Full course description
Dive into our engaging virtual professional development (VPD) micro-credentials that are tailored to deliver targeted strategies to empower administrators, school leaders, and teachers to enhance and turnaround schools. Accessible anytime, anywhere, our modules discuss best practices and provide opportunities to enhance your leadership abilities and drive positive change within your school community. These micro-credentials are developed by the Texas A&M Educational Leadership Research Center (ELRC), with funding provided through a grant from Education Innovation and Research (EIR), the U.S. Department of Education.
Module 1: The Power of Student Data Chats
- Learn about student data chats.
- Explore the importance of student data chats.
- Understand how to efficiently and effectively hold student data chats.
Module 2: Best Practices a Principal Can Employ to Affect Student Learning
- Understand how to create, share, and maintain a well-crafted school vision to impact student achievement.
- Explore how the principal can shape school culture to achieve enhanced student performance.
- Understand how to utilize data effectively to promote student learning.
Module 3: An Instructional Interventionist to Work with Struggling Learners
- Understand the role and responsibilities of instructional interventionists in schools.
- Identify the strategies used by instructional interventionists to drive student achievement.
- Explore the impact of having an instructional interventionist on a campus.
This course is a three-module micro-credential that awards a certificate worth three continuing professional development units/hours (CPUs) upon completion.