Announcements from North Country Education Services |
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| North Country Professional Development Day | |
| The program booklet for the October 10, 2008 conference will be available online on September 10th. The registration period will be from September 15 to September 26 through this website. | |
Assessment Builder Training |
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| Local assessments are vitally important to gauging learning. With Assessment Builder, teachers can build and score local benchmark assessments in minutes. Using Content Library, free with Assessment Builder, teachers can choose from thousands of pre-built questions already aligned to state standards. Tight integration with Performance Tracker allows educators to track local assessment data side-by-side with state assessment data.
he training will be conducted by Performance Pathways and will be approximately six hours in length. One or more district personnel who are tasked with creating local assessment frameworks should attend. It will be a hands-on training. Attendees should have already completed Performance Tracker introductory training. Register by contacting Becky Ring at 603-466-5437 or becky@ncedservices.org |
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| North Country High School Coalition for Alcohol Abuse Prevention | |
Six North Country high schools are part of a project receiving federal funding through the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools through the US Department of Education's Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse. The three year project will provide training and resources to Student Assistance Personnel, guidance counselors, health educators, and school nurses in SAMHSA programs. |
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| Louise Tillotson Fellowships Awarded | |
Four North Country teachers
were awarded the first $10,000 Louise Tillotson |
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| Mathematics Professional Development | |
| The Distinguished Math Educators series and FIRST Steps Mathematics will be offered in the fall of 2008. | |
| Bruce Wellman in NH | |
| Understanding Our Schools through Collaborative Inquiry: Tools for Data Teams | |
| July 29 and 30, 2008 at the Grand Summit Resort, Bartlett, NH with follow-up session on September 26, 2008. Sponsored by NH’s Local Education Support Center Network. Info at www.lescn.org | |
| Performance Tracker Training |  |
| Performance Pathways is the NH Department of Education online data system andinterface that | |
was implemented Summer 2007 and will be the primary source of NECAP and state Alternate Assessment result data. Performance Tracker is the application for school districts to use to track performance and meet No Child Left Behind requirements. Assessment data is correlated to state standards. Performance Tracker gives you a single point of reference for anywhere, anytime access to information you need to make data-driven decisions that will enhance instruction and increase student achievement. Performance Tracker displays information in web-based charts, graphs and reports and allows drill-down to the student level. To schedule training for your school or district, contact Lori Langlois at lori@ncedservices.org. |
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| CAGS North Country Cohort through Plymouth State University | |
Fall course: Transforming Education |
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| ICT Literacy Standards | |
| Learn more about the NCES Professional Development Center process for implmenting ICT Literacy Standards by viewing four video clips overviewing the process. | |
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