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Upcoming Events

 

March 23rd one day seminar in Houston, Texas with Performance Management in K-12.  Seating is limited, reserve your place today!  See below for more details.

April 14th FREE Webinar on Using Data to Improve Student Achievement  from 1:00-2:00 Central Time.  See below for more details. 

 

 

 

 

TxPEP

Designed to specifically produce improvements in student achievement, graduation rates and teacher retention through the expansion of principal leadership and management skills.  The program is provided through a partnership between the APQC and the University of Houston at Victoria School of Business Administration.

APQC Performance Management Seminar

Thursday, 21 January 2010 00:00 administrator
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How well is your department or school system performing? Is there room for improvement? 

Join us at APQC Education in Houston on Tuesday, March 23rd from 8:00 - 4:00 for Performance Management in K-12 to learn what Performance Management (PM) is with Carolyn Talasek and how it can help in K-12. 

Tracy Dennis, General Manager-Strategic Planning & Accountability at Houston ISD, Christina Masick of ASPIRE Central Services from HISD, Andy Pechacek, Region 4 Educational Service Center Director, and Mardi Krenek of Krenek Consulting with be joining Carolyn Talasek.  Our guests speakers will be sharing their experiences using PM and provide insights about implementation tools and techniques that will be valuable for districts.  We will have a full day of training including breakfast and lunch for a very low price. 

Learn how PM helps to:

  • Identify and document best practices
  • Utilize well-defined dashboards and scorecards
  • Create linkages of process activities to strategic goals and objectives  
  • Plus much more

For more information click here or contact Melanie at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 713-685-4647.  To register for this one day event including breakfast and lunch click here to download the form.

Use Title I funding for school improvement.  Seating is very limited, register early.  If you are one of our Learning Collaborative customers you can use your discounts for this seminar.

Last Updated ( Monday, 08 March 2010 20:00 )
 

Mark Your Calendars - Webinar Series

Tuesday, 05 January 2010 00:00 administrator
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April 14th  from 1:00-2:00 Central Time join APQC and TERC on our free Webinar on Using Data to Improve Student Achievement.  Diana Nunnaley at TERC, Director - Using Data, will discuss data-driven decision making in the classroom.  Carolyn Talasek with APQC will explain Process and Performance Management and why it will support your district from saving money and labor hours to helping support student achievement.   To register for this free Webinar, click here.  For more information please email Melanie at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 713-685-4647.   

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 16:23 )
 

APQC and Education Week

Sunday, 27 September 2009 18:37 administrator
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Recent issues of Education Week  feature APQC's exploration of a new approach to education reform that is generating remarkable results in districts around the nation. Click here to view white papers by Dr. Jack Grayson addressing the urgent need for change in K-12 education. The most recent paper, What Lies Beneath: Waste  includes quick start tips that can help you begin saving time, money and resources in your district.

 

 

Last Updated ( Monday, 08 February 2010 15:33 )
 

Data, Data Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Use

Monday, 17 August 2009 00:00 administrator
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Do we need more data for schools?   Diane Kline, Executive Director at APQC Education, delves into this issue. Click here to read more. 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 January 2010 19:38 )
 

Data-Driven Districts:Building the Culture and Capacity to Improve Student Achievement

Friday, 15 May 2009 16:57 administrator
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Recently the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) collaborated with APQC, a nonprofit member-based organization working to help educators improve district processes, to conduct a benchmarking study called Best Practices in Data-Driven Decision Making.  The 69 participating districts, collaborated for six months to identify and understand what distinguishes characteristics of districts that are excelling at using data for making key operational and instructional decisions.  In this brief find out more about key findings from the study, best practices, additional reports and resources on data-driven decision making.  

D3M DQC Update - click here to view the entire article - April 2009

 

Last Updated ( Monday, 19 October 2009 17:36 )
 

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