Quality in Education

Building better schools; Leadership, teamwork and learning is the theme of next year's NQEC in St. Louis, MO.  Don't miss your opportunity to share your experiences with the rest of the Nation!

Presentations are due February 9, 2007 and may be submitted around the following topics (see website for submission forms and details):

Regular and Systematic Assessment and Evaluation to Facilitate Continuous Improvement - Schools need to provide evidence of effectiveness. Not just to adhere to state and federal mandates but to motivate leaders and staff and provide students and parents clear proof that what is being taught IS making a difference.

Partnerships and Support Networks - Whether it's utilizing technology, benchmarking, collaborative decision making, or embracing and working through resistance for systematic change educators at all levels need support networks and to create partnerships to share learning and resources in order to achieve goals.

Developing and Aligning to the School Improvement Plan - Aligning school and classroom mission statements to district goals and state standards, understanding targets and aligning improvement efforts around these targets, getting to the root cause and using innovation that will lead to results.

Leadership’s Role in Sustaining Improvement – Improvement initiatives are best received and implemented when they come from the senior leadership and when other stakeholders can see and touch how leadership “walks the talk”.

Differentiated Learning - How do you go about closing the achievement gap? Are you using student data folders, value-added approaches, individualized student plans?

Success Strategies for Improvement - Building capacity is key to support everyone in the system but especially those schools identified as in need of improvement.

Have you ever presented at a National conference?  What are you implementing in your district, school or classroom that could be shared?  Take the next step in leading continuous improvement by submitting a presentation proposal today!

Jay