AZ ASCD’s Professional Development Workshop in March: Continuous Improve System

“The Title says it all.  The Continuous Improvement System offers a way for teachers and administrators to ‘behave’ their way into creating substantial reform in how they gather and use student achievement data.  School improvement is a dynamic and responsive process and this system is designed to meet those challenges.”  Cindy Daly, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Paradise Valley Unified School District, Paradise Valley, AZ.

Dr. Fred Skoglund, www.vikingsolutions.net , will be leading and facilitating AZ ASCD’s Spring Workshop at Grand Canyon University this March 2012.  This seminar will be of benefit to K-12 district level administrators charged with school improvement responsibilities, principals, district and school level professional development personnel and teachers who are recognized as leaders in their schools.

Participants will gain information, engage in hands-on activities and receive documents that are critical to the implementation of the Continuous Improvement System.  This system has consistently created a culture of high expectations and high levels of performance for both educators and students.  Emphasis is placed on the collaborative efforts of instructional teams.

The effectiveness of this system lies in its simplicity and common-sense approach to teaching and learning.  The CIS easily produces real-time data that allows the principal and the school leadership team to monitor the performance of the school as a whole; or break down the data to reflect accurate illustrations each grade level/subject, each classroom and each student. With this system, the principal and school leaders are able to engage in dialogue that enhances the curriculum, instruction, assessment and accountability aspects of the teaching and learning process.