Two-day seminar, March 29-30, 2011

This expansion of the best-selling Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don’t Learn expands on original ideas and presses further with new insights on the pyramid of interventions strategy. The authors explore the following questions:
Is the PLC improvement process sustainable?
Is this improvement process transferable?
What is the role of the central office in promoting the PLC concept throughout a district?
How should we enrich and extend the learning of students who are proficient?
What prerequisite framework must be put in place in order for schools to create effective systems of intervention and enrichment?
How have the changes in national educational policy (such as RTI) impacted the premise that schools should have a systematic

"Motion leadership is about how leaders can get positive movement forward in engaging people in improvemnt that results in substantial, increased student learning and achievement. The focus is on the smallest number of key factors that need to be addressed. The approach is based on 'practice drives theory'. Clear examples are provided at the school, district and system level with a view to getting Whole System Reform."

Michael Fullan is Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Recognized as a worldwide authority on educational reform, Michael is engaged in training, consulting, and evaluating change projects around the world and his books have been published in many languages.

KASC Annual Conference
Student Achievement: Take it to the Top

This is a two-day conference, Sept. 21 - 22, 2010.

Join us for a lively and enlightening forum on ways educators can avoid common mistakes made with Response to Intervention (RTI.)

Although many states require implementation plans from districts, wide variance exists on what exactly RTI is and how it should be implemented. Even a cursory review of the literature revelas conflicting positions on RTI. No wonder setting up an RTI program is like traversing a minefield.

Based upon the latest research and the direct advice of many RTI experts, this event will help you understand how to implement RTI in a practical and workable manner.

The regulalry scheduled meeting of the Kentucky Board of Education. The meeting is scheduled to run two days, Aug. 4 and 5, 2010.

Sponsored by the Kentucky Center for School Safety.Topics include: Sexting and Cyberbullying, Choking Game, Dating Violence, Prescription Drug Abuse and more.

Registration fee of $100 includes hotel room, meals and materials for a team of 1 teacher/staff member and 4 students. Visit the website for details and registration information. Registrations must be received by May 28, 2010.

Starts June 28 at 9 a.m.; Ends June 29 at 3:30 p.m.