Mike Siebersma

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About

Mike Siebersma leads partnership development and maintenance (Task 3) for REL Northwest. Previously, Siebersma was director of the Northwest Comprehensive Center, working with state education agencies to provide technical assistance.

He also led projects for REL Central, including training in Nebraska using What Works Clearinghouse evidence-based strategies for reading instruction and technical support to identify implications of research on teacher retention and mobility.

Siebersma earned an MEd in leadership in schools at the University of Sioux Falls.

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About REL Northwest

Regional Educational Lab (REL) Northwest partners with key stakeholders in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to develop evidence that can inform consequential decisions about policy, programs, and practice. Key stakeholders include organizations with decision-making authority and the ability to influence education policy and practice, such as state and local education agencies, school boards, institutes of higher education, and student, family, and community organizations.
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Leadership for Evidence and Data Use (LEAD) Fellowship

Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MT Location: Virtual Description: This training is the sixth in a series of seven trainings in which representatives from the seven state education agencies in the REL Central region work with their executive leaders to define high-leverage needs, explore data and evidence related to the needs, and identify possible solutions and strategies to address the needs. In the first training, cadre members reviewed the goals of the event series, practiced using some of the...
Aug 05, 2021
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Leadership for Evidence and Data Use (LEAD) Fellowship

Time: 12:00-2:00 p.m. MT Location: Virtual Description: This training is the third in a series of six trainings in which representatives from the seven state education agencies in the REL Central region work with their agencies' executive leaders to define high-leverage needs, explore data and evidence related to the needs, and identify possible solutions and strategies to address the needs. In the first training, cadre members reviewed the goals of the event series, practiced using some of t...
Mar 18, 2021
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Training 3: Interpreting Research on Student Use of Flexible Time

Time: 8:30-11:00 a.m. CT Location: Virtual event Description: This training will focus on completing a Plan-Do-Study-Act continuous improvement plan for a schoolwide strategy in response to the findings of the Legacy High School flexible-time study (Brodersen et al., 2020). Partnership or Research Alliance: North Dakota Innovative Schools Research Partnership Audience: Legacy High School staff Speakers: Matt Eide, REL Central Mike Siebersma, REL Central Anne Butterworth, REL Central David Ya...
Feb 12, 2021
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Exploring Implementation of Career Academies in Nebraska Schools- Training 1

Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am MT Location: Virtual Description: REL Central and Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) partners will collaboratively review the project goals and overarching research questions. Next, REL Central will present case study design practices, including developing proposition statements and defining cases. Finally, we will facilitate review and development of data collection instruments and protocols. Partnership or Research Alliance: Nebraska School Improvement Research...
Feb 12, 2021
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Leadership for Evidence and Data Use (LEAD) Fellowship

Time: 10:00am-12:00pm MT Location: Virtual Description: This training is the second in a series of six trainings in which representatives from the seven SEAs in the REL Central region work with their agencies' executive leadership to define a high-leverage need, explore data and evidence related to the need, and identify possible solutions and strategies to address the need. In the first meeting, cadre members reviewed the goals of the event series, practiced using some of the protocols that ...
Feb 03, 2021
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Training Session 3: Monitoring Outcomes of Wyoming Statewide System of Support Professional Learning

Time: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MT Location: Virtual event Description: This training will focus on assessing data quality as well as identifying available data and needs for additional data to address the evaluation questions developed by partners following Training 2. Partnership or Research Alliance: Wyoming State Support Research Partnership Audience: Provide a description of the intended audience Wyoming Department of Education, Statewide System of Support team members Speakers: Jeanette Joy...
Nov 12, 2020
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Colorado Preschool Program Eligibility Indicators Meeting 1

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. MT Location: Virtual Description: This training will present the materials that the Colorado Preschool Program (CPP) staff can use to provide clearer guidance to districts in terms of the approval process for expanded criteria for the CPP application. These materials include support on how to develop a theory of action and how to review the quality of research, along with an application guide that REL Central and CPP staff codeveloped. Partnership or Research Al...
Oct 23, 2020
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Training 2: Monitoring Outcomes of Wyoming Statewide System of Support Professional Learning

Time: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MT Location: Virtual event Description: This training will focus on developing evaluation questions aligned to the logic model created by the partners following Training 1. Partnership or Research Alliance: Wyoming State Support Research Partnership Audience: Wyoming Department of Education, Statewide System of Support team members Speakers: Jeanette Joyce, REL Central Joshua Stewart, REL Central Mike Siebersma, REL Central Mckenzie Haines, REL Central David McCull...
Oct 08, 2020
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Training Session 1 - Monitoring Outcomes of Wyoming Statewide System of Support (SoSS) Professional Learning

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. MT Location: Virtual Event Description: This training will provide an opportunity for partners to refine a problem statement and develop a logic model, which will serve as the foundation for their evaluation of SoSS services. Partnership or Research Alliance: Wyoming State Support Research Partnership Audience: Wyoming Department of Education, SoSS team members Speakers: Jeanette Joyce, REL Central Joshua Stewart, REL Central Mike Siebersma, REL Central Mckenzie ...
Sep 10, 2020
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Assessing and Selecting Evidence-Based Reading Strategies - Training 2 (for Educational Service Unit representatives)

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CT Location: Virtual Description: REL Central and NDE partners will facilitate a training with Educational Service Unit (ESU) representatives from Nebraska. First, we will orient ESU representatives to the policy and evidence context for improving reading achievement for Nebraska students. Next, we will establish a common understanding of "evidence based", then provide an overview of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guides and the NebraskaREADS practi...
May 08, 2020