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Leadership Series
The BCIU’s Leadership Series is three days of learning designed for teams of district-level curriculum leaders, school-based administrators, and teacher leaders.
2024 EVENT
Optimizing MTSS Implementation: Essential Elements and Best Practices for School Districts and Schools
Join us to deepen your leadership expertise in driving MTSS excellence. Discover the critical infrastructures essential for achieving successful implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). Gain insights into systems perspectives, strategic planning, and fostering effective communication and trust within teams. This session will spotlight pivotal elements for MTSS implementation across elementary and secondary education levels.
Who Should Attend?
Educational leaders dedicated to fostering significant change through MTSS, particularly teams comprising central office personnel, building administrators, and teacher-leaders.
Leaders will:
Achieve a unified understanding of MTSS, its components, and how it aligns with district plans
Examine the must-haves and may-haves for effective MTSS integration into your educational system
Gain practical tools and strategies to create a supportive system that fosters capacity building and sustainability
Discover the critical role of district leadership in building collaboration, communication, and trust
Acquire the expertise to seamlessly integrate MTSS components within middle and high school settings
About the Speaker:
Dr. Judy Elliott has successfully led districts, schools, and educators to come together to work toward a common vision of successful MTSS implementation. Her research interests focus on systems change and reform, effective instruction for all students, and data-based decision-making for accelerated student achievement. She is nationally known for her work in response to instruction and intervention, and has led many successful initiatives and projects around this effort at elementary and secondary levels. Dr. Elliott was the former chief academic officer of the Los Angeles Unified School District where she was responsible for curriculum and instruction for early childhood through adults. She also served as a senior researcher at the National Center on Educational Outcomes at the University of Minnesota.
Event Details
Dates: October 28 2024 | December 14, 2024 | January 18, 2025
Time: 8:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Speaker: Dr. Judy Elliott
Location: Kutztown University | McFarland Student Union Ballroom 274 Student Union Building, Kutztown, PA 19530
Registration Deadline: October 14, 2024
Act 45 and Act 48 Hours
Act 45: This workshop will be offered for 30 Continuing Professional Education for School & System Leaders Act 45 hours. Administrators participating in this program for Act 45 hours are required to attend all three sessions and complete twenty hours of job-embedded assignments and a culminating project.
Act 48: Individuals attending this series must attend all three days of the series in order to receive eighteen Act 48 Professional Education hours.