Month of February , 2006
Coaching Programs
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Mon, 2006-02-27 16:50.RIMS CTAP provides multi-day programs to support a collaborative coaching model, to improve the integration of technology into the curriculum, develop a district-wide professional learning community focused on effective practices to improve student achievement, and support the use of data to inform instruction.
Data Coaching Academy
The purpose of the Data Coaching Academy is to increase student achievement in all student subgroups by applying data-driven decision-making across district, site, and classroom levels.
Technology Integration Coaching
The RIMS CTAP Technology Integration Coaching Program is a multi-day program that supports the use of research-based best practices in integrating technology into the standards-based curriculum, using a collaborative coaching model. The Coaching Program provides ongoing training for Technology Integration Coaches in leadership skills including best practices of technology integration, coaching and mentoring skills, classroom observation and modeling techniques, change process, and data-driven decision-making. RIMS CTAP supports coaches throughout the year with online discussion forums and face-to-face meetings to further hone skills and provide immediate feedback on observation data.
Assessment Support
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Mon, 2006-02-27 16:47.Data Coaching Academy
The purpose of the Data Coaching Academy is to increase student achievement in all student subgroups by applying data-driven decision-making across district, site, and classroom levels.
Data Teams
The Data Teams workshop is designed for administrators and teacher leaders who want to become a site-level Data Team to support assessment literacy at their school site. The Data Teams training is based on the Data-Driven Decision-Making protocol from Doug Reeves and the Center for Performance Assessment. Participants will learn and practice a simple yet powerful data protocol and process to implement data teams at the school and classroom levels. Classroom teachers, serving as data team leaders, will understand their role to create agendas, monitor time, listen, and help move the team through the assessment data protocol as it relates to their grade level or department. Site administrators will understand the importance of meeting with the data team leaders to collect and analyze student achievement data and to discuss strategies to share this information school wide. Participants will learn the importance of safety in data dialogue, and some strategies to create that safe environment.
Professional Development for Administrators
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Mon, 2006-02-27 16:42.To support administrators in this era of standards, assessments and performance expectations, RIMS CTAP provides training and support specifically designed for administrators who want to strengthen the professional skills increasingly demanded of them.
AB75 Module III
The Principal Training Program (AB 75) provides funding for school districts to provide quality professional development for school site administrators. AB 75 Module III provides principals with a working knowledge of the use of technology and its relationship to school management, accountability, and the delivery and assessment of instruction to students and staff. In addition, the principals will understand how to connect to, and navigate through, the vast amount of available instructional resources for classroom and school use.
Curriculum Support and Instructional Practices
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Mon, 2006-02-27 16:39.RIMS CTAP provides a variety of professional development opportunities that focus on research-based instructional practices utilizing technology.
Adopted Materials Training
In collaboration with the Riverside County Office of Education, RIMS CTAP has developed online resources in support of adopted curriculum and AB 466 trainings. Resources include online support for teachers, students, and parents in addition to supplemental curriculum Internet websites. The support website offers links to several adopted publishers as well as supportive content for teachers, staff, and parents. Training is designed to orient teachers toward the online resources that support their adopted curriculum, consistent with AB 466 training.
Google™ digitizes historic video clips
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Mon, 2006-02-27 15:48.From eSchool News staff and wire service reports. Through an agreement with the National Archives, Google Inc. has added historic video footage of such events as the Apollo moon landing and Japan’s surrender in World War II to its Internet search engine. Students, teachers, researchers, and others now can access these digital video clips free of charge through the Google™ Video search portal….
Camp CTAP
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Mon, 2006-02-27 01:33.An institute focusing on honing technology skills for beginners, creating technology-infused standards-based lessons for those with intermediate skills, or learning to be a site or district trainer and leader to provide technology integration professional development.
Camp CTAP Beginner Strand
Participants will enjoy a little TLC as they begin their journey with a focus on basic technology skills and technology integration into standards-based curriculum. Teachers will be introduced to Microsoft Office®, Inspiration® software, and the Internet to create powerful technology-based activities and templates.
