Coaching for Change: Tools and Skills to Turn Resistance into Commitment

Date: 
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our first webinar of the school year features Christy Reveles, Ed.D, CPC and Barbara Hauser, MA - QLD Consultants and Certified S.M.A.R.T. Coaches.

Essential Skills for S.M.A.R.T. Goals - 2 day workshops from Solution Tree

Learn the S.M.A.R.T. process for building effective teams. S.M.A.R.T. goals are powerful tools to use within the results-driven culture of a professional learning community. When goals are aligned from the building level to the classroom level, teams stay accountable, accomplish more, and are able to focus on next steps for sustaining high levels of student achievement.

Using Data and GAN to Bring Focus to Instruction

Imagine how different schools would be if teachers and principals were able to focus completely on a few, significant priorities that have a profoundly positive impact on student learning across all subject areas. Imagine individual teachers actually having extra time because continuous, relevant data helps them target their instruction to students’ greatest areas of need.

Testing is not the problem

I’m gravely concerned about a recent posting in Teacher Week by Renee Moore, a former Mississippi state teacher of the year and Milken Award winner. In a post entitled “Fixing NCLB: How Testing Hurts Disadvantaged Kids”, Ms.

Watch the recording of our recent webinar: An evidence-based model for measuring improvement in teaching and learning

Date: 
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

How do you measure the effectiveness of your school improvement efforts?

The S.M.A.R.T. Measurement System™ (S.M.S.) incorporates the use of multiple forms of data and field-based evidence to assess the impact of professional development focused on school improvement. Specifically, the S.M.S. integrates critical measures of student performance with an Indicators of Progress rubric and S.M.A.R.T. Survey. 

Our Framework

Use the attached S.M.A.R.T. Schools Self-assessment with your colleagues to reflect on where your school stands.

A Process for Implementing S.M.A.R.T. Goals

When Mike Schmoker's Results was published, we were impressed by his 33 Minute Meeting Agenda. We were looking for a way to extend S.M.A.R.T. Goals into a deeper learning process that would bring together instructional best practices with job-embedded staff development and collaborative inquiry. This is the results-driven school improvement process we've been teaching, coaching and refining ever since.

S.M.A.R.T. Goals

The "SMART" acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results. It has since been used everywhere from strategic planning to weight loss programs to self help resources. SMART is defined a little bit differently by each industry, but having used SMART for many years in the corporate sector, Anne and Jan defined it for educators as: S=Specific and Strategic, M=Measurable, A=Attainable, R=Results-based, T=Timebound.

Meet Janet Bliss Mello - Featured Coach and Consultant

Certified S.M.A.R.T. Coach

Janet is an independent consultant whose expertise includes consulting with at-risk schools using a comprehensive, long-term reading process. In addition to her work with QLD, she is serving on the Texas Staff Development Council (TSDC) Board, and working with the Literacy First Reading Initiative in Oklahoma. A former Director of Professional Development, Janet earned a BS in Elementary Education from the University of Texas - Austin, a Masters in Reading  from the University of North Texas, and Gifted and Talented and Mid-Management certifications.

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