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AdvancED Virginia Winter Conference 2013
Join us at the AdvancED Virginia Winter Conference 2013 on February 25-26 at the Williamsburg Hospitality House in Williamsburg. This year’s theme is Local Focus, Global Impact. The conference will engage education leaders and policymakers from Virginia in an exploration of strategies for designing effective student learning environments for the future. Join us as we discuss the impact of accreditation on powerful school improvement efforts and focus on innovative student learning techniques for overall institutional excellence. Topics include:
- Accreditation Protocol for Schools and School Systems
- Internal Review: An Overview of Student Performance Results
- Overview of the New AdvancED Stakeholders Perception Surveys
- Overview of the AdvancED Standards for Quality Schools and Quality School Systems
- External Review: An Overview of the Process and Preparation for School Accreditation
- AdvancED’s New School Improvement Web-based Platform: Adaptive System of School Improvement Support Tools (ASSIST)
- Virginia Department of Education Update
- Other small group sessions on current education topics
Be at the forefront of innovation and leadership in education. The AdvancED Virginia Winter Conference 2013 is committed to providing school leaders with fresh ideas and approaches for meeting this unique challenge.
Click here for more information and to register!
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Lead Evaluator Training to be Held at Conference
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Put your leadership skills to work while helping area schools with their school improvement efforts by training to be an AdvancED Lead Evaluator (formerly known as “Quality Assurance Review Team Chair"). This two-day training will be Sunday and Tuesday, February 24 and February 26, 2013, in conjunction with the AdvancED Virginia conference on February 25-26 in Williamsburg at The Williamsburg Hospitality House.
The AdvancED External Review Training for Lead Evaluators prepares present and former school and central office administrators to lead External Review Teams (formerly known as Quality Assurance Review teams) using the AdvancED Standards for Quality and the new Accreditation Protocol. Upon completion of the training and serving as a member of an External Review team, Lead Evaluators are eligible to lead a review team within the AdvancED region.
External Review Lead Evaluators play an important role in verifying that a school is meeting the requirements for accreditation and in providing the school with valuable feedback to support its continuous improvement efforts. You will grow professionally through the learning that occurs during the review, the exposure to new ideas and practices, the collegial relationships that are built, and through the opportunity to have a positive impact on the school.
Effective immediately, all former chairs must complete the Lead Evaluator training in order to lead External Review teams. Training participants may attend just the training, or the training along with Day 1 of the conference, for a special price. See the Lead Evaluator Training tab at the top of the summary screen. For more information and to register, Click here.
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Call for Conference Presenters
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If you have a creative idea, a hot education topic or a best practice, and would like to lead a small group session during the AdvancED Virginia 2013 conference, we would like to hear from you! The conference will be February 25-26, 2013, at The Williamsburg Hospitality House in Williamsburg. Click here to submit a brief synopsis.
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Welcome New Council Members
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AdvancED Virginia welcomes four new Council Members:
- Dr. Brad Bizzell, Assistant Professor, School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Radford University
- Martha R. Chandler, Teacher, Halifax County High School
- Samuel P. Cox, Headmaster, Faith Christian School, Roanoke
- Dr. Oliver A. McBride, Executive Director, The Crossroads Institute, Galax
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ASSIST to Re-Shape School Improvement
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AdvancED has launched a new innovation that will re-shape the continuous improvement process. AdvancED Adaptive System of School Improvement Support Tools (ASSIST) is the future of school improvement. ASSIST joins a world-class array of knowledge resources, practical implementation tools with interactive screens to create a fully integrated web-based system. This new technology can help schools ensure no compliance detail or improvement activity is missed during the improvement process. Districts, state agencies, and partner organizations also will benefit from ASSIST by harnessing the ability to aggregate and review, for the first time, how the practical work of school improvement is conducted at the local level. ASSIST allows schools and districts to gain a better understanding of past successes and opportunities and confidently build and implement a solid, research-based plan for the future.
Additionally, ASSIST is available to schools and school systems in the AdvancED network at no additional fee. The use of ASSIST is a part of the benefits of being accredited through AdvancED. ASSIST merges the entire accreditation and school improvement process end to end.
At AdvancED we believe that students must be prepared to succeed in a constantly-evolving and diverse world and educational institutions have a deep responsibility to deliver quality education to their students. We’re committed to helping educational providers of all types meet that responsibility by providing tools and resources like ASSIST.
We will keep you informed about ASSIST and the training that we will be offering on ASSIST in the coming year. In the meantime, if you have questions about ASSIST, please contact our office. We look forward to helping you re-shape school improvement. Please contact Hilda Kelly at hkelly@advanc-ed.org.
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Check out AdvancED’s Website
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AdvancED’s website– www.advanc-ed.org has lots of valuable information on accreditation and school improvement. It is user-friendly and easy to navigate. There you also will find perspectives on education including a section on Issues in Education. Check out AdvancED’s website and find out how we are fostering new ideas and solutions, putting schools and school systems first, advancing excellence, and transforming education.
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All Accreditation Resources and Tools now are in one, convenient location. These resources only are available to institutions involved in AdvancED Accreditation. Many of the tools and resources have been updated and new ones have been added. Because these resources have been placed in a repository created only for schools and districts involved in the accreditation process, your principal, head of school, or superintendent will have details on locating these resources and tools.
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Help Us With Your Demographic Update
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It is once again that time of year to login to the AdvancED website and update the demographic information for your school or school system. This is a tremendous help in keeping our records current. To update your demographics, please go to www.advanc-ed.org. Login with your e-mail address and password and go to ASSIST. Click on your institution name, then click on the Profile tab which contains the link to the Demographics Update application. If you have not logged into the website before or if you need assistance, please contact our office.
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advancing excellence in education worldwide.
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