendrick |
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Director
tina.kendrick@la.gov
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318-797-0728
318-797-0899 Fax
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| Martha Moore |
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School Improvement Coordinator
martha.moore@la.gov
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318-797-0755
318-797-0899 Fax
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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.
| For more information contact: |
| Tina Kendrick |
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Director
tina.kendrick@la.gov
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318-797-0728
318-797-0899 Fax
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| Martha Moore |
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School Improvement Coordinator
martha.moore@la.gov
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318-797-0755
318-797-0899 Fax
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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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Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
DIBELS testing is used to measure critical skills that underline early reading success. The seven, one-minute assessments predict how well children are likely to be doing in reading comprehension by the end of third grade. The results of grade-level indicators are used as a screening instrument to determine needed intervention. The three-step training process involves Administration and Scoring, Mentoring Scoring and Intervention
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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R)
The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) is an early childhood evaluation instrument used to determine program quality. The ECERS-R is designed to be used in ALL programs that serve children from 3-5 years of age. The Louisiana Department of Educatioon uses this instrument to ensure that high quality early childhood programs are being provided across the state.
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| Jo Carroll |
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Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator
jo.carroll@la.gov
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318-797-0854
318-797-0899 Fax
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Thinking Maps
Professional Development is provided for teachers in all subject areas, at all grade levels with low/no cost visual tools that integrate thinking skills and mapping techniques. Thinking Maps are eight visual-verbal learning tools, each based on a fundamental thinking process and used together as a set of tools for showing relationships.
Thinking Maps give all students and teachers a common visual language for meaningful learning within and across disciplines. The consistency and flexibility of each of the Thinking Maps facilitates student centered and cooperative learning, concept development, reflective thinking, creativity, clarity of communication, and continuous cognitive development.
Thinking Maps are a product of the Innovative Learning Group.
| For more information contact: |
| Jo Carroll |
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Early Childhood Special Education Coordinator
jo.carroll@la.gov
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318-797-0854
318-797-0899 Fax
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| Tina Kendrick |
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Director
tina.kendrick@la.gov
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318-797-0728
318-797-0899 Fax
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| Martha Moore |
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School Improvement Coordinator
martha.moore@la.gov
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318-797-0755
318-797-0899 Fax
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Analyzing Data
At the request of schools and school districts, customized workshops are designed, ranging from test data analysis to the development of a full needs assessment based on a complete data collection/analysis process. Participants begin by identifying and collecting cognitive, behavioral, perceptual, and/or archival data and are trained in triangulation of the resulting data to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the school and to determine the underlying causes for both.
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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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Literature Circles
At the request of schools and school districts, a workshop designed to guide teachers in preparing students for literature circles. Workshop assists teachers in forming, managing, and assessing peer-led book discussion groups.
| For more information contact: |
| Jennifer Armond |
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School Improvement Coordinator
jennifer.armond@la.gov
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318-797-0899 Fax
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