Tools for Administrators  [ Top ]

With the current context of NCLB and PL 221 legislation, the IMI project, through its commitment to alignment of exemplary curricula with classroom instruction and comprehensive assessments, offers administrators the tools (customized to each district’s context) to deal with significantly challenging compliance demands.   The main tool IMI offers its district administrators is a workable on-the-ground system of teacher professional development resources aimed at producing the highly qualified teachers that state and federal mandates require. Included in these IMI resources is the identification and training of teacher-leaders, intensive content training of all teachers, and collaborative activities with parents and other stakeholders. Assessment plays a central role in IMI’s teacher professional development. Understanding assessment as a critical component of classroom instruction provides a framework for teachers to align their instruction with state standards and statewide assessments. Another major resource developed by the IMI project that offers a great potential benefit for administrators is its use of technology and the Internet in developing an electronic community for teachers’ professional development.

Objectives of the Conference  [ Top ]   Conference Facilitators and Speakers [ Top ] Learn more about federal-state-local mandates such as NCLB, P-16, PL 221. Explore the importance of using data to improve student achievement. Investigate how to sustain the positive academic momentum and staff enthusiasm that has been generated in the IMI school districts. Learn about the importance of transitions - from elementary to secondary to higher education and the workplace. What colleges, universities and the workplace are expecting of our students and how we are preparing students to meet those expectations. Help school districts ensure a well-qualified mathematics and science teaching force. Share best practices in professional development. Discuss challenges and concerns facing Indiana school administrators and network with your colleagues.   Wes Bruce Director, Division of School Assessment Indiana Department of Education Gerry Dick President, Grow Indiana Media Ventures Host, Inside Indiana Business Terry Joyner, Ph.D. Chief Academic Officer Cincinnati Public Schools Angie Kelich Educator, Anderson Community Schools IMI Select Cadre Leader/Mathematics Consultant Rex Ireland Vigo County School Corporation IMI  District Coordinator John Kline Director, School Improvement Systems Fort Wayne Community Schools John LaMaster Mathematics Instructor, IPFW IMI Cabinet Member Daniel Maki Professor of Mathematics, Indiana University IMI Cabinet Member Donna McLeish Mathematics Consultant IMI Cabinet Member Mike Roach Director, Program Development Indiana Department of Education William Frascella, PhD Director, Center for Mathematics Education, Indiana University IMI Cabinet Member   Conference Handouts and Links Conference Agenda (Microsoft Word)   Exit Slip Questions and Discussion (Power Point)   Mike Roach, Indiana Department of Education Web Site on the conference for Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice in Professional Development - Washington, DC, February 7-8, 2006 (You can order the CD for the Washington conference by HERE.)   John LaMaster, IMI Cabinet Member Effective Professional Development through Internet Technology (Power Point)       Return to: Previous Page IU-IMI Home Page Last updated: June 13, 2006 URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~iucme/events/summer2006conference.htm Contact: John LaMaster, IMI Web Technology Coordinator, (260) 481-5430 E-mail: lamaster@ipfw.edu