Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Title II: Opportunities and impact
Presenters: Frederick Brown, Elizabeth Foster, Paul Katnik, Jana Beth Francis, Jamalya N. Jackson and Jon Bernstein
This webinar highlights state and district successes and challenges in implementing Title II-A programs and collecting impact data. As a community, we seek ways to seamlessly support and integrate high-quality professional learning and to share those efforts with Congress and the Administration as they debate the future funding levels for this critical program. Learn from these education leaders as they share how they designed their Title IIA-supported programs and the successes they have documented. The session will also provide support for educators seeking to align their Title IIA-funded work to the Standards for Professional Learning.
Outcomes:
- Discover strategies for aligning system change and the Standards for Professional Learning.
- Understand the current research on the impact of professional learning.
- Learn as state and district leaders describe their Title IIA implementation strategies and data collection efforts.
- Learn about the current funding status for Title IIA.
Additional resources:
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Webinar recording (Includes audio transcript and chat messages)
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Virginia DOE Education Workforce Data & Reports
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Virginia DOE Staffing and Vacancy Report
Presenters
Frederick Brown is Learning Forward’s president | CEO. Fred is an education visionary who knows firsthand that our nation’s schools need transformational change if we are to meet the challenges of the next decades. Fred advocates that every child deserves to reach their highest potential and every educator must have the opportunity to participate in exemplary, ongoing, professional learning programs to provide students the skills needed to meet their unique needs.
Supporting educators at all levels and improving student achievement are through lines of Fred's career. An elementary school teacher, a middle school assistant principal, and school principal, Fred saw firsthand the impact high-leverage instructional practices and school culture have on school success.
Fred is a frequent speaker on leadership and building high-quality learning in schools. He has co-authored two books that have made significant contributions to the field of education, demonstrating how a comprehensive approach to professional learning can be achieved so that everyone in a system is a learner, and how principals apply a learning lens to their many critical responsibilities to create a productive climate for learning and collaboration. "Becoming a Learning System" and "The Learning Principal -- Becoming a Learning Leader" are time-tested Learning Forward resources for schools and leaders.
Elizabeth Foster is the senior vice president of research and strategy at Learning Forward. She leads the organization’s research efforts for partnerships, programs, and fundraising. Elizabeth co-wrote the Standards for Professional Learning (2022) with Tracy Crow and now facilitates learning sessions about the standards and develops resources that support their use and implementation.
Paul Katnik is the assistant commissioner of the Office of Educator Quality. Katnik has been in education for over three decades working with children of all ages, K-12, as both a teacher and a building principal. He has served at the Missouri Department of Education for over nearly 20 years, and has been instrumental in coordinating the state model Educator Evaluation System, revising teacher and leader preparation programs, developing the state’s Educator Equity Plan, and creating the Missouri Leadership Development System.
Jana Beth Francis was recently recognized as one of Education Week’s 2020 Leaders to Learn From. Francis has recently led her rural-suburban district’s adoption of new English language arts and math curricula including supporting principals and teachers in the effective use of the new materials. Previously, Francis served as a teacher in Georgia and an instructional coach and district assessment coordinator in Daviess County.
Jamalya Jackson is the executive director of professional learning in Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS). Jamalya has held various positions throughout HCPS, including school psychologist at the Pre-K, Elementary, Middle, and ESE-center based levels, supervisor of Title I staff development, supervisor of teacher training, and director of new teacher induction. Currently, Jamalya is the executive director of professional learning. Throughout her many positions, she has been committed to helping schools create a system of support to improve teacher effectiveness and increase student achievement.
Jon Bernstein is the founder and president of Bernstein Strategy Group. He has over 25 years of experience in education, technology, privacy, appropriations, and telecommunications policy. Today, Jon works closely with many of the major K-12 education associations as co-chair of both the Education and Libraries Networks Coalition and the Homework Gap Big Tent Coalition and as executive director of the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training. He also helps lead the Principals Group, which focuses on professional development funding and related issues.
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