Date: September 24, 2024
Time: 9:00am-3:00pm
Location: WRESA
200 Ridgefield Ct, Suite 206
Asheville, NC 28806
Fee: $45 WRESA Members
$70 Non-Members
**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However, you
are welcome to send a colleague in your place. Contact LaDonna Sluder at
lsluder@wresa.org or 828-774-5681 (ext 102) if you need to change the
name of the person attending.
Audience: K-12 School administrators, School Improvement Team Members, Curriculum
Coaches, Lead Teachers, Department Leaders, etc. (School Teams are encouraged to attend)
CEUs: 5 Contact Hours
What to Bring: A charged device
Description:
In this course, Mrs. Nichols, principal, and Lesa Coates, Instructional Coach, will share their
school’s systems for leading PLCs through a goal setting process based on student data.
During the first part of the day, participants will learn about data analysis protocols as well as
how goal-setting and goal-tracking can affect student outcomes. We will address how these
different systems should support PLC student learning goals: formative assessments, data
collection systems, strong professional learning communities, and systems of accountability.
School leaders will understand how common goals and sustained effort to reach them can lead
to higher levels of collective efficacy. During the second part of the day, participants will use
time to work together to build a timeline and system of implementation for their school by
creating a presentation and planning for teacher PLC support during mid-year data dives.
Presenters:
Mary Nichols is the principal of Weaverville Elementary School. She has a M.Ed in Education
Educational Leadership from Colorado State University, as well as a M.A. in Gifted Education
from the University of Northern Colorado. In her twenty years in education, she has served as
an art teacher, AIG teacher, gifted and talented district coordinator, assistant principal, and
principal. Mrs. Nichols believes in strong systems and protocols for reviewing data and evidence
of learning so that we can ensure students are learning and growing.
Lesa Coates is the instructional coach of Weaverville Primary and Elementary schools in
Buncombe County. She has a M. Ed in Education from Mars Hill University and Montreat
College.Ms. Coates has more than thirty years in education with sixteen of those in the
classroom ranging from 2nd grade to 4th grade. Ms. Coates strives to support teachers in all
aspects of instruction focused on student learning.
If you have additional questions, contact Candie Sellers csellers@wresa.org