The University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership (CEL) will host the Area of Focus Institute, a new professional development event for teams of principals, coaches, teachers and teacher leaders, on September 23, 2015 in Renton, Washington.
New teacher evaluation systems are prompting teachers to formalize their goals for student learning and their own instructional practice – and to collect data to assess progress toward meeting them. This process of goal-setting requires developing an area of focus.
The Area of Focus Institute will help teams of educators build a process to identify areas of focus and ensure that teachers’ goals positively influence student learning and their own instructional practice.
Participants will learn how to use evidence to ground an area of focus, set goals that are tied to the larger context of school and district learning, and establish objectives that explicitly connect a problem of student learning with specific changes in instructional practice. Participants will also receive a set of tools to support this process. Throughout the day, attendees will experience a replicable process that they can take back to their schools.
The early registration rate for this event – available until June 17 – is $139 per person. For more information about and to sign up, please check the event website.
Topics: Teaching Effectiveness, Principal Support, Area of Focus
