From Compromise to Collaboration: The Educational Leader's Role in Developing Effective Collaborative Teaching Teams

Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 4:30–5:30 p.m. ET

When it's your job to make collaborative teaching teams succeed, you need to outfit your leadership repertoire with the knowledge, skills, and tools from this Web seminar. Learn what it takes to design and support collaborative teaching teams, including:

• Strategies for assigning teachers and students to collaboratively taught classrooms
• Creative methods for establishing planning time and distributing resources
• Best practices for the professional development of collaborative teaching teams
• Ways to promote the continuous improvement of collaborative teaching teams
• Tools for the evaluation of the effectiveness of collaborative teaching teams and their impact in your school or district

Seminar Faculty: Matthew Jennings, Educational Consultant, Alexandria, N.J.

Registration Fee: $109 (ASCD Members), $173 (Nonmembers)

Web Seminar Code: PD09WB059

Please Note: Registration must be received by August 20, 2008.

Help! My Students Don't Get It: Helping Students Perform Well on State Performance Assessments

Monday, September 15, 2008, 3:30–4:30 p.m. ET

In this Web seminar, we will discuss the various types of questions and tasks that routinely appear on state performance assessments. You will:

• Learn about unpacking state standards to ensure that students have prerequisite skills at the appropriate level of difficulty.
• Understand how to create daily lessons that encourage students to practice the skills they will need on high-stakes tests.
• Understand how a school staff can create a learning community that fosters collaboration among teachers and high performance in students.

Seminar Faculty: Karen Tankersley, Educational Consultant, Glendale, Ariz.

Registration Fee: $109 (ASCD Members), $173 (Nonmembers)

Web Seminar Code: PD09WB060

Please Note: Registration must be received by September 8, 2008.

Research-Based Strategies to Engage Students in the Classroom

Monday, January 12, 2009, 3:30–4:30 p.m. ET

Here's an engaging and low-cost opportunity to explore techniques and strategies for promoting high levels of student engagement and energy in your classroom. Drawing from the ASCD best-selling book The Art and Science of Teaching, by Robert J. Marzano, this Web seminar models and showcases specific action steps you can take to promote high levels of achievement and understanding, such as:

• How to stimulate student interest with games and inconsequential competition
• How to enhance student responsiveness to questions and follow-up probes
• How to motivate student learning by using physical movement, unusual information, pacing, and friendly controversy

For any educator interested in applying research-based strategies for promoting student interest and engagement, this is an ideal opportunity to acquire those strategies without having to leave the school site.

Seminar Faculty: John L. Brown, Educational Consultant and ASCD Faculty Member, Alexandria, Va.

Registration Fee $109 (ASCD Members), $173 (Nonmembers)

Web Seminar Code: PD09WB061

Please Note: Registration must be received by January 5, 2009.

Leading Schooling by Design

Monday, May 11, 2009, 4:30–5:30 p.m. ET

This session will provide an overview of the book Schooling by Design and explore the following essential questions:

• What is the mission of schooling, and how should a school's mission guide its work?
• How should principles of learning influence educational practice?
• In what ways can "backward design" enhance school improvement planning?
• How can we make assessment a "photo album, not a snapshot?"
• How might we use a "photo album" of evidence (not simply a snapshot) to guide our school/district improvement efforts?
• What's the primary job of teachers and leaders?

Seminar Faculty: Jay McTighe, Educational Consultant and ASCD Faculty Member, Columbia, Md.

Registration Fee: $109 (ASCD Members), $173 (Nonmembers)

Web Seminar Code: PD09WB062

Please Note: Registration must be received by May 4, 2009.