audience: leaders (grades 3-EOC)
As district and school leaders, you understand the role data play in shaping instruction and improving student learning; however, it’s easy to lose focus with the release of large amounts of information. As we continue to emphasize the importance of academic growth, let’s take some time to hone our leadership language and discuss some actionable next steps for creating focus and hope for the 2023-24 school year.
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audience: new principals and assistant principals
Too much on your plate? Trying to decide what matters? Working towards the right leadership language?
Let’s simplify the work by:
- choosing 2 campus priorities based on YOUR data, Principal Standards, and Effective School Framework
- selecting 2 high-yield lead4ward resources to support your instructional leadership
- committing to a 30-day plan focused on improving instructional leadership
Join us as we explore priorities, resources, and action items that will help us to lead4ward!
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audience: teachers and leaders
Help teachers and leaders make the most of PLC planning time by using your lead4ward field guides to unlock ideas for approaching and addressing the content and process standards. We’ll dig into the field guide components to help drive strong instructional conversations. This class is your solution for:
- improving planning and PLC discourse
- vetting instructional materials for tight alignment to the standards
- helping teachers understand the context in which each student expectation fits into the big picture, as well as the specifics that inform instruction
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audience: teachers and leaders (grades 3-12)
Most classroom management issues are eliminated when positive relationships are a priority and when students are actively engaged in their learning! You will learn tips, tools, and techniques for:
- building positive relationships with and among students by creating a classroom culture of good intentions and collaborative support
- positively and proactively addressing student behavior by establishing clear classroom commitments and implementing the S.O.S. (simplest of solutions) approach to address the majority of behavior disruptions
- promoting successful learning and positive behavior by rehearsing engaging activities using lead4ward’s instructional strategies playlist
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audience: teachers and leaders
Do you want to be a dynamic, effective teacher who promotes active student participation with minimal teacher preparation? Then student engagement is a critical component of your instruction! Teachers and leaders will learn how to promote engagement and thinking by planning instruction using lead4ward instructional resources:
- instructional strategies playlist – low-prep/high-yield instructional strategies at your fingertips!
- quickchecks – comprehension techniques that take only 30 seconds to 1 minute to implement
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audience: teachers and leaders (grades 3-EOC)
With the first administration of STAAR 2.0 under our belt, we’ll explore how leadership teams and PLCs can renew their focus on instruction through the lens of the STAAR redesign. With a snapshot view of the elements of the redesigned STAAR assessment, we’ll explore ways to align thinking in the classroom to STAAR 2.0 and adapt instruction to respond to the demands of a more rigorous and diverse assessment.
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audience: elementary rla teachers and leaders (grades 3-5)
How can we harness the power of writing to help students engage more deeply with texts? There’s an undeniable connection between writing and comprehension, and this session explores that relationship to assess and support students’ understanding of whatever they read, hear, or view. We’ll offer practical insights, effective strategies, and actionable takeaways that improve learning outcomes for all students.
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audience: secondary rla teachers and leaders (grades 6-EOC)
How can we harness the power of writing to help students engage more deeply with texts? There’s an undeniable connection between writing and comprehension, and this session explores that relationship to assess and support students’ understanding of whatever they read, hear, or view. We’ll offer practical insights, effective strategies, and actionable takeaways that improve learning outcomes for all students.
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audience: elementary math teachers and leaders (grades 3-5)
Math teachers accommodate a wide range of student abilities in their classrooms and need structures and strategies to meet the unique learning needs of students. We’ll explore structures that create intervention opportunities that teachers can manage. We’ll also make connections to supplemental instruction requirements as outlined in HB 1416 (formerly HB 4545) by leveraging lead4ward tools and strategies to inform intervention and to plan with renewed intention.
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audience: secondary math teachers and leaders (grades 6-EOC)
Math teachers accommodate a wide range of student abilities in their classrooms and need structures and strategies to meet the unique learning needs of students. We’ll explore structures that create intervention opportunities that teachers can manage. We’ll also make connections to supplemental instruction requirements as outlined in HB 1416 (formerly HB 4545) by leveraging lead4ward tools and strategies to inform intervention and to plan with renewed intention.
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audience: teachers and leaders (grades 2-12)
Is your students’ challenge with comprehension affecting their learning across content areas? Do your students struggle to effectively write in response to the visuals, text, and videos used during instruction? We’ll explore how to implement effective ways to help our students comprehend various methods of content input and successfully reflect their learning in writing!
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audience: science teachers and leaders (grades k-12)
The new science TEKS standards will be in effect for the 2024-25 school year. What changes have been made, and how will they impact instruction and student learning? How do teachers decide which lessons/activities are worth keeping, need tweaking, or should be thrown out altogether? What movement across and within grade levels affects potential learning gaps? These are just some of the new issues facing Texas science educators, but we can begin to prepare for them now!
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audience: teachers and leaders (grades k-12)
How can we collaboratively leverage the instructional planning process to create accessible, engaging, and rigorous learning for the diversity of learners in inclusive classrooms? Access to quality instruction is key to student growth for all learners. Using lead4ward’s planning guide and instructional resources, we’ll investigate the thinking skills that students need to learn and comprehend information. We’ll explore ways that educator teams can ensure access to that thinking for all learners and, ultimately, support growth on STAAR 2.0.
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audience: leaders
A-F Accountability is in a state of ongoing evolution. This session is designed to help school leaders make sense of the accountability system with all the complexities that it entails. We will discuss data measures included in the A-F Accountability system and connect accountability data measures to instruction!
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audience: teachers and leaders
How do we gain a deeper understanding of the standards AND analyze the best ways to have students showcase content mastery? Maximizing time to plan instruction that is relevant, engaging, and rigorous is key to successful Tier 1 instruction. We’ll focus on the planning process using lead4ward’s planning guide to investigate the thinking skills students need for success in learning, on STAAR 2.0, and to help them apply and reflect on their learning.
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