Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center

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

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

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

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

NWRCC conducted a webinar for SEA staff in the region (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming) on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report: Fact or Fiction Statements

This event built on previous NWRCC RTI symposia and focused on evaluating RTI initiatives at the state, district, and school levels.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Education Northwest, in collaboration with NWRCC, hosted the second in a series of webinars on the Common Core State Standards.

The Development and Distribution of Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders

Forum will continue, and expand in a new direction, work begun at the CBMS forum held last fall on the National Math Panel Report

Conference offers significantly more sessions designed for district level staff than classroom teachers because there are many more district level attendees than teachers attending the Conference.

Final Public Meeting with Design Team - November 12, 2009
2:00-5:00pm Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront – Room Salon D

Last opportunity for public to provide input to Oregon's Race to the Top (RTTT) application!

If you are unable to attend this meeting but would like to provide feedback on the DRAFT recommendations of the workgroups, please format your feedback in a WORD document or .pdf and send as an attachment to ORRTTT@gmail.com by COB on November 13.

CII will provide training, consultation, and support for state teams to develop skilled experts in three critical areas: System Leaders, Change Agents, and Instructional Specialist

"It's PRIME Time"

Topic: Using Data to Improve Instruction

Guest Speakers Include:

* David Driscoll, former Commissioner of Education, Massachusetts
* Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers
* C. Kent McGuire, Dean of the College of Education, Temple University
* Heidi Ramírez, Director of the Urban Education Collaborative at Temple University; member of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission

High Quality Science Instruction: What is it? How do you support it?

Workshop on Language Development and Reading Interventions for ELLs

Meeting of the NWRCC's High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) for Title II SEA administrators in the region.

Changing Performance: 2008 National Title I Conference

High Quality Teacher Learning Community (HQT-LC) sponsored by NWRCC specially for Title II SEA administrators in the region.

The first of bi-monthly discussions with representatives from all CCs about mathematics. The topic of this discussion is interventions used in schools.

Topic to be decided through listserv discussion

Conference call hosted by National Research Center on Learning Disabilities

International Reading Association Annual Convention

Workshop for Idaho middle school teacher leaders in the Principal Academy of Leadership (PALS) schools.

Workshop for Idaho middle school teacher leaders in the Principal Academy of Leadership (PALS) schools.

"Catch the Energy, Unleash the Potential"

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.

One NWRCC attends the Wyoming Spring 2007 School Improvement Conference in Casper, Wyoming. Over 800 participants attend workshops and trainings on standrads, assessment, and student performance as well as hear perspectives from policy makers and practitioners about what impact NCLB has had on their schools and students.

How a Superintendent and Two Districts Applied a Model of Systems Thinking for Increased Achievement

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.

This event is a partnership between NWRCC, OSPI, Washington's Parent Information Rescource Center (PIRC), and the Center on Innovation and Improvement (CII). At this session a faciliator from CII will provide a one-day training for NWRCC, OSPI, and PIRC representatives to launch the SES Outreach Project.

Two NWRCC staff members attend the National Issues Forum on Teacher Quality in Washington DC hosted by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality.

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.

Sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
Individual call-in and registration necessary.

Webinar that showcased the connections between RTI and neurodevelopment by highlighting multiple programs and their potential impact on student learning.

Nation’s limited English proficient (LEP) students,

A one-day workshop from 8:30-4:00 at the Mt Hood Community College Auditorium. The fee is $50 per attendee and includes lunch. The three strands include "RTI Considerations for ELL students" by Janette Klingner, U of Colorado; "Reading Interventions for ELL students" by Sylvia Linan-Thompson, U of Texas; and Sonia Schmidt on "Effective Instructional Practices and Curriculum for ELL students".

The 2008 CREATE Conference will present current research on methods for improving the content area learning of ELLs in the middle grades. The presenters are among the nation’s foremost scholars in areas related to the academic achievement of ELLs. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the presenters and colleagues from across the country in small group settings. Featured speakers will include CREATE researchers and other experts in the field.

Diane August - CREATE; Center for Applied Linguistics

Purpose: To provide education officials the most up-to-date information regarding the January 1st ARRA Recipient Reporting Requirements

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.

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.

Center on Instruction Coffee Chat on Reading.

The Mid-­Atlantic Comprehensive Center and the Teacher Quality Center invite you to participate in the first in a series of webinars on comprehensive teacher effectiveness systems. Special guest presenters Wayne Barton, Director of Teacher and Administrator Quality at the Delaware Department of Education; and Deborah Stevens, Director of Instructional Advocacy from the Delaware State Education Association will discuss the partnership between the state education agency and a teachers’ union in Delaware to identify measures of student growth for use in teacher evaluation.

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).

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).