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=Strand 1: Connecting Standards, Instruction and Assessments - Penny Jadwin=

PLS: Director of Teaching and Learning/Professional Development
=__Description for Presentation__= Strand 1: Connecting Standards, Instruction and Assessment

Today’s teachers struggle to find a balance between trying to meet the ever increasing demands of improving student achievement as well as motivating and engaging all students. This strand will provide participants with the understanding of how to create an engaging and effective instructional program that is built on a strong foundation of standards and assessment as well as preparing students for the future.

Partcipants will: __Instructor's Bio__ =For Penny Jadwin, a problem does not exist for which there is no solution. A teacher for more than 30 years, a classroom teacher, a professional staff developer, an educational consultant and a coach, Penny is a lively, hands-on presenter who tackles issues head on and makes things happen. Sharing her experiences, her knowledge, and her talents in ways that provide tools for others, her presentations are filled with lively activities and classroom strategies that participants can use immediately and effectively in their own classrooms/schools. Always a teacher, always a creative problem-solver, Penny listens with her heart and expresses passion she feels for educating today’s students. =
 * Understand how to weave standards, instruction and assessment together to create an engaging and motivating unit of study that prepares students to be college- and career ready.
 * Use research-based instructional strategies that are connected to the real world.
 * Create assessments that are connected to instruction and standards.
 * Create opportunities to involve the learner in the assessment/instructional process to create the connection between their studies and their future.
 * Develop a complete standards-based unit plan that engages students in a specific unit of study that connects students to the real world.