Capital Area Center for Educational Support
Serving the Educators of Central New Hampshire
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Capital Area Center for Educational Support
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CACES
The Capital Area Center is focused on providing high quality professional development with an emphasis on infusing technology into effective instruction, curriculum, and assessment.
The Vision for High School Redesign Forum Date: Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Location: SERESC, 29 Commerce Drive Bedford NH New Hampshire’s Vision for High School Redesign is a critical priority as high schools implement the Minimum Standards for School Approval and prepare New Hampshire students for a world that demands 21st century skills. The Keynote speaker, Linda Darling-Hammond, is a noted educational speaker from Stanford University where she has launched the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute and the School Redesign Network. Participants at this forum will have the opportunity to hear from schools currently implementing high school redesign strategies and to dialogue about successes and challenges. This statewide event is the first in a series of regional meetings.
Presenter: Linda Darling-Hammond Charles Ducommon Professor of Education "Bureaucratic solutions to problems of practice will always fail because effective teaching is not routine, students are not passive, and questions of practice are not simple, predictable, or standardized. Consequently, instructional decisions cannot be formulated on high then packaged and handed down to teachers." - from her award-winning book, The Right to Learn Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, where she has launched the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute and the School Redesign Network. Professor Darling-Hammond has also served as faculty sponsor for the Stanford Teacher Education Program. Prior to Stanford, Darling-Hammond was William F. Russell Professor in the Foundations of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. There, she was the founding Executive Director of the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future, the blue-ribbon panel whose 1996 report What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future, catalyzed major policy changes across the United States to improve the quality of teacher education and teaching. Her research, teaching, and policy work focus on issues of teaching quality, school reform, and educational equity. Among her more than 200 publications is The Right to Learn, recipient of the American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Book Award for 1998, and Teaching as the Learning Profession (co-edited with Gary Sykes), recipient of the National Staff Development Council's Outstanding Book Award for 2000.
Questions about this event? Contact Mariane Gfroerer, mgfroerer@ed.state.nh.us
________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Septemeber 17, 2008 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM DATA ANALYSIS USING MICROSOFT EXCEL This workshop will cover numerous methods for using Excel to analyze data, as well as tips, tricks and shortcuts with Excel. Topics include: Data manipulation and reporting using lists, subtotals, special sum functions, conditional formatting, and data filters: using pivot tables to analyze data; capturing data from the web; matching data from various sources; using Excel statistical functions; and creating Excel charts. A basic understanding in the use of Microsoft Excel is required. Instructor: Keith Burke Breakfast and Lunch is included.
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Assessment Builder Workshop September 23, 2008 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
This course will be conducted by a Performance Pathway trainer and should last for approximately six hours. The course is designed for the web end of the Assessment Builder application. It should involve several of the district’s personnel who will be tasked with creating local assessment frameworks using Assessment Builder. It will be a hands-on training. There is an assumption that those involved with this training course have already completed Performance Tracker introductory training. There is no charge for this workshop. Breakfast and lunch included.
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Teaching and Leading Mathematics Education in a Competency-Based Environment Conference Materials Radisson Hotel, Nashua NH Session Presenter's presentations (please note the sessions below were not included in the conference USB flashdrive handouts). Additional documents available from the Math Conference
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ Collaborative for Defining High School Course Competencies CACES has undertaken the task of helping New Hampshire school districts meet the requirements of Approval Standard 306.27d(2). This standard requires that, “By the 2008-2009 school year, the local school board shall require that a high school have in place competency assessments for all courses offered through the high school.” Because many seem to agree that districts should work together in meeting this standard, CACES has formed a collaborative of districts interested in the development of a common template for developing high school course competencies. Click Here for Examples of Competency and ELO Policies Developed by NHSAA South Central CIA Group ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Video Conferencing Program .....Take your students on a field trip without leaving your classroom! Bring the world into your classroom with CACES' portable video conferencing unit. Your students can visit real places, interact with experts in their field, and experience first hand what would otherwise be impossible without traveling to sites around the country and around the world. _____________________________________________________________________________________
OPEN NH - Online Courses for Educators The mission of OPEN NH is to build capacity to design and deliver high quality professional development to meet the needs of NH educators and students in a cost effective manner. Core project activities will include selecting and training facilitators, designing online courses specifically tied to the needs of NH schools and educators, and researching effective online professional development. Spring 2008 Session Interested in getting your professional development on-line? Don't miss the latest "Open NH" courses at http://www.nheon.org/opennh/ These are online courses for teachers in a variety of areas. Cost is $100 per course and grad credits are available from PSU.
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