Districts Are Invited to Register Soon for Instructional Practices Inventory Trainings

The Instructional Practices Inventory (IPI) is a teacher-led process for collecting data about student cognitive engagement during class time, for organizing the data into user-friendly profiles, and for faculty collaborative study of the data so classroom teachers can more effectively design and implement quality learning experiences for their students.
Instructional Practices Inventory Level I and Level II workshops are scheduled this month at Heartland AEA in Johnston and Sawyer Elementary in Ames.

Instructional Practices Inventory Level I Workshop
Date: Oct. 25, 2016
Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration Link
Location: Heartland AEA, Regional Education Center, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, IA

The Level I workshop provides:

• An overview of the IPI categories and the protocols for data collection
• Detailed practice in the recognition of the IPI categories
• Skill development to develop basic understanding of the protocols for data collection
• Classroom observation
• Strategies to engage faculty in collaborative study of the data
• Classroom scenario coding
• Endorsement certification as an IPI data collector

Instructional Practices Inventory Level II Workshop
Date: Oct. 26, 2016
Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Registration Link
Location: Sawyer Elementary, 4316 Ontario St, Ames, IA

The Level II workshop provides IPI teams (administrators, teacher leaders and others who have completed Level I) with a deeper understanding of the IPI Process and the existing evidence about the most appropriate practices when implementing the IPI Process including:

• Developing insight about strategies for effectively collecting IPI data
• Increasing IPI team’s knowledge and strategies for leading the faculty study of the data
• Providing the opportunity for the teams to critique their schools’ IPI processes, successes and challenges
• Building a richer perspective of why the IPI is valuable for a school