Workshops For Administrators

August 1, 2012

Engineering Effective Professional Development Delivery Systems

High-quality, needs-based professional development is only as good as the delivery system in place to disseminate the content of the professional development to the intended recipients without the loss of the original message and meaning. To the detriment of district outcomes, professional development, generated by good intentioned, highly-qualified central office personnel, seldom reaches the people who […]
August 1, 2012

Building a Curriculum Management System for Districts and States

The complexity of the new internationally benchmarked standards for the major content areas require that teachers and school leaders have unobstructed access to content and grade-specific curricular tools to plan, deliver, and effectively evaluate instruction. This workshop will engage participants in the process of developing a network of interconnected curricular, instructional-delivery, and assessment tools necessary to […]
August 1, 2012

Meeting the Demands of Writing in Texas

The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills set clear expectations for composition. As students transition to college and careers, they must have the ability to compose, revise and edit a variety of written texts with a clear, controlling thesis, coherent organization, sufficient development, and effective use of language and conventions. In fact, writing tasks will be used […]