The ABPC’s work at the district level, where we are currently partnering with the Tarrant City Schools and Talladega County Schools. The ABPC works with these districts to improve their capacity to serve their schools to improve teaching and learning.
Schools from these districts are active participants in the Powerful Conversations Network. Currently, we provide ongoing, targeted professional development to district and school administrators. For the 2011-2012 school year, the books, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, Embedded Formative Assessment by Dylan Wiliam (2011, Solution Tree Press), and Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction, by Jim Knight (2011, Corwin Press) are being used.
The interactive professional development sessions are preparing both districts to identify and/or strengthen strategies to ensure effective teaching and learning.
Our longest district partner is the Talladega County Schools: two schools were 21st Century Learner Schools, virtually every school participates in the Powerful Conversation Network.
Schools from these districts are active participants in the Powerful Conversations Network. Currently, we provide ongoing, targeted professional development to district and school administrators. For the 2011-2012 school year, the books, Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, Embedded Formative Assessment by Dylan Wiliam (2011, Solution Tree Press), and Unmistakable Impact: A Partnership Approach for Dramatically Improving Instruction, by Jim Knight (2011, Corwin Press) are being used.
The interactive professional development sessions are preparing both districts to identify and/or strengthen strategies to ensure effective teaching and learning.
Our longest district partner is the Talladega County Schools: two schools were 21st Century Learner Schools, virtually every school participates in the Powerful Conversation Network.
