Especially for Central Office Administrators, including Curriculum Leads
- Especially for You . . . and you are the experts so share documents, web sites, and other information to extend the thinking and practices of others in your role
- Central Office Administrators, including Curriculum Leads
- Annual Notices and Deadlines for Public and Non-Public Districts: The Iowa Department of Education provides this list (which may not be exhaustive, but represents the DE’s best efforts) of state and federal notices that all districts are required to give to the public every year. This list does not attempt to include notices that are to be given to specific populations (e.g., notification of non-highly qualified teachers, notices to CPI families about testing). For CASA-specific deadlines, see the Consolidated Accountability and Support Application (CASA) webpage.
- CAST: CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that created Universal Design for Learning framework and UDL Guidelines, now used the world over to make learning more inclusive.
- Curriculum Leaders - Resources Shared in Webinar on April 11 and 12, 2022
- Standards for Professional Learning - Learning Forward - YouTube Overview
- Modes of Professional Development - SLIDO
- IPDM (Iowa Professional Development Model) Plan Workbook
- IPDM's Rubric for Developing a Building/District Profile
- Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP)
- Hanover's District Leaders' Guide for Developing a Professional Learning Plan
- Registration Link for Iowa ASCD Curriculum Leadership Academy 2022
- Why Professional Development Matters - Learning Forward
- Planning Powerful Teacher-Led Professional Learning - ASCD
- Planning Professional Learning -Thomas Guskey - ASCD
- Professional Learning Plans: A Workbook for States, Districts, and Schools
- Curriculum Leadership Academy - 2021: Day 1 and Day 2 and summaries of the 8 Functions of curriculum leaders. This is also the KASAB for curriculum leaders. Information on instructional frameworks is also included
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- Doctoral Degrees at Drake:
The School of Education at Drake University offers three doctoral degrees designed to meet your professional goals. The two EdD degrees are intended for those whose interest is in the application of theory and research to affect educational practice. The PhD degree is intended for those whose interest is in becoming a research scholar in their professional field
- Drake's Specialist in Education with Superintendent's Licensure: Cohorts start on campus in Des Moines every two years; a new cohort will begin fall 2016. Students attend class six weeks per semester and the program can be finished in less than two years.
- The Functions of Our Work More than 70 central office and AEA staff members researched the functions of our work and then aligned that work with the Iowa Standards for School Leaders.
- Evaluation of Central Office Administrators This is the evaluation tool provided by SAI and developed by more than 70 central office administrators
- National School Reform Faculty This site is a curriculum director's "dream come true," with resources to support your work as well as protocols and processes to give structure and organization to that work.
- Standards for Professional Learning: Learning Forward's site for professional learning supports for learning communities, leadership, resources, data, learning designs, implementation, and outcomes.
- Curriculum Leadership Academy - April 11 and 12, 2012
- Doctoral Degrees at Drake:
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This page was updated on February 14, 2022. Please contact Lou Howell at LouHowell@gmail.com with additional URLs.