# Presentation: 770351

## U.S. Department of EducationDoing What Works Website Highlighting Effective Practices
IES Research Conference
June 12, 2008

Jennifer Ballen Riccards

- IES Research Conference
- June 12, 2008
- Jennifer Ballen Riccards

**Notes:**
Let’s ask for a show hands to see who is in the audience:  ESL/bilingual teachers?  District staff?  State staff?  TA providers?  Other?

We can also do a verbal overview of the parts of the session:  Introduction; Demonstration; Small Group Activity and Whole Group Discussion

## http://dww.ed.gov

## DWW Goal

- 	Translate research-based practices into practical toolsthat support & improve classroom instruction.

## Overview

- Major initiative from the U.S. Dept of Education
- Directly addresses the needs of practitioners
- Web-based resources on a wide range of topics
**Turning Around Low-Performing Schools**
- Teaching Reading to K-5 English Learners
- Preschool Language & Literacy
- Encouraging Girls in Math & Science
- Cognition, National Math Panel & more

**Notes:**
Special interest of Secy Spellings

Adding content regular

## Putting It Together

**Institute of Ed. Sciences **(IES)** **research base
- Practice Guides, What Works Clearinghouse, national panels
**Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development **(OPEPD) manages the project
**Other ED offices** support & disseminate
**WestEd, RMC, AIR** produce original content & tools to show practices in action
**Little Planet Learning** is the web developer
**Focus groups & experts** provide feedback

**Notes:**
Coordinated effort with other offices, including:- OELA
- OESE

## Website Tour

**Four** separate practices on School Turnaround
- Practice guide & research base
- 30 + multimedia pieces on each topic
- expert interviews
- instructional presentations
- interviews & sample materials from schools
- Tools & templates to implement practices

## Slide 7

**Notes:**
Tour homepage –

Highlight ability to jump into new, featured content

Note importance of Inside Classrooms – practitioner focus, will rotate

## Slide 8

## Slide 9

**Notes:**
Launch Presentation...

Go 2-3 minutes of presentation, make sure you get past the animation into the core ideas.

Highlight ability to navigate to different sections, etc.

These can be used

## Slide 10

## Slide 11

**Notes:**
Launch slideshow & go through whole presentation.

## Slide 12

**Notes:**
Examples organized into clusters...

Highlight variety of media... that you can take with you – everything is downloadable.

Launch Audio sample with teacher voice 

Sample materials from schools available for download... making it as real and practical as possible

## Slide 13

**Notes:**
Refer to handout of Vocabulary Strategy Worksheet

Earlier we saw a tool that applies across practices, and here’s another tool specific to THIS practice...

Practice specific tools are ideal for study groups and teacher discussions – applying the concepts learned in the Learn What section.

And there’s always a “self-assessment” tool for schools to gauge where they are at....

## Slide 14

**Notes:**
We’ve organized our tools by roles...

And provided planning templates to be used at the school, district, and state levels.

## Let’s Go!

- _[http://](http://dww.ed.gov/)__[dww](http://dww.ed.gov/)__[.ed.](http://dww.ed.gov/)__[gov](http://dww.ed.gov/)_

**Notes:**
5 min or less on live site, focusing mostly on navigation...

User friendly and intuitive to use...

## Feedback & Questions

Jennifer Ballen Riccards
DWW Project Director
doingwhatworks@ed.gov

- Jennifer Ballen Riccards
- DWW Project Director
- doingwhatworks@ed.gov