Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center

Day 1

Conference Program (1.1 MB)

General Sessions

Lauren Morando Rhim Keynote - Leveraging SIG Dollars to Drive Dramatic Improvement: Lessons Emerging from the Field (2 MB)
Carlas McCauley Remarks - SIG Monitoring: Perspectives from the U.S. Department of Education (1 MB)
Michael Robbins Lunch Presentation - Strengthening Community Partnerships to Support School Turnarounds (142 KB)

Building a Better School Day and Year

Academic Leagues (424 KB)
Acceleration Academies (302 KB)
Effectively Increasing Learning Time to Catalyze School Improvement (2.2 KB)
Framework for Assessing Tiered Interventions and Academic Support (111 KB)
Online Hybrid Learning (308 KB)
Staggered Schedules: Cost-Effective Solution to Increased Learning Time (375 KB)
Staggered Teacher Schedules (391 KB)
Using Increased Learning Time for Individualized Instruction and Tiered Academic Support (2.8 MB)
Weekend Tutoring for 10th Grade Students (195 KB)

Confronting the Elephant in the Room: Overcoming Common Challenges

Confronting the Elephant in the Room: Overcoming Common Challenges (1.2 MB)

Recruiting and Retaining Highly Effective Teachers: A Systematic Approach to Managing Educator Talent

Recruiting and Retaining Highly Effective Teachers: Gen Y Teachers (665 KB)
Recruiting and Retaining Highly Effective Teachers: What Works and How Do You Know? (659 KB)
Worksheet for Recruitment and Retention of Effective Teachers (74 KB)

Transforming the Central Office to Support School Improvement

District Central Office Transformation for Teaching & Learning Improvement (825 KB)

Using Formative Assessment

Effective Formative Assessment (651 KB)
Using Assessment Data for Instruction to Accountability: Virtues of a "Balanced Assessment System" (181 KB)

Day 2

General Sessions

Debra Pickering Keynote - Effective Teaching/Effective Learning (7 MB)

Caution: SIG Drivers on Board

Caution: SIG Drivers on Board (397 KB)
The Missing Link Between Research and Practice (598 KB)
NDE SIG Evaluation: District Indicators Rubric (1.9 MB)
SIG Drivers Onboard (1.3 MB)

Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers: Bridging Research to Practice and Supporting School Improvement Efforts

Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers (4 MB)
Important Research Findings (72 KB)

Helping Students Make a Successful Transition to Algebra within the Context of Systemic Improvement

Helping Students Make a Successful Transition to Algebra I (281 KB)
Next Generation Course Materials and Instructional Supports (1 MB)

Organizing for the Success of English Language Learners

Organizing for the Success of English Language Learners (2.6 MB)

Tiered Intervention and RTI in High Schools

An Overview of an Early Warning System Implementation Process and Tool (284 KB)
High School Contextual Factors (426 KB)
Essential Components of RTI Applied to the Secondary Level (232 KB)
Exploring and Adopting Action Planning Handout (296 KB)
Tiered Interventions and RTI in High Schools (534 KB)