Woodland Hills School District

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Woodland Hills School District

• Professional Development
• 2007-2008

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WHSD Professional Development

• District PSSA Results from 2006

Making Progress
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WHSD Professional Development

• District PSSA Results from 2006

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WHSD Professional Development

• District PSSA Results from 2006

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WHSD Professional Development

• District PSSA Results from 2006

• Math - 2006
• District Grades 3-5
• District Grades 6-8
• District Grades 9-12

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WHSD Professional Development

• District PSSA Results from 2006

• Reading - 2006
• District Grades 3-5
• District Grades 6-8
• District Grades 9-12

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WHSD Professional Development

• District Wide Results

Math 45
Achievement Gap Black and Economically
Disadvantaged Learners (Grade Band 6-8 and 9-12)
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WHSD Professional Development

• District Wide Results

Rdg. 54
Achievement Gap Black Learners (Grade Band 6-8)
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WHSD Professional Development

• PSSA
• Terra Nova
• DIBELS
• GMADE / GRADE
• 4Sight Benchmark Assessments
• Course Grades
• Retentions and Drop Outs

Achievement Gap Black and Economically
Disadvantaged Learners (Grade Band 6-8 and 9-12)
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WHSD Professional Development

• Learning Walks

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WHSD Professional Development

• Learning Walks Student Engagement

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WHSD Professional Development

• Learning Walks Instructional Delivery

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WHSD Professional Development

• Learning Walks Instructional Strategies

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WHSD Professional Development

• Learning Walks Instructional Delivery
• Explicit Link to Standards 10.6
• Direct Instruction 22
• Modeling 21.2
• Guided Practice 35.6
• Checks for Understanding 39.4
• Monitoring for Mastery 7.6
• Closure 6.8
• Reviewing 12.9
• Assessment/Test - 5.3
• Transition 8.3
• Asking Questions 18.9

Instructional Delivery Explicit Links to
Standards / Anchors Curriculum Alignment
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WHSD Professional Development

• Learning Walks
• Professional Development Offerings
• Training and In-Services
• Resources
• Curriculum Development

Instructional Delivery Explicit Links to
Standards / Anchors Curriculum Alignment
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WHSD Professional Development

• Discipline

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WHSD Professional Development

• Discipline

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WHSD Professional Development

• Discipline

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WHSD Professional Development

• Discipline

Student Behavior No Parity with respect to
Race/Ethnicity 2006 (58.4 Black and 40 White)
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WHSD Professional Development

• Discipline
• Special Education
• Gifted Education
• Achievement Data (formative / summative)

Student Behavior No Parity with respect to
Race/Ethnicity 2006 (58.4 Black and 40 White)
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WHSD Professional Development

• School / District Improvement Planning

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WHSD Professional Development

• School / District Improvement Planning

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WHSD Professional Development

• School / District Improvement Planning

Student Behavior No Parity with respect to
Race/Ethnicity 2006 (58.4 Black and 40 White)
Instructional Delivery Explicit Links to
Standards / Anchors Curriculum Alignment
Achievement Gap Black and Economically
Disadvantaged Learners (Grade Band 6-8 and 9-12)
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Cultural Competency Meeting the Needs of Diverse
Learners
Leadership for Learning Institute
Marzano and Associates Classroom Management the
Works
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Cultural Competency Meeting the Needs of Diverse
Learners
Module 1 Learn how cultural identity and
cultural awareness relates to the factors that
contribute to persistent achievement gaps.
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Cultural Competency Meeting the Needs of Diverse
Learners
Module 2 Learn how cultural identity informs
ones approach to learning, instruction and the
transfer ofknowledge.
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Cultural Competency Meeting the Needs of Diverse
Learners
Module 3 Learn how to examine the means by which
to work beyond a cultural perspective in meeting
the needs of a diverse student community through
the development of an action research project.
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Leadership for Learning Institute
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Leadership for Learning Institute
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Marzano and Associates Classroom Management the
Works
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Marzano and Associates Classroom Management the
Works
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WHSD Professional Development

• 2007-2008

Cultural Competency Meeting the Needs of Diverse
Learners
Leadership for Learning Institute
Marzano and Associates Classroom Management the
Works