| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Evaluating K-12 Professional Development: Implementation of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model |
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Roundtable Presentation 683 to be held in BONHAM A on Friday, Nov 12, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Michelle Bakerson, Indiana University South Bend, mmbakerson@yahoo.com
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| Abstract:
Evaluators are often contracted by school districts or organizations receiving grants to develop and facilitate programs to benefit the school or organization. One such school district in Northern Indiana is a district whose K-12 teachers received professional development over a five year period in the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model. The evaluation was conducted to determine the extent to which teachers are implementing strategies of the (SIOP) model in the classroom after participating in the professional development and to what degree that implementation was occurring within the classroom?
The evaluation was designed to be a learning tool for facilitating the improvement of the professional development provided at this school. Accordingly, a collaborative evaluation approach was utilized to actively engage the school and the teachers during the whole process. A cross-sectional survey design was also selected for this evaluation. The steps, advantages, and obstacles of this evaluation will be shared.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
School Climate: A Comprehensive Data Collection and School Improvement System |
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Roundtable Presentation 683 to be held in BONHAM A on Friday, Nov 12, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Barbara Dietsch, WestEd, bdietsc@wested.org
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| Sandy Sobolew-Shubin, WestEd, ssobole@wested.org
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| Rebeca Cerna, WestEd, rcerna@wested.org
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| Greg Austin, WestEd, gaustin@wested.org
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| Abstract:
During the Roundtable, participants will engage in a discussion about the importance of using multiple sources to assist program providers in making data-driven decisions in their schools and communities. Presenters will discuss an innovative data collection system that provides a means to obtain staff perceptions about learning and teaching conditions in order to regularly inform decisions about professional development, instruction, the implementation of learning supports, and school reform. Two components make up the system: a student survey (California Healthy Kids Survey) and the web-based California School Climate Survey. The system was developed to provide data that link instruction with the assessment of non-cognitive barriers to learning, such as substance abuse, violence and victimization, and poor mental health among students. It addresses issues such as equity, bias, and cultural competence, which have been linked to the achievement gap plaguing racial/ethnic minorities and can be customized to include questions of local concern.
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