March+22,+2011+meeting

= Quality Classroom Consortium: Puzzled About How to Best Use Data to Improve Student Learning? =
 * //It's all about information, sharing and networking with colleagues - this is YOUR professional development//**

**2011 QCC Spring Meeting**
Westmoreland Intermediate Unit [ Driving Directions ]
 * Tues., March 22, 2011**
 * 8:30 AM - 1 PM**

Penn Hills Mt. Pleasant

[8:30 - 9:00] Registration [9:00 - 9:15] Welcome attendees [9:15 - 10:00] Keynote presentation, Penn Hills SD [10:00- 10:15] Meeting Break [10:15 - 11:00] Keynote presentation, Mt. Pleasant Area SD [11:00 - 11:30] Announcements and future plans for the QCC [11:30 - 12:30] Breakout sessions
 * Full Meeting Agenda:**
 * [11:30] (complimentary) Lunch Served**

Keynote Presentations will include //**Penn Hills School District**// and //**Mt. Pleasant Area School District**//. The focus of the Penn Hills presentation will be how they engaged students in academic and physical challenges by utilizing results from 4Sight benchmark tests that resulted in gains in their PSSA test scores. Mt. Pleasant will be highlighting how changing curriculum dynamics has resulted in success for their school district.


 * This meeting's 'Lunch & Learn' breakout sessions:**

1. **Assessment Builder**  //[Dr. Todd Keruskin, Asst. Superintendent] // Elizabeth-Forward School District 2. **Curriculum** //[Mike Picarsic, Director, Elem. & Secondary Education] // Mt. Pleasant School District 3. **PSSA Olympics**  //[Shaun Cooke, Principal, Grades 7-8] // Penn Hills School District 4. **Emerging Technologies**  //[Norton Gusky] // Fox Chapel Area School District <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">**PVAAS Goes Public** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 150%;">//<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">[Jim Turner and Jennifer Ross] //