Professional Development
We conduct professional development sessions for principals, adminstrators, teachers, and school counseling staff.
Description
EDSTAR Analytics, Inc. conducts 3.5 hour professional development (PD) sessions for principals and administrators, for teachers, and for school counseling staff to help them learn to make data actionable in a big-picture context. Data are shown to be an integral component of a process that includes being informed by research, knowing relevant local and state policies, and identifying high quality resources for support. Each issue is structured using the EDSTAR Analytics Radial ™ with online supporting resources.
Alignment and Context
With our Professional Development sessions we provide interactive easy-to-use tools to help educators connect the dots between data and action. We also help them document the actions with:
- NC Professional Teaching Standards
- Guidance Essential Standards
Cost
Each 3.5 hour workshop for up to 20 participants is $5,000.
Learning Management Systems
Edstar Analytics offers a comprehensive Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) creation and hosting service for schools, districts, or organizations. Moodle, known for its open-source and user-friendly platform, can be fully managed by our team or we can train your staff for self-management. Our services include the development of dynamic online courses, catering to both student learning and professional development. We provide the capability to create tests and quizzes, backed by an extensive database of math questions developed by our experienced math educator leaders. Additionally, our system supports the integration of open-source plugins for a tailored experience. The Moodle system facilitates effective communication through real-time chat and asynchronous forums, enhancing teacher collaboration and resource sharing.
Professional Development
For each issue, a Planning Radial™ is used to help participants identify the relevant component pieces. Activities familiarize participants with these components. We are able to address any of these following issues:
- Increasing graduation rates, lowering dropouts;
- Preparing more students to be college ready;
- Increasing the number of students prepared to pursue STEM educations and careers;
- Raising achievement and closing gaps;
- Using formative assessment data to move all students toward the same learning goals,
- Implementing the ASCA National Model
- Family Involvement
All of the resources are concrete and actionable.
Testimonials
“We can’t thank EDSTAR enough. They interpreted SAS data about our school and based on the data encouraged us to challenge more of our students. We’ve literally changed the culture of our school!.”