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November 2022
APSRC Finance Academy – Payroll Basics
APSRC is launching its Finance Academy. All classes will be stand-alone so you can choose whichever class is relevant to you. These sessions are designed to provide training opportunities for new staff, cross-training staff, or just to give you a chance to see if there is a better way than what you are doing. On November 29, we will host Payroll Basics. This course will cover running a payroll, including all those "special" payroll circumstances that come up such as…
Find out more »School Board Training for Charters – Central Arkansas
State law requires that all new school board members must obtain a minimum of 9 hours of professional development by December 31st of the year after they begin their term. All other board members must obtain 6 hours of professional development each calendar year. APSRC ensures that its members remain in compliance with the statute by offering free school board training on- and off-site. Each year, APSRC staff travel throughout the state to help school board members complete the necessary…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 3: Morphology & Etymology
Participants will examine how etymology can improve decoding and encoding, and analyze how morphology instruction supports decoding and encoding. The session will be held at the APSRC office, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or…
Find out more »December 2022
R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 4: Vocabulary
Participants will discover the role of vocabulary in comprehension and word-level reading. The session will be held at Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is…
Find out more »Charter Leadership Institute-Day 3
Arkansas Public Schools Resource Center (APSRC) offers the Charter Leadership Institute to Beginning Administrators and Veteran Administrators in Charter Schools. We are excited to announce that each of the five (5) sessions will include a conversation on coaching skills for building leaders with Dr. Lloyd Sain, as well as presenters from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on current state initiatives, presenters from APSRC on current issues, and so much more. We do encourage both Beginning and Veteran Administrators to attend…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 5
Participants will examine factors that affect reading comprehension. Effective methods for teaching comprehension will be reviewed. Comprehension is a product of decoding and language comprehension. Participants will understand that weaknesses in comprehension cannot be addressed until the weaknesses in the subskills of reading are identified and remediated. The session will be held at Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. 3-6 Day 6
Participants will examine how to use data to inform instruction. The session will be held at Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available. Presenter:…
Find out more »January 2023
CFAM Training
The Arkansas Public School Resource Center (APSRC) in partnership with the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) will provide CFAM (Comprehensive Financial Analysis Model) training for superintendents, business managers, and other appropriate staff. The training is designed to develop the skills necessary to use the CFAM finance software to analyze and support local school district/charter school finance needs and support the management principles established by DESE to guide public school district and charter school fiscal health. (See Commissioner's Memo COM-23-028.). APSRC…
Find out more »2023 DESE Introduction to Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning with the Arkansas K-12 Science Standards
Learn how to interpret the Arkansas K-12 science standards to ensure the implementation of high-quality scientific content and instructional practices to implement phenomenon-based, three-dimensional teaching and learning. This session is an introductory Grasping Phenomenal Science (GPS) session designed for science instructional leaders, math leaders who support science teachers, and K-12 teachers who want to become familiar with science instruction aligned with the Arkansas K-12 Science Standards. Participants engage in scientific discourse, experience student tasks, and create instructional plans specific to…
Find out more »Charter Leadership Institute-Day 4
Arkansas Public Schools Resource Center (APSRC) offers the Charter Leadership Institute to Beginning Administrators and Veteran Administrators in Charter Schools. We are excited to announce that each of the five (5) sessions will include a conversation on coaching skills for building leaders with Dr. Lloyd Sain, as well as presenters from the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on current state initiatives, presenters from APSRC on current issues, and so much more. We do encourage both Beginning and Veteran Administrators to attend…
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