Interviews with educators, policy makers, and technology-education experts about performance-based incentive programs for teachers. http://www.piccs.org/podcasts.html 2007 Center for Educational Innovation - Public Education Association http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:00:24 -0400 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:54:39 -0400 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1) unlicensed version; http://www.FeedForAll.com/ PICCS Podcasts: Performance-based compensation and data-driven instruction to improve teaching and learning Listen to the PICCS Podcasts to learn more about the PICCS project and related topics such as performance-based compensation, charter schools, teacher retention, technology and education, value-added assessments, and more. Interviews with educators, policy makers and experts in using technology and data to improve teaching and learning. PICCS, merit pay, teachers, charter schools, Parntership for Innovation in Charter School Compensation, CEI-PEA, Center for Educational Innovation Philip Heimes philipheimes@mac.com Philip Heimes no In this 24-minute podcast, Donnie Coggins, Vice President of Strategic Sales for TetraData Corporation discusses the PICCS Data Management System, which is being designed to support principals and teachers in using student achievement data effectively to establish appropriate achievement targets, improve and individualize instruction and meet performance objectives. http://www.piccs.org/podcasts.html B5B6D94C-3A4D-11DC-B41C-0011243B043A-631-000001BBBD5F11F7-FFA Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:23:54 -0400 Donnie Coggins of TetraData on using data to drive instruction In this 24-minute podcast, Donnie Coggins, Vice President of Strategic Sales for TetraData Corporation discusses the PICCS Data Management System, which is being designed to support principals and teachers in using student achievement data effectively to establish appropriate achievement targets, improve and individualize instruction and meet performance objectives. 23:59 Donnie Coggins, TetraData, data-driven instruction, PICCS, Partnership for Innovation in Compensation for Charter Schools, CEI-PEA Philip Heimes no n this 47-minute podcast, Joe McDonald, Professor of Teaching and Learning at New York University, discusses protocols that educators can use to conduct meetings, conversations, and other learning experiences. http://www.piccs.org/podcasts.html DF3C81AF-3A4E-11DC-B41C-0011243B043A-631-000001BF9D05D614-FFA Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:32:14 -0400 Joe McDonald of NYU on the Power of Protocols n this 47-minute podcast, Joe McDonald, Professor of Teaching and Learning at New York University, discusses protocols that educators can use to conduct meetings, conversations, and other learning experiences. 46:54 Joe McDonald, NYU, Power of Protocols, PICCS, Partnership for Innovation in Charter School Compensation, CEI-PEA Philip Heimes no This 20-minute podcast summarizes the mission, goals, and implementation plan for PICCS: Partnership for Innovation in Compensation for Charter Schools. PICCS is a five-year program funded through the United States Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund, which supports development of performance-based compensation systems to drive increases in student performance. http://www.piccs.org/podcasts.html 5EF22128-3A4F-11DC-B41C-0011243B043A-631-000001C146AED0F2-FFA Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:35:48 -0400 PICCS Program Overview This 20-minute podcast summarizes the mission, goals, and implementation plan for PICCS: Partnership for Innovation in Compensation for Charter Schools. PICCS is a five-year program funded through the United States Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund, which supports development of performance-based compensation systems to drive increases in student performance. 18:28 PICCS, Partnership for Innovation in Charter School Compensation, CEI-PEA, Center for Educational Innovation, Teacher Incentive Fund, TIF Philip Heimes no