It pays to be a MACUL member!


Leading with Technology continued from page 7


Board member Andy Mann. While Andy was in a similar position at Calhoun Intermediate School District he developed “Best Practices for Guiding Staff in (the) Use of Social Media.” In this document Andy has included a ton of relevant and helpful information, including a section from Barrow County (Georgia) Schools on staff/students social media interaction.


What do you get for your $40


annual MACUL membership? Look at these member benefits:


• Quarterly issues of the MACUL Journal, an outstanding publication


• Subscription to Recipes4Success from Tech4Learning


• Free access to the online Form Builder from PowerIT


• Eligibility to apply for MACUL grants and awards


• Eligibility to join MACUL Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for only $5 each


• MACUL member rate to attend other conferences sponsored by MACUL (Ed Tech Leadership Conference, U.P. Educational Technology & Business Conference, MI Joint Ed Conference, Teaching and Learning in the Cloud Conference)


• Invitation to share at MACUL sponsored Student Showcases


• Complimentary subscription to The Big Deal Book of Technology


• Discount for online professional development courses through My Education Connection


• Discount on membership in the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)


• Subscription to the MACUL member news, alerting members to new programs, initiatives, grants and more • Electronic networking with colleagues


Visit www.macul.org/membership/benefits/ for links and updates.


Miss the conference this year? Renew your membership today at www.macul.org or fax the membership form.


I also discovered a new policy on the use of personal electronic devices (cell phones, computers, mp3 players) developed by Novi Schools. Novi’s policy allowed for varying levels of use within the school in clearly designated learning spaces.


Holland Christian Schools also has a wealth of policy resources on the appropriate use of educational technology at http://www.hollandchristian.org/1to1/documents.


All of these policies, as well as a list of other resources for assistant principals and others dealing with educational technology related issues are posted on the MACUL website at http://www.macul.org/resources/technologyforaps


Do you have your own list of hot topics and resources for administrators? Continue the discussion on MACUL Space, MACUL’s free online community of over 3200 educators. Visit http://maculspace.ning.com


Time for a Makeover continued from page 7


The transformation from quantitative performance measures to qualitative performance measures requires a collaborative effort from educators, administrators, students and the community. Educators must begin to develop project-based units of instruction, with clear descriptive rubrics aligned to state standards. Administrators must provide time for teachers to learn together, to review and compare student work and to collaborate to modify instruction based on the analysis. Students must become active learners, taking charge of their learning goals. Finally, the community must learn to embrace performance-based assessments as valid measures of student learning.


One collective of schools in New York called Te Consortium has successfully taken on this work. Tey have devised a system of assessment aligned with their state standards and centered on performance-based assessment tasks. Students, teachers, administrators and the community have embraced performance task measures as an accurate indicator of student learning. Results from these tasks are even used in report cards and student transcripts for college admission. Since redesigning curriculum delivery and data monitoring systems, schools in the consortium have experienced a reduction in the drop out rate and an increase in college acceptance rates. To read more about the consortium and to view samples of the rubric they’ve created, visit their website: http://performanceassessment.org/


21st century data driven decision-making must center on data conversations among educational teams, using performance-based assessment data to determine successful instructional strategies. What be a powerful tool for school improvement. Read on for more examples of schools using data to inform instruction.


Resources:


Educational Leadership December 2008/January 2009 | Volume 66 | Number 4; Data: Now What? Pages 70-74. Measuring What Matters. Dr. Mike Schmoker


More rubrics: http://performanceassessment.org/performance/index.html Spring/Summer 2011 | MACULJOURNAL


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