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Data SymposiumJune 26, 2016
Summer opportunity
School of Education and Human Development
School of Education and and Development
Data Symposium
Southern Maine Partnership in collaboration with Northwest Evaluation Association
Dates: August 4th and 5th, 2016, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: University Events Room – Glickman Library 314 Forest Avenue
Portland, Maine 04104
Goals and Objectives
Goal of the data symposium to improve curriculum and instruction decisions through the use of data.
Know your data, understand the value of multiple data sources:
- Identify the connections of multiple data sources to goal setting and growth measures
- Know thy measures – evaluate the measures used (examples below, we will pre-survey participants to understand what you use)
- Teacher's College
- AimsWeb
- Fountas and Pinnell
- Classroom-based
- Curriculum-embedded
- Develop systems thinking for multiple data sources and decisions
- Understand the uses of universal screeners and progress monitors (SMART goals)
- Dine to Discuss: Managing data resources for school district leaders – a critical evaluation of the purpose, application, and added value of our instruments
- Represent data interpretation and displays of data
- Identify and practice protocols and processes for data interpretation
- Plan next steps
- Plot your path for performance checking and summative performance reports
- Leave with a plan for the next year or two of data monitoring
Thursday, August 4th, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Coffee and light breakfast snacks
Opening Plenary/Introductions
- Establishing a common language, understanding, & purpose
- Engaging our collective capacity
- Understanding expectations in RTI/Understanding the role of State Assessment – Maine DOETeam (or job alike) Goal SettingBreakout Session I
Breakout Session I (continued)
Team (or job alike) Reflection
Data Protocols
Team (or job alike) Self Assess & Revisit Goals
Evening: Dine 2 Discuss: Managing data sources/resources for school district leaders – Understanding the critical
conversations for evaluation of the purpose, application, and added value of our instruments
Friday, August 5th, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Coffee and light breakfast snacks
Opening Plenary
Breakout 1
Breakout 2
Team (or job alike) huddles
Processing, designing, action planning LUNCH
GIFTS – Data Gallery/High Impact Strategies
Plan for remote check progress checks, next steps, establish networks
Jeffrey S. Beaudry, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Educational Leadership, Co-director, Southern Maine Partnership
Dr. Beaudry proudly serves the Southern Maine Partnership is a regional collaborative as co- director. With over twenty publications many on visual literacy, concept mapping, technology, and science and mathematics achievement in professional journals and program evaluation publications, Dr. Beaudry aims to explore issues relating to the visual learning, assessment literacy, formative assessment, arts and assessment, STEM, and action research. In March, 2016, Jeff's book, Research Literacy, co-authored with Dr. Lynne Miller, was published, and will be a textbook for research methods and data analysis in education. He co-edited a book with Lenny Shedletsky, Cases on Teaching Critical Thinking with Visual Representations.
Tim Neville, Senior Consultant, Professional Development, Northwest Evaluation Association
Since joining NWEA in 2013, Tim has served partner districts as a Professional Development Consultant on NWEA's Professional Development Team. In this role, Tim works directly with district and school administrators, teachers, and parents to deliver coaching services and job-embedded professional learning. He draws on almost thirty years in the educational world to connect the dots between assessment and instruction, and to bring assessment literacy to NWEA partner districts. Tim takes great pride in collaborating with districts to develop custom Professional Development that will meet a school or district's specific needs. Prior to joining NWEA, Mr. Neville worked as a principal, assistant principal, educational consultant, coach, and teacher. He holds a bachelor's of science degree in Elementary Education from Keene State College and a master's of arts degree in K-12 Education Administration and Supervision from the University of New Hampshire. In addition, Tim received a certificate from Harvard University's Change Leadership Group, a research initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for meeting the changing needs of public education.
Tim Neville M.Ed.
Sr. Consultant Professional Development Cell Phone: 603-496-7091
Email: email@example.com
Kellie Smith, Founder of Logos LLC, Literacy Consulting Group
Ms. Smith's more than 10 years as a classroom teacher led to a 10 year position as a K-8 literacy coach within MSAD #51. In 2011, in response to statewide inquiry, she founded the consulting group Logos Literacy and began offering literacy coaching services specializing in reading and writing workshops to districts across the state. Logos offers one-day workshops, multiple day institutes, lab-site demonstration, and literacy coaching. Ms. Smith and her team support teachers in instructional methodology, content and the strategies requisite to ensure success for all learners. In addition to her work in Maine, Kellie was also fortunate enough to have been chosen to support the implementation of writing workshops at the Kaohsiung American School in Taiwan. Kellie has also presented at multiple conferences including NERA, ILA, and The East Asia Regional Council of Schools ("EARCOS").
Education from the University of Southern Maine. Ms. Smith is also a former National Board Certified Teacher. Logos LLC, Literacy Consulting Group. email@example.com. Kellie earned her B.S. in Child Development Family Relations from the University of Maine and a M.S. in Literacy.
Registration information
Cost: $300 per participant – this includes materials, breakfast, lunch and snacks throughout the two days. * We encourage school teams to attend. The fourth person is free.
Registration link
For more information, please contact Susan Inman, Program Manager for the Professional Development Center (PDC) at USM, firstname.lastname@example.com, phone: 207-780-5055.


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Nobody knows what is going to happen in next Saturday's Clasico Real Madrid vs Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu. Both teams are doing it pretty well so it is very difficult to say which team is the favourite to win.
Barcelona will arrive at their rival's stadium without been scored any goal in the first 8 La Liga matches. Thus, Luis Enrique's squad hasn't been defeated in any match and they have only drawn one time. Barça have made a spectacular La Liga beginning.
Real Madrid is not in a worse situation comparing to Barcelona. Although Ancelotti's team didn't begin the competition in the best way –Real lost two of the first matches- then they have highly improved. In fact, they have scored 25 goals in the last 5 matches. This outstanding achievement has led them up to the 4th position in La Liga's classification. It would not surprise us if we see Real Madrid fighting against Barça for the leadership.
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I know, I know. I've fallen down the retro rabbit hole.
But here's a summer-worthy treat featured at the NY World's Fair.
Seventeen Magazine, February 1964
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 baking powder
1/2 butter or margarine
1 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
9 bars (about 1 1/2 oz. each) milk chocolate (These would have been 5 cent bars from 1964!)
Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside. Cream butter until fluffy. Gradually beat in brown sugar, then egg and vanilla. Add sifted flour mixture, stirring with a spoon until well blended. Chill dough.
Divide dough in half. Roll out one half to a 9 X 13-inch rectangle between two sheets of waxed paper. Remove one of the sheets from the dough and turn (dough-side down) into a 9 X 13-inch pan. Remove waxed paper. Arrange candy bars over dough to cover entire surface. Roll out remaining half of dough. Place on top of chocolate. Press dough against sides and corners of pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
Cool, then cut into 24 squares.
Delicious warm or cold.


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Scripps Networks' DIY and Cooking Channel will be available as add-ons to fuboTV at a later date.
"Our world-class lifestyle content is a perfect complement to the fuboTV service and we are thrilled to partner with a sport centric OTT service to bring the best in class in home, food and travel programming that will delight and entertain their users," said Henry Ahn, Scripps Networks Interactive's president of content distribution and marketing. "This carriage deal further validates the 'must have' nature of Scripps content in an ever-competitive distribution landscape."
fuboTV features 60 channels, including five from CBS that will come online in early July.
"Partnering with Scripps Networks allows us to round out our basic bundle nicely, complementing our core sports offering with some of the most popular programming on TV," added David Gandler, fuboTV cofounder and CEO.
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I have long had a soft spot for Kinky Friedman. What's not to like about the Jewish country and western singer (Kinky and the Texas Jewboys) who writes detective novels starring himself? And so I initially was overjoyed to learn of his plans to run for Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
My enthusiasm was tempered when I learned that dear old Kinky was a bit of a racist, and didn't really have anything concrete to offer other than being a spoiler candidate. (The Republican Perry got re-elected).
This comment really captures his appeal:
I think there's a poorly grounded but widely-held feeling that if someone completely insane, and named "Kinky Friedman" were to win elective office it would be objectively pro-awesome. I can't help but feel there's something to that.
Objectively pro-awesome. That's my policy goal, for sure.
He does have a good moustache anyway so Kinky is my role model for the rest of the month
Posted on Friday, November 10 2006
Tags: kinky friedman ⋅ moustache
From Martha on Friday, November 10 2006 #
I was attracted to his name and moustache at one stage, and went and bought one of his books.
I think his talents must lie elsewhere.
From stephen on Friday, November 10 2006 #
authorial talent
Which book? I have several and enjoyed them all. I can see that the style would render them unreadable if you don't like his shtick though.
From Martha on Friday, November 10 2006 #
I think it was called Armadillos and Old Lace? Trying to remember. I was probably a cynical 21 year old at the time, I wouldn't necessarily trust my review as impartial.
From Old Whip on Friday, November 10 2006 #
your kidding right?
Anyone who thinks Kinky is a racist is an uninformed idiot.


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The National DNA Data Bank Advisory Committee is mandated to report and advise the Commissioner of the RCMP on all matters related to the effective and efficient operation of the National DNA Data Bank and to assist in preventing potential misuse of DNA information.
The Advisory Committee was established pursuant to the DNA Identification Act , which was proclaimed into force on June 30, 2000, and the DNA Identification Regulations . The setting up of such a Committee was recommended by the Standing Senate Committee on Legal Constitutional Affairs in its Sixteenth Report dated December 1998, wherein the need for an independent advisory committee was deemed necessary to review and advise on the implementation and ongoing administration of the National DNA Data Bank.