with Michael Fullan
In this webinar Michael Fullan examines what effective coaches do and links this work to school and district improvement. The role of coaches as change agents in the school and district are exemplified with case examples. The key message is that coaches will be much more effective if they see themselves and are seen as part of a larger change effort to improve school systems.
Focus: Leadership
The Alberta Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC) are dedicated to promoting student learning and achievement, school improvement and parental engagement in the educational process through the provision of professional learning opportunities. The intent of this website is to provide you with a variety of accessible learning opportunities to support implementation of an inclusive learning environment.
Focus: Inclusive Education, Early Learning, FNMI, Differentiated Instruction, English Language Learners, Leadership
with Sherry Bennett
This webinar series provides support in four key areas of assessment practice. Materials from the AAC website are shared that are available to support ongoing study and development work at the jurisdiction level.
Part 4: Differentiated Assessment
Differentiated instruction and assessment are essential in supporting student learning. Learner outcomes from a variety of subjects and grades are used to model a process for making decisions in regard to differentiated assessment - what can be differentiated, what should be differentiated and what should not be differentiated.
Focus: Assessment, Differentiated Instruction, Leadership
with Sherry Bennett, AAC
Quality assessment practice is an ongoing professional responsibility. This webinar series will provide you with support in four key areas of assessment practice.
Part 1: Credible Criteria:
The Cornerstone of Assessment Teachers will only be able to make valid judgements of what students know and can do when their assessments are appropriately aligned with the learner outcomes. This webinar will focus on some key principles to be aware of when creating criteria for assessment and designing assessment tasks.
Focus: Assessment, Leadership
with Sherry Bennett, AAC
This webinar series provides you with support in four key areas of assessment practice. Materials from the AAC website will be shared that are available to support ongoing study and development work at the jurisdiction level.
Part 2: Gathering Evidence of Learning
Embedded within the learner outcomes are the clues that help teachers make decisions as to appropriate assessment strategies and tools. Samples from a variety of subjects and grades will be provided as models that can be adapted to specific assessment contexts.
Focus: Assessment, Leadership
with Sherry Bennett, AAC
This webinar series provides you with support in four key areas of assessment practice. Materials from the AAC website will be shared that are available to support ongoing study and development work at the jurisdiction level.
Part 3: Effective Assessment for Learning: Moving Beyond the Strategies
Gains in student learning are most likely to be realized when assessment decisions are focused on the principles of assessment for learning. Strategies focus on the "what‟ and the "how‟ - the procedural aspects, whereas the principles deal with "why‟ particular strategies can be effective. In this webinar, you will explore how the principles of assessment for learning can help reduce resistance to the use of assessment for learning strategies and pave the way for improved student learning.
Focus: Assessment, Leadership
A Guide to Support Implementation: Essential Conditions was developed by a provincial working group of education partners committed to realizing positive change in Alberta's schools and classrooms.
Focus: Assessment, Career and Technology Studies, Differentiated Instruction, English Language Learners, Fine Arts, FNMI (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), French, International Languages & Culture, Leadership
with Laura Lipton
Session 2 of 3 in a webinar series. Methods for focusing attention, maintaining confidence and working with challenging groups are offered.
Focus: Leadership
with Laura Lipton
Session 3 of 3 in a webinar series. This session focuses on recovery options to refocus a group's energy, attention and productivity. Several categories of recovery are offered, with techniques ranging from least to most direct.
Focus: Leadership
with Laura Lipton
Session 1 of 3 in a webinar series. Tips for structuring productive group work, and practical principles of presentation comprise the core of this one-hour interactive session. Design templates and tools provided.
Focus: Leadership
with Jim Knight
This workshop webinar series is designed to enable school leaders to answer the following questions:
Focus: Leadership
with Jim Knight
In this professional learning series, Jim Knight provided an opportunity to share specific strategies and approaches to facilitate effective communications with your colleagues based on your role as an instructional coach.
Focus: Leadership
with Alec & George Couros
This three session webinar series guides you through a thoughtful exploration of how the power of social media networks apply to education including:
Focus: Leadership, Technology Integration
This 30 minute archived presentation on ARPDC webinars can be viewed as introduction for those who are curious about what a webinar is and why and how it can be used in support of professional learning - anytime, any place, any pace.
Focus: Leadership, Support Staff, Technology Integration
with Emilie Keane
This webinar provides a broad understanding of the CTS program and specific recommendations to implementing the Health, Recreation and Human Services cluster; information on the administrator's guide that was developed to support programming and delivery; and discusses implementation challenges and opportunities using "A Guide to Support Implementation: Essential Conditions".
* Conversation guide available
Focus: Career and Technology Studies, Leadership
This two-session webinar series explores the SMART Board Implementation PD Facilitator's Guides, which focus on providing integrated SMART Board training through the use of the TPACK model. It is designed as a coaching/training support model for facilitators so that you have enough information, resources and expertise to return to your district and present the session to others. (Cascade model of training)
Focus: Leadership, Technology Integration
This two-session webinar series explores the Promethean ACTIV Board Implementation PD Facilitator's Guides, which focus on providing integrated Promethean ACTIV Board training through the use of the TPACK model. It is designed as a coaching/training support model for facilitators so that you have enough information, resources and expertise to return to your district and present the session to others. (Cascade model of training)
Focus: Leadership, Technology Integration
with Bernajean Porter
Using blink-like observations, school leaders will rehearse and debrief a simulated building walk-through with dialogues of "do you see what I see." Leaders will be coding and recording "cognitive" snapshots of three categories of technology and learning uses in classrooms. These snapshots create a "mosaic-like" pattern of strengths and weakness of instructional practices and learning values that forms the school's pedagogical culture. The data collected validates or redirects the use of technology resources in supporting school-wide goals. Participating in the process along with reflecting on the findings ensures new initiatives are rolled out with more success; existing curriculum and pedagogy is refined and revised; staff development goals are targeted; and a continuous dialogue is sustained on expectations for technology resources to directly support student results.
Focus: Leadership
with Julie Evans
For any great vision to be successful you need a visionary leader. In this webinar, Julie Evans will focus on the visionary administrator that she briefly discussed at the end of her Leading Our Way Forward conference presentation and how that aligns with and relates to the Speak Up data she presented. She will delve more deeply into what we have learned about the characteristics of this new kind of administrator and how to support those efforts. Participants will be asked to do some reflection on the data and have opportunities to offer their own school or school district perspectives.
Focus: Leadership
The conference wiki is based on a professional learning opportunity aimed at providing leaders with the knowledge and tools to effectively meet the changing needs of the 21st century learner.
Focus: Leadership