Demystifying the State Test
(6-Hour)
Find out everything you need to know about the State's Accountability Test. In this
seminar middle and high school teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, etc. react to and discuss what thousands of middle and high school students, of all ethnicities, believe are the reasons behind their lack of achievement in school and on the State's accountability test. Participants are provided with easy-to-implement classroom and school strategies to improve students' perceptions towards testing and their academic performance in school.
What Does it Mean to be Hispanic in
America
(6-Hour)
Empower your staff to improve the academic achievement of Hispanic students. This
seminar provides teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, social workers, etc. with a deeper understanding of the challenges Hispanics face in their pursuit of a quality life in
America. Participants learn about latest local, state and national Hispanic trends and issues and acquire the knowledge and skills they need to establish positive and productive connections with the students and their parents.
Let's Begin With What We Have
(3-Hour)
Your school staff needs to be assessment-literate. In this seminar teachers, school administrators, and district instructional staff study the beliefs, trends, and events that led to the assessment tools that are already available and/or in use in many schools across the nation. This seminar makes clear the connections between standards, assessment, and accountability. Participants analyze the differences and similarities, in terms of purpose, use, content, and format, between criterion-referenced and norm-referenced tests and between national, state, district, and classroom level assessments.
It's a Good Thing to Re-invent the Wheel
(6-Hour)
Equip your staff to develop their own quality assessments for their classrooms. This workshop is designed to raise the awareness level of teachers, school administrators, and district instructional staff regarding the function and importance of teacher-made classroom assessments. They discover methods to improve their ability to align their daily instruction and assessments to the state standards and assessments.
Teachers are equipped with tools to use in the process of developing classroom assessments that have a clear purpose, are aligned to the state standards in content and rigor, use the appropriate methodology and sampling, and are free from biases and distortion.
Test-Taking Experts
(3-Hour)
Give low-achievers/at-risk students the tools they need to succeed in tests. Minority and low-income students face challenges in testing situations.
In this staff development opportunity, teachers and school administrators learn to identify these challenges and implement proven-to-work school/classroom practices and test-taking strategies that will allow students to achieve a greater level of test-taking success.
No Data Left Unused
(6-Hour)
The ability to mine, analyze, communicate, and utilize data is an invaluable skill. In this seminar teachers, school administrators, and district instructional staff learn how to work with data and use student assessment data reports (AYP, SAR, SPI, etc.) to determine students academic needs and establish school academic goals.
Create a Culture of Achievement
(6-Hour)
Learn to create an atmosphere of success. At this training event, instructional personnel at all levels will come to a deeper understanding of the relationship between school culture and student achievement.
They will be able to identify classroom and school practices that create a better learning environment for all students. They will be able to formulate and implement research-based strategies for their schools to create a culture that increases academic success.
Change the "Whatever!" Attitude
(3-Hour)
Be a catalyst to generate student motivation to learn . Teachers and school administrators increase their awareness of the role that student motivation plays in academic achievement and learn about research-based and proven-to-work school/classroom practices that can generate student motivation to learn and improve performance in any testing situation.
No Teacher Left Alone ™
(3-Hour)
Build teacher dream-teams as a result of this seminar. Teachers and school administrators explore the advantages of teachers working together in grade level and subject area teams so that all students reach proficiency.
They develop the ability to problem-solve within a team and increase its effectiveness by understanding the characteristics of high-functioning teams and recognizing the challenges that individuals face as interdependent members of a team who validate each other.
No Parent Left Apart ™
(3-Hour)
Empower parents to support their children's education through meaningful involvement. Informing and involving parents empowers them. Teachers and school administrators increase their awareness of the impact that parental involvement has on student academic achievement and learn about research-based and proven-to-work school practices and strategies that empowers parents and increase involvement in their children’s education.
Let Them Be All That They Can Be
(5-Day)
Plan a boot camp for teachers as a training opportunity to develop expertise in mathematics. Elementary school teachers deepen and strengthen their mathematical knowledge in Number Sense and Operations, Algebraic Thinking, Geometry/Spatial Sense, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability; increase their capacity to solve word problems, communicate findings, use reasoning and critical thinking, and make connections to other sciences; learn teaching strategies to communicate hard-to-teach mathematical concepts; learn how to use Power Point and Excel programs for instructional purposes; and, build the self-confidence that will empower them to teach mathematics to a diverse student population.
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Vivan Los Estudiantes!
(3-Hour)
Get Latino students to academic proficiency. Teachers, school administrators, and district instructional personnel increase their awareness of the challenges that Hispanic/Latino students need to overcome in school and learn proven-to-work school/classroom practices that will help them experience academic success.
Changing the Headlines
(3-Hour)
Understand and improve your school grade. Teachers, school administrators, and district instructional personnel learn about the beliefs behind, components, and national/state trends that led to the A + Plan; how
Florida’s schools are graded; and, proven-to-work school strategies to improve the school performance grade.
It's More than "Yes" or "No"
(3-Hour)
Understand and use the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report. Teachers, school administrators, and district instructional personnel learn about the beliefs behind, components, and national trends and concerns that led to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act; how to read and interpret the Adequate Yearly Progress Report (AYP), research-based practices that can increase the academic achievement of the different subgroups; and, establish goals to get all students to proficiency.