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CASTLE is the nation's only center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators. In addition to our highly-acclaimed School Technology Leadership graduate program, we also help other university educational leadership programs prepare technology-savvy school leaders and provide numerous resources for K-12 administrators and the faculty that prepare them. Please contact us if we can be of help to you and your organization.

School Data Tutorials Migrated to the Main CASTLE Website

We have now migrated our School Data Tutorials to our main CASTLE website. Even when principals and teachers have access to data, they often aren't sure what to do with it. This site is intended to help K-12 educators work with raw student and school data.

The tutorials on this site highlight many of the Excel skills that are helpful when working with building- and district-level data. These tutorials are targeted at data managers, principals, school counselors, teachers, and other school personnel who have the responsibility for collecting, analyzing, and reporting K-12 performance data.

T.H.E. Journal has a feature on Scott McLeod

The T.H.E. Journal recently did a profile on Dr. Scott McLeod, Director of CASTLE .

"As the director of the nation's only center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, Scott McLeod has made a name for himself as the "go to" guy when it comes to helping cultivate technology-savvy school leaders. In his current role, McLeod serves as the director for the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership and Education (CASTLE), an Ames, I.A.-based consortium of large research universities that help supply K-12 administrators and faculty with the tools they need to be successful educators in today's tech-laden world."  Read it here.

CASTLE helping school organizations in Iowa

CASTLE recently signed contracts with the School Administrators of Iowa, the Mahaska County Educational Consortium, and the Waukee Community School District to help move Iowa schools forward into the 21st century. CASTLE will be conducting statewide technology leadership training for SAI as well as coordinating a technology-savvy school administrators group, assisting with the SAI web site transition, and writing a column for SAI's monthly newsletter. For the three school districts in Mahaska County, CASTLE is providing technology integration assistance for teachers and training for the districts' administrative teams. CASTLE's work with Waukee will include conducting technology readiness and classroom learning climate surveys as well as researching 1:1 laptop initiatives. Pleasecontact usfor more information on any of these initiatives..0.0

NSBA names Scott McLeod one of '20 To Watch'

Dr. Scott McLeod, Director of CASTLE, was named by the National School Boards Association as one of its '20 To Watch.' Read more about this award on his blog, Dangerously Irrelevant.