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VASCD News
Congratulations to
Montgomery County Educators---Recipients of VASCD's
2008 $10,000 Research Grant!

VASCD congratulates Prices Fork Elementary School teacher Beth
MacDonald and Mathematics Supervisor Jonathan Schulz for being
the recipients of this year's VASCD Research Grant. Through
their project, Price's Fork Mathematics Lesson Study,
they will conduct two lesson study cycles with 3rd and 4th grade
teachers over the course of the coming school year, researching
the impact of participating in lesson study on teachers' use of
formative assessment techniques. Both educators are recent
graduates of the Mathematics Specialist program at Virginia
Tech.
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Submit an article
to the 2008
Virginia Educational Leadership
Journal
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2009 Curriculum Leader of the Year
Award -
Click here to NOMINATE
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Apply here for VASCD's
2009 $10,000
Research Grant
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ACTION ALERT!
Voice Your Opinion to Legislators
About Funding for Re-Benchmarking.
Tracking 2008 General Assembly Bills
VASCD's Strategic Plan for 2007-2009
ASCD's recommendations on the Reauthorization of NCLB
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VASCD Advocates
Be an Advocate for Public Education in
Virginia! Sign up for
legislative alerts and voice your opinion to legislators in Richmond.
Go to:
http://capwiz.com/ascd/va/ and follow the directions to join
Virginia ASCD Advocates. You will receive email alerts and
opportunities for direct and simple contact with your representatives.
Together we can make a difference!
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Recent
Publications
**NEW**
2008 Fall Newsletter
2008
Virginia Educational Leadership
2008 Spring Newsletter (last
print copy)
2008 Winter Newsletter
2007 Edition of Virginia
Educational Leadership
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CONTACT US:
Ann Etchison, Executive Director
Virginia ASCD
1622 Baileys Retreat
Charlottesville, VA
22901
(434) 296-6804; (434) 296-6971 (FAX);
annetchison@earthlink.net
Judy Lam, Administrative Coordinator
For billing, membership or registration questions:
(540) 832-7666;
(540) 832-7735 (FAX),
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Registration has CLOSED for the
PreConference and Conference.
If you would like to be
added to our waiting list please email us at: vascd1@verizon.net
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VASCD
Annual Conference 2008
**SOLD OUT**
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

PreConference
**Sold Out**
"Strategies and Hands-on
Skills for 21st Century Teaching, Learning, and Leadership"
PreConference Program
Showtime:
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Keynote Presenter:
Alan November
This full day workshop will involve a half day
seminar with Alan November and a half day hands-on workshop with members of
the November Learning Team.
Managing the
transition w/Alan November.
This seminar
will provide an overview of how critical thinking on the web and
collaborative web based tools can help educators design more rigorous and
motivating assignments across the curriculum.
Hands-On Workshop w/
November Learning Team: Participants
will learn how to apply web based literacy to designing rigorous and
motivating assignments through various applications.
***Please bring a fully-charged laptop
with wireless capability***
Alan's website
Get your
Free iTunes Download
here and listen to:
Alan's 2007 Interview with Dan Pink
Subscribe to Alan's Podcast Series

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Conference
"The Global Achievement Gap:
How Educators Can Prepare Students for College, Careers and Citizenship"
Showtime:
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008
8:30 - 10:00 am
Keynote Presenter:
Tony Wagner
What skills
will students need in order to get—and keep—a good job in the new global
economy? And are they the same skills students will need in order to be an
active and informed citizen? Are we teaching and testing the skills that
matter most? In this provocative talk based on his just-released book, Tony
Wagner asks and answers some of the most essential questions for teaching
and learning in the 21st century.
Tony's website
Podcast of Tony
discussing
his new book:
"The Global Achievement Gap"

Concurrent Session:
"Assessing 21st Century
Skills"
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008
10:30 - 11:45 pm
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"How to Impact Student
Achievement and Make a Difference"
Showtime:
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2008
3:15 - 4:15 pm
Keynote Presenter:
Annette Breaux
Regardless of your role in
education, are you interested in ways to increase student achievement, raise
test scores, and truly make a difference in the lives of every student in
your classroom or school?
In this inspirational and
information-packed presentation, learn practical and proven,
easy-to-implement techniques for doing just that---impacting achievement and
making a difference in every student’s life---without programs and without
any money. Participants will walk away with five steps that can be
implemented in the classroom instantly!
Annette's
website

Concurrent Session:
"Classroom Management
Strategies that Improve Student Achievement"
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008
1:30 - 2:45 pm
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"Worksheets
Don't Grow Dendrites:
20 Instructional
Strategies that Engage the Brain"
Showtime:
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
8:30 - 9:45 am
Keynote Presenter:
Marcia Tate
Participants will:
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Experience 20 brain-compatible strategies for delivering an effective
lesson or staff development course;
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Recall
facts regarding the physiology of the brain as those facts pertain to
increased comprehension and retention;
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State
five factors which all teachers should use to increase long-term
retention;
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Design a
brain-compatible classroom environment;
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Develop
teaching plans which adhere to brain research and incorporate at least
three of the 20 strategies.
Marcia's website
Lecture Demonstrations

Concurrent
Session:
"Reading &
Language Arts Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Literacy Strategies that
Engage the Brain"
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
10:00 - 11:15 am
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"Intrinsic Motivation:
The New Logic of Rewards"
Showtime:
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Keynote Presenter:
Daniel Pink
In this provocative and
entertaining presentation, bestselling author Daniel Pink will survey three
decades of research that calls into question how we think about high
performance. He'll show that people who are intrinsically motivated -- who
do what they because of enjoyment of the task itself -- routinely outperform
those who are motivated by external rewards such as money, promotions, and
grades. Pink will unpack the elements of intrinsic motivation and show how
school leaders can allow it to surface in teachers and students.
Dan's website
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***Click below to download***
ASCD's Whole Child
Presentation
(in PowerPoint format)
ASCD's Whole Child Presentation
(in Adobe PDF format)
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Join ASCD's Focus on:
The Whole Child: Healthy,
Safe, Engaged, Supported, Challenged The
Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
calls on parents, educators, policymakers,
and communities to join forces to ensure our
children become productive, engaged
citizens. Our children deserve an education
that emphasizes academic rigor as well as
the essential 21st-century skills of
critical thinking and creativity.
ASCD proposes a broader definition of
achievement and accountability that promotes
the development of children who are healthy,
safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.
The Learning Compact Redefined: A Call to
Action, recommends a new compact with our
young people. The Compact asks local, state,
and national policymakers to ensure
conditions that support comprehensive
approaches to learning - for engaging the
whole child.
It
asks that communities look at the whole
picture and make sure that:
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Each student enters
school healthy and learns about and
practices a healthy lifestyle.
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Each student learns in
an intellectually challenging
environment that is physically and
emotionally safe for students and
adults.
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Each student is actively
engaged in learning and is connected to
the school and broader community.
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Each student has access
to personalized learning and is
supported by qualified, caring adults.
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Each graduate is
challenged by a well-balanced curriculum
and is prepared for success in college
or further study and for employment in a
global environment.
For more
information, please click on the link below:
http://www.wholechildeducation.org

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