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Press Release – Impact EVERY Student: Simple Strategies That Provide Big Improvement

As you may know, I have highlighted the work of Mike Schmoker in the past, in particular an article he wrote some time ago:

In words that resonate with most educators, Peter Drucker (1992) writes that “the largest and easiest gains in knowledge work come from redefining the task and eliminating what need not be done.”


Collins writes that we must all make a “stop doing list.” We must “stop doing anything and everything” that doesn’t get us the results we want (Collins, 2001).

Results will require tough but intelligent decisions from us. To gain the results we want will require that we systematically review and eliminate unnecessary, ill-wrought goals and committee work, that we abandon ineffective but so-called “research-based” programs and strategies.


Source: Schmoker, Up and Away


It’s advice that rings true at a time when state and federal mandates have educators crammed at the top of the Titanic ship of education–recall the the movie Titanic, with Leonardo DiCaprio clambering to the back of the ship as it goes vertical–waiting for the descent into the whirlpool of oblivion.

Consider “attending” the webinar below….

Date: April 30, 2010
Time: 2:00 pm Eastern / 11:00 am Pacific
Duration: One hour
With all the options available to promote school improvement, where should we begin? If we’re smart, we’ll start by being honest. This is an immense, unprecedented opportunity to act on just a few simple structures, elements and actions that will impact teaching and achievement powerfully–and immediately–for every student.
Learn how teams of teachers who meet regularly and continuously to design, test and then adjust their lessons and strategies in light of their results has a profound impact on student achievement.  Promote smart, short-term cycles of action, assessment, and adjustment. The key is for educational teams to achieve and celebrate a continuous succession of small, quick victories in vital areas. Teams of teachers who set clear instructional goals may be the most significant act in the entire school improvement process and greatly increases the odds of success. In addition, proven research-based technologies are available that enable teachers and administrators to gather the vital data they need to progress monitor and increase student achievement.
During this workshop, learn how to:
  • Promote team-based, short-term thought and action
  • Effectively use data to progress monitor student gains
  • Produce immediate and frequent wins
  • Tools that can help you increase student achievement

Webinar Speakers:
Dr. Mike Schmoker
Author of bestselling book RESULTS NOW: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Results in Teaching and Learning

Mike Schmoker

Dr. Tina RooksK-12 Educational Consultant,
Turning Technologies 

Tina Rooks

Sharyn C. GabrielPrincipal, Ocoee Middle School

Sharyn Gabriel

Janet Bergh, Ed.S.Reading Coach, Ocoee Middle School

Janet Bergh

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