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Presentation by Dr. Peter Senge and Dr. Tracy Benson, Jan 26, 2012
- The Three Legged Stool (PDF) (Download)
  Aspiration, Working Collaboratively, Systems Thinking
- The Leader's New Work: Building Learning Organizations (PDF)
  Sloan Management Review, Fall 1990
- The Academy as Learning Community (Word)
  by Peter M. Senge, July 14, 1999
Carson City Alignment Workshop, Oct-Nov, 2011
- Carson City's Learning-Creating Journey (Word)
  A background paper by Leslie James.
- Introduction & Invitation (Word) (PDF)
  by Steve Pradere, Director Grants and Special Projects, Carson City School District, plus a link to the Carson System Alignment Model
- Critical Attributes of Learner-Centeredness (PDF) (Word)
  The PDF illustrates the model; the Word document includes the narrative describing the model.
Assessment for Learning, 6/06/2011
- Colleen Anderson, the Presenter (Word)
  Leslie's notes from her conversation with Colleen Anderson, Assessment For Learning module co-developer at the Iowa Department of Education
- An Introduction to Assessment For Learning (Word)
  Leslie James' wrote this paper about A4L in the context of providing systemic structures of support to create Teaching-Learning Effectiveness, January 2011
- A4L Materials from the Iowa DoE (PDF) (Word) (Word)
  Includes an A4L Brief, A4L Module Overview, and A4L Logic Model
- Inside the Black Box (PDF)
  Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment, by Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam
- Formative Assessment & Next-Generation Assessment (PDF)
  by Margaret Heritage, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA
- Formative Assessment: Making It Happen in the Classroom (Link)
  Book: by Margaret Heritage
- An Introduction to Assessment For Learning (Link)
  In this brief video (2:18) Margaret Heritage presents an overview of assessment for learning and briefly explains how it operates in the classroom. This is the 1st of 16 video segments on AFL.
- Assessment For Learning: Iowa Style (Download) (Download) (Download)
  Webinar presentation by Colleen Anderson and a recording of the session.
Nevada Pathway Project, 3/31/2011
- NETS-S & P21 Framework Correlation (PDF)
- What is the Nevada Pathway Project? (PDF) (PDF) (Link)
  A link to the Nevada Pathway website and related documents.
- Webinar Presentation & Recording (Download) (PDF) (Download)
  Download the presentation (either .PPT or .PDF) as you listen to the audio recording (.mp3)of the Nevada Pathway Webinar from March 31, 2011.
- Nevada Pathway Project Recognized by P21
  Press Release from the NDE, announcing the "Recognition of Achievement in 21st Century Education" award for the Nevada Pathway Project.
Carson City's Alignment Process, 12/02/2010
- Carson City's Observation Tools (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
  These tools are used to assess the work of PLCs in Carson City.
- PLC Observation Protocols (PDF) (PDF)
  Observation form and full document explaining the PLC protocols, revised, May 2009
- Webinar Recording, Presentation, & Notes (Download) (PDF) (PDF)
  Download all three documents and you can replay the call and presentation in which Sue Keema, Associate Superintendent of Educational Services, and Dr. Steve Pradere, Grants and Special Projects Coordinator address the why, what and how of their ongoing work of transforming the Carson City School District into a learner-centered system. They provide substantial detail about their efforts to align curriculum, instruction, assessment and leadership to that end. Recorded, 12/2/2010

Presentation by Dr. Peter Senge and Dr. Tracy Benson, Jan 26, 2012

Carson City Alignment Workshop, Oct-Nov, 2011

Assessment for Learning, 6/06/2011

Nevada Pathway Project, 3/31/2011

Carson City's Alignment Process, 12/02/2010