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Spring–Summer 2015

Turn Theory into Practice

Whether your district has adopted the new Common Core State Standards or another set of new standards, educators at every level can learn the key principles and practices of curriculum design and differentiation to support maximum student growth for a broad range of learners. During this institute, participants will

• Explore the concept of “teaching up”;

• Develop learning targets;

• Design lessons that challenge and support every learner; and

• Leverage formative assessment data to help plan, guide, scaffold, and extend the instruction of rigorous content.

Members $429 | Nonmembers $489

DifferentiateD instruction anD the new stanDarDs: helping all learners succeeD with challenging contentPresenter: ASCD Differentiated Instruction Cadre member

Duration: Two days

February 10–11 | Las Vegas, NV

April 14–15 | Newark, NJ (led by Carol Ann Tomlinson)June 2–3 | Virginia Beach, VA

Disrupting poverty: turning high-poverty schools into high-performing schoolsPresenters: William Parrett and Kathleen Budge, Boise State University, ID

Duration: Two days

February 3–4 | Tampa, FLFebruary 12–13 | Las Vegas, NVApril 13–14 | Newark, NJMay 28–29 | Boston, MAJune 2–3 | Virginia Beach, VA

Based on the ASCD book, Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools, this institute, led by authors Bill Parrett and Kathleen Budge, will provide participants with

• A framework for collaborative action.

• Self-study, planning, and coaching tools to guide the design of action plans specifically targeted to disrupt poverty’s negative influence in any school.


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INCLUDES THE BOOk A Differentiated Approach to the Common Core: How do I help a broad range of learners succeed with challenging curriculum? (ASCD Arias publication)

fit teaching™: an introDuction to the framework for intentional anD targeteD teaching Based on the work of Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey

Presenters: ASCD FIT Teaching Cadre member

Duration: Two days

February 5–6 | Tampa, FLFebruary 10–11 | Las Vegas, NVApril 14–15 | Newark, NJMay 26–27 | Boston, MA

ASCD authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey have stream-lined their work from several books to provide educators with a cohesive set of strategies called FIT Teaching (Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching™). In this institute, you will

• Understand the FIT Teaching™ strategies and discover how all of their elements are connected.

• Gain the tools and skills necessary to enhance your effectiveness and impact student achievement.

• Create a lesson plan that will incorporate the four components that can be used immediately back in the classroom.


INCLUDES THE BOOk Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility, 2nd Edition

INCLUDES THE BOOkTurning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools

essential Questions: opening Doorways to stuDent unDerstanDingPresenters: Grant Wiggins, author and education consultant, Hopewell, NJ, or Jay McTighe, author, Columbia, MD

Duration: One day

February 5 | Tampa, FL (Jay McTighe)

February 6 | Tampa, FL (Jay McTighe)

April 13 | Newark, NJ (Grant Wiggins)

April 14 | Newark, NJ (Grant Wiggins)

May 28 | Boston, MA

May 29 | Boston, MA

June 2 | Virginia Beach, VA

June 3 | Virginia Beach, VA

Using ideas from the ASCD best-selling book, Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding, one of the coauthors will answer these and other important questions and teach participants how to use essential questions to unpack standards and map a coherent curriculum.

Participants will learn how to

• Recognize the characteristics of truly essential questions.

• Distinguish between overarching and topical essential questions and their uses.

• Use essential questions to unpack standards and map a coherent curriculum.

• Use essential questions as an integral part of teaching for understanding.


INCLUDES THE BOOkBuilding Teachers’ Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders

BuilDing teachers’ capacity for success: a collaBorative approach for coaches anD school leaDersPresenter: Pete Hall, Spokane Public Schools, WA

Duration: Two days

February 3–4 | Tampa, FLFebruary 12–13 | Las Vegas, NVMay 26–27 | Boston, MAJune 4–5 | Virginia Beach, VA

Based on the book of the same title by coauthor Pete Hall, an experienced principal and educator, this col-laborative two-day institute will teach participants how to use the innovative Continuum of Self-Reflection as a powerful tool to

• Enhance self-reflection

• Increase teacher effectiveness

• Strengthen the school culture

• Deepen each teacher’s self-reflection skills


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Upon completion of any ASCD professional development institute or conference, you will receive a certificate of attendance or a certificate with a specified number of clock hours from ASCD.

Note: Clock hours are only awarded for participation in a profes-sional development institute. This certificate includes 5.5–16.5 clock hours that you can use as continuing education credit in most states.

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Disrupting Poverty: Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools

Differentiated Instruction and the New Standards: Helping All Learners Succeed with Challenging Content

FIT Teaching™: An Intro-duction to the Frame-work for Intentional and Targeted Teaching

Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders

Essential Questions: Opening Doorways to Student Understanding

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Tampa, FloridaDoubletree Hilton Tampa Westshore4500 West Cypress St.Tampa, FL 336071-813-879-4800

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Turn Theory into Practice - ASCD...Turn Theory into Practice Whether your district has adopted the new Common Core State Standards or another set of new standards, educators at every