BUILDING A DATA-CENTERED SCHOOL CLIMATE
Learning Forward's Denver Conference
Massachusetts Reading Association April 13, 2012
Presenters: Dr. Darci Burns
Dr. Darci Burns, HILL Executive Director, presented "Implementing a School-wide Model" at the 2012 Massachusetts Reading Association conference. Dr. Burns addressed implementing the MTSS and RTI to effect whole school change.
Click here to view in two parts: HandoutA, Handout-B. [PDF, 890KB]
U.S. Department of Education 2010 Reading Institute
Presenters: Dr. Sandra Jones
Dr. Sandra Jones, HILL President, presented "Linking Leadership Routines to Professional Development and Sustainable Literacy Change" at the 2010 Reading Institute conference in Anaheim on July 19-21, 2010. Among the attendees were district administrators, principals, literacy coaches, reading specialists, literacy professional providers.
Click here to view participant presentation handout. [PDF, 890KB]
DIBELS Summit 2009
Presenters: Dr. Sandra Jones and Catherine Pirri
Annual Conference of the North Carolina Branch of IDA March 7 & 8, 2008
Presenter: Darci Burns, Ed.M.
Pre-Conference Workshop: "Building and Sustaining School-wide Literacy Capacity"
Audience: school administrators
Designed to enhance school leaders’ ability to effectively implement research-based, comprehensive literacy programs and data-driven instruction, this presentation touched on strategies for literacy leaders from best practice research, tools for building capacity for change and ways to use data to improve literacy in the classroom, teacher development and student reading outcomes.
Breakout Session Workshop: “Building and Sustaining a 3-Tier Model of Instruction”
Audience: School administrators and teacher leaders
Designed to provide school leaders with the tools necessary to identify the important components of a 3-tier model of instruction, this presentation touched on building an assessment framework, identifying core, supplemental and intervention curriculum and implementing effective professional development.
4th Annual National Reading First Conference (July 18-20, 2007 - St. Louis, Missouri)
Presenters: Sandra Jones and Darci Burns. Audience: District Coordinators, Principals, and Coaches in Reading First Schools.
This presentation provided tips for literacy leaders from best practice research, role clarification, stakeholder analysis, the power of beliefs and how to use data to overcome resistance, and how to plan and implement strategic professional development and coaching that gets results.
International Dyslexia Association's 57th Annual Conference "Racing to Literacy" (Nov 8-11, 2006 -Indianapolis, IN)
Presenters: Sandra Jones and Darci Burns
Presenters touched upon strategies for literacy leaders from best practice research, tools for building capacity for change and how to use data to improve literacy in the classroom, teacher development and student reading outcomes.
New York Statewide Reading First Institute - August 7 & 8, 2006
Presenters: Sandra Jones and Darci Burns. Audience: District Coordinators, Principals, and Coaches in Reading First Schools.
This presentation touched on strategies for literacy leaders from best practice research, role clarification, stakeholder analysis, the power of beliefs and how to use data to overcome resistance, and planning and implementing strategic professional development and coaching that yields results.
3rd Annual National Reading First Conference (July 18-20, 2006 - Reno, NV)
Presenters: Sandra Jones and Darci Burns. Audience: District Coordinators, Principals, and Coaches in Reading First Schools.
Presenters touched upon tips for literacy leaders from best practice research, role clarification, stakeholder analysis, the power of beliefs and use of data to overcome resistance, and planning and implementing strategic professional development and coaching that gets results. Project management tools were shared that help literacy leaders stay on target.
Title I Leadership for Literacy - May 10, 2006
Presenters: Sandra D. Jones, HILL Executive Director & Emily Russin, RF Implementation Facilitator, Massachusetts
Reading First February 2006 Leadership Training
Presenters: Sandra D. Jones, Susan Earabino, Emily Russin
2nd Annual Reading First National Conference (July 26-28, 2005 - New Orleans, LA)
Presenters: Sandra Jones, Darci Burns, & Catherine Pirri.
Presenters touched upon tips for literacy leaders from best practice research, role clarification, stakeholder analysis, the power of beliefs and use of data to overcome resistance, and planning and implementing strategic professional development and coaching that gets results. Project management tools were shared that help literacy leaders stay on target.
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