You may see several
reports of the success of the recent Nebraska Educational Technology
Association (NETA) conference at the LaVista Convention Center. The conference
is one of the largest in the midwest and continues to provide excellent
resources for our school. We are proud to say that both Sandy and Lynne
have been instrumental in the development of NETA into the conference it is
today. In addition, we congratulate Lenny from our staff and all the
presenters from our schools.
We
encourage our area principals to take advantage of the annual Principals’
Retreat scheduled for June 13 and 14. Day one will feature training by
Dr. Phil Warrick from Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL) on Supervision and
Coaching. We believe this will have value to all of our principals as
they provide instructional leadership.
In April, Jen facilitated the first World Language Network where
teachers gathered to share resources and ideas for teaching foreign languages.
In addition to continuing district projects such as York’s MRL
Cohort and Centennial’s curricular work, Jen invested time in professional
growth by attending NETA and a powerful seminar on formative assessment with
Dylan William. Jen is an executive board member for the Nebraska chapter of
ASCD, which hosted a luncheon for Nebraska’s Legislators on the Education Committee.
Finally, Jen has been preparing for the NCLB ESU 6 Title III monitoring
visit scheduled for early May.
This past month, April
has participated in many professional development opportunities herself such as
the 3rd session of the Marzano Academy, the NETA conference, and a state-wide
reading cadre network. So it’s been a full month of learning for April.
In addition, she continued to provide her coaching and data facilitation
services to Dorchester and Wilber-Clatonia. She was also able to
participate in a UNL Research Project by being interviewed at Dorchester Public
Schools regarding her services there pertaining to the impact of Title I
services.
Lenny gave a presentation “There is a Math App for That” at the Nebraska
Educational Technology Association Conference (NETA). He demonstrated
several apps for the iPad at a variety of grade levels. Handouts and
links to the apps can be found on his web page at http://nmpdsagenda.wikispaces.com/Apps . Lenny also had an
opportunity to present at the NDE Data Conference. “Using NeSA Reports,
Correlations, and other Graphs to Improve Student Learning” was designed to
help teachers and administrators use the information they have to help students
learn. He also shared spreadsheets that could be used to create graphs.
Handouts and links can be found on his web page http://lenny-data.wikispaces.com/ . Lenny also had an
opportunity to attend a training by Dylan William, a spokesperson for NWEA and
formative assessment.