FUSION

June 2012

What’s New at NWEA?

Our Partners Need More Evidence of Student Learning

Our partners use MAP to answer important questions about their students’ learning:

Is every child growing? Where will they be at the end of the school year?

Many partners have expressed a need for more student data between MAP assessments. They want to know:

Where are my students now? What progress are we making?

What skills are they missing?

What’s New

Children’s Progress

Skills Pointer

Keeping Learning on

Track

Power of Teaching

Power of Teaching

What is Power of Teaching?

• Nine day program to improve classroom fundamentals delivered over a year

• Focused on supporting research-based, effective teaching behaviors

• Side-by-side work with coaches and school leaders to develop consistent observation practice, support, and feedback for struggling teachers

What Districts Benefit From Power of Teaching?

Do you have schools that face these challenges?

• Underperforming academically • High staff turnover• High % new teachers• Many staff certified through

alternative programs• District coaches struggling to

support change in classrooms

How Power of TeachingCan Help

• Comprehensive approach to teaching fundamentals

• Clear, research-based criteria for highly effective teaching behaviors

• Programmatic system to achieve and maintain quality and consistency in every classroom

• Support and structure for coaching struggling teachers

About Funding Availability…

• Does your district have Title I funds carried over from last year that have to be obligated by September 30th ?

• More than 1,100 districts will receive at least a $400,000 increase in preliminary district allocations due to changes to funding formula

• Many districts will be receiving a 30% to 800% increase in allocations beginning in July

Education TURNKEY Report5/31/12

“Many superintendents are unaware of changes in Title I to allow training of all teachers in ‘identified’ districts and to allow use of similar products in both Title I and non-Title I schools…”

What’s in it for you…

• Define, identify, and increase highly effective, research-based teaching behaviors district-wide

• Provide your coaches and leadership staff with formal training on how to coach and support struggling teachers

• Lay a foundation for excellence in teaching to achieve the kind of consistency you’re striving to achieve

Power of TeachingLearn more at

http://www.nwea.org/powerofteaching

Thank You!