Dana McCaleb

1. Professional Knowledge

Professional Knowledge & Commitment to Learning

  • June 2, 2016 at 10:25 AM
  • Last updated almost 8 years ago
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  Planned and Presented at Conferences:
  • A Professional Learning Day: Specially Designed Instruction for the Inclusive Classroom Using a Case Study Approach January 2016
  • Specially Designed Instruction Professional Learning Day, October 2015, presented Secondary Literacy breakout session and hosted a booth on SIM 
  • SOP Statewide Conference, August 2015, presented Effective Co-Teaching Practices breakout session: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/sopc/
  • Using Data to Search for Instructional Opportunities: 
    • Part I, April 2015: 
    • Part II, September 2015: 
  • Effective Co-Teaching:  A Professional Learning Day Emphasizing Success for Students with Disabilities September 2014
  • Conversations About School Improvement:  Creating a Schedule to Support Inclusive Practices at the Elementary Level June 2014
  • Conversations About School Improvement:  Scheduling at the Secondary Level to Support Co-Teaching March and April 2014
  • A Professional Learning Day:  Conversations About School Improvement with a Focus on Students with Disabilities, October 2013, presented Co-Teaching:  Resources for Co-Planning, Co-Instructing, and Co-Assessing breakout session
  • VDOE Content Literacy Continuum Scaling Up Seminar December 2010
  • 47th Annual International Learning Disability Association of America Conference, February 2010, breakout session on First Letter Mnemonic
  • State Special Education Advisory Committee, April 2008
  • Office of Special Education Programs Project Director’s Conference, July 2007, breakout session
Wrote Newsletters on Evidence-Based Practices:
  • What is the difference between descriptive and evaluative feedback, and do both types of feedback impact student learning equally?
  • What is a rubric and what is its purpose?
  • How can educators promote student engagement through active learning?
  • How can teachers be the catalyst to engage students in learning?
  • How can teachers effectively teach writing using evidence-based practices?
  • How powerful is the connection between writing and reading?