Professional Development Events

Working Meeting "RTI and State Priorities" Event Date: 1/25/2011 - 1/26/2011

A working meeting entitled, “Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation and State Priorities� was held in Austin, Texas January 25-26, 2011, to identify how RTI is relevant to new state priorities, including School Improvement Grants, Common Core State Standards, and effective instruction for diverse learners. Read more...

Western School Improvement Grants (SIG) Conference Event Date: 4/5/2011 - 4/6/2011

The Center on Instruction was a co-sponsor of the four national School Improvement Grants (SIG) conferences held in April and May 2011. Read more...

Webinar Series: Using Doing What Works (DWW) Resources to Support SIG Grantees in Adolescent Literacy - School Leadership Event Date: 3/31/2011

This School Leadership module is the first in a series of five webinar modules designed to provide key adolescent literacy principles and practices to support the federally funded School Improvement Grants (SIG). Read more...

Webinar Series: Using Doing What Works (DWW) Resources to Support SIG Grantees in Adolescent Literacy - Research Overview Event Date: 3/31/2011

This Research Overview module is the second in a series of five webinar modules designed to provide key adolescent literacy principles and practices to support the federally funded School Improvement Grants (SIG). Read more...

Webinar Series: Using Doing What Works (DWW) Resources to Support SIG Grantees in Adolescent Literacy - Explicit Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School Event Date: 3/31/2011

This Explicit Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and High School module is the third in a series of five webinar modules designed to provide key adolescent literacy principles and practices to support the federally funded School Improvement Grants (SIG). Read more...

Webinar Series: Using Doing What Works (DWW) Resources to Support SIG Grantees in Adolescent Literacy - Text Discussion Event Date: 3/31/2011

This Text Discussion module is the fourth in a series of five webinar modules designed to provide key adolescent literacy principles and practices to support the federally funded School Improvement Grants (SIG). Read more...

Webinar Series: Using Doing What Works (DWW) Resources to Support SIG Grantees in Adolescent Literacy - Intensive Interventions for Struggling Readers Event Date: 3/31/2011

This Intensive Interventions for Struggling Readers module is the fifth in a series of five webinar modules designed to provide key adolescent literacy principles and practices to support the federally funded School Improvement Grants (SIG). Read more...

WebEx: Common Core State Standards for Mathematics - What, How, When and How about YOU! Event Date: 2/9/2011

The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar on February 9, 2011, featuring Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell who provided an overview of the Common Core State Standards and the intended impact on the field of mathematics. Read more...

WebEx: Literacy Research Update Event Date: 1/20/2011

The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar January 20, 2011, in which Dr. Barbara Foorman of the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) provided an overview of recent research in oral language, text difficulty, and writing, and the implications the findings from the research have for improving reading outcomes. Read more...

SIG Webinar 2: Improving Student Achievement through the Use of Data and Differentiated Instruction Event Date: 9/30/2010

This webinar is the second in a series of School Improvement Grants (SIG) webinars designed to provide key principles, action steps, and useful resources that support the initial Action Planning steps identified in the Handbook on Effective Implementation of School Improvement Grants, which was developed by the five regional content centers. Read more...

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