Web seminars provide real-time opportunities to interrelate with content experts, educational leaders, and practicing principals around current issues. NAESP provides this setting to bring together principals from locations around the country to participate in these online learning programs. No special equipment other than Internet access is needed to participate in any of our webinars. All webinars are free to share best practices in leadership with principals.
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Presented by NAESP and Solution Tree
Description: Are you a K–8 principal ready to implement the PLC at Work™ process? Two experienced practitioners show you how to explore the critical components needed to lay the foundation of a PLC, including how to develop a structure that supports collaborative teams, how to focus on effective monitoring strategies, how to reflect on your communication effectiveness, and more.
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Rebecca DuFour and Richard DuFour
Rebecca has served as a teacher, school administrator, and central office coordinator. As a former elementary principal, Becky helped her school earn state and national recognition as a model professional learning community. Richard , EdD, was a public school educator for 34 years, serving as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. Read more...
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Description: Join Margaret Millar from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to learn about a number of free resources available to districts, schools and educators to support the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Margaret will walk participants through the newly released Implementation Tools and Resources guide that CCSSO released in February 2013 to compile some of the best available free resources from across the nation. Materials on this guide were reviewed by CCSSO, one of the two organizations that led the development of the Common Core.
NAESP WEBINAR: WHAT PRINCIPALS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BASICS OF CREATING BRAIN-COMPATIBLE CLASSROOMS
Presented by NAESP and Solution Tree
Description: Designed to meet the unique needs of principals, this webinar examines the basics of brain-compatible learning. Dr. Sousa guides principals through a quick tour of brain structures and reveals the latest discoveries of how the brain works.
Presenter:
David A. Sousa, EdD, is an author and international consultant. He served as a K–12 director of science and a district superintendent in New Jersey schools. He has also been an adjunct professor of education at Seton Hall University and a visiting lecturer at Rutgers University. Read more...
NAESP WEBINAR: CREATING PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SECURITY IN SCHOOLS
Presented by NAESP and Solution Tree
Description: Can your students claim a welcoming and supportive school environment? Do they feel physically and emotionally safe? Learn how you and your teachers can nurture supportive relationships with your students, develop conflict management strategies, prevent different forms of bullying, establish high expectations for students and staff, and encourage celebration. You'll also see why parent involvement supports a positive and welcoming school atmosphere.
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Kenneth Williams is a former teacher, assistant principal, and principal. He shares his experience and expertise as a nationally recognized trainer, speaker, coach, and consultant in education and leadership. Read more...
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NAESP WEBINAR: BRAIN-BASED STRATEGIES FOR TODAY'S SCHOOLS
Description: Learn why incorporating brain-based strategies into elementary classrooms is so urgently important. The speakers will share four principles on how a child’s brain functions and learns, and provide concrete and practical strategies for principals and teachers to use in their classrooms. They will also share their experiences with schools that have incorporated these principles and the difference it has made to teaching and learning for students.
Presenters:
Roger Stark is the founder and CEO of Learning Enhancement Corporation, the creator of BrainWare Safari cognitive skills development software. Read more...
Betsy Hill is an experienced educator and business leader who serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Learning Enhancement Corporation, the developer of BrainWare Safari cognitive skills development software. Read more...
NAESP WEBINAR: THE POWER OF INCLUSIVE PLAY
Presented by Landscape Structures Incorporated and NAESP
Description: Learn how awareness of different abilities by staff and students can transform your school's playground into an extraordinary outdoor learning environment for children of all abilities.
NAESP WEBINAR: RETHINKING PRINCIPAL EVALUATION
Description : Creating better evaluation systems for principals has emerged as a cornerstone of education reform. As states and districts develop and redesign principal evaluation systems, NAESP and the National Association of Secondary School Principals have recently released a report that provides a collaborative framework and policy recommendations for effective principal evaluation.
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Matthew Clifford, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at the American Institutes for Research. He has over 10 years of experience as a researcher, evaluator, and policy consultant on issues pertaining to school leadership and school principal quality, particularly school leader evaluation. |
Steven M. Ross, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist and professor at the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University. He received his doctorate in educational psychology from Pennsylvania State University. |
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