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    Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District

    Dr. Glenda Horner

    Director for Professional Learning, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

    “Our ultimate goal is program improvement. We are here to solve problems and serve people.” By understanding when, how and where new-teacher mentors are spending their time, this Texas school district is creating an environment for both retention and growth.

    Pencil
    Posted November 15, 2021

    Driving Toward Educator Growth and Retention: Culture-Building for Support and Performance

    By Julia Ramsey

    This is the second post in a series on a framework for creating a school district culture that increases educator growth and retention. In this post, we’ll share specific strategies to help you create a roadmap to increased educator growth and career satisfaction in your district. 

    Pencil
    Posted November 15, 2021

    Driving Toward Educator Growth and Retention: The Four Quadrants of Staff Culture in K-12 Schools

    By Julia Ramsey

    This is the first post in a series exploring a framework for creating school district staff cultures that increase educator growth and retention. In this post, we’ll share an overview of the framework and provide some practical tips for how you can move your district toward a path of both high performance and high support.

    Megaphone
    Posted April 5, 2021

    Lessons Learned from the Teacher Incentive Allotment

    By Julia Ramsey

    The Teacher Incentive Allotment within HB-3 is one of Texas’s best levers for recruiting, retaining, and rewarding exceptional educators. But as district leaders know, building a local designation system requires careful planning, data design, and calibration to be successful. Hear Lubbock Independent School District share the challenges, insights and lessons learned from their TIA journey.

    Megaphone
    Posted April 1, 2021

    Calibrating Walkthroughs and Observations

    By Julia Ramsey

    Without accurate information, there can be no accurate feedback — and thus no feedback-based improvement. To reach that potential, it’s critical to build in data calibration to ensure that your observation data factually reflects what’s happening in the classroom. In this guide, you’ll walk through how to analyze data, spot skew, and make sure that your measurements are accurately reflecting — and improving — classroom practice.

    Megaphone
    Posted March 17, 2021

    Walking the PD Tightrope

    By Julia Ramsey

    Learn how two school districts (Rock Hill Schools and Corona-Norco Unified School District) are leveraging technology to maintain coherence between district and campus priorities while ensuring professional learning stays nimble.

    Pencil
    Posted January 22, 2021

    K-12 Federal Funding Update: ESSER provides funds to combat learning loss

    By Julia Ramsey

    The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 is set to provide significant boosts to available K-12 federal funds. Find out what the new funding means for K-12 districts and professional learning teams.

    Megaphone
    Posted January 19, 2021

    Coaching and Support Logs 101

    By Julia Ramsey

    A free guide to using dynamic coaching logs that capture support as it’s happening, plus a free template.

    Pencil
    Posted November 22, 2020

    Available Federal Education Funding for Professional Development Programs

    By Julia Ramsey

    Recent changes to federal education funding structures like Title II, the CARES Act, and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund — among others — mean that these dollars are now available to invest in long-term PD solutions for continuous improvement.

    Megaphone
    Posted November 19, 2020

    K-12 Catalyst: The Future of Professional Growth

    By Julia Ramsey

    Panel with Jim Knight, Jen Abrams, Dr. Luvelle Brown Kris Rouleau, and Jeremy Rogoff on the critical future path of professional growth.

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