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Lessons from the Field: Implementing data use learning communities
(January 19, 2010)
Building off of the 2009 Regional Training, The Local Connection: Building a Data Use Learning Community, the NRS support project hosted a webinar for state and local adult education staff that showcased data use learning communities that are currently being implemented. Presenters included Greta Colombi with the NRS support project; Ajit Gopalakrishnan and Maria Groody from Connecticut; and Beverly Wilson and Jessica Dilworth from Arizona.
2008 NRS Regional Training (June 24, 2008)
Information regarding what to expect and how to prepare for the upcoming regional summer trainings.
Please note:
There is no recording to view or download for this webinar.
The final draft of the Guide to Building and Sustaining NRS Data Quality will be released late summer 2008.
Reporting Employment Measures to the NRS (July 25, 2007)
The time covered for reporting employment measures for the NRS will change with the next annual report (due by December 31) to cover multiple years. During this webinar, Larry Condelli and Mike Dean explained the reasons for this change and the new reporting periods and answered questions about the changes.
Data Detective (February 8, 2007)
State staff from adult education and labor departments in Maryland, South Dakota, and Tennessee shared their strategies for using data to monitor compliance with NRS and state requirements, evaluate data quality, and assist in program improvement efforts. This was the second Data Detective webinar, which is similar to the earlier webinar held on October 3, 2006. Click here to read more about what these three states are doing and view examples of professional development training guides and materials.
New Carousel Exercise Added to Data Detective Training Resources (January 10, 2007)
This webinar introduced a new exercise: the teacher-level data carousel. This exercise is modeled on the data carousel exercise presented at the live Data Detective training events held in the summer of 200; however, the new exercise uses data from the classroom level instead of program level. The webinar presented the new exercise and suggested guidelines for training use.
Please note: Due to technical difficulties, this webinar was conducted as a conference call. Therefore, we do not have a recording to view or download.
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