About the Teacher Data Use Survey:
The Teacher Data Use Survey (TDUS) can help schools and districts learn about ways teachers use data, teachers’ attitudes toward data, and the supports that help teachers use data.
About the Series:
This webinar series will orient attendees to the TDUS, its administration and application in schools and districts, and its ability to promote data-informed decisionmaking.
Who Should Attend:
District and school leaders and district research and evaluation staff.
Webinar 1 – Overview
Date: October 14, 2016
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Webinar 2 – Teacher Data Use Survey Customization
Date: October 21, 2016
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Webinar 3 – Teacher Data Use Survey Administration
Date: October 28, 2016
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Webinar 4 – Communicating Results
Date: November 4, 2016
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Key Points
Who Should Attend?
Data users, including data managers, assessment coordinators, school principals, instructional coaches, assessment coordinators, and others who routinely use data to inform decisionmaking in Kentucky school districts.
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Who Should Attend:
Educators and leaders in school districts and state education agencies.
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REL Appalachia’s Appalachian Higher Education Consortium (AHEC) meets regularly to discuss how data and research can be used to strengthen the development of new educators in the region. At this meeting, representatives from the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board presented on the development and implementation of the state’s new accountability and reporting system for teacher preparation programs, the Kentucky Educator Preparation Accountability System (KEPAS). AHEC members then spent time discussing KEPAS and how it might inform other states’ accountability systems.
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Who Should Attend:
How can we help middle school students who struggle with reading comprehension?
What reading skills and strategies do they need to know and use?
Audience:
General and special education teachers, key instructional leaders, curriculum coaches, and principals for grades 5–8.
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How can student mastery of rational numbers improve learning outcomes?
How can teachers deepen their understanding of rational numbers to improve instruction and student proficiency in mathematics?
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General and special education teachers, key instructional leaders, curriculum coaches, and principals for grades 5–8.
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Join fellow members of REL Appalachia’s six research alliances to share experiences, take away new ideas, and network around common interests.
Our second webinar will feature:
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Data Use Research Alliance and Virginia Middle School Research Alliance
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Innovation Configuration Maps (IC Maps) are tools that describe the major components of a program or practice (i.e., an “innovation”) and how they can vary when implemented. IC Maps and are used by educators and school leaders to provide a picture of ideal implementation and to support and guide individuals in reaching that ideal.
How can an IC Map help educators in managing, guiding, and sustaining implementation of new initiatives?
Audience:
MNPS Data Use Research Alliance members, other MNPS teachers and leaders, and educators across the country.
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What research-based strategies to improve student engagement are available?
How can teachers and schools use data to monitor engagement over time?
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Join members of REL Appalachia’s six research alliances to share experiences, take away new ideas, and network around common interests.
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Spotlight on the Kentucky College and Career Readiness Alliance (KyCCRA):
What were the findings from REL Appalachia’s study of online and distance learning courses in districts surrounding Memphis, Tennessee?
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Join REL Appalachia for a webinar on how including problem solving in daily instruction can enhance mathematics learning.
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Join REL Appalachia for a webinar on the research base that supports the use of student surveys as a measure of teacher effectiveness.
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The research base that supports the use of student surveys as a measure of teacher effectiveness.
Join REL Appalachia for a webinar on the evidence supporting increased learning time programs, and hear from educators about putting the programs into practice.
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This webinar presented strategies and tools Local Education Agencies (LEAs) can use to effectively and efficiently process research requests. The webinar included discussion of practices recommended in the National Forum on Education Statistics (NFES) publication “Forum Guide to Supporting Data Access for Researchers: A Local Education Agency Perspective” and REL Northeast and Islands’ Toolkit for Districts Working with External Researchers.
This webinar provided educators with an understanding of student engagement, the role it plays in college and career readiness, and how it can be measured. The 1-hour session reviewed student engagement research, how it can inform practice, and 21 measurement tools.
REL Appalachia hosted a webinar focused on equipping elementary and middle school mathematics teachers and curriculum coaches with: 1) research-based recommendations (approved by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, or IES) for identifying students struggling with mathematics, and 2) guidance on strengthening mathematics instruction and support for these students. The IES practice guide, Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools, and its eight recommendations were the event’s focal points.
REL Appalachia hosted a webinar, Increasing Student Engagement in Low Performing Schools, on December 11, 2012. The panel included presentations by both a researcher and practitioners. Dr. Chris Hulleman, a nationally recognized researcher on student engagement, began the webinar by discussing current research on types of student engagement, the relationship between student engagement and student achievement, and associated challenges. Dr. Patrick Murphy, superintendent of the Arlington Public School district in Virginia, reviewed his experience with student engagement, speaking to examples of strategies he has promoted. Dr. Murphy was joined by Ms. Maureen Nesselrode, who is the principal of Campbell Elementary School in Arlington, VA.
REL Appalachia hosted an informative presentation on the latest research pertaining to dual enrollment programs and their relationship to high school graduation, college enrollment, and college retention. The panel included both dual enrollment research experts and school administrators with hands-on experience in dual enrollment programs. The presenter discussed common challenges that can arise in the implementation of dual enrollment programs and strategies for addressing those challenges; they also responded to questions from the audience. The interactive session focused on resources available to school districts to support their dual enrollment efforts.
Education Week’s blog focusing on rural education also covered and summarized the webinar. Access the Article.
