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The School Improvement Network increases student learning by improving teacher quality through professional development resources and services that are practical, researched-based, and proven to increase student achievement. We can either manage your entire school improvement program, which includes training, evaluation, and on-going implementation guidance; or, we can supplement your current efforts with our award winning video, online and CD-ROM-based professional development?every solution we offer features real teachers in real classrooms applying research-based practices. In business for over 15 years, the School Improvement Network has visited over 3,000 classrooms throughout North America helping thousands of school systems increase student learning.
This program focuses on how to use assessment to increase student learning and help students develop confidence in their own abilities. Like all our programs, Assessment For Learning is focused on driving classroom implementation and increasing student learning.
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In Assessment for Learning, educators will challenge their own assessment belief systems and come to a greater understanding of how to assess students in order to increase their learning. In order to assess for learning, teachers must involve the students in the assessment process by setting clear targets that help them see and feel in control of their successes. Instead of trying to motivate students out of fear or anxiety, assessment for learning encourages students do their best by believing in themselves. Our program teaches educators to be assessment literate by introducing the three descriptors of quality assessment: the why, what, and how of assessment. The program includes many hands-on activities to help teachers internalize and embed the assessment strategies taught in the training videos. As educators learn how to assess for learning, they can ensure that no student gets left behind.
The greatest shortcoming of most professional development is the lack of follow-up and classroom implementation. At School Improvement Network, we work with you through every step of the process to ensure that our product both fits your needs and that real improvement is implemented in the classroom. All our products are fully designed for classroom implementation and are research-based and classroom-proven.
Our Assessment For Learning Facilitator Pack contains everything you need for over seven hours of group training. Included is material for follow-up, in-depth and differentiated learning, and group discussions and activities. The training videos feature examples of real teachers working with real students in real classrooms.
We know one-shot cures never work, which is why our program provides many opportunities for follow-up to ensure that strategies become embedded in your schools. Along with the group training offered in the Facilitator Pack, our Teacher Implementation Packs are designed to ensure that the knowledge being taught in group training sessions becomes a reality in each individual classroom--allowing for ongoing, individual study and follow-up with real classroom examples either online or via CD-ROM. By reinforcing the group training, strategies will become job-embedded.
Compared to traditional, one-time workshops, such focused and ongoing training is the most effective way that you can bring about teacher improvement. Ongoing training has a greater impact on student achievement than any other teacher characteristic besides the teacher's cognitive ability.
For fifteen years, the School Improvement Network has been creating practical solutions for educators, taking the best research-based methods and making them applicable to every teacher. The Network s product development teams have visited thousands of schools and every product contains real classroom examples, effectively helping to bridge the gap from training to classroom implementation. Let us design a program to aid you in implementing assessment for learning in your schools with our research-based and classroom-proven methods.
The School Improvement Network s Assessment For Learning program contains everything you need for focused and ongoing training to bring about real change at your schools. The program includes:
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Assessment for Learning is designed to be used in the following manner:
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1. Use the instruction video programs to enhance live training and to allow teachers to review materials. The videos are designed for group settings and are broken into segments to allow for several training sessions. Both Elementary and Secondary Editions are available, and each contains examples from urban, suburban, and rural schools.
2. Use the Implementation Guide contained in the Facilitator Pack to introduce key concepts and guide discussions in each group training session.
3. Use the Teacher Implementation Pack to guide self-study, to show real examples of the strategies, and to provide implementation projects and activities that will increase the use of specific tactics in the classroom. The Teacher Implementation Pack provides detailed follow-up for teachers.
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