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Leaders in Action Needed
Kent ISD strives to provide the highest quality professional learning opportunities for educators. The West Michigan Educational Leadership Conference (WMELC) is an intensive day of learning and networking experience bringing together hundreds of education administrators and leaders, as well as, content experts. The goal of WMELC is to inform and equip school leaders so they…
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Why YOU should attend SCICON 2017!
SCICON is back for another exciting year. On May 17th, Kent ISD will be hosting the annual SCICON GR. This one day conference will feature Wendy Johnson. Wendy is a Ph.D. Candidate in Science Education, and writing her dissertation on “Fostering Three-Dimensional Science Learning: The Role of Curiosity in Productive Classroom Discourse”, at Michigan…
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Top 5 Sessions for Admins at PLCON 2017
“Personalized learning is intended to facilitate the academic success of each student by first determining the learning needs, interests, and aspirations of individual students, and then providing learning experiences that are customized—to a greater or lesser extent—for each student. To accomplish this goal, schools, teachers, guidance counselors, and other educational specialists may employ a wide…
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How to RAISE Yourself as a Leader
There are many responsibilities that the principal has throughout the year. Principals are the instructional leader, motivator, assessment coordinator, many times counselor, behavior specialists among many other roles. As you continue your growth this year as a principal, we want to offer you some strategies that will assist you to RAISE your leadership. The topics…
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Time is Running out to attend Adaptive Schools
I’m sure you have all heard what an amazing leadership course Adaptive Schools is and what a phenomenal presenter Carolyn McKanders is. (I just like to watch her!) The Adaptive Schools Foundation and Advanced Seminars present a productive, practical set of ideas and tools for developing collaborative groups into becoming effective and better equipped to…
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Leaders Needed – West MI Education Leadership Conference
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy Effective leadership is a constantly evolving practice. Whether you are new to school leadership, or a seasoned administrator, remaining current and cultivating ideas is essential. The West Michigan Education Leadership Conference (WMELC), hosted by Kent Intermediate School District, offers this opportunity. Back for a…
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5 Tips for School Improvement Plan Success
Spring is a time for renewal – a time to renew your School and District Improvement Plans! As your building/district teams continue the work of school improvement, keep the following tips in mind
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Unlocking Your Teaching Potential
“Teaching can be isolating work, and classroom learning labs help connect educators and ideas through the shared experience of observing students as they learn. For us, we have focused most labs on math, an area of learning that has changed dramatically over the past few years. Being able to inquire about approaches while instructing and…
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The Key to Student Success
What is the key to student success? This is an on-going question with no clear answer. On October 20 at 6:30 pm, Kent ISD and Celebration Cinema North will be hosting a free screening of the film Most Likely to Succeed. It is an exploration of one school’s attempt to prepare students for the…
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Successful Teachers, Successful Students
With over 400 principals in Kent County schools, leadership professional development is necessary in order to continue to be instructional leaders for our teachers and our students. As many of you are aware, evaluation processes and procedures have inundated our work. However, do we really know how to help teachers get better? Is it through…