What Educators and School Leaders Can Do NOW to Accelerate Learning

DESCRIPTION

Many schools are making decisive actions to accelerate learning, improve assessments, attendance, and better engage students. In partnership with Creative Leadership Solutions, CCEE is offering a FREE, three-part synchronous series that will focus on understanding, identifying, evaluating, and applying formative assessment practices to accelerate learning. In this session, participants will: 1) learn about effective practices with the greatest impact on student achievement, 2) identify barriers to improved practices, 3) evaluate alternative practices to accelerate learning, and 4) apply the learning to their individual contexts.

In addition to the synchronous sessions, Creative Leadership Solutions Associates will be available to provide follow-up support to participants to discuss and/or support the implementation of all learning by phone, email, or video conferencing.

PRESENTER

Dr. Douglas Reeves, Founder, Creative Leadership Solutions

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The global pandemic will continue to affect schools long after schools reopen. Changes will be required in schedules, student support, faculty support, state standards, and assessments. In this session, participants will: 1) learn about the new model of change leadership, 2) identify the failures of previous change leadership models, 3) evaluate alternative leadership practices, and 4) apply the new model of change leadership to their individual contexts.

The global pandemic has left in its wake traumatized students, families, and educators and fear has been the dominant emotion. The essence of fearless schools is the building of psychologically safe environments where students and educators can learn together, make mistakes with transparency, learn from those mistakes, and engage in consistent innovation, experimentation, and learning. In this session, participants will 1) learn about the impact of psychological safety on learning and leadership, 2) identify the barriers to psychological safety and fearless schools, 3) evaluate alternative practices that lead to or detract from fearless schools, and 4) apply the learning to their individual contexts.

CREATIVE LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS HOTLINE

(781) 710-9633
Email Dr. Douglas Reeves

Resource Type

Media, Professional Learning

Type of Audience

Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

Topic Area

Equity, LCAP

KEYWORDS

Formative Assessment

Producing Students Who Are Good at Learning and Good at Life

DESCRIPTION

Dr. Michael Fullan is the Global Leadership Director of New Pedagogies for Deep Learning, former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) af the University of Toronto, and a worldwide authority on educational reform with a mandate of helping to achieve the moral purpose of all children learning. Dr. Fullan has been deeply embedded in the work of California’s school and district systems to focus on equitable access, opportunity, and outcomes for all of our students.

In this two-part talk, Dr. Fullan walks us through the new drivers of reform of whole system success, beginning with the connection between well-being has to learning. We revisit his work around systems coherence and the right vs. wrong drivers of systems reform, both of which were pivotal in framing the work of California’s new accountability system and its system-wide approach to support student success. Dr. Fullan’s keynote ends with a reflection on the purpose of the education system today.

PRESENTER

Michael Fullan, O.C., Global Leadership Director, New Pedagogies for Deep Learning

Resource Type

Professional Learning

Type of Audience

Paraeducator, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

Topic Area

Continuous Improvement, Equity, Social-Emotional Well-being

KEYWORDS

Leading Forward, Systems

KEYNOTE (PART I)

KEYNOTE (PART II)

LEADING FORWARD 2021

Summer Programming 2021: Game Planning Now for Summer Learning, Fun, and Equity

DESCRIPTION

As part of the continuing Leading Forward effort to support quality programming in summer 2021, the California Collaborative for Education Excellence convened an expert panel to discuss examples of district innovation, staffing solutions, key elements to consider when planning summer programming, and opportunities for district/community-based organization collaboration.

PRESENTERS

Michael Funk, Director, Expanded Learning Division, California Department of Education

Jennifer Peck, President and CEO, Partnership for Children and Youth

Jennifer McCombs, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Tommy Brewer, Deputy Chief of Innovations & Partnerships, Think Together

RESOURCE TYPE

Media, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Equity, LCAP, Social-Emotional Well-being

KEYWORDS

Leading Forward, Summer Learning

GAME PLANNING NOW FOR SUMMER
LEARNING, FUN, AND EQUITY

WHAT CAN WE DO TO CREATE MORE EQUITABLE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN?

LEADING FORWARD 2021

LAUNCH LEADING FORWARD 

CTQ Thriving Socio-Emotionally

DESCRIPTION

Developed in partnership with the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), this learning path will explore strategies that support students and staff with readiness to learn, develop, and excel. Modules offer strategies for explicitly supporting social-emotional learning (SEL) for students, building readiness to learn and equitable opportunity through nonacademic student supports, and sustaining practitioners’ own wellbeing so they can be more present for students. Classroom-based professionals and those who support them will benefit most from these modules.

DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ)

FACILITATION GUIDE

Launch

RESOURCE TYPE

Courses/Learning Paths, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Social-Emotional Well-being

KEYWORDS

CTQ Formative Assessment

DESCRIPTION

Developed in partnership with Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), this learning path will focus specifically on strategies for assessing student- and classroom-level needs for academic or socio-emotional supports. The emphasis is on helping students recover from COVID-related learning loss, disruption, or trauma and strategies allow for implementation in virtual, hybrid, or in-person classrooms. However, concepts apply to ongoing practice in any context or learning mode. Leaders working as teachers, support professionals, or other roles focused on classroom-level supports will benefit from this learning path. Coaches, school administrators, and others charged with supporting teachers will likely also benefit.

DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ)

FACILITATION GUIDE

Launch

RESOURCE TYPE

Courses/Learning Paths, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

LCAP

KEYWORDS

Formative Assessment

SOAR Facilitating Mathematical Discussions

DESCRIPTION

Developed in partnership with EPF for Teaching, this learning path will explore the SOAR Mathematical Discussions teaching frame to help participants design supported opportunities for all students to engage in discussions about mathematical content with diverse partners. Included are several videos, handouts, manuals, and other resources.

DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

EPF for Teaching

Launch

RESOURCE TYPE

Courses/Learning Paths, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

LCAP

KEYWORDS

Leading Forward

SOAR Teaching Frames for Literacy

DESCRIPTION

Developed in partnership with EPF for Teaching, this learning path will explore the SOAR Teaching Frames for Literacy, which provide a unique approach to planning, implementing, and elevating instruction that drives improvement in teaching and learning. SOAR focuses on the high-impact teaching practices that research identifies as key to student learning.

DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

EPF for Teaching

LAUNCH E-LEARNING

RESOURCE TYPE

Courses/Learning Paths, Professional Learning

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

English Learners, LCAP

KEYWORDS

Leading Forward

CAAASA Field Guide 3: School Engagement: In-Person And Hybrid Learning

DESCRIPTION

In Field Guide #3 School Re-Engagement: In-Person and Hybrid Learning, you will hear from education leaders, researchers, teachers, students, parents, and even a grandparent, all focused on the challenges of re-engaging in education.

DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CAAASA)

Launch

RESOURCE TYPE

Courses/Learning Paths

TYPE OF AUDIENCE

Board, Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

TOPIC AREA

Equity, Family and Community Engagement, Social-Emotional Well-being

KEYWORDS

CAAASA Field Guide 1: Transitioning Back to School with a Focus on Relationships

DESCRIPTION

CAAASA Field Guide 1: Transitioning Back to School with a Focus on Relationships examines the costs of distance learning, the lessons learned, and the opportunities for growth. Hear from authentic voices in the field, including administrators, teachers, parents, and students, and engage in targeted professional learning.

DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CAAASA)

Launch

CCEE Connection (January 2022)

DESCRIPTION

Centered around social-emotional learning (SEL) and student wellness, this month’s newsletter features partner contributions from Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) and Butte County Office of Education (BCOE).

Carolyn Gray and Amanda Dickey from SCCOE write about how the county elevated student voice to open new student wellness centers at 12 local school sites. Sandra Azevedo from BCOE shares her reflections on leadership, systems, and social-emotional learning.

Resource Type

Reports & Publications

Type of Audience

Site Administrator / Instructional Coach, Systems Leadership, Teacher

Topic Area

Family and Community Engagement, Responsive Teaching & Learning, Social-Emotional Well-being