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2008-2011 ASK Group clients include Hillsborough Public Schools, Tampa, Florida; Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, Virginia; Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Bakersfield, California; JEFFCO Public Schools, Colorado, Heartland AEA, Iowa; Onondaga-Cortland-Madison (OCM) BOCES, New York; Lyon County School District, Nevada; Community Academy Public Charter School, District of Columbia; Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland; Las Cruces Public School District, New Mexico; Alvin ISD, Beeville ISD, Edgewood ISD, Pearland ISD, and San Antonio ISD, Texas; Broward County Public Schools, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Spotsylvania Public Schools, Virginia; Burbank USD, California; Mesa County School District, Grand Junction, Colorado; and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California.

More than fifty school districts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire work with ASK Group to provide professional development through collaboratives and at the district or school level. Districts engaged in this work include Nauset, Needham, New Bedford, and Northborough/Southborough in Massachusetts and White Mountains in New Hampshire. Additional in-depth work is done with the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association (MESPA), the Greater Lawrence Collaborative, and EDCO. Louise Thompson and John Elwell lead our work in New England.

ASK Group has long-term multifaceted relationships with several school districts in the Rochester, New York area. Those districts include West Irondequoit Central School District and Greece Central School District. Work in those districts includes instructional leadership training, mentoring, induction programs for new teachers, on-going professional development for experienced teachers, and building in-house capacity. Certified Local Trainers (CLTs) in West Irondequoit and Greece have taken over the responsibility for teaching the workshop series Instruction for All Students.

In Colorado, Certified Local Trainers (CLTs) lead our Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? workshop series in St. Vrain Valley School District in Longmont. Brenda Kaylor and Julie McVicker lead our work in Colorado. They work extensively with the Mesa County School District staff in Grand Junction on instructional leadership training, creating a culture for learning, mentoring, induction, and professional development for experienced teachers, and with Colorado Springs, Durango, Jeffco, Adams 50, and Falcon.

Virginia divisions working with ASK Group include Fairfax County Public Schools, Prince William County Schools, Spotsylvania Public Schools, and Winchester Public Schools. In Fairfax County Public Schools, Certified Local Trainers (CLTs) lead the six-day workshop series Leading the Learning for administrators committed to increasing their expertise as instructional leaders. The multifaceted work in Prince William County includes professional development opportunities for administrators and teachers as well as support for the revision of the supervision and evaluation process for teachers and administrators. District office administrators and school-based administrators from eighty-five schools have participated in the six-day Leading the Learning workshop series and completed walk-throughs with the workshop leader. Each year four days of professional development based on Why Didn’t I Learn This is College? is provided for approximately 500 novice teachers; this training is led by 30 Certified Local Trainers (CLTs) who participated in nine days of CLT training. Paula Rutherford, Bruce Oliver, and Sarah Hartman are working with these Virginia school divisions.

ASK Group members are working with school districts and organizations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and Wisconsin. See list of 2008-2011 clients.

Contact Just ASK to discuss your professional development needs. ASK Group members are available to work with you onsite to design and deliver professional development that represents best practice in professional development.

Areas of focus include:

  • new teacher induction
  • mentor training
  • meeting the needs of diverse learners
  • inclusive education
  • differentiation of instruction
  • instruction and assessment in a standards-based environment
  • educational leadership
  • supervision and evaluation
  • using data to inform practice
  • creating a culture for learning and building professional learning communities
  • elementary parallel block scheduling
  • results-based professional development training and facilitation skills
  • customized consulting and facilitation
  • keynotes and pre-conference presentation

 

As mentioned above, we offer multi-day workshop series on site in many districts. These series are structured to provide time for participants to apply and reflect on strategies introduced in the workshops. Read more about our most popular multi-day workshop series.

We encourage the training of Certified Local Trainers (CLTs) so that districts can build in-house capacity to deliver quality professional development.

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