Nebraska’s Framework for School Renewal and Acceleration
Nebraska’s Framework for School Renewal and Acceleration
Nebraska’s Framework for School Renewal and Acceleration establishes high expectations for teaching and learning and supports educators in addressing unfinished learning for students through a proactive plan to achieve renewal and acceleration instruction in the coming calendar year and into the next school year. Through the Learning Acceleration Series, school leaders will gain knowledge and skills that are necessary to developing proactive plans designed to support renewal and acceleration for the summer and into the next school year.
Session 1: Beginning Your Acceleration Planning (hosted February 25, 2021)
Session 2: Planning Your Approach to Diagnosing Unfinished Learning (Hosted March 1, 2021)
Session 3: Essential Skills and Knowledge for ELA and Mathematics (Hosted March 4, 2021)
Session 4: Adapting Your Scope & Sequence/ Pacing Guidance (Hosted March 8, 2021)
Session 5: How Do I Ensure My Students Consistently Have Access to Strong Instruction in ELA? (Hosted March 11, 2021)
Session 6: How Do I Ensure My Students Consistently Have Access to Strong Instruction in Mathematics Class? (Hosted March 15, 2021)
Session 7: Planning Your Professional Learning for Teachers and Leaders (Hosted on March 18, 2021)
Session 8: Planning for Strong Systems (hosted on March 22, 2021)
Strengthening Core Instruction
for Literacy, Mathematics, and Science
The Nebraska Department of Education, in partnership with SchoolKit, is offering professional learning sessions focused on strengthening core instruction for literacy, mathematics, and science. Leveraging lessons learned from remote and hybrid instruction, these webinars provide content-specific knowledge and skills related to remote instruction, essential instructional content, and instructional considerations. The webinars also support continuous improvement efforts and in order to inform future teaching and learning. The synchronous sessions were recorded and are linked below.
Strengthening the Core: Remote Learning for Science
Tuesday, December 1
Strengthening the Core: Remote Learning for Mathematics
Wednesday, December 2
Strengthening the Core: Remote Learning for Literacy
Thursday, December 3
Return to School – Addressing Privacy and Security Challenges in K-12 Education
Originally, representatives from the United States Department of Education’s Privacy and Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) were scheduled to address 2020 Data Conference participants through a keynote presentation and series of workshops. In lieu of the previously scheduled in-person opportunity, last week NDE sponsored a webinar with representatives from PTAC.
The objective for this meeting was to offer a school district, Educational Service Unit, and NDE personnel with a review of student data privacy and related FERPA requirements/regulations, as well as to provide for a discussion of student privacy issues and questions resulting from COVID-19, such as those arising from remote learning environments. If you or your staffs are interested, you can access a recording of that presentation and a copy of the slide deck here: https://www.education.ne.gov/future-ready-nebraska/data-privacy/.
NeMTSS Summer SEL Webinar Series
This series focuses on social emotional learning (SEL) from an adult perspective and inform participants of best practices that improve school culture, teacher efficacy, and student outcomes. The five webinars cover five interdependent topic areas, which are adapted from the NeMTSS SEL Systems Development training offered by the NeMTSS team and serve as compliments to the core SEL training provided by NeMTSS. Educators of all types are encouraged to participate in this series to grow in their SEL competency and practice.
Adult Social Emotional Learning and Professional Culture
July 9, 2020
Cultural Responsiveness and Family Partnerships
July 30, 2020
Trauma Informed Care and Restorative Practices
August 6, 2020
Launch Nebraska: Summer Learning and Beyond Webinar Series
This virtual professional learning series provides instructional leaders with knowledge and skills related to unfinished learning, instructional equity, and remote instruction. Each virtual learning session is 60 minutes in length.
Session 1: Unfinished Learning & Instructional Equity
May 14, 2020
Session 2: Unfinished Learning in Mathematics
May 19, 2020
Case Study: Tale of Two Students
Missed Learning Tracker Template
Session 3: Summer Learning for Mathematics: Frameworks & Support using Zearn Math
May 21, 2020
Session 4: Unfinished Learning in Literacy
May 26, 2020
Vision of Success: Supporting All Students in Accessing Grade-Level Texts
Session 5: Summer Learning for Literacy: Frameworks & Support
May 28, 2020
Vision of Success: Establishing Supportive Systems
Session 6: Supporting all Students: Focusing on Students with Disabilities
June 2, 2020
Additional Resources for Supporting Students with Disabilities
Session 7: Supporting all Students: Focusing on English Learners
June 4, 2020
Session 8: Leveraging Assessment for Individualized Instruction
June 9, 2020
Session 9: Supporting Independent Science Learning
June 11, 2020
Session 10: Planning to Pivot: Support for the Fall
June 16, 2020
Planning to Pivot Elementary Case Study
