Leadership Q & A - The Vidcast for Leaders in K - 12 Education Systems

Q: Assessment for Learning. Assessment of Learning. What's it all mean?

Length: 00:09:24
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Gale May
Curriculum Coordinator,
Assessment, Evaluation and Instruction
YRDSB

Gale May works with YRDSB teachers, principals and superintendents to provide PD in the areas of assessment, evaluation and instruction.

To find out more about assessment for learning, please visit the Assessment Reform Group web site.

Q: Why is emotional intelligence such a crucial aspect of effective leadership today?

Length: 00:08:43
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Blair Steinbach
Director of Innovation,
Institute for Health and Human Potential

The Institute for Health and Human Potential is a research and learning organization that uses Emotional Intelligence to leverage performance and leadership. For more information on the Institute and its programs, please visit their web site at www.ihhp.com.

Q: How can school administrators stimulate parent involvement to support student success?

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Length: 00:12:00
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Length: 00:07:32
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Gord Kerr, Director
The Parent Involvement Centre

Gord Kerr is director and founder of The Parent Involvement Centre, an organization launched in October 2005 to spearhead new research and disseminate best practices for stimulating helpful forms of parent involvement in education.

Its mission is to provide teachers, principals and leaders of school volunteer programs with strategies and resources to engage parents and the community in education in helpful ways.

To find out more about The Parent Involvement Centre please visit their web site at www.parentinvolvement.ca.

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Q: Effective hiring of new teachers is the key to student success. What must school administrators consider to ensure we are hiring the best?

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Elizabeth Gordon
Manager,
Recruitment and Retention
YRDSB

Elizabeth Gordon provides tips on how to hire the best teachers for your school--and beyond that, for the district. Special thanks to Sharon List, Superintendent of Education, for her assistance in the production of this vidcast.

Q: How can school administrators assist teachers with using data to drive instruction?

Length: 00:07:40
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Ramon Andrade
Vice-Principal,
Beverley Acres P.S.
YRDSB

For more information on School and System Planning for Continuous Improvement in YRDSB, please visit www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca.

Q: What is involved in the yearly school board budget process?

Length: 00:08:01
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Marc Brouillard
Finance Assistant,
Finance Services
YRDSB

The 2005 - 2006 Budget Book provides detailed information on the board's revenues and expenses and can be accessed at www.yrdsb.edu.on.ca. You can also download a PDF transcript of Marc's presentation.

Q: How can 'Literacy Walks' support a school-based professional learning community?

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Robyn Welch
Principal,
Curriculum & Instructional Services
YRDSB

Robyn is Principal Leader of Literacy Walks, a York Region program which trains principals to use classroom observation as a means of encouraging teacher reflection.

York Region administrators interested in finding out more about Literacy Walks can contact Robyn at 905-727-0022 x-3668.

Q: How can school leaders best support teachers with changing their practice in terms of how they integrate Information Communications Technologies into the curriculum?

Length: 00:05:03
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Jim Forbes
Principal,
Northern Lights P.S.
Aurora, Ontario

Jim Forbes and Dr. Lyn Sharratt won The Learning Partnership's Technology Innovation Award in 2004 for Northern Lights's Tablet PC Project.

To purchase a copy of the document Jim mentions (ICT and the Learner, YRDSB 2003), call 905-727-0022 x-3538.