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Designing Professional Development in a Remote Learning Environment

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Collecting Fidelity Data Virtually in New Hampshire

Amy Aiello, NH SPDG, discusses Tracking Fidelity Data during Covid 19 using New Hampshire’s iShare: Improving Social/Emotional Outcomes for Children Birth to Age 5.

Shauna Harps & Brad Keller, GPRA evaluators, describe how SPDG projects can improve their program measure submissions.

Building a Collaborative Culture Focused on Total School Improvement through the MTSS Framework

Burns Middle School has exceeded state growth standards for consecutive years and is designated as a Solution Tree Model PLC School. This presentation will address the school’s work in building a learning centered, results driven, collaborative culture within the MTSS framework. We will discuss collaboration in addition to our work with core and tiered academics, behavior, and social emotional learning.

Virtual Coaching and Support for Adults and Youth

Many of the practices used to support others in-person, work just as well virtually; some work even better.

Adults and youth benefit from brief, high-frequency positive contact. This session will address using Virtual Coaching to get the best out of adults, and Virtual Check-In, Check-Out, to give our best to youth at-risk.

Program Measures and the APR

Bethan Langlois will describe the OTISS virtual professional development modules in Oklahoma.

Kimberly St. Martin will discuss “Intensifying Literacy Instruction: Essential Practices.”

Jennifer Coffey will describe how to respond to the program measures, as well as changes for new grantees and future grants. She will also share highlights from SIGNetwork’s year and what is coming in 2021.

Using Micro-Credentials & Online Management Tools

How high-quality micro-credentials and the online collaboration platform, Learning Designed, are being used to support effective implementation in schools, districts, regions, and states across the country.

Transforming teaching through curriculum-based professional learning

Parent Participatory Evaluation in Minneapolis; Evaluation and Planning in South Dakota

We will discuss SPDGs’ plans to support accelerated learning in the wake of the pandemic. CCSSO’s Restart and Recovery Framework will provide a basis for our conversation.

• What role can your SPDG play in your State’s restart and recovery?
• Can your project be leveraged to support improved family engagement?
• Which of the practices you support might be useful on a larger scale to accelerate learning?
• How can the SPDG assist with assessment that determines the needs of “returning” children?

Strengthening Family Partnerships Through a Multi-Tiered System of Support
Kimberli Breen

You likely already know the value of family partnerships, and have lots of great partnership practices. In this session, we will explore how to sustain and expand these efforts by leveraging the power of family voice through a multi-tiered system of support.

Resources: SPDG Family Partnerships