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Collaborating Organizations - National

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
  Founded in 1943, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents 175,000 educators from more than 135 countries and 58 affiliates. ASCD, a community of educators, advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner.

• National Staff Development Council (NSDC)
  The purpose of the National Staff Development Council (NSDC) is to ensure that every educator engages in effective professional learning every day so every student achieves. The NSDC home page contains such things as the NSCD standards, a staff development library and listings for NSDC projects, academies and conferences.

• Learning First Alliance
  The Learning First Alliance is a permanent partnership of 18 leading education associations with more than 10 million members dedicated to improving student learning in America's public schools. We share examples of success, encourage collaboration at every level, and work toward the continual and long-term improvement of public education based on solid research.

• National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA)
  NSPRA's mission is to advance education through responsible communication. NSPRA accomplishes that mission through a variety of diverse services that they provide to members and to other school leaders who contract with or buy from us. With over 65 years of experience, NSPRA has a reputation in the field for practical approaches to solving school district and agency communication problems.

 

Collaborating Organizations - State>

• Kansas Staff Development Council (KSDC)
  The Kansas Staff Development Council (KSDC) is an affiliate organization of the National Staff Development Council. KSDC was formed to provide current information relating to the needs and concerns of staff development personnel. Additionally, KSDC promotes effective staff development practices, cooperates with other organizations to promote staff development activities, provides assistance with the design and implementations of staff development programs, and expands training opportunities for staff development leaders.

• Kansas Learning First Alliance (KLFA)
  Kansas Learning First Alliance (KLFA) is a partnership of 24 leading educational associations united with the common purpose of making Kansas first in the nation in teaching and learning. The KLFA focuses on three key areas: student achievement, professional development, and public engagement.

• Kansas School Public Relations Association
  Kansas not-for-profit organization for public relations in education

 

Goods & Services Reference - State

• Kansas Association of School Boards:  Calendar of Events
  The Kansas Association of School Boards is a not-for-profit organization which serves as the common voice for Kansas boards of education. KASB members are governing boards for unified school districts, community colleges, area vocational-technical schools and cooperatives, interlocals and regional service centers.

• Kansas Educational Publisher’s Association
  The Kansas Education Publishers Association is a professional organization dedicated to providing quality educational materials and to the promotion of professional standards. Find Textbook Representatives

• United School Administrators of Kansas (USA-KS):  Contact Directory
  United School Administrators of Kansas (USA) is a statewide "umbrella" organization that assists education professionals by providing top quality administrator professional development, performing assessments on school effectiveness, communicating notices of administrative vacancies and administrative changes across the state, offering training, and helping to resolve legal contract disputes.

 

Research

• Educational Testing Service (ETS):  ETS Policy and Research Reports
  At nonprofit ETS, our mission is to advance quality and equity in education for all people worldwide. We help teachers teach, students learn, and parents measure the educational and intellectual progress of their children.

• United States Department of Education
  The US Department of Education was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. the mission of the US Department of Education is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

• What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
  The What Works Clearinghouse was established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education. The WWC aims to promote informed education decision making through a set of easily accessible databases and user-friendly reports that provide education consumers with high-quality reviews of the effectiveness of replicable educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies) that intend to improve student outcomes.

• Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR)
  The Florida Center for Reading Research was established by Governor Jeb Bush in January, 2002. It is jointly administered at Florida State University by the Learning Systems Institute and the College of Arts and Sciences. Its mission is to conduct basic research on reading, reading growth, reading assessment, and reading instruction that will contribute to the scientific knowledge of reading and benefit students in Florida and throughout the nation.

• Mid-Continent Regional Education Laboratory (mcREL)
  At Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), we draw upon the best of more than 30 years of education research to create practical, user-friendly products that help educators create classrooms that provide all students with opportunities for success. Today, our 100-plus staff members provide a comprehensive package of top-quality school improvement products and services to educators from across the nation, and around the world. We invite you to explore the pages of this Web site, which offer hundreds of free, downloadable resources and tools.

• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory (NWREL)
  At NWREL, we work to make a difference in students' lives and those who support their learning. As a private nonprofit, we measure our progress in the success of teachers and learners who put our research and training to work. We take our priorities from the educational needs of the region, and of the nation. NWREL conducts programs and projects within four Centers of Excellence. Services include classroom teaching and learning; improving schools and districts; school, family, and community; and research, evaluation, and assessment.

 

Influence and Policy

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD):  Action Center
  Resources from the national organization to assist educators in being involved in education reform and policy.

• United School Administrators of Kansas (USA-KS):  Political Action Committee (PAC)
  USA, in cooperation with other organizations that are committed to improving Kansas public education, has a political action committee. The purpose of the PAC is to endorse and support candidates who realize the importance of public education and will support efforts to improve it. The name of the educational political action committee is Educating All Children in Kansas Political Action Committee (the E-PAC). The Committee is politically nonpartisan.

 

Other Resources

• Promising Practices Network (PPN)
  The Promising Practices Network (PPN) is a group of individuals and organizations who are dedicated to providing quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, families, and communities.

• Career Clusters
  To prepare today's students for tomorrow, schools are working to help students achieve in challenging subjects. One key approach to this goal is to provide students with relevant contexts for learning. Career Clusters link what students learn in school with the knowledge and skills they need for success in college and careers. Career clusters identify pathways from secondary school to two- and four-year colleges, graduate school, and the workplace, so students can learn in school and what they can do in the future. This connection to future goals motivates students to work harder and enroll in more rigorous courses.

• Kansas Educational Employment Board (KEEB)
  Your Plan B! The KEEB is a free service of the Kansas State Board of Education. Search for a job by category or by signing up for our mailing list. Post a job that will be sent out to thousands of current and future job seekers. Apply to several districts by filling out just one application.

• Annenberg Institute for School Reform
  The Annenberg Institute works in collaboration with education reform organizations, school districts, school-improvement networks, and education funds to develop the capacity of urban communities to build and sustain programs and policies that improve teaching and learning.

• Center for Excellence in Leadership of Learning
  Created in 2001, the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) at the University of Indianapolis serves as a leading convener, catalyst and collaborator for dynamic, innovative education change to dramatically impact student achievement throughout Indiana. CELL's efforts are rooted in the principle that all students, regardless of background, should graduate from high school prepared for post secondary education, training and success in the 21st-century global economy.

• Education Development Center (EDC)
  EDC is an international, non-profit organization with more than 335 projects dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world.

• Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL)
  The Institute for Educational Leadership's (IEL) mission is to improve education -- and the lives of children and their families -- through positive and visionary change. Every day, we face that challenge by bringing together diverse constituencies and empowering leaders with knowledge and applicable ideas. This is why foundations, corporations and generous individuals support our work, and why our teams often include the most innovative federal, state and local government agencies and many of the nation's leading nonprofit organizations.

• Learning Point Associates
  Learning Point Associates provides professional services that help schools and their partners more successfully align goals and practice. We offer content expertise, tools, and complementary services to help educators plan strategically and systemically. Our experience in co developing goals and defining outcomes with teachers, administrators, schools, and larger education systems enables us to support the process of continuous improvement.

• School Redesign Network
  The School Redesign Network was established in 2000 at Stanford University to build, capture and share research-based knowledge to transform secondary schools and school systems. Our mission is to help support and sustain equitable districts and schools that are intellectually rigorous, high performing, and designed to help ALL students master the knowledge and skills needed for success in college, career and citizenship.

• Southern Regional Education Board
  Founded in 1948, the Southern Regional Education Board is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works with leaders and policy-makers in 16 member states to improve pre-K through post secondary education. Through many nationally recognized programs and services, SREB’s mission is helping states achieve the 12 Challenge to Lead Goals for Education.