Missouri Webinar Series for Rural Educators
August 30, 2010
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Missouri Webinar Series Registration Form
During the 2009-2010 school year, the Missouri ACT State Organization Council collaborated with several state organizations* to offer the pilot Missouri Webinar Series for Rural Educators. The seven teams from throughout Missouri participating in the pilot reported that the information provided in the Webinar Series helped them tremendously in formulating dynamic action plans for better serving all of their students for college and career readiness.
ACT and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Office of College and Career Readiness are pleased to again offer this program at no charge to rural school districts. Accordingly, we are inviting you to form a vertical team (district administrator, building administrator, curriculum/assessment coordinator, teacher and counselor-or a similar combination of personnel) from your district to participate in the 2010-2011 Webinar Series for Rural Educators. We are confident you will benefit from information to be shared, as well as from the dynamic interactions you will have with colleagues from across the state. As an outcome from participation, each team will be asked to produce a college and career readiness action plan for implementation in the months following the Webinar Series.
We will kick-off our 2010-2011 Webinar Series for Rural Educators with an orientation session on the morning of Thursday, October 14, in Branson. This date was chosen to coincide with the 102nd Convention and Research Symposium of the National Rural Education Association to be held at the Chateau on the Lake Resort Spa and Convention Center in Branson on October 15-17. Though conference attendance is not a requirement for participation in the Webinar Series, we are hoping, with this scheduling, some will choose to participate in both the orientation and conference. To learn more about the National Rural Education Association and its upcoming Convention and Research Symposium, visit http://www.nrea.net/. For those of you who may not be aware, our very own Dr. Ray Patrick, Executive Director of the Missouri Association for Rural Education, is serving this year as President of the National Rural Education Association.
The following sessions are scheduled for the 2010-2011 Missouri Webinar Series for Rural Educators.
- College and Career Readiness—An Orientation: Thursday, October 14
Chateau on the Lake Resort Spa and Convention Center, Branson, Missouri
- Ready for College, Ready for Work: Same or Different? (ACT Research Report): Wednesday, November 3, Webinar
- The Forgotten Middle (ACT Research Report)
Wednesday, November 17, Webinar
- Longitudinal Data Systems: Understanding What Data Can Tell Us
Wednesday, December 8, Webinar
- The Role of the Comprehensive Guidance Program in the College and Career Readiness Process: Wednesday, January 5, Webinar
- Best Practices in the State of Missouri and Beyond
Wednesday, January 19, Webinar
- Presentation of Team Action Plans—Missouri ACT State Organization Annual Conference
Thursday, February 10, Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia, Missouri
The following technology will be required for participation.
The minimum requirement will be a computer and phone. Verbal communications will take place via conference call so a phone, in close proximity to the computer/s where participants will be gathering for sessions, will be needed.
We hope you will join us for the 2010-2011 Missouri Webinar Series for Rural Educators. If you have questions, please call Rick Bryant, ACT Senior Consultant, at 847-634-2560 or Bragg Stanley, DESE Director of Guidance and Career Services, at 573-751-0857. We look forward to the possibility of working with you in the very near future.
Sincerely,
| Rick Bryant | Bragg Stanley |
| Senior Consultant | Director of Guidance and Counseling |
| Elementary and Secondary Services | Office of College and Career Readiness |
| ACT, Inc. | MO Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Ed. |
| 300 Knightsbridge Parkway, Suite 300 | 205 Jefferson Street |
| Lincolnshire, IL 60069 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 |
*Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Missouri Department of Higher Education, and the Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers
