Topics Include:

• Recruiting and Retaining Teachers
• Technology Based Staff Development
• Evaluating, Disciplining and Granting Tenure
• Superintendent Contracts & Evaluation

Key Benefits:

• Find out what the teacher supply and demand will be next year.
• See how Alaska Teacher Placement is responding to meet district needs.
• Hear about the state school incentive program.
• Learn how to link your staff development to student achievement.
• Find out about technology based staff development and how it is being used.
• Identify the legal issues related to tenure decisions.
• Understand the importance of an effective evaluation system for paraprofessionals.
• Discover how to properly discipline a teacher.
• Determine the right questions to ask before granting tenure.
• Review the process for developing and conducting a superintendent evaluation
  

9: 00 –10:00 a.m. Evaluating Paraprofessionals

10:00 – 11:00 a.m Disciplining and Releasing Staff

11:00 – Noon Making Tenure Decisions

Noon - 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own

Contracts & Evaluating the Superintendent

1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Contracts
John Sedor, Sedor, Wendlandt & Wang

3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Superintendent Evaluation Workshop
Joseph Reeves, AASB

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Alaska Teacher Placement: Predicting Teacher Supply and Demand
Melissa Hill, Alaska Teacher Placement

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Teacher and Principal Mentoring

11:00 – Noon School Incentive Program
Les Morse, EED

12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch on your own

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Web Casts for Professional Development
Alaska Staff Development Network

2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
High Quality Professional Development
Alaska Educational Innovations Network & Professional and Continuing Education/UAA College of Education and the Alaska Comprehensive Center

4:00 p.m. Evaluation