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Spotlight on Student Agency
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2017 Equity Symposium Connects Mindsets, Relationships, and Innovations to Student Agency
Join educational leaders, teachers, and community stakeholders for the second Equity Symposium on Sept. 7 and 8 in San Diego, where district and site teams will work together to eliminate
opportunity and achievement gaps for all students.
The event features three nationally recognized keynote speakers:
Dr. Anthony Muhammad, CEO of New Frontier 21,
Liz Murray, i
nspirational speaker and author of
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard, and
George Couros, author of
The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity.
The two-day annual event features best practices from districts across the state, next-step planning time for district and site teams, and learning sessions for superintendents, principals, teachers, counselors, and more.
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For district and charter leadership teams and LCAP teams: Get targeted and timely support throughout the year on your LCAP process and harness the collective expertise of SDCOE specialists and district peers in network meetings.
- Putting It All Together (begins Sept. 6)
- LCAP Quarterly Network Meetings (begin Oct. 25)
For district and site administrators and teacher leaders: Engage in a data analysis protocol that supports building knowledge of claim- and target-level reporting and learn how specific resources can support instructional planning that is part of a balanced assessment system.
- CAASPP Summative Data Analysis and Interpretation Workshop (Sept. 20)
For district, site, and teacher leaders: Build your capacity as school leaders to make informed decisions using evidence that improves programs and services for all students.
- Rapid Data Collection (Aug. 29)
- Engaging Stakeholders (Sept. 14)
- Developing Program Description (Sept. 20)
- Data Visualization Introduction (Sept. 28)
- Data Storytelling: Improvement Stories (Oct. 10)
- Title I/Title III Program Evaluation (Oct. 18)
- Evaluating Professional Development (Oct. 24)
- Data Collection In-Depth: Surveys and Checklists (Oct. 31)
- Data Collection In-Depth: Focus Groups and Interviews (Nov. 8)
- Improvement Tools (Nov. 14)
- Evaluating Intervention Outcomes (Dec. 5)
- Data Storytelling Workshop: Impact Stories (Dec. 12)
- Data Collection In-Depth: Observation Guides (Dec. 14)
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For district and site leaders, teachers, and counselors: Explore student agency through mindsets with Dr. Anthony Muhammad, relationships with author Liz Murray, and innovations with author George Couros in a two-day event focused on equity that will transform districts, schools, and our students' future.
- Equity Symposium (Sept. 7 and 8)
For district and site leaders, administrators, teacher leaders, and coaches: Access the University of Washington Center for Educational Leadership frameworks and tools in a local setting, gain strategies to make equity a reality by building leadership excellence, and grow leadership skills in teachers.
- Targeted Feedback Institute (Aug. 30 and 31)
- Teacher Leadership Academy (Sept. 12 and 13)
- 5 Dimensions of Teaching and Learning Instructional Framework (begins Sept. 14)
- Excellence in Equity Leadership (ExEL) Institute (begins Oct. 17)
For district and school site leadership teams: Address the needs of all students through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and the state's MTSS Framework, then grow your knowledge with a deeper dive into the Scale-Up MTSS Statewide (SUMS) Initiative.
- MTSS 101 (Aug. 24, Sept. 27, or Oct. 12)
- MTSS 201 (Sept. 13 or Oct. 25)
For K-12 counselors: New school counselors get tailored support throughout the year, while year two participants dive deeper, and get all the news and updates at a local event that rounds up the UC, CSU, and College Board conferences in one highlights event.
- New School Counselor Leadership Institute (begins Sept. 25)
- New School Counselor Leadership Institute: Year Two (begins Oct. 11)
- UC-CSU-College Board Conferences Highlights Day (Oct. 13)
For district and school leaders and leadership teams: Develop expertise around the high-leverage instructional strategies that increase student agency and accelerate student achievement and create coherence around an instructional focus.
- Lifting Student Learning (Oct. 3, 4, and 25)
- Leading for Coherence (Dec. 1)
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For ELA and English language development (ELD) teachers and administrators, teachers on special assignment and coaches, and site and district leaders: Learn how to improve the ability to evaluate and use different kinds of evidence, deepen literacy instruction and informative assessment practice, and provide interactiv
e small group intervention for students who are reading below grade level.
- Comprehensive Intervention Model (CIM): Guided Reading Plus, grades 1-6 (begins Sept. 5)
- Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) high school cohorts (begin Sept. 13 or Oct. 2)
- ELA Literacy Leaders Network Meetings (begin Sept. 14)
- ELA/Literacy Advanced Study: Evaluating Evidence, grades 7-12 (Oct. 17)
- ELA/Literacy Advanced Study: Using Mentor Texts Well, grades 7-12 (Oct. 18)
For teachers, administrators, English learner coordinators, ELD-integrated teachers, and instructional assistants: Gain valuable insight into the state's new assessment, the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC), network with peers, and improve the teaching of writing.
- ELPAC and ELD Standards for Instructional Assistants (begins Sept. 29)
- WRITE Institute, grades K-5 (Oct. 4 and Oct. 5)
- WRITE Institute, grades 6-12 (Oct. 17 and 18)
- Bringing Integrated and Designated ELD to Life (Nov. 15)
- Getting to Know the ELPAC (Aug. 30 or Sept. 14)
- Long Term English Learner Network Meetings (begin Sept. 27)
For district and site leaders, teachers, English learner coordinators, parent engagement staff, and parents: Help parents understand the state's new accountability system and state standards, and learn how to get involved at the district and school levels.
- DELAC and ELAC Trainer of Trainers (Oct. 6 or Dec. 8)
- ELD Standards and Awareness: Informing Parents (Nov. 3 or Dec. 15)
- Understanding the California School Dashboard, English (Nov. 14)
- Understanding the California School Dashboard, Spanish (Dec. 5)
- Six Types of Parent Involvement, Spanish (Dec. 7)
- How to Get to College, Spanish (Dec. 12)
For After School Education and Safety (ASES) grantees: Learn how to craft a compelling story with data, dig into high-quality expanded learning program standards, and explore youth leadership opportunities.
- Moving Toward Quality (Aug. 25 and Sept. 22)
- Program Plan Orientation and Working Meeting (begins Sept. 29)
- ASSETs Data Storytelling for Sustainability (begins Oct. 27)
- Kid Power: Leadership in Action (Nov. 3)
For administrators, physical education leaders and teachers, elementary, middle, and high school teachers: Learn how to implement best practices and develop as teacher leaders, connect with others and collaborate, and see three award-winning teachers in action with their students.
- Physical Education Leadership Academy (begins Sept. 26)
- Health and Physical Education Advisory (Sept. 28)
- Three-Day Physical Literacy Institute (begins Oct. 10)
- Quarterly Health/Physical Education Idea Exchange (Oct. 18)
- Exemplary Elementary Physical Education Site Visitations (Nov. 7)
- Exemplary Secondary Physical Education Site Visitations (Nov. 8)
For history-social science teachers: Review the state's new History-Social Science Framework with its focus on content, literacy, inquiry, and civic learning, and help students make connections and build understanding of today's refugee crisis through the study of the Holocaust.
- Introduction to the HSS Framework (Sept. 14 or 26)
- Connecting the Past with Today: Studying the Plight of Jewish Refugees during the Holocaust (Oct. 24)
For district and site leaders, and dual language teachers: Network with peers and engage in instructional rounds to hone expertise, produce teaching resources, find out what makes a high-quality dual language program and how to start one at your school, and tour exceptional dual language programs in the county.
- Dual Language Network Meeting and Instructional Rounds (Oct. 5 or Nov. 16)
- Dual Language Start-Up Institute (Sept. 13 or Oct. 25)
- Dual Language Red Carpet Tour (Nov. 14)
- The Wonders of S4S: Maravillas en dos idiomas! (Sept. 16)
For site and district administrators and library media staff: Help your students spot fake news through information literacy, see how to support students in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), gain an IMRA certificate, and hear about the new, best books for your students.
- Information Literacy Leadership Summit (Sept. 6 or Oct. 13)
- Instructional Media Resource Associate (IMRA) II (Sept. 13)
- NGSS for School Libraries (Oct. 6 or Nov. 8)
- IMRA (Oct. 11)
- What's New in Children's Literature (Oct. 16)
For administrators, elementary mathematics teachers, math teachers on special assignment, math coaches, and district and site math leaders: Put practice into action with new learning sessions that help make fractions easier for students, address their achievement gaps, and spark their excitement.
- Reboot Fractions: Tools and Strategies to Strengthen Student Understanding (Sept. 12 or Oct. 5)
- Leading Mathematics, grades K-8 (begins Sept. 21)
- Standards and Beyond (Sept. 27)
- Unlock the Mathematician in all Students (begins Oct. 3)
- Developing Young Mathematicians (Oct. 11)
For administrators, secondary mathematics teachers, math teachers on special assignment, math coaches, and district and site math leaders: Transform students' lives by strengthening your practice, growing your leadership skills, and knowing what to teach through the state Mathematics Framework.
- Standards and Beyond (Sept. 19)
- Leading Mathematics, grades 6-12 (begins Sept. 20)
- Technology that Transforms Learning (Sept. 27)
- Growing an Online Professional Learning Network (Oct. 10)
- Tasks Worth Teaching (Nov. 7)
- Collaborative Work (Nov. 30)
For elementary and secondary career pathways teachers, teacher leaders, counselors, and site and district administrators: Dive into hands-on design of project-based learning, gain resources to recruit and market career pathways, and learn what goes into the development of a pathway.
- Project-Based Learning for Career Pathways (Aug. 29 to 31)
- Integrated Curriculum Workshop (Sept. 5 or Oct. 3)
- CTE Online Workshops (Sept. 20)
- Developing a Pathway Program of Study (Oct. 11 or Nov. 7)
- Career Pathway Recruitment and Marketing (Oct. 11 or Nov. 7)
For district and site administrators, K-12 science teachers, and elementary and secondary teachers: Become more familiar with the NGSS and three-dimensional learning, phenomena in the classroom, and evidence of implementation, and get the latest news while collaborating with peers.
- NGSS for Administrators: What You Need to Know (Sept. 19)
- Science Leaders Network Meetings (begin Sept. 21)
- Secondary NGSS Three-Day Academy (Oct. 3 to 10)
- Introducing Three-Dimensional Learning and NGSS Instructional Shifts (Oct. 5)
- Rollout 4: Using the Science Framework to Implement NGSS (Nov. 8)
- #ProjectPhenomena Work Group (Nov. 28 and 29)
For administrators and VAPA teachers: Join hundreds of arts educators at the one-of-a-kind conference in Balboa Park, dig into the new national standards in preparation for the state standards, and work together to grow your teaching practice.
- San Diego Arts Network Fall Meeting (Sept. 13)
- VAPA Teacher Community of Practice (begins Sept. 14 )
- Diving Deeper into National Core Arts Standards (NCAS) (begins Sept. 20)
- Arts Empower Mega Conference (Oct. 12)
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