Month: October 2010

Improving Instructional Practices in Your Building

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I attended a 2 hour conference presentation by Todd Whitaker tonight on Evaluating Teachers to Improve Instruction. I will not blog about everything from the session, but will hit on a few key points that include an exercise for you to complete as a school administrator. Before you read any more of this blog, I … [Read more…]

The Power of a Data Room

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The previous 2 years my superintendent and I talked about having a data wall or data room, but this year we finally made it happen. Being a data-driven geek, I was thrilled to finally have this come to fruition. If you don’t know anything about Data Walls, please check out http://www.curriculum.org/secretariat/criticalpathways/datawalls.shtml for a video clip … [Read more…]