Q: Assessment for Learning. Assessment of Learning. What's it all mean? 
Thursday, June 29, 2006, 01:14 PM - Instructional Leadership


Length: 00:09:24
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Gale May
Curriculum Coordinator,
Assessment, Evaluation and Instruction
YRDSB

Gale May works with YRDSB teachers, principals and superintendents to provide PD in the areas of assessment, evaluation and instruction.

To find out more about assessment for learning, please visit the Assessment Reform Group web site.



Q: Why is emotional intelligence such a crucial aspect of effective leadership today? 
Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 05:34 PM - Interpersonal Leadership


Length: 00:08:43
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Blair Steinbach
Director of Innovation,
Institute for Health and Human Potential

The Institute for Health and Human Potential is a research and learning organization that uses Emotional Intelligence to leverage performance and leadership. For more information on the Institute and its programs, please visit their web site at www.ihhp.com.



Q: How can school administrators stimulate parent involvement to support student success? 
Friday, May 5, 2006, 11:35 AM - Community Leadership

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Length: 00:14:05
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Length: 00:12:00
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Length: 00:07:32
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Gord Kerr, Director
The Parent Involvement Centre

Gord Kerr is director and founder of The Parent Involvement Centre, an organization launched in October 2005 to spearhead new research and disseminate best practices for stimulating helpful forms of parent involvement in education.

Its mission is to provide teachers, principals and leaders of school volunteer programs with strategies and resources to engage parents and the community in education in helpful ways.

To find out more about The Parent Involvement Centre please visit their web site at www.parentinvolvement.ca.

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Q: Effective hiring of new teachers is the key to student success. What must school administrators consider to ensure we are hiring the best? 
Tuesday, April 4, 2006, 06:40 PM - Operational Leadership


Length: 00:08:12
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Elizabeth Gordon
Manager,
Recruitment and Retention
YRDSB

Elizabeth Gordon provides tips on how to hire the best teachers for your school--and beyond that, for the district. Special thanks to Sharon List, Superintendent of Education, for her assistance in the production of this vidcast.




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