What's a Logic Model?
Patricia Chesbro
AEIN has adopted a logic model process to help plan and evaluate our improvement efforts. Though the term may sound jargon-ish, logic models are very much like school improvement plans. We have chosen this process because logic models have some specific characteristics that school improvement plans may not include.
Logic models (or logic maps, as some call them) are used in program evaluation. They clearly pose inquiry questions and identify intended results and show how program activities lead to the outcomes. Please see Logic Model on page 3.
Distance is Not a Barrier...
Lee Henrikson
Just over 60% of College of Education courses are taught online, up from 50% last spring. Although most of our students are in Anchorage Alaska, we provide teacher, principal, and superintendent preparation in rural Alaska. Students in Ketchikan, Delta Junction, Kenai, Kodiak, and the Mat Su take our classes. COE programs serve students in the lower 48, Canada, Japan, Denmark, Israel, and more. Military personnel stationed in the Middle East take our courses. Workers who work one to two weeks at time in the oil fields on the North Slope take our courses. Anyone with a reliable Internet connection, a computer less than 4 years old, and a headset with a microphone can take a COE course from anywhere in the world! Please see Distance is Not a Barrier on page 2.
AEIN Mini-Networks: What are they all about?
Nancy Boxler
An important AEIN goal is to build stronger teaching and learning communities within and across schools and districts that lead to improved instructional practices and raise student achievement.
AEIN has a structure for this to become a reality and they are called mini-networks. Individuals across the network are currently gathering on-line to hold conversations around content areas. Please see AEIN Mini-Networks: What are they all about? on page 2.
