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Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs to Keynote Fall School Improvement Conference
Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs will kick of the Fall School Improvement Conference, September 23-25, 2013, in Cheyenne at Little America Hotel and Resort.
Heidi Hayes Jacobs, president of Curriculum Designers, Inc., has served as an education consultant to thousands of schools nationally and internationally. She works with schools and school systems on issues and practices pertaining to curriculum reform, assessment analysis and strategic planning. She is the author of Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation; Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K–12; and Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping.
She has served as an adjunct associate professor at the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, from 1981 to the present. She has worked with the College Board, NBC Sunday Today Show, PBS Teacherline, the Discovery Channel, Children’s Television Workshop, CBS National Sunrise Semester, ASCD, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Disney Company, Prentice-Hall Publishing, the International Baccalaureate, the European Council of International Schools and state education departments. She has been interviewed and featured in the New York Times, Educational Leadership, Child Magazine, a Sunburst Communications video on successful middle schools, Microsoft Education and National Public Radio’s "Talk of the Nation."
AdvancED Wyoming wishes all of you a restful and enjoyable summer. In September, we will see you in Cheyenne!
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June 1 is the deadline to submit a session proposal form for the Fall School Improvement Conference to be held on September 23-24, 2013.
We are seeking breakout sessions that present useful, timely and practical information. Teachers and administrators want new ideas that can be implemented the very next day with little or no cost. Please be mindful of this as you submit your proposals.
We also are seeking content-specific presentations with new great ideas about methodology—especially Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, World Language, Fine and Performing Arts and Industrial and Home Arts.
If you have something to share with your peers, please consider giving a presentation. We would love to hear from you! Submit your session proposal form to Karan Wright.
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If you would like to participate in our Exhibitors' Fair, please submit your proposal no later than June 1 to Karan Wright. Conference attendees like to purchase books and instructional aids on site.
The fee for an Exhibitor’s Table is $650. Information tables are available for non-profit/grant funded organizations at a cost of $50. Please submit your proposal for an information table no later than June 1 to Karan.
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AdvancED and Wyoming Department of Education
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After a brief separation, the Wyoming Department of Education has returned to its partnership with AdvancED Wyoming. The WDE will be featured at the Fall School Improvement Conference, making the School Improvement Conferences once again Wyoming’s “One-Stop Shop” for all things education.
All of the WDE divisions will be on hand to answer any and all questions in regards to WDE expectations and rules and regulations. Watch for our up-coming conference website for specific WDE presentations.
AdvancED Wyoming is happy to be partnering again with the WDE. The state of education in Wyoming is strongest when the two entities work together.
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Call for Team Participants
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One of the best opportunities that AdvancED Wyoming offers is the ability for teachers and administrators to serve on External Review Teams throughout the state, nation and even the world! Serving on an External Review Team is a great professional development opportunity and provides great insight into other schools' and school systems' school improvement practices. If you would like to serve on an External Review Team, please contact Brad Jacobson.
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AdvancED International Summit 2013 Program Details
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AdvancED has announced discussion and panel topics for the International Summit 2013. This year’s Summit, Defining Learner Success in the Digital Age, will be held June 23-25, in Washington, D.C. The three plenary sessions and corresponding dialogue breakouts will investigate:
- Defining Learner Success in the Digital Age: Describe and define the skills, knowledge, attributes, and dispositions needed for students to thrive in a digitally-connected global society.
- Fostering Learner Success in the Digital Age: Explore the implementation of competency-based models for learning and badging systems.
- Measuring Learner Success in the Digital Age: Examine whether you have successfully prepared learners in alternative/performance-based assessments and Common Core State Standards.
Each plenary session will be followed by Disruptive Dialogue breakout groups in which participants will have the opportunity to share ideas and thoughts through the use of technology, hands on activities and group interaction. Participants will explore the various components integral to understanding and influencing learner success in the digital age. Click here to register today.
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AdvancED, the home of NCA CASI, NWAC and SACS CASI, is dedicated to
advancing excellence in education worldwide.
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