Spring Forum 2012

SETTING THE PACE FOR WINNING THE PD RACE

Conference Presentation Materials

GENERAL SESSIONS
BREAKOUT SESSIONS

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General Sessions

Text Complexity and the Common Core Standards

Key Speaker: Stuart Greenberg
        Stuart.greenberg@fldoe.org

• Text Complexity Research Project and Educational Implications (pdf)
• Definitions from the Common Core State Standards (pdf)
• Qualitative Features of Text Complexity Explained (pdf)
• The Challenge of the Common Core State Standards (pdf)
• Qualitative Dimensions of Complexity (doc)

DOE and Legislative Update

Presenter: Dr. John Moore
        john.moore@fldoe.org

• DOE FASD Briefing Slides (pdf)

Breakout Sessions

Aligning PD to Teacher Evaluation

Presenter: Debbie Cooke
        wpglconsulting@comcast.net

• Aligning Professional Development to Teacher Evaluation (pdf)

Conducting a Marzano Book Study at the Local Level

Presenters: Pam Connolly and Jan McLain
        pamela.connolly@marion.k12.fl.us
        mclainj@nefec.org

• The Art and Science of Teaching
  Community of Learners Book Study (pdf)

Connecting Achievement to Professional Development in a Multi-tiered System of Supports

Presenters: George Batsche and Heather Diamond
        Batsche@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
        Heather.Diamond@fldoe.org

• Professional Development, MTSS and Its Alignment with FEAPS, Student Outcomes and Educator Appraisal (pdf)

Implementing the New National Learning Forward Standards for Professional Learning

Presenter: Dr. Dawn F. Wilson
        WilsonD@duvalschools.org

• Learning Forward Standards For Professional Learning (pdf)

Increasing Student Achievement through PLCs/Critical Friends Groups

Presenter: Alyson Adams
        adamsa@coe.ufl.edu

• Increasing Student Achievement (and Teacher Learning!) through PLCs/Critical Friends Groups (pdf)

Protocol Overview for New PD Directors & Staff

Presenters: Debbie Cooke, Abigail Letcher, Eileen McDaniel and Dr. John Moore
        wpglconsulting@comcast.net
        abigail.letcher@fldoe.org
        eileen.mcdaniel@fldoe.org
        john.moore@fldoe.org

• Florida Professional Development Protocol System (pdf)

Using Technology for Transfer and Implementation of Professional Learning (Panel)

Presenters: Rhonda Bachmann, Chris Bress, Dr. Donna Marquis-Cox, Mary Deboer and Shane Jay Fairbairn
        Rhonda.Bachmann@browardschools.com
        chris_bress@ccps.k12.fl.us
        Donna_Cox@sarasota.k12.fl.us
        mary_deboer@ccps.k12.fl.us
        fairbairns@nefec.org