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Welcome to the Ka Pi'ina ASCD 2012 Conference wiki

Read our takeaways below and use the links here to go to the specific topic pages. The topic pages contain more takeaways as well as resources that are yours for the taking.

 * 21st Century Skills
 * Differentiation
 * Evaluation and Feedback
 * New Teacher Induction
 * Observation
 * PLC
 * Teacher Leadership

Our takeaways: "3 Things I Learned at the ASCD Conference"

 * Nalani || # The PMEP **can** be managed **efficiently** and **successfully**.
 * 1) Administrative and Peer walk-throughs are effective.
 * 2) PLC's should be informing our curriculum alignment, instructional practices, and authentic assessments in order to enhance student learning at **all** achievement levels. ||
 * Kaulu || # Our ability to excel correlates to the quality of mentoring/coaching we receive - not the quality of our evaluation
 * 1) Electronic documentation of performance/progress and meaningful data collection for the purpose of decision making can be easy and cost efficient
 * 2) There is tremendous power and potential in shifting from 'the Lone Ranger' to a 'CSI/House/Pit Crew' perspective ||
 * Cathy || # We are not alone in looking closely at the manageability and importance of teacher evaluation.
 * 1) The buzzword in Philly: teacher walkthroughs
 * 2) There is a huge need for well-trained mentors and coaches, and it's not for evaluation purposes. ||