Instructional Development network
supports the creation of learning experiences and resources in a manner that results in the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills. Provides practical and systematic process suggestions for effectively designing effective curricula.
Sessions are on Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:15 PM
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October 2, 2019
Closing the Opportunity Gap for Rural Alaskan Students
This session will focus on the ways the staff at Chief Ivan Blunka School, a school in Bush Alaska, have worked to close the opportunity gap for their students through the use of technology, leveraging state and community partnerships, and incorporating innovative teaching practices.
Presenter:
Meghan Redmond
NASSP 2019 National Assistant Principal of the Year
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October 16, 2019
You've Got Data, Now What? Have a Party!
We're always being urged to make our practice more evidence-based, and data abounds, but if often ends up on a shelf, dusty and unused. How can you better use data to improve your practice? What about hosting a data party? Data parties are a participatory session where you sit down with stakeholders to collaboratively explore and interpret relevant data. Data parties are an important but often under-utilized activity for promoting knowledge translation and a learning culture in your school. Join us for an informative introduction to data parties that covers the who, what, why, when, and how of hosting a data party.
Presenter:
Kylie Hutchinson
, Author, Consultant and Founder of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation
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October 30, 2019
History & Hope: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Resilience, & Trauma-Informed Education
How toxic stress in childhood affects development, sources of toxic stress including ACEs and systemic traumas, ways to build resilience including Alaska Native cultural strength and resilience practices, and application of these concepts for culturally-responsive, trauma-informed classrooms and education settings.
Presenter:
Laura Norton-Cruz
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Director
Alaska Resilience Initiative
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November 13, 2019
Extending the Green Zone -
Promoting Resilience Recognizing and Reducing Stressors
Empowering Students to Flip the Script Before They Flip their Lids!
Presenter:
Kristi Pretti-Frontczak
, A
uthor, Speaker, and Educational Consultant
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November 20, 2019
Handling Difficult Conversations
No matter what we call them…
All successful educators need to be able to master them!
Presenter:
Dr. Mark Stock
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Deputy Superintendent
Anchorage School District
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November 27, 2019
Launching Rockets: Creating a School Culture of Connection
It’s working! In nearly a dozen school districts throughout Alaska and Canada, youth and adults are changing how they see themselves and their communities. Data trends indicate that increased connection between adults and youth results in improved classroom management, decreased risk behaviors, fewer discipline referrals and increased protective factors. Launch your students to success by applying a new framework that will give you a lens through which to create a trauma responsive, strength–based ecosystem in your school community.
Presenter:
Amy McDonald
, School Counselor
Beth Buchanan
, Retired School Principal
Brightways Learning
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December 11, 2019
Coaching 4 Equity
To provide opportunities for individuals as well as team members from schools to learn the
Tools of Cultural Proficiency
and how to apply them to personal practice.
Presenter:
Delores Lindsey, Author, Consultant and Founder of the Center for Culturally Proficient Educational Practice
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January 15, 2020
Differentiated Instruction and Special Education Needs Strategy Blast!
This session explores the ways that the brain learns and discusses a variety of brain-based, research supported, “implement tomorrow” strategies that will help teachers reach ALL the learners in their classrooms including gifted, English language learners and students with special needs.
Presenter:
Susan Fitzell
, Trainer, Speaker, Author, Coach President of Aim Hi Educational Programs, LLC.
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February 12, 2020
Building a Classroom Culture of Attendance--Strategies for Addressing Chronic Absence and Truancy
This session will focus on classroom-based strategies that teachers can implement to make a difference in helping students and parents overcome barriers to attending and increasing their motivation to be in school on time every day.
Presenter:
Jessica Sprick, Education Consultant
Safe and Civil Schools
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March 18, 2020
Developing a curricular review policy/process cycle
Curricular review and district wide implementation
Presenter:
Dr. Kristina Bellamy,
Director of Teaching & Learning
Anchorage School District
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April 15, 2020
Classroom Management
Using classroom layout, seating chart, and child study to create positive classroom management
Presenter:
Emily Baker,
Teacher
Anchorage School District
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January 29, 2020
Cool as a Cucumber!
De-escalation & regulation strategies for classroom use
In-the-moment tools and strategies to de-escalate emotional crises in the classroom and to co-regulate teachers and students
Presenter:
Addy Peters
, Training Manager
AK Child & Family
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February 26, 2020
Designing a Student-Centered Learning Practice
Engage participants in reflecting on their teaching practice from a student's perspective- where are the opportunities for *student voice and choice*, *collaboration*, *intentional structures*, *reflection*, and *feedback*, and offer ideas.
Presenter:
Dr. Kay Sturm Ed.D, Lead Consultant
The UMI Project
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April 1, 2020
Reaching All Students with Blended Instruction
How to personalize learning with technology
Presenter:
Anya Toole,
Site Technology Coordinator
Anchorage School District
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April 29, 2020
Culturally Responsive Instruction
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Connecting with students and honoring individual differences)
Culturally responsiveness goes beyond the appreciation of diverse cultures. It involves recognizing intrinsic and extrinsic biases and talking openly about historical trauma. By connecting to universal values that transcend race, gender, and geographic location, teachers can help students find their own identity and recognize their own biases in order to communicate, learn, work and live in a global society.
Presenter:
Danielle Riha
2019 Alaska State Teacher of the Year
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