July 2024 Newsletter
2024 Integrated Comprehensive Systems for Equity Virtual Institute Part I: High-Quality Teaching and Learning for All
October 22 – 24, 2024 virtually from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST each day
Join us this fall for 2024 Integrated Comprehensive Systems for Equity Virtual Institute Part I: High-Quality Teaching and Learning for All to move forward with your district or school’s equity journey.
At the completely redesigned 2024 Part I Virtual Institute, school leadership teams, district leadership teams, and regional and state agencies who are new to ICS and ICS partnership districts with new staff will engage in an interactive, introductory training to
- Understand the ICS Framework and Process and explore how it can be leveraged in your setting;
- Gain a deeper understanding of what high-quality teaching and learning is and is not;
- Engage in plentiful team time to dive into an analysis of high-quality teaching and learning in your setting;
- Hear and learn from leaders in the field who are implementing the ICS Framework and Process;
- Learn how you can bring the ICS Framework and Process to your setting.
Are Your Teacher Teams Building Collective Teacher Efficacy?
When groups of educators believe they can impact student learning and make a difference in students’ lives… research shows they can.
This concept, called Collective Teacher Efficacy (CTE), stands as a transformative idea in education, illustrating the collective belief of educators in their ability to positively influence student outcomes. Our latest blog – Collective Teacher Efficacy: From Teacher Teams to Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn (C3) Teams – explores why CTE is more relevant than ever in today’s diverse, challenging and dynamic educational environments.
We also provide a Teacher Team Reflection Tool to help educators assess the effectiveness of their current teacher teams in relation to the research on collective teacher efficacy.
Get The Teacher Teams Reflection Tool!
Announcing a New National Partnership with Urban Collaborative
ICS is proud to announce a new partnership with the Urban Collaborative. The Urban Collaborative is a national network of more than 100 school districts in 27 states. These leaders are committed to increasing effective and inclusive special education services. They are also focused on decreasing the disproportionality of culturally and linguistically diverse student populations in classification rates, separate educational environments and disciplinary actions. Members of our professional learning community learn from and support each other to achieve these goals in 27 states.
All participants will be provided complimentary individual access to the ICS Digital Modules District Level customized for the Urban Collaborative. In addition, we will lead the group through a Mini Equity Audit, analysis of their educational structures and learn about the design and implementation of C3 Teams™.
Learn more about the Urban Collaborative, and stay tuned for registration details!
ICS is Proud to Partner with WASDA
The Wisconsin School District Administrators organization is partnering with ICS for a 2nd year to deliver our High-Quality Teaching and Learning Academy for District Leadership Teams. ICS custom-designed the virtual monthly morning academy, which takes place throughout the academic year. The program includes customized ICS Digital Modules designed exclusively for Academy participants and features district leadership teams from across Wisconsin, who are guest speakers at each session to describe how they have successfully implemented each step of the ICS Equity Framework and Process district-wide and to share their resulting positive data outcomes.
Are you a part of a national or state professional association for superintendents, principals, curriculum directors, or special education directors? Contact info@icsequity.org to start a conversation about a potential partnership and to review an outline of our leadership training program.
Join us with CESA7 for “The Why and How of C3 Teams”
ICS is hosting an institute for CESA7 called “The Why and How of C3 Teams” on August 12, September 24 and October 17, 2024 in Green Bay, WI.
Come to this exciting event to learn about high-quality teaching and learning that benefits all from the originators of Co-Plan to Co-Serve to Co-Learn™ Teams. Throughout the event, teams will have access to custom-designed digital modules to support their learning.
- Learn “The Why” of C3 Teams and the history behind C3 Teams
- Engage in an analysis of their current teaching and learning structures
- Review the research that supports C3 Teams
If you read our most recent blog about Collective Teacher Efficacy, this session will dive more in depth about how to move from typical teacher teams to C3 Teams.
