Workshops
Pathways provides training and workshops to better support the use of data in school improvement. We can also work with your staff to develop standards-based items and assessments aligned with curriculum. We can help schools develop assessments and use their data at the classroom, department, school, and district levels.
Check out our Professional Development for more information.
Professional Development
Introduction to Pathways’ Map for Success Workshop (4 hours)
The learning objectives for this workshop are:
- Ensuring that school staff will understand the Pathways Model
- Conducting a needs assessment of school/district strengths/needs
- Helping staff to understand the prerequisite vocabulary and skills
- Introducing school staff to instructional strategies
- Setting important benchmarks that will occur during the year
The product for this workshop is a needs assessment and a timeline of the important benchmarks that will be implemented throughout the year.
Setting and Using Targets for Success (4 hours)
The learning objectives for this workshop are:
- Setting learning targets based on standards, curriculum, and instruction for the school and students
- Determining assessments that will be used to measure progress toward learning throughout the year
- Using learning targets to measure success
The product of this workshop will be written learning targets and a plan for assessments that monitor and measuring success.
Creating Usable Data (4 hours)
The learning objectives for this workshop are:
- Determining needs of participants in creating data
- Providing all stakeholders with multiple tactics to analyze data
- Understanding sequenced evidence-based learning strategies
- Determine resource needs for implementing strategies
The product for this workshop is a needs assessment and a plan to use evidence based strategies throughout the year.
Introduction of Pathways Learning Group and Assessment Aligment Process (1 Content Area) (4 hours)
- Introduce Pathways Learning Group and AAP project scope
- Understand standards and how they are measured
- Introduce the "Pathways AAP Smart Guide" and discuss the development of quality items
- Discuss reports, results, and improvement strategies
Item Development for Assessments (1 Content Area) (4 hours)
- Review of "Pathways AAP Smart Guide"
- Review electronic template for assessment item development
- Assessment correction exercise
- Assessment practice exercise
- Choose content for assessments
- Begin writing items in template
Review Reports and Results; Strategies for Improvement (1 Content Area)
(4 hours)
- Review and understand reports and results
- Identify areas of strength and weakness
- To discuss strategies for improvement in the classroom
- Time-line for implementing these strategies into classroom and improving results
T2 Teaching Tactics (4 hours)
- Summarizing and Note Taking
- Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
- Homework and Practice
- Non-Linguistic Representations
- Setting Learning Targets and Providing Feedback
- Generating and Testing Hypotheses
- Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
Customized Workshops
In order to support districts and schools, Pathways can customize workshops to meet specific needs of each district and school we work with.