In-School Workshop

Educators and No Child Left Behind

This presentation will give participants a greater understanding and practical applications of the No Child Left Behind legislation (The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Act of 1965).

Specific topics include:

A short history of NCLB

• Improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged.
• Preparing, training, and recruiting high quality teachers and principals
• Language instruction for limited English proficient and immigrant students
• 21st century schools
• Promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs
• Flexibility and accountability
• Impact aid program
• General provisions

NCLB for teachers, principals& paraprofessionals

• How will NCLB affect you?
• Highly qualified teacher requirements ..
• Parents' right to know teachers' qualifications
• Adequate yearly progress
• Annual proficiency testing
• Teacher retention and recruitment
• Teacher liability protection
• Meeting the chal1engcs

NCLB for school leaders

• Accountability and assessments
• Parent options
• Equitable services to private school students and teachers
• Teachers and paraprofessionals Research-based instruction
• Knowing the rules
• Communications you can expect from parents and how to respond
• How parents can utilize the Freedom of
• Information Act to obtain information

NCLB for parents

• How will NCLB affect parents?
• Annual proficiency testing
• Adequate yearly progress.
• School and district report cards
• Accountability.
• Public school choice
• Supplemental educational services
• Transfers from unsafe schools
• Teaching children to read
• Legal definition of reading
• Diagnostic reading assessments
• Scientifically based reading research.
• Highly qualified teachers
• Parent involvement & empowerment
• Parents 'right-to-know
• Instructional materials

Target Audience:

All educators, administrators, special education teachers, classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, principals and parents.