Register Now For
Technology Leadership Academy (TLA)
Cooperating School Districts is pleased to announce that registration is open for all educators (superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, assistant principals, librarians, media specialists, tech coordinators, and teachers) to attend the 2008-2009 TLA.
Topics for the Technology Leadership Academy include:
· Project Based Learning
· What is Education Technology?
· What is Technology Leadership?
· Handheld Boot Camp
· ISTE Technology Frameworks
· Data Driven Decision Making
· Creating an Action Plan
· Technology Integration Continuums
· Videoconferencing
· Web 2.0 Applications
· Educational Applications for the Palm
· Internet Safety and Cyberbullying
TLA dates for the 2008-2009 school year are as follows:
· October 1
· November 5
· December 3
· January 7
· January 27 (METC)
· February 25
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm each day
Cost: $1200 per person
To register, click here For additional information, please contact: Joan Forrest at 314-692-1259 or jforrest@csd.org |
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CSD Welcomes New Superintendents
The Cooperating School Districts welcomes three new superintendents to the St. Louis-area. Effective July 1, Lindbergh School District, Normandy School District and the Wright City R-II School District have new leaders for the 2008-2009 school year.
 Dr. Jim Simpson brings 19 years of service in public education as the new superintendent of the Lindbergh School District. Most recently he was superintendent of the Joplin R-8 School District in Joplin, Missouri. He has been in that position for the past seven years. Simpson was also assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Lebanon R-III School District.
The Normandy School District is pleased to announce that Dr. Stanton Lawrence is their new superintendent. Lawrence is a veteran educator with over 27 years of experience, which includes serving as superintendent in the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District in Dallas, Texas. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the nationally renowned Cooperative Superintendent Program at the University of Texas at Austin. All of his educational experiences have been in urban minority settings in Dallas and Houston.
Dr. Chris Gaines is the new superintendent of the Wright City R-II School District. Gaines brings 13 years of public education experience to Wright City. Most recently, he was superintendent of the Crawford County R-1 School District in Bourbon, Missouri. He currently serves on the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) Executive Committee, co-chair of the MASA Mentoring Committee, Administrator Mentoring Program Board of Directors, and the Commissioner's Superintendent Advisory Panel.
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Boeing Company Extends
Technology Grant
$35,000 grant to continue professional development programs and teachertraining
 The Boeing Company has awarded Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (CSD), a $35,000 grant to its Virtual Learning Center to continue professional development for K-12 teachers and administrators, with a focus on researched strategies for using technology in the classroom.
Over the past two years, The Boeing Company has awarded CSD nearly $80,000 to impact student achievement through the use of engaging technology and hands-on learning. The grant has provided ongoing facilitation from nationally-known technology experts to teams of three educators from over 40 school districts in the greater St. Louis area. More than 2,000 teachers and administrators have benefited from participating in professional development addressing the following tech integration areas: Web 2.0; Interactive White Boards; and Concept Mapping Tools.
Due to the successful outcomes of the past two years, The Boeing Company has made a commitment to continue funding this project during the 2008-2009 school year.
"The focus of the third year will be for teams to design, implement and share lesson plans that integrate technology and improve student achievement, explains Ruth Litman-Block, director of CSD's technology integration programs. "We are grateful to the Boeing Company for their commitment to teacher professional development and student achievement."
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AP World History Summer Institute
 The International Education Consortium (IEC), a program of the Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis, Inc. (CSD), will conduct a five-day AP World History Summer Institute, July 28-August 1, 2008. The institute will be held at Cooperating School Districts, 1460 Craig Road.
The Institute is designed for teachers at middle and high school levels, especially those currently teaching AP World History and those preparing for or considering offering the course in the future. The workshop is also valuable for those teachers who teach world history outside the AP framework.
Local presenters include: Donna Rogers Beard, a nationally known world history teacher and an experienced reader of AP world history exams. Beard is a teacher in the Clayton School District; Max Okenfuss, an associate professor of history at Washington University, has collaborated with IEC on several world history programs; and John Carroll, an assistant professor of history at Saint Louis University. Carroll has successfully worked with teachers in previous projects and teaches world history and Asian Studies.
For more information or to register for the AP World History Summer Institute, please contact: Sheila Onuska at 314-692-9708 or sonuska@csd.org, or Megan Moncure at 314-692-9702 or mmoncure@csd.org.
Cooperating School Districts (CSD) is a non-profit educational consortium serving 65 public school districts in Missouri and Illinois.
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Cooperating
School Districts (CSD) is an educational consortium serving 65 public
school districts in Missouri and Illinois.
CHARACTERplus is a project
of CSD that works to advance the cause of character education and
sustain its impact on educators and students.
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