Creating Technology to Promote Learning    

9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, Ph.D., Executive Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Scottsdale Unified School District

9:15 a.m.

Dynamic Intervention Systems

Presented by: John R. Bergan, Ph.D., President, Assessment Technology, Incorporated

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It is well recognized that the American educational system must increase student learning to remain competitive in the 21st century. The need to increase learning will require dynamic intervention systems comprised of interrelated research and management components. Research components are needed to provide credible evidence of instructional effectiveness. Management components are required to plan, implement, evaluate, and adjust interventions. This presentation outlines a dynamic intervention system integrating research and management to promote student learning.

10:10 a.m.

Implementing Intervention through the Local Accountability Professional Development Series (LAPDS)

Presented by: Ruth Ann McKenna, Director Field Service, WestEd

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WestEd knows from research and decades of experience that a one-size-fits-all approach does not work. That’s why the Local Accountability Professional Development Series (LAPDS) team customizes the training to address individual strengths and needs. While the implementation may differ based on each district’s or school’s unique characteristics, the LAPDS process remains the same.

WestEd’s services are based on the best available research in mastery learning theory and the alignment of curriculum, lesson planning, instruction, and assessment. This alignment provides students with specific, immediate feedback and multiple opportunities to demonstrate proficiency of the academic standards.

WestEd’s focus? To build your capacity to fully implement an accountability system that will rapidly improve student achievement. The LAPDS system uses rigorous standards and assessments fully aligned with the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) item specifications and the blueprints of the district’s or school’s state assessment.

11:05 p.m.

Designing an Intervention

Presented by: Kerridan Smith, Professional Development Director, Assessment Technology, Incorporated

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Designing the sort of intervention system being presented in this forum requires the close integration of three fundamental and familiar components. Goal setting, implementation, and evaluation are familiar to everyone in the educational world. This presentation will discuss how each of these components can be designed in order to achieve the degree of integration that will be needed in order to maximize the opportunity to realize meaningful increases in student achievement and instructional efficiency. Methods of organizing content that support easy tracking of both the instructional material that has been delivered and the outcome that has been achieved will be reviewed. Discussion will also be focused on use of the evaluation data to make decisions about subsequent instruction so that approaches that don’t work are addressed in a timely fashion.

11:10 a.m.

Creating an Active Classroom

Presented by: Amy Serrano, Area Sales Manager, Promethean

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Experience learning beyond the four walls of your classroom. Engage students with interactive lessons while incorporating curriculum with teaching software that facilitates communication and collaboration through the learner response systems in Activclassroom.

11:50 a.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Breakout Session:  One of the challenges today’s educators face is that of utilizing technology to support educational interventions. In this breakout session participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences in planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions. They will discuss the kinds of interventions most needed to elevate student achievement in their district, and they will examine the role of assessment in informing intervention initiatives. Participants will explore the application of technology in intervention implementation using a variety of tools, such as Galileo Dialog Resources, Promethean flipbooks, and technology utilizing district- or teacher-created activities and lesson plans. Participants will leave the breakout session with sample implementation plans utilizing intervention technology that may be leveraged for intervention instruction in the current 2008-2009 school year.

3:15 p.m.

Breakout Findings and Closing Remarks

Presented by: John R. Bergan, Ph.D., President, Assessment Technology, Incorporated