TO: GTCC Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Teacher-Leaders
FROM: Chris M. Olszewski
SUBJECT: Academy for Excellence in Leadership
April 29 & 30, 2008
Chili’s Banquet Room & Hampton Inn
Great Falls Market Square & 2301 14th St. SW
GTCC Advisory Council Meeting - April 29, 2008 – 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Agenda Items:
1) Director’s Updates and Fiscal Reports
2) Curriculum Updates
3) Summer Institutes 2008, Fall In-services 2008
4) Planning for 2008-2009
a) GTCC By-Laws Review
b) Calendar Dates
5) Grant Updates
Spring Academy for Excellence in Leadership - April 30, 2008 – 8:30 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Hampton Inn – 2301 14th St. SW (Lunch Provided)
Title: What Works in Schools and Classrooms (Guiding Learners to Achieve Understanding) Planning for GTCC Implementation of Marzano’s Research
Description: Administrators will have this opportunity to preview Dr. Jean Conyers, the Fall In-Service presenter, and they will then be provided with the overview on how the GTCC will begin the implementation of Marzano’s research over the next two years.
Dr. Conyers will highlight components of What Works in Schools and Classroom Instruction That Works. The goal of the workshop is to initiate a two-year effort to provide the necessary tools, research and strategies needed to begin and sustain implementation of effective practices by building leadership and classroom teachers.
Dr. Conyers will share with us an overview of the school and classroom level factors that have the greatest impact on student achievement. At the school level, practices related to providing a guaranteed and viable curriculum as well as effective reporting practices will be emphasized. At the classroom level, she will provide practical applications of research to enhance learning through the use of
o Similarities, differences, analogies and metaphors
o Non-linguistic representations of understandings
o Summarizing and notetaking
o Building academic vocabulary
Throughout the presentation, Dr. Conyers will share her experiences in helping build leadership teams to develop processes that have been effective in creating school-wide culture for lifelong learning.
The session will include discussions and opportunity to provide feedback on district needs and goals and how this plan can support member-district efforts for school improvement.
Presenter: Dr. Jean Conyers
Dr. Jean Conyers has worked with Dr. Robert Marzano for the past 25 years first as a colleague at McREL and then as a consumer of his research and writings in her roles as Assistant Superintendent of Schools in various Chicago-area school systems. Now as ASCD faculty member, Jean continues to work with Dr. Marzano by assisting educators in the practical application of research in schools and classrooms.
Her consulting and speaking engagements include numerous school districts in North America and abroad. Conyers has been recognized locally, regionally, and nationally for her leadership role in public education and has published numerous articles in Educational Leadership, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Quarterly, and Educational Administrative Quarterly. Conyers is committed to helping educators overcome the challenges of preparing our children for their future. She strives to help students hold themselves accountable by focusing on research-based instruction, and she understands that the best uses of technology help teachers and administrators make data-driven decisions about their students' performance.
Registration
Please RSVP by April 23, 2008 advising us of your intentions to participate in the Advisory Council and/or the Academy. Your prompt response allows us to efficiently plan and control costs for estimating required meals etc. Please email: sanna@gtccmt.org
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn for those needing to spend the night in Great Falls April 29th. Please call the Hampton Inn (406) 453-2675 or 1-800-426-7866 to reserve your room.
Registrations, lodging (room and tax) and meal expenses will be provided by the GTCC. We ask that your district cover expense for travel.
Administrators who can not attend due to other responsibilities for their district may choose to designate a teacher leader to attend the showcase.
PLEASE MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO ATTEND ALL OR PART OF THE GTCC ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP!
Please use this online form to RSVP
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