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Roughrider Education Services Program Issue 2

1 October 3, 2014

RESP Newsletter

300 13th Avenue W, Suite 6C, Dickinson, ND 58601 (T) 701.483.0999 | (F) 701.483.0998 www.resp-k12-education.org

In this Issue

Greetings from Director Riley Mattson Page 2 From the Desk of Yvonn Weigel-Frank From the Desk of Birttany Ludwig Page 3 From the Desk of Sarah McFadden RESP Events Page 4 Principal Leadership Series-Session 3 Energy: Powered by North Dakota Page 5 Upcoming Workshops Page 6 Learning Forward Smarter Balanced Page 7 North Dakota Museum of Art Access to Digital Library Preview Page 8 DSU Campus Map Page 9 Just in Time Mathematics (SEEC)

It is hard to believe, but it is the midway through the first quarter of the school year. The Roughrid-er Education Services Program (RESP) is hoping your school year is getting off to a great start! As with the beginning of any school year, change is a part of any organization. RESP has experienced many changes also. Some of those changes are:

▪ Director – I have enjoyed my first three months

and continue to look forward to working with our member schools to improve educational programming for educators to enhance student learning.

▪ Professional Development Specialist – Sarah McFadden has been busy planning and pre-paring to get into our member schools. Her calendar is filling up quite quickly for the up-coming school year with member schools wanting services in their respective buildings, which is the direction each school district is requesting. Please contact Sarah with your professional development ideas.

▪ Governance – with the new governance struc-ture of the four sections, we believe this will provide a more proactive and efficient form of governance for RESP.

▪ College and Career Readiness – with the in-creased push for our schools to prepare our students to be college and career ready, Britta-ny Ludwig and Yvonn Wiegel-Frank continue to work hard to get the necessary programs out to our schools. Please contact Brittany or Yvonn for any of those needs.

Our continuing goal at RESP is to serve and assist schools toward their school improvement goals and doing it in the most efficient manner. In the next several weeks, Yvonn, Sarah, and Brittany will be visiting with our member schools to find out the school improvement goals for each district and how we can help to get all of our students college and career ready. They will be contacting each district and visiting with administrators, counselors, and lead teacher from the school improvement team. Our newsletter is published at the beginning of each month on the first Friday after our administra-tive and governing board meetings. It will be sent to all member school district administrators and governing board representatives. We ask again that it be shared and forwarded to all teachers and to all school board members. It is also found on our website. At RESP, we are also continually updating and upgrading our website. Please take the time to check in occasionally to visit our website and check out upcoming educational opportunities for staff and administrators that are being offered in the southwest and throughout the state. Our web-site address is www.resp-k12-education.org. As we move forward, I want to encourage any school district to contact RESP with any ideas or suggestions you may have in which we may be able to assist you in your educational needs.

Greetings from Director Riley Mattson

http://www.resp-k12-education.org


2 October 3, 2014

From the Desk of Yvonn Weigel-Frank

Succeed 2020 Project Director Greetings! In early spring/summer 2014, the Mid-Dakota Education Cooperative (MDEC) invited directors and counselors to take part in a collaborative working group focused on suicide prevention and, more spe-cifically, developing suicide prevention resources for our schools. The goal was to gain the capacity to inform as many school personnel as possible about risk factors, warning signs, and response/referral procedures for suicide prevention. The result of these meetings is that flip charts were designed for counselors and teachers, along with a fold-away card for parents, to use as a ready resource and as a tool to help with conversations about suicide prevention. RESP is also offering a suicide prevention class with Kara Soifer, MDEC, who was trained to speak about Question Persuade Refer (QPR) for Suicide Prevention. Please mark your cal-endars and register for this important training to be held on December 2

nd, 2014. It is our goal to have

one or two (2) representatives (one of which should be the counselor) from each school at the training. Space is limited to 25 people and as that fills, we have the option of opening a second session for the afternoon. The cost is $25 per person. The registration number on escWorks is 30922. We received verification this month that funding for RESP Succeed 2020 has been approved for the year and we are continuing to move forward with the goals in our work plan. Succeed 2020 also will hold it’s statewide convening on October 29th-30th in Bismarck. While the itinerary has not been offi-cially set, we do know that we will be learning more about data and also given the opportunity to meet and collaborate with the other REAs within the state about topics relevant to RESP. Respectfully, Yvonn Weigel-Frank


From the Desk of Brittany Ludwig

Succeed 2020 College & Career Readiness Facilitator Virtual Job Shadow is now available! Virtual Job Shadow (VJS) opens up doors for students to explore different careers. Students can log in and have an interactive career exploration of their choice. VJS gives students, teachers, and counselors the op-portunity to experience the day to day work life of any profession through video. Counselors should have received a log-in and password for all students grades 7-12. If you have not, please contact Brittany Ludwig, Succeed 2020 at [email protected] or Amanda McCann, VJS at [email protected].



3 October 3, 2014

From the Desk of Sarah McFadden

Professional Development Specialist

Upcoming Classes to help schools utilize student data. Data Hoarding escworks id 30866 When Thu, October 23, 12:30pm – 3:30pm CST Where: Minot State University, Jones Room (MSU Administration Building) Instructor: Nathan Anderson This session is intended for teachers and administrators who want to enhance the way they think about and use the data they collect. Participants will review the purpose of data, learn a framework of inquiry that will help them determine if data are being used for intended purposes, and practice using the framework with da-ta relevant to their own professional context.

Answer AdvancEd Student Performance Diagnostic Questions with SLDS escworks ID 30902 When Tue, November 4, 8:30am – 3:30pm MPS Annex Conference Room Instructor: Nathan Anderson This session is intended for teachers and administrators who are responsible for answering the AdvancEd student performance diagnostic questions. During this session, participants will learn how to run relevant Ad-vancEd reports in SLDS and begin formulating specific answers to the student performance diagnostic ques-tions for their school.

To register for either of these courses: https://www.escweb.net/nd_mdec/catalog/calendar.aspx


Please visit our website at:

http://www.resp-k12-education.org to view upcoming

RESP Events.

We continue to update our website, but you can still click on the

events link to see the calendar and to register for events!

RESP Events



4 October 3, 2014 300 13th Avenue W, Suite 6C, Dickinson, ND 58601 (T) 701.483.0999 | (F) 701.483.0998 www.resp-k12-education.org

Principal's Leadership Series Focus-Session 3

Session 3

1. How to get the full staff involved in Unpack-ing the Standards and Rubrics

2. Self-Assessment of staff on the Stand- ards and Rubrics 3. Establish Goals of individuals based on the self-assessment 4. Observation and Feedback (Providing feedback through 10 minute observations)

Location: DSU Ballroom-Student Center Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Time: 9AM-3PM Register on escWorks with ID #: 30924 If you plan on attending please sign up on the RESP website: http://www.resp-k12-education.org/ (Under Events and Registration).

Energy: Powered by North Dakota This is a fantastic, FREE opportunity to learn about a new online ND energy curriculum for 4th and 8th grad-ers. It is also eligible for a FREE graduate credit! I wanted to let you know about a workshop that’s free and open for teachers on October 16-17 in Bismarck, N.D. The workshop is for a new curriculum which is going to be rolled out next month – Energy: Powered by North Dakota. This curriculum, created for North Dakota Studies classes, is about 2-weeks long and is divided into Level 1 (4th grade standards) and Level 2 (8th grade standards). It’s web-based, so there are lots of videos, pictures, maps and career information about the energy industry – so hopefully it will appeal to many teachers! The workshop is open for K-12 teachers, pre-service teachers and career counselors as well. Information on the curriculum project and the tentative workshop agenda is posted at the link, below: http://www.energynd.com/energy-curriculum/. The workshop is 15 hours and qualifies for a free graduate credit through Valley City State University. Please pass this on to anyone in your network that you think would be interested. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Emily McKay Director, Great Plains Energy Corridor Bismarck State College 701-224-2410 • www.energynd.com [email protected]




Upcoming ND LEAD Workshops

Instructional Leadership Academy has been the most successful leadership course for LEAD over the past 20 plus years and is still a must for any principal. Now, with North Dakota implementing the PTESS Guidelines for teacher evaluations, it has never been more important and publicly visible. This course is divided into three phases so participants will develop a background on effective learning theory, observation skills, providing feedback through effective conferences, and review an effective teacher super-vision plan. Learning theory will be connected to the major evaluation models such as Danielson, Marshall and Marzano. Participants will practice skills in simulations during the workshop and actually use the skills in their schools. Three (3) optional credits This fits in with ISLLC Standard No. 2, Promotes the Success of all students …instructional program condu-cive to student learning and staff professional growth. Phase 1 – October 8-9, 2014 – Mandan Phase 2 – November 5-6, 2014 – Mandan Phase 3 – January 21-22, 2015 – Mandan Effective Communication Skills for Leaders II/(Crucial Confrontations) – This is growing into one of our most popular workshops because the skills taught here are needed in so many areas. How do you effec-tively confront people on bad behavior, gaps in performance, and broken promises? This workshop teach-es a straightforward step-by-step process for: identifying and resolving performance gaps, strengthening accountability, eliminating inconsistency and reducing resentment. Learn to hold people accountable, mas-ter face-to-face performance discussions, motivate without using power, enable without taking over, and move to action. Crucial Confrontations Training will improve results and enhance relationships. (1 credit optional) This is a skill required in every ISLLC Standard, especially No. 2. Instructional program. October 20-21, 2014 – Mandan Here is a list of the fall workshops. Effective Communication Skills/Crucial Confrontations – October 20-21, 2014 – Mandan Instructional Leadership Academy-Part 1 – October 8-9, 2014 – Mandan Instructional Leadership Academy-Part 2 – November 5-6, 2014 – Mandan Instructional Leadership Academy-Part 3 – January 21-22, 2015 – Mandan ND LEAD Website for more information: http://www.ndlead.org/Page/249 Dr. Jim Stenehjem Director ND LEAD Center 701-258-3022 121 East Rosser Ave. Bismarck, ND 58501 [email protected]



6 October 3, 2014

Smarter Balanced The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium is committed to supporting

educators with the resources they need to improve teaching and learning. The Digital Library was created by and for educators to support implementation of the Common Core State Standards using the formative assessment process. This is your opportunity to preview the library; the preview period runs through September 30.

As you plan for students returning to the classroom, the Digital Library is a valuable instructional tool. It

features more than 1,500 resources aligned to the Common Core State Standards and vetted by educa-tors using quality criteria. Resources include lesson plans, unit plans, rubrics, instructional strategies, and professional learning materials. A third-grade teacher from Washington state notes: “The Digital Library is full of hands-on, ready-to-use resources and strategies for teachers across the nation to create high-quality classroom lessons for students.”

The Digital Library also includes collaborative features that allow educators to rate materials and to pose

questions and share expertise through online forums. Log in today to explore the Digital Library at: https://www.smarterbalancedlibrary.org. Your username is

your email address from PowerSchool. You should have received an email from Smarter Balanced. If you have forgotten your password, select the “Forgot Your Password?” link above the Log In button.


Learning Forward North Dakota Conference

You are invited to attend the Third Annual Learning Forward North Dakota Conference “Professional Development: Is Yours Effective?” being held at the Grand Hotel in Minot, November 17 & 18. This event is for all those that attend, plan, de-velop and deliver professional learning within the K-12 educational system, or more specifically, for those who are committed to providing and support-ing sustainable, ongoing, job-embedded, EFFEC-TIVE staff development. The conference agenda, which includes many in-teractive sessions for sharing and reflection, can be viewed using the following link: http://www.lfnd.k12.nd.us/files/2014/09/LFNDConfFinalAgenda2014.pdf.

The conference begins at 1:00 PM on Monday, No-vember 18 and continues through the day on Tues-day, November 18. Additional breakout sessions have been added to this year’s conference to acknowledge the broad roles and interests of our audience, to include instructional coaches, lead teachers, curriculum and professional development coordinators/directors, superintendents and build-ing principals. Event Registration Fee is $99. Your conference attendance also establishes LFND membership. Registration at: http://www.lfnd.k12.nd.us/registration. Add to your professional learning toolbox. Join Learning Forward North Dakota’s efforts to build state, regional and local support for ensuring that every educator engages in effective profes-sional learning every day so every student achieves.




Access to Digital Library Preview

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) wishes to inform you of an opportunity for teachers in your district to receive temporary access to a preview of the Smarter Balanced Digital Library (DL) from now until approxi-mately October 2014. North Dakota has adopted the Smarter Balanced assess-ment as the operational North Dakota State Assessment effective with the 2014-15 school year. The DL comple-ments and supports the Smarter Balanced assessment as a resource of instructional materials, supporting the forma-tive assessment process and creating professional learn-ing communities among educators in Smarter Balanced member states. The DL will be available only to teachers from Smarter Balanced member states and requires that teachers be registered to access the DL. With your approval, DPI will obtain a list of teachers on record in PowerSchool for your district and enter their names and emails into the Digital Library registration sys-tem so that teachers can have a preview of the DL before it becomes fully operational in October 2014. To indicate your approval, please specify your district and your approval at the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DLpreview Once the teachers are entered into the DL system, they will receive an email with their user ID and temporary password. Additional information from DPI will be sent in October of 2014 when the DL becomes fully operational. At that time DPI will facilitate the process of reinstating all teachers for access to the DL. In the meantime, please indicate in the web link above if you would like your teachers to have temporary access to preview the DL. If you have any questions concerning this DL preview opportunity for your teachers, please contact Robert Bauer, North Dakota State Assessment Coordinator at (701) 328-2224 or [email protected].

North Dakota Museum of Art The North Dakota Museum of Art will begin touring its newest Rural Arts exhibition titled A Walk in the Woods. Bookings are first come, first serve. Each exhibition will be on display for two weeks, and up to one month. Please call 701.777.4195 if you are interested in hosting the exhibition in your town.


https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DLpreview

mailto:[email protected]



1. Wienbergen Hall 12. Student Center 2. Scott Gymnasium 13. Woods Hall 3. Klinefelter Hall 14. Murphy Hall 4. Stickney Hall 15. President’s Residence 5. Power Plant 16. Main Campus Apartments 6. DeLong Hall 17. Hawks Point 7. Pulver Hall 18. Agriculture Building Indoor Arena 8. May Hall 19. Outdoor Arena 9. Stoxen Library 20. Biesiot Activities Center 10. Selke Hall 21. Alumni & Foundation House 11. International Flag Plaza 22. King Pavilion

NOT SHOWN: North Campus Apartments

1678 Prairie Ave

South Campus Art Program 1141 W Villard

Strom Center for Entrepreneurship &

Innovation 1679 6th Ave W

DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY www.dickinsonstate.edu • [email protected] • 1-800-279-4295




Please forward this newsletter onto staff & school board members. If you have any questions regarding an item discussed in this issue, please contact our office at: 701.483.0999, M-F from 8AM - 4PM MST. For up-to-date event information please visit our website at www.resp-k12-education.org.

Just in Time Mathematics Statewide Professional Development

For Grade 4-8 Teachers

With the implementation of the new North Dakota State Standards for Mathematics, teachers will be teach-ing math content that was not previously taught until upper middle level or high school to grades 4-8 stu-dents. Some of the content and methodology of the Standards has changed and will be new to teachers. Briars (2014) describes the need for professional development in order for successful rollout of the stand-ards. Without this teachers are limited in their ability to even evaluate appropriate and high quality re-sources. According to Joyce and Showers (1996), in order to ensure successful implementation of knowledge to practice, instructional coaching is a key and apart of this professional development. This pro-ject seeks to:

▪ Increase mathematical content knowledge aligned to North Dakota State Standards for Mathematics with

a focus on deep understanding and the use of manipulatives

▪ Increase teacher knowledge and application of the eight mathematical practices as aligned to the North Dakota State Standards for Mathematics and of best teaching and learning practices in general

▪ Increase teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation through instructional coaching

▪ Improve student learning and understanding of mathematics

For additional information please contact:

Lynn Mitzel Jennifer Glasheen [email protected] [email protected]

Phone: (701) 371-4675 Phone: (701) 446-3172



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