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=Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium=

Professional Development Resources
There are many professional development opportunities for members of the Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium. This web page will help busy school administrators search for the opportunity that staff members in their school need. You will also be able to navigate either directly to the PD opportunity, or to a link which will help you get to that opportunity for staff members in your school.

The subjects of the PD opportunities include:
 * **Curriculum Manager (the software) -** This is the web-based tool for MISIC schools to use to map their K-12 curriculum AND to assist with Iowa Department of Education Compliance Reporting.
 * **Curriculum Manager (curriculum design)** - This page shares some helpful resources on curriculum design that are necessary for proper use of the Curriculum Manager Software.
 * **Curriculum Manager (Administrative Functions**) - This page holds some professional development resources for the persons in your district whose duties include the "administrative" functions of Curriculum Manager, such as adding new teachers and classes. In some districts, the person who performs this task is an Administrative Assistant. In other districts, it is a principal/curriculum director.
 * **Doing What Works (DWW) -** This page will give educators hundreds of researched-based tools to enhance instruction. Each tool is aligned to the applicable MISIC Standard/benchmark in Curriculum Manager and in the MISIC Curriculum Ladders.
 * **Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Data for Instruction -** MAP tests create some wonderful data for teachers, students, parents and administrators. Here is a group of development opportunities to assist with the wealth of MAP information.
 * **Teachers New to MAP -** This section will help teachers new to your school or teachers new to MAP gain knowledge of the testing process and how to use the data to impact instruction.
 * **MAP Test Administration -** This section will help administrators and MAP coordinators who are new to MAP with the ins and outs of providing the best testing environment so your students will give you the most accurate data.
 * **Teaching and Learning -** In this section, you will find opportunities for teachers to learn new instructional techniques and resources.
 * **Teacher Directed PD** - This section will help groups of staff members or Professional Learning Communities discover or research education topics through the use of TED Videos and activities related to each video.