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  Building Collaboration Between Schools and Parents of English Language Learners: Transcending Barriers, Creating Opportunities

  1/24/09 - Robin Waterman, Beth Harry, Equity Alliance at ASU

  Parents of English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a vital source of support for increased student engagement and achievement; they bring skills, values and knowledge that would benefit both students and teachers. Most importantly, they bring profound commitment and motivation: The majority of the parents of ELLs have come to the United States in order that they and their children will have a “better life.” And many of these families quickly come to believe that supporting their...

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 1, Participant Handouts

  1/18/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Leadership Teams Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 1, PowerPoints

  1/18/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Leadership Teams Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 2, Facilitator's Manual

  1/19/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Leadership Teams Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator's manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 2, Participant Handouts

  1/19/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Team Leadership Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 2, PowerPoints

  1/19/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Leadership Teams Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 3, Facilitator's Manual

  1/19/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Leadership Teams Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 3, Participant Handouts

  1/19/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Leadership Teams Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Building Leadership Teams, Academy 3, PowerPoints

  1/19/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Building Leadership Teams Professional Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Conducting Focus Groups to Develop a Comprehensive School Portrait

  1/25/07 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,, Equity Alliance at ASU

  This On Point is for all teachers who want to explore issues around conducting focus groups to develop a comprehensive school portrait. Focus groups are an effective means of collecting qualitative information that can be used to guide improvement planning and efforts. Building Leadership Teams can use focus groups to find out almost anything about the climate, day-to-day operations, and individual perceptions of the school. Conducting focus group can help in developing a comprehensive...

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  Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender,and Questioning Youth Matter!

  1/5/09 - Kathleen A. King, Equity Alliance at ASU

  Presents general trends in the social and emotional well-being of youth who identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (GLBTQ), followed by a guide of sexual orientation definitions. Additionally, readers learn a series of steps that schools must address in order to build inclusive, safe, and effective schools for all students, including those who identify as GLBTQ.

• Learning Academies: Building Leadership Teams

  1/1/04 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,

  This professional learning module was developed by the National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI). The academies in this module promote inclusive systems and schools by coaching Building Leadership Team members in both leadership skills and team collaboration.

• Learning Academies: Module 2, Mining Data

  1/1/04 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,

  This module was designed by National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI) to help building leadership teams learn the skills required to mine data and use it to make decisions. As principals and teacher leaders become confident in their ability to query their data, they will become strong role models and coaches for the entire faculty. This module takes a serious look at understanding and using data and other evidence of student performance to improve student learning. Participants...

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  Principals of Inclusive Schools

  1/10/09 - Christine Salisbury , Gail McGregor, Equity Alliance at ASU

  School leaders play an important role in promoting and sustaining change in schools. Without their efforts, schools cannot change or improve to become places where all students are welcome, and where all students learn essential academic and non-academic lessons in preparation for life in the community. Nowhere is this initiative more important than in urban schools where many students have been left behind, shunted aside, or asked to learn with poor or inadequate buildings, materials, and...

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  The Building Leadership Team

  1/5/09 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,, Equity Alliance at ASU

  A Building Leadership Team (BLT) is a school-based group of individuals who work to provide strong organizational process for school renewal and improvement. BLTs orchestrate the work of school professionals, administrators, families, and students through the school improvement process. This process includes the examination of current, successful practices and also those areas that are of concern to the school community. In addition, BLTs plan for progress, achievement, and risk. This...

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  The School Improvement Process

  1/24/09 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, , Equity Alliance at ASU

  Each page of this guide focuses on a different part of the School Improvement Process. You’ll find ideas about how to gather and use information to set your focus areas and action cycles. There’s no one right place to start. If your building already has an active planning process, you may want to proceed directly to the action cycle step.