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"No Child Left Behind - Achieving Academic Excellence"
  • Five Strands with 10 programs (1.5 hours each), 75 hours video on demand, includes classroom video, resources

  • Online Materials, Certificates of Completion, CEUs Available in Several States

For a sampler of these programs, go to http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1001504/Video_Library.html/

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Strand 1: Achieving Academic Excellence through Data-Driven Decision Making for Administrators
No one will argue that the building principal plays a crucial role in meeting the federal expectations behind NCLB. The ability of building level leadership to effectively meet these standards are tied directly to their own professional development. Each program will focus on “how to do it” and will give administrators practical experience in a training format.

Strand 2: Achieving Success with At-Risk Students
This series provides educators with the background knowledge of contributing factors affecting the academic success of at-risk students in a school setting, and how to strategically overcome these barriers. This strand is designed to address the development of highly qualified teachers and creating safer schools.

Strand 3: The Paraprofessional’s Guide to Achieving Excellence
This series addresses improving paraprofessional knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics. The paraprofessional will understand the four key elements of reading fluency and explore effective writing instruction.

Strand 4: Achieving Student Success in Reading Literacy
Looking for a variety of interactive instructional reading strategies to reach all levels of readers in your classroom? Instructional reading strategies should increase reading skills along with metacognition and self-awareness.

Strand 5: Achieving Student Success in Math Literacy: Building an Algebraic Thinker Utilizing Mathematical Representations

This series provides vertical articulation from grades Pre-kindergarten through 12 to “illustrate the growth and connectedness of content ideas.” The Navigating through Algebra series “reflects NCTM’s vision of how algebraic concepts should be introduced, how they grow, what to expect of students during and at the end of each grade band, how to assess what students know, and how selected instructional activities can contribute to learning.”

Click here for a complete list of topics.

USDLC is a nonprofit, multi-state educational consortium committed to excellence in teaching and learning through blended technologies. USDLC is committed to ensuring that all students and educators, regardless of circumstance or geographic location have equitable access to high quality education opportunities.

These products are based on work sponsored 50% by the Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education under grant number R203F000003. The content of these products does not necessarily reflect the views of the Department or any other agency of the U.S. Government.


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