Online Learning
To make access to quality professional development even easier, NASSP has added online courses to its comprehensive catalog of professional development offerings. As a benefit of membership, NASSP members receive a special discount when registering for the online courses.
Session Cancelled
Session 2: June 2-July 21, 2010
Seven sessions in each course over eight weeks |
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Internet Safety for Schools
in the Digital Era
- Protecting students who access the Internet over a school-based or statewide educational network
- Complying with federal policy regarding how schools must protect students when they go online
- Advancing digital citizenship of teachers and students, and promoting online safety practices
- Addressing cyber-bullying
- Creating up-to-date acceptable use policies (AUPs) for schools exploring collaborative and social networking tools
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Data-Driven Decision Making: Using Objective Measures to Improve Student Learning
- Using data to guide instructional planning
- Using multiple measures of data
- Analyzing data intersections to identify learning gaps and their root causes
- Monitoring student progress through curriculum-based assessments
- Using data analysis to determine appropriate instructional strategies
- Creating a plan for improved learning classroom by classroom
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Introductory rate:—$199 for NASSP members, $249 nonmembers |
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NASSP's eight-week interactive courses are offered on a staggered basis throughout the year. Courses include:
Future courses will be added to the lineup and will be designed to meet the unique needs of secondary school principals, assistant principals, and aspiring school leaders.
Participants can earn three continuing education units (CEUs). Three hours of graduate credit for each course is available through Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, for an additional $375. A culminating assignment consisting of an action plan for application of the learning is required for each course. To receive credit, participants must complete a nondegree student application and send a current transcript. Additional information is available upon request.
Leading Schools in a Web 2.0 World
This workshop is designed to acquaint administrators with new online communication and Web 2.0 tools that support school operations. The workshop will provide a hands-on introduction to a number of key tools as well as address critical issues that administrators need to consider when introducing these technologies into school practices. Participants will also explore numerous examples where Web 2.0 tools are creatively and successfully being used by school administrators and their staffs. By the end of the workshop, administrators will have worked with peers to gain hands-on experience with these technologies, addressed issues surrounding their use, and developed a personal vision and action plan for introducing and using one of these technologies in their schools.
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Leading Data-Based School Reform
Research indicates that effective school improvement plans should be based on careful analysis of school data. This workshop provides an introduction to the process of using data to guide school reform. Workshop participants will review current data-driven decision-making theory; use technology to identify, gather, and analyze data for patterns and trends; examine the role of disaggregated data; and complete a plan for a school-based data reform effort.
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Planning for Curriculum Integration of Technology
Planning for curriculum integration of technology (PCIT) involves building models of teaching and learning that are consistent with good educational practice. This workshop examines the role of administrators in engaging staff in discussions about good uses of technology. When technology is used well, student learning is focused on deeper understandings and connections to the world. School districts are investing heavily in technology for their teachers and students, and are considering how technology can be used to maximize the learning conditions and experiences of their students. This workshop presents what good curriculum integration of technology looks like--and what it does not look like. Participants will use the research and practice of PCIT to assess their own school/district and to develop plans for improving uses of technology that work with current school/district initiatives. By the end of the workshop, participants will have worked with like-minded peers to identify goals for their schools/districts. They will have created action plans that describe success, strategies to monitor and evaluate progress, and ways to communicate most effectively with the stakeholders in the community.
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Internet Safety for Schools in the Digital Era
In this workshop for school leaders, teachers, and administrators, participants will explore specific strategies for creating a safe environment for students when they access the Internet. They will learn essential information about the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), including compliance requirements for schools and districts. Participants will also become familiar with the ways that Web 2.0 technologies, which allow for more collaboration and social networking than was previously possible through the Internet, are changing the way that students and teachers interact online. Special attention will be paid to the safety and health issues that these technologies present, such as cyberbullying. Finally, participants will learn how to make sure that school and district Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) address these challenges while teaching students how to act as responsible “digital citizens,” helping them to explore Web 2.0 tools safely for educational purposes.
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Smart Budgeting for Technology: An Introduction to Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
It is imperative that you, as educational leaders, have the skills and knowledge necessary to respond to the multiple challenges of reduced budgets, increased accountability requirements, and growing concerns about the impact of technology investments in education. It is no longer sufficient to be knowledgeable about the installation of equipment, networks, software, and professional development models and resources, you must also have the skills and resources necessary to make strategic decisions about calculating costs, allocating resources, and projecting multiyear budgets. This Smart Budgeting for Technology course will provide appropriate, timely, targeted resources for technology budgeting; help you grapple with issues of fiscal accountability; provide a framework outlining the major considerations when budgeting for technology integration; and help you respond to the school board and community concerns about investments in educational technology.
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Special Students in Regular Classrooms: Technology, Teaching and Universal Design for Administrators
This workshop provides an introduction to the concept of universal design for learning (UDL), and strategies for implementing a UDL approach in instructional settings. Universal design for learning is a new approach to teaching and learning and the development of curriculum and assessment that draws on current brain research and new media technologies to respond to individual differences. UDL curricula, teaching practices, and policies are inherently flexible and therefore may reduce the demand on educators to develop and implement modifications and accommodations to meet individual differences within general education learning environments. The basic premise of UDL is that a curriculum should include alternatives to make it accessible and applicable to students, teachers, and parents with different backgrounds, learning styles, abilities, and disabilities in widely varied learning contexts. This workshop is designed to acquaint participants with UDL principles, and provide practical, hands-on experience using software tools and digital media to support learning. Participants will explore how these tools can be incorporated into classroom practice, and begin preliminary steps to design an approach to integrate these concepts into their schools/districts.
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Using Google to Become a 21st Century Administrator
This workshop is designed to acquaint school administrators with several web-based applications, designed by Google, which can be used to streamline communication and collaboration among staff, teachers and students. Focusing on helping busy school administrators find practical ways to collaborate and communicate, this module will provide a hands-on introduction to Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Blogger and will address critical issues for administrators to consider when introducing these technologies into school practices. Throughout the workshop, participants will explore numerous examples of Google applications being used creatively and successfully by school administrators. By the end of the workshop, administrators will have gained hands-on experience with these applications and developed a personal vision and action plan for integrating Google applications into their schools.
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Developing and Growing Personal Learning Networks for School Leaders
A day in the life of a school administrator can be one filled with many time-consuming and isolating tasks. In an age of information abundance, we all have the ability to access, organize and synthesize information in order to solve tough issues. In this workshop, participants will learn how to develop a personal learning network by taking advantage of web-based tools that can help them address the challenges they face on a regular basis. Personal learning networks can connect administrators with other school leaders to find solutions to administrative issues, learn about new technology and how to use it effectively, and find links to relevant education news. After exploring exemplary school leaders who currently use these Web 2.0 tools to enhance their lives, participants will learn how tools such as blogs, microblogs, podcasts, RSS feeds, and even their mobile phones can help them to grow their personal learning networks. Participants will then practice all of these tools—Google Reader, Twitter, Blogger, and podcasting—first hand. Participants will learn how to manage and organize information gathered from their learning networks, and how these tools can be used to reflect on professional challenges and successes or to disseminate important school news and information. As a final project, participants will post their action steps for how they will apply what they learned about personal learning networks with their teachers and school community on their blogs.
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