National Urban Alliance

The Initiative
National Urban Alliance - Indianapolis Public Schools

Opportunities for Building Community Support

  • Town Hall Meeting
  • Cable TV Broadcast
  • School Board Presentations
  • Summit Session with the Metropolitan Area College and University Faculty Members
  • IPS Curriculum Directors and District Staff Session
  • 1998 Summer Intensives - 12 Awareness Workshops
  • 1999 Summer Intensives - 25 Workshops for Year I (Awareness) and Year II participants
  • 2000 Summer Intensives

Assessment and Evaluation

  • NUA Audit
  • IPS Evaluation
  • Teacher Surveys
  • NUA Evaluation
  • IPS Research and Evaluation Office Observation
  • Structural/Program Support

IPS/NUA Bimonthly Program Support

  • Consultant Planning Sessions
  • Individual Consultant Planning for Each Participating School
  • Replacement Teacher Staff Development Session
  • Title I Assistants Staff Development Sessions
  • Regional Directors Sharing Sessions

Interschool Literacy Foundations

  • IPS/NUA Reading Plan
  • IPS/NUA Practicum Syllabus
  • Boundary Sessions (K-12)
  • Distribute Teacher Reading Material and Reading Circles
  • Principal's Institutes (all school administrators)
  • Videotaping

Intraschool Site-Specific Support for all IPS Schools

  • Identification of Administrator and Team Objectives and Interests - Intake Visits
  • Site Visits (4-10/school): workshops, demonstration lessons, faculty meetings, individual conferences with teachers
  • Making Teacher Materials
  • School Retreats
  • Email
  • Individual Conferences with Principals

Capacity Building and Professional Development Ladder

  • 3 Summer Leadership Academies for Lead Teachers

Learning Extensions and Presentations

  • Teaching for Intelligence Conference
IPS Project Page

Leadership Academy

Boundary Sessions

Site Visits

Principal Seminars

Databases

Schedules