Capacity:    Up to 20 school leaders

School leaders learn how to conduct classroom observations with Power Walkthrough software on PDAs or smart phones. This allows them to use data-driven decision making for continual improvement in the classroom.

Total Price:  $12,000 for up to 20 school leaders
                     $18,000 for up to 40 school leaders
                     (Includes travel expenses and all materials)

»  Power Walkthrough Seminar & Software

• 2 concurrent days on site
• One-year software licenses and participant manuals included for each participant

Capacity:    Up to 40 school leader participants

                   Recommended for a consortia of schools

Total Price: $76,000 (Includes travel expenses and all materials)

Visionary leadership is crucial in guiding the changes needed in instructional practices that incorporate engaging educational technology.

This option begins with four workshops for leaders based on the books School Leadership that Works and Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works. A final, fifth workshop teaches school leaders how to conduct classroom observations with Power Walkthrough software on PDAs or smart phones. This allows them to use data-driven decision making for continual improvement.

This package includes McREL’s powerful, online Balanced Leadership Profile® survey to provide building principals with multiple perspectives on the their fulfillment of the 21 leadership responsibilities identified in McREL's leadership research, and to furnish feedback on principals' change leadership.

»  Balanced Leadership for Technology Consortia
(4 workshops)

• Principal and teacher leader focus
• Four 2-day Balanced Leadership for Technology workshops on site separated by 1–2 months each
• Up to 40 participants, including two books and 4 workshop manuals for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support
  
  

The four leadership workshops are:

1. Balanced Leadership for Technology (An Overview)
   This workshop introduces the six major research findings from McREL's meta- and factor-analyses on principal leadership. Participants gain an understanding of the imperative of leadership for effective technology integration for teaching and learning.
   
   
2. Choosing the Right Focus
   This workshop covers research-based classroom practices, school practices, and leadership responsibilities positively associated with high levels of student achievement. Participants learn to use data to inform pedagogical improvement and professional development. Example strategies from the book Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works are used to give participants hands-on experience in innovative technology integration.
   
   
3. Managing Change
   This workshop is based on McREL's findings that identified specific leadership responsibilities associated with first- and second-order change. Participants learn how to initiate, monitor, and lead change as it relates to educational technology.
   
   
4. Developing a Purposeful Community
   This interactive workshop engages participants in a variety of hands-on learning experiences that promote a deep understanding of the importance of creating a “purposeful community” where all members are united around shared purposes. Participants garner knowledge and deepen understanding about how to establish and develop a purposeful community committed to the use of technology for teaching and learning.
   
   

»  Power Walkthrough Seminar

• 2 concurrent days on site
• 1 follow-up day on site for template revision training and walkthrough coaching
• Up to 40 one-year software licenses and participant manuals included
  
  

»  Balanced Leadership Profile
1-year subscription for up to 3 districts

• Available to all teachers and administrators in each district

Capacity:    Up to 20 teachers

Total Price: $14,000 (Includes travel expenses and all materials)

Teachers learn about the nine categories of highly effective instructional strategies identified in Classroom Instruction that Works and how to employ them with modern educational technology.

»  Using Technology with Classroom Instruction
that Works

• 3 concurrent days on site
• Up to 20 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support

Capacity:    Up to 40 teachers

Total Price: $21,000 (Includes travel expenses and all materials)

Teachers learn about the nine categories of highly effective instructional strategies identified in Classroom Instruction that Works and how to employ them with modern educational technology.

»  Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works

• 3 separate days on site separated by 1–2 months each
• Up to 40 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support

Capacity:    Up to 40 elementary teachers
                   Up to 40 secondary teachers

                   Recommended for a consortia of schools

Total Price: $51,000 (Includes travel expenses and all materials)

This exciting professional development series moves both elementary and secondary teachers toward 21st-century methods of science teaching (also available with a mathematics focus).

Separate groups of elementary and secondary teachers work concurrently to improve science instruction by learning about the nine categories of highly effective instructional strategies identified in Classroom Instruction that Works and how to pair them with modern educational technology to teach science. Then, teachers are taken a step further as they learn about the science inquiry cycle and how to employ technology each step of the way to engage learners and mirror the methods of actual scientists.

Elementary teacher training:

»  Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works
in Science (or Mathematics)

• Elementary teacher focus
• 3 separate days on site separated by 1-2 months each
• Up to 40 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support
  

»  Using Technology in Elementary Science Inquiry

• 2 concurrent days on site
• Up to 40 participants, including one
  participant manual for each participant

Secondary teacher training:

»  Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works in Science (or Mathematics)

• Secondary teacher focus
• 3 separate days on site separated by 1-2 months each
• Up to 40 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support

»  Using Technology in Secondary Science Inquiry

• 2 concurrent days on site
• Up to 40 participants, including one participant manual for each participant

Capacity:    Up to 40 elementary teachers
                   Up to 40 secondary teachers

                   Recommended for a consortia of schools

Total Price: $67,000 (Includes travel expenses and all materials)

This stimulating professional development series moves both elementary and secondary teachers toward 21st century methods of teaching language arts and social studies.

Separate groups of elementary and secondary language arts and social studies teachers work concurrently to improve instruction by learning about the nine categories of highly effective instructional strategies identified in Classroom Instruction that Works and how to pair them with modern educational technology. Then, teachers are taken a step further as they learn about how to embed the teaching of writing into all subjects using engaging educational technologies.

Elementary teacher training:

»  Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works in Language Arts & Social Studies

• Elementary teacher focus
• 3 separate days on site separated by 1–2 months each
• Up to 40 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support

»  Using Technology with Teaching Writing in the
Content Areas

• Elementary teacher focus
• 2 concurrent days on site
• Up to 40 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support

Secondary teacher training:

»  Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works in Language Arts & Social Studies

• Secondary teacher focus
• 3 separate days on site separated by 1–2 months each
• Up to 40 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support

»  Using Technology with Teaching Writing in the
Content Areas

• Secondary teacher focus
• 2 concurrent days on site
• Up to 40 participants, including one book for each participant
• Wiki and blog development and support