Iowa ASCD

Iowa ASCD

Audit Profile of Forward-Moving Districts - shared by the Iowa Support Team for Schools and Districts in Need of Assistance (Please e-mail Lou Howell at L1313@mchsi.com if you are unable to download these documents as they are quite large.)

Conferences and Brochures

Iowa ASCD Fall Institute - Doug Fisher - Better Learning through Structured Teaching - October 28, 2010

Formative Assessment

Assessing Students' Affect Related to Assessment for Learning by Rick Stiggins and W. James Popham
Attributes of Effective Formative Assessment coordinated by Sarah McManus
Formative Assessment: Examples of Practice by E. Caroline Wylie
Learning Progressions: Supporting Instruction and Formative Assessment by Margaret Heritage

Iowa Core

Math: Presentation by Gilbert Community School District and AEA 11 at the Summer Effective Schools Conference at Lake Okoboji, June, 2009

Leadership

A Brief on Effective Actions of Principals on Schools in Need of Assistance: Implications for Iowa Principals and Schools They Serve
Functions of Our Work in Developing Collective Capacity for Increased Learning
- Overview
  - PowerPoint
- Function 1 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessments
- Function 2 - Data Analysis
  - Summary of Research
  - 2-Page Summary
  - Sample Individual Professional Development Plan
- Function 3 - Processes
  - Summary of Research
  - 2-Page Summary
  - Sample Individual Professional Development Plan
- Function 4 - Professional Development
  - Summary of Research
  - 2-Page Summary
  - Sample Individual Professional Development Plan
- Function 5 - Relationships
  - Summary of Research
  - 2-Page Summary
  - Sample Individual Professional Development Plan
- Function 6 - Performance
  - Summary of Research
  - 2-Page Summary
  - Sample Individual Professional Development Plan
  - Program Evaluation (Jason Ellingson)
- Function 7 - Operations
  - Summary of Research
  - 2-Page Summary
  - Sample Individual Professional Development Plan
- Function 8 - Change
  - Summary of Research
  - 2-Page Summary
  - Sample Individual Professional Development Plan
  - Leading Change Handbook - Wallace Foundation

Newsletters

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

The Intellectual and Policy Foundations of the 21st Century Skills Framework: This white paper provides a summary of the framework of the national focus on 21st Century Skills
Route 21: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills offers Route 21, a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools.

Parent and Family Engagement:

Summary by Lou Howell of The Culturally Proficient School by Lindsey, Robers, and CambellJones
Strategies for Engaging Parents that Support Student Learning

Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT)

Bloom's Taxonomy: Investigating Cognitive Complexity - Webinar by Mary Schmidt, Gifted Education Consultant of Heartland AEA 11
Curricular Alignment: A Re-Examination
Improving Instruction
A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview
The Role of Assessment in the Revised Taxonomy
Rote Versus Meaningful Learning
Questioning - Check the Cognitive Level of Your Own Questions Based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

Writing - Its Role in Learning

Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools by Steve Graham and Dolores Perin (2007)