Training Opportunities
SAVE THE DATE: Week of July 14-18, 2008
Charter School Specialists and St. Aloysius Orphanage will be hosting our annual training event for School Operators, Teachers, Treasurers, Business Managers, and Board members. Professional Development tracts will cover State reporting (EMIS, CSADM, FLICS, EMAD), Fiscal management, Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP), Accountability, Special Education Coordination, Compliance visits and monitoring, Board responsibilities and meeting operation, Child abuse and neglect prevention and recognition, Heimlich Maneuver, First Aid, and Blood Borne Pathogens. Check back soon for more details and registration information!
VALUE ADDED-BATTELLE FOR KIDS
Join Battelle for Kids for their fifth annual national conference, The Power of Two: Progress & Achievement, October 6-8, 2008 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.
This conference is designed to build attendees' knowledge about how to apply value-added information and provide opportunities to share ideas and strategies to accelerate this valuable school improvement tool. The Power of Two Conference is a true professional development experience.
Battelle for Kids is seeking learning session presenters to share their experiences and expertise using value-added information to improve teaching and learning. Proposals are due by May 19.
Download a copy of the Call for Presenters or for more information, visit http://www.battelleforkids.org/home/Events/Value_add2008
Please direct conference questions to Erica Powers at epowers@BattelleforKids.org or (614) 481-3141.
Statewide Survey Seeks to Capture Information on School Data Use
On behalf of the ODE, Hezel Associates is conducting a short online survey of school administrators and teachers in grades 3-12 about data use. The feedback will help Ohio's D3A2 better meet the data and resource needs of administrators and teachers. It takes about 15 minutes to complete the survey; the questions are applicable regardless of whether your district is using D3A2 or the level of D3A2 use.
Teachers can click here and Administrators can click here.
Completed surveys are requested by May 9. Thank you for participating. Survey information will benefit all of us who are working to encourage educators to practice data-based decision making.
OHIO ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OAPCS is excited to bring you the state's first charter school conference in recent memory on Oct. 14 and 15, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Columbus North.
The theme for this year's conference is Charting the Course to Quality. Sessions will be organized to bring you the best and the brightest on topics relevant to your needs, and will include programming for teachers, leaders, and governance board members.
Interested in presenting? Watch your mailbox, inbox and our Web site, as we will be issuing a call for conference proposals shortly.
As charter school leaders are planning budgets and calendars for the 2008-2009 school year, please don't forget to build in time and professional development dollars for the whole staff to attend the OAPCS Charter Conference on October 14-15 in Columbus, Ohio!
http://www.oapcs.org/index.php
Welcome To The 8th Annual National Charter Schools Conference
Registration for the 2008 National Charter Schools Conference is officially open!
As you know, the conference is the only national gathering of the entire charter school community. This year's conference is June 22-25 in New Orleans, LA, and we're expecting over 3,000 movers and shakers: teachers, principals, policymakers, state leaders, funders, advocates, researchers.....every branch of our expanding charter-school family.
"Still We Rise: Achieving Academic Excellence at Scale" is the conference theme, reflecting the growth of quality public charter schools across America. Our theme has special resonance in New Orleans, which boasts the nation's largest percentage of public charter school enrollment. New Orleans' charter schools are not only spurring a new dawn of academic excellence, but are also providing a great boost to the growth and recovery of the Crescent City.
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