Statewide Systems of Support: Meeting the Challenges of Restructuring
A Regional Symposium for SEA representatives from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming co-sponsored by the NWRCC and the Alaska Comprehensive Center. |
Evaluating RTI Initiatives Webinar
Webinar intended for SEA staff and others involved in the evaluation of the RTI initiative in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming |
Examining Linkage between ELP Standards and Academic Content Standards Webinar
Webinar focused on the Assessment and Accountability Content Center's (AACC) Framework for High-Quality English Language Proficiency Standards and Assessments |
Washington State OSPI RTI Summit - Webinar
Provided an opportunity for SEA staff to learn about tools, resources and a process for assisting school teams to reflect upon their implementation practices utilizing the school level NASDSE blueprints |
Changes in accommodation policies for ELLs: Idaho's Example
Webinar focused on English Language Learner (ELL) accommodations policy revisions and refinements that Idaho has made over the past two years |
Recommendations for the use of ARRA funds for ELLs
Webinar focused on recommendations for the use of ARRA funds to address the needs of ELL students from the ELL Working Group on ELL Policy |
Indian Student Achievement Gap Webinar
Special webinar held as a follow up activity for participants in the 2008 Indian Think Tank held in Denver, CO. |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Webinar (Part II)
NWRCC sponsored another webinar to discuss implications for SEAs of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act focused on Title I funds and the Race to the Top program |
Advisory Committee Meeting
NWRCC Advisory Committee held its annual meeting. |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Webinar (Part I)
NWRCC conducted a webinar for SEA staff in the region (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming) on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) |
FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS: Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel and its Implications for SEAs
This symposium was one in a series of opportunities the NWRCC offered to states to examine findings and recommendations of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMAP) report. |
Mathematics Learning Community Webinar (Part III)
National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report: Fact or Fiction Statements |
Mathematics Learning Community Webinar (Part II)
National Mathematics Advisory Panel: Findings and Recommendations - Learning Processes Task Group |
Response to Intervention: Evaluating RTI Initiatives
This event built on previous NWRCC RTI symposia and focused on evaluating RTI initiatives at the state, district, and school levels. |
Mathematics Learning Community Webinar (Part I)
Overview of National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report |
States Helping Districts To Help Schools: SEA Support of School Improvement at the District Level
The focus of this symposium was to examine intervention methods at the district level as a possible strategy to meet the needs of more schools with limited resources. |
Addressing the Unique Mathematics Education Needs of Rural Schools
NWRCC focused on the goal of building the capacity of SEAs to provide support to rural schools and districts not making AYP in mathematics over the next several years. |
RTI Learning Community: Meeting the Needs of Significantly Struggling Learners in High Schools
This event was one in a series of opportunities the NWRCC has provided for educators in our region to become involved in building, supporting, and sustaining an integrated Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. |
Indian Education: A Regional Symposium
A symposium designed to assist SEAs in the coordination and integration of state Indian Education programs and resources with the Statewide System of Support required by NCLB. |
Response to Intervention: A Framework for Improving Student Learning
A Symposium for SEA Leaders Representing General and Special Education. This symposium was a follow-up to NWRCC's 2006 RTI Symposium and is one of a series of opportunities states will have over the next several years for involvement in RTI events and activities. |
Statewide Systems of Support Symposium
Regional symposium for SEA representatives from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. Co-sponsored by the NWRCC and the Alaska Comprehensive Center. |
Data Driven Decision Making: Developing Data Facilitators
The Oregon Department of Education is working towards building the capacity of educational leaders to support schools and districts in using data to inform decision making. To support this goal, ODE, NWRCC, and TERC collaborated on a seminar designed to prepare data facilitators. |
Assessing the Common Core State Standards: An Introduction to the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium Webinar
Education Northwest, in collaboration with NWRCC, hosted the first in a series of webinars on the Common Core State Standards. |
A Closer Look at the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Education Northwest, in collaboration with NWRCC, hosted the second in a series of webinars on the Common Core State Standards. |
Helping Students Meet the Reading Common Core State Standards in History/Social Studies and the Sciences
Education Northwest, in collaboration with NWRCC, hosted the third in a series of webinars on the Common Core State Standards. |
Defining and Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness: SEA Roles and Responsibilities
This symposium engaged participants in considering teacher effectiveness issues—What is it? How is it measured? What is the SEA role in setting policy and developing guidance? |
The Common Core State Standards: Planning for Effective Implementation
Education Northwest, in collaboration with NWRCC, hosted a regional symposium. |
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Rural Mathematics Learning Community Teleconference |
High Quality Teacher Learning Community
Meeting of the NWRCC's High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) specially for Title II SEA administrators in the region. |
High Quality Teacher Learning Community
Meeting of the NWRCC's High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) for Title II SEA administrators in the region. |
High Quality Teacher Learning Community
High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) sponsored by NWRCC specially for Title II SEA administrators in the region. |
High Quality Teacher Learning Community
High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) sponsored by NWRCC specially for Title II SEA administrators in the region. |
Math Coffee Chat
The first of bi-monthly discussions with representatives from all CCs about mathematics. The topic of this discussion is interventions used in schools. |
High Quality Teacher Learning Community
High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) sponsored by NWRCC specially for Title II SEA administrators in the region. |
Math Learning Community
Topic to be decided through listserv discussion |
Standards-Based Language Arts Instruction Workshop
Workshop for Idaho middle school teacher leaders in the Principal Academy of Leadership (PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Language Arts Instruction Workshop
Workshop for Idaho middle school teacher leaders in the Principal Academy of Leadership (PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction Workshop
Workshop for Idaho middle school teacher leaders in the Principal Academy of Leadership (PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction Workshop
Workshop for Idaho middle school teacher leaders in the Principal Academy of Leadership (PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Language Arts Instruction Workshop
This is the fourth of five standards-based language arts instruction workshops for Idaho middle school teacher leaders who are teachers in the Principal Academy of Leadership(PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Language Arts Instruction Workshop
This is the fourth of five standards-based language arts instruction workshops for Idaho middle school teacher leaders who are teachers in the Principal Academy of Leadership(PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction Workshop
This is the fourth of five standards-based mathematics instruction workshops for Idaho middle school teacher leaders who are teachers in the Principal Academy of Leadership(PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction Workshop
This is the fourth of five standards-based mathematics instruction workshops for Idaho middle school teacher leaders who are teachers in the Principal Academy of Leadership(PALS) schools. |
Standards-Based Language Arts Instruction Workshop
This is the third of five standards-based language arts instruction workshops for Idaho middle school teacher leaders who are teachers in the Principal Academy of Leadership(PALS) schools. |
Data Driven Decision Making: Developing Data Facilitators
The Oregon Department of Education is working towards building the capacity of educational leaders to support schools and districts in using data to inform decision making. To support this goal, ODE, NWRCC, and TERC collaborated on a seminar designed to prepare data facilitators. |
Standards-Based Language Arts Instruction Workshop
This is the third of five standards-based language arts instruction workshops for Idaho middle school teacher leaders who are teachers in the Principal Academy of Leadership(PALS) schools. |
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Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction Workshop |
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Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction Workshop |
High Quality Teacher Learning Community
This is the first meeting of the High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) sponsored by NWRCC specially for Title II SEA administrators in the region. |
Using ARRA to Leverage Reform
This webinar featured an authoritative panel that included Deputy Secretary of Education, Tony Miller and other senior program officials from the U.S. Department of Education. They discussed the strategic use of ARRA initiatives.
The panel shared information on these specific programs:
Race to the Top
Investing in Innovation (i3) grants
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund II
Title 1 School Improvement Grants |
Response to Intervention for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics (Part I)
This three-part webinar series was based on findings from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RTI) for Elementary and Middle Schools. |
Response to Intervention for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics (Part II)
This three-part webinar series was based on findings from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RTI) for Elementary and Middle Schools. |
Response to Intervention for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics (Part III)
This three-part webinar series was based on findings from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RTI) for Elementary and Middle Schools. |
SIG models for LEAs
The companion tool by CII, Selecting the Intervention Model and Partners/Providers for a Low-Achieving School: A Decision-Making and Planning Tool for the Local Education Agency, is available one CII website.
Who: SEA staff with responsibility for SIG grants |
SIG Regional Conference - Western
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with Comprehensive Centers, hosted a series of regional capacity building conferences in support of state education agencies, local education agencies, and schools implementing the School Improvement Grants (SIG). |
SIG Regional Conference - Central
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with Comprehensive Centers, hosted a series of regional capacity building conferences in support of state education agencies, local education agencies, and schools implementing the School Improvement Grants (SIG). |
Using Value-Added Models to Monitor Teacher Effects
A Conversation with Dr. Pete Goldschmidt of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. |
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Statewide System of Support |
Learning Progressions in Mathematics
Cosponsored with the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dr. Jere Confrey is a Senior Research Fellow and Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation in the College of Education at North Carolina State University. Dr. Confrey was appointed by the National Governors Association to the Common Core Standards Validation Committee, 2009–2010, and served as a member of NCTM's Research Committee, 2007–2010. |
Rural School Turnaround
Cosponsored with Center on Instruction and Alaska Comprehensive Center.
First in a series of webinars especially designed to assist rural school staff with implementation of their School Improvement Grants (SIGs). |
Improving Adolescent Literacy in Rural Schools: A Schoolwide Approach
Cosponsored with Center on Instruction and Alaska Comprehensive Center.
Second in a series of webinars especially designed to assist rural school staff with implementation of their School Improvement Grants (SIGs). |
Implementing the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Cosponsored with Center on Instruction and Alaska Comprehensive Center.
Third in a series of webinars especially designed to assist rural school staff with implementation of their School Improvement Grants (SIGs). |
