Kickboard Webinar Series Featuring Presenters From Achievement First, Democracy Prep & KIPP

Kickboard, a holistic student data tracking platform that goes beyond the gradebook and enables teachers to collect, analyze and share mission-critical data, announced today that it is launching an exclusive, free webinar series, “Igniting a Gradebook Revolution,” beginning August 8th. Registrations are currently being accepted for the first two sessions in the series: Setting the Right Expectations and Analyzing the Right Data to Create Consistent Classroom Culture on August 8, featuring presenters from Achievement First and Democracy Prep, and Building a Performance-Driven Culture From Day One of the New School Year with KIPP New Orleans on August 15th. Both webinars are from 1:00-2:00 pm EDT.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 1pm EDT

Setting the Right Expectations and Analyzing the Right Data to Create Consistent Classroom Culture

Chris Bostock, Dean, Achievement First Amistad High School

Seth Andrew, Founder and Superintendant, Democracy Prep Public Schools

Chiv Heng, Senior Director of Knowledge Management, Democracy Prep Public Schools

During the webinar, participants will:

• Gain actionable strategies to set schoolwide norms and secure teacher buy-in
• Learn how to enhance or establish a behavior/character/PBIS program that uses data to ensure consistency across classrooms
• Discover the ways peer schools are leveraging the gradebook to implement their programs and track and analyze data, share information about student behavior and create reports

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 1pm EDT

Building a Performance-Driven Culture From Day One of the New School Year    

Brenna Benson, Director of Data and Analytics, KIPP New Orleans

Todd Purvis, Chief Academic Officer, KIPP New Orleans

During the webinar, participants will:  

• Explore what can be done starting today to build a robust data and performance-driven culture and how data can improve instruction and outcomes
• Review key questions to discuss with staff when incorporating Common Core and standards-based assessment into a traditional grading system
• Learn how to use the gradebook as a hub of student performance to align day-to-day activities to schoolwide, end-of-year goals

For more information or to register, visit www.kickboardforteachers.com.