The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is committed to providing district leaders support as they implement Student Learning Objectives (SLOs). Beginning in mid-December 2011 and running through the end of March 2012, NYSED will host a series of introductory webinars. Each webinar will introduce components of the SLO process that will help district leaders to communicate and begin the implementation process with stakeholders.

The first webinar provides viewers with the following information:

- the background and basics of SLOs;
- the relationship between SLOs, the Common Core State Standards, Data Driven Instruction, evidence-based observations, and local measures of student achievement; and
- the difference between the state/district/school/teacher’s role within the SLO process.

Watch the first webinar.

The second webinar provides viewers with the following information:

1. The role Common Core plays in SLOs.

2. Key messages for SLOs.

3. The timeline for 5 key district-level SLO decisions.

4. Tools for district leaders to make the first 3 of their 5 key SLO decisions:

- Assess and identify district-specific academic priorities and needs.
- Identify who will have State-provided growth measures and who must have SLOs as “comparable growth measures.”
- Determine district rules for how specific SLOs will get set.

Watch the second webinar.