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Drive positive results from all of the populations in your classroom.
Originally Broadcast on November 16, 2009 and rebroadcast on March 29, 2010
• $249 • 60-Minute Recording of Audio Online Seminar
Too many of our students complete school and are ill-prepared to be successful in their futures. Educators are preparing students for obsolete futures. We must ensure that we reduce learning gaps and increase the achievement options for more students – thus enhancing the future for everyone.
In the seminar 5 Ways Teachers Can Close the Achievement Gap Vera Blake addresses five educational strategies that are effective in an environment of changing demographics, high standards, and high stakes testing. She looks at strategies that are focused on the importance of using data to drive decision making, capacity-building leadership, research-based instructional methodology, and ways to involve more stakeholders. She examines key elements that can help you progress through multiple changes with positive results for diverse populations.
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This seminar will help you reflect on current practices and think more about aligning those practices with more ideas proven through research. In addition, the information will be useful to educators who may be struggling to address the multiple challenges that an increasing number of students present as barriers to learning.
After viewing this seminar you will be able to:
- Reflect more about improvements to current practices
- Consider ways to increase the achievement of more students
- Examine priorities of learning goals
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About the Presenter: Dr. Vera J. Blake
Dr. Vera J. Blake is the retired principal of Falls Church High School. A graduate of St. Paul’s College (B.S.), the University of Virginia (M.Ed) and Vanderbilt University (Ed.D), she served as principal for 12 years at Homes Middle School; both schools are located in Fairfax County, Virginia. She was a contributing author to the book, Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Schools: Middle School Change (NMSA, 2001), co-authored "Middle School Partnerships: The More, the Better" (Principal Magazine, Fall, 1999) and "Addressing Diversity Through Partnerships" (Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Summer, 1998). Dr. Blake was the 2000 Virginia Middle School Principal of the Year, the 1999 Fairfax County Principal of the Year, and a 2000 Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leader.
Currently, Dr. Blake is working as a school improvement coach/consultant in several school districts including: Illinois, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Michigan, Nebraska, Virginia, Hawaii, Texas, and Washington, DC. In addition, she was the lead coach for all of the K-12 U.S. Virgin Island Public Schools. She maintains a professional interest in curriculum supervision and in middle and high school levels of teacher and administrator preparation. Dr. Blake continues to serve as a professional development consultant to ASCD and as a consultant and coach to schools and districts to improve schools and student achievement. She is an ASCD cadre member for What Works in Schools and Differentiated Instruction and she is a NMSA Site-Based Services Cadre member.
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Available in CD or print transcript format. The CD contains an audio presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard computer equipped with the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-in. Our CDs are not compatible with Macintosh computer systems. Presenter’s handouts are included as a PDF on CDs and in hard copy with transcript purchases. For a discount, you can receive both the CD and transcript in a convenient package. 
For your convenience, you may order online and pay with a purchase order or check. Simply select the "Bill Me" option. You may also order by phone at 1-800-433-0499 ext. 2 or by fax/mail by downloading the PDF order form.
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