| Agenda and Speaking Faculty |
| Day One: January
26, 2004 |
| 8:00 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Keynote Address: Where We are: A Look
at the Current Status of the No Child Left Behind Act
While many educators have shown great reluctance to NCLB, all
must face the fact that it is here and in effect. The reforms
and scope of this new law are sweeping and ambitious. The Act
is based on four basic principles: stronger accountability for
results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options
for parents and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been
proven to work. Attend this keynote session to obtain a current
briefing on the status of the law and funding for programs implemented
to achieve the basic principles of NCLB. Identify federal funding
levels for education programs for FY04 and how programs necessary
under NCLB will be affected.
Arnold Fege, Public Education Network |
| 9:30 |
AYP Panel Discussion:
Issues Related to the Ultimate Goal of Achieving Adequate
Yearly Progress
No Child Left Behind aims to achieve
a lofty goal that no society has ever attempted: a quality
education for all of our students by the 2013-2014 school
year. To meet the 100% proficiency goal, each state must define
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), a set of performance goals
that establishes the minimum levels of improvement, based
on student performance on state standardized tests, that schools,
local education agencies and the state as a whole must achieve
within time frames specified in law. Now that academic standards
have been determined, tests and AYP benchmarks must be appropriately
aligned with the stipulated student standards. Achieve academic
expectations by strictly following your improvement timeline.
Join us for this interactive question and answer session to
help you better identify strategies for meeting AYP.
• Establish a starting point, analyze data and set your
AYP targets
• Implementing successful school improvement strategies
to get back to AYP
• Integrate practices that measure student progress
annually
Dr. S. Anne Hancock, Region IV Secretary
Regional Representative, U.S. Department of Education
Dr. Linda J. Boyd, Director School Improvement
Initiatives, Maryland State Department of Education
Charlotte
Harris, Development Director, Boston Public School
System |
| 11:00 |
Morning Break & Refreshments |
| 11:15 |
Effective Integration of Technology in Education
Learn
how various states and districts are implementing the Enhancing
Education Through Technology (EETT) component of No Child
Left Behind. Join us for this session which will shed some
light on the factors that influence technology adoption by
sharing some of the lessons learned and observations made
while providing technical assistance and professional development
and provide you with a plethora of FREE technological resources
to satisfy your schools’ needs.
Elizabeth Byrom, Ed.D., Director, Technology
in Learning Director, The SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology
in Education Consortium (SEIR*TEC) |
| 12:15 |
Luncheon Keynote: The Next Phase of NCLB Training:
Outreach at the Grassroots Level
The next phase in outreach efforts involves empowering
parents and caretakers with information on No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) and all the Act does to ensure all of our children receive
the best our educational system has to offer.
Dr. Knight, NCLB Consultant, The National
Alliance of Black School Educators |
| 1:30 |
Requirements for Parent Notifications & Choices
Elevating
the mandates into an effective marketing and engaging strategy
is a challenge facing schools today. Identify the tools necessary
to build a systemic infrastructure to support parents and educators
as collective partners. Learn the requirements for notifying
parents in your school district of the services available to
them.
Charlotte Harris, Development Director,
Boston Public School System |
| 2:30 |
Improving NCLB Implementation
in Rural Schools
Identify recent
policy and implementation developments in compliance with No
Child Left Behind in rural areas. The session will focus on
issues for rural schools in areas related to fully-qualified
teacher provisions, paraprofessional qualification, school choice
and supplemental services.
Michael Hill, Ph.D., Senior Project Associate
and Director, Center for Policy Studies in Rural Education,
National Association of State Boards of Education |
| 3:30 |
Break and Refreshments |
| 3:45 |
Success Story: Revitalizing a School
“In Need of Improvement”
Identify how one school improved and met their AYP:
• Implement tutoring and after-school programs that promote
student competency
• Apply performance and assessment strategies to measure
student progress
• Identify resources for implementing standards at all
school levels
• Design and implement accountability systems
• Use data appropriately to improve student and school
performance
Rose Tasker, Principal, Van Bokkelen Elementary
School, Anne Arundel County Maryland |
| 4:45 |
Adjourn |
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| Day Two: January
27, 2004 |
| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Performance Reporting: How to Effectively
Communicate Your Schools’ Progress
Identify communications challenges posed by NCLB and learn how
to make data more user friendly. All states and LEAs receiving
Title I, Part A funds must prepare and distribute report cards
to promote accountability for schools. States publicize data
about student performance and program effectiveness for parents,
policy makers and other stakeholders. Identify and successfully
implement effective communication through:
• Revamping NCLB report cards
• AYP data release under NCLB
• School choice communications
• Highly-qualified teacher communications
Hunt Helm, Associate Commissioner, Kentucky
Department of Education |
| 10:00 |
Developing a SWP Plan: Schoolwide Programs:
Assisting ALL Students to Meet the Proficient Levels of State
Academic Achievement Standards
The NCLB legislation
includes a section that encourages local education agencies
to consolidate federal funds to upgrade the entire educational
program of eligible high poverty schools. These schoolwide
programs provide the flexibility to consolidate Title I,Part
A funds with most other federal noncompetitive formula grant
program funds. The success of schoolwide programs in their
efforts to assist all students in meeting the proficient or
advanced levels of state academic achievement standards depends
on effective planning. The Resource Allocation Planning Process
(RAPP) provides detailed steps for developing a plan that
involves the whole school staff and includes using data for
program evaluation. This process has been developed in response
to identified needs of schools and includes tools such as
an electronic ledger that tracks the various federal and state
funds that have been consolidated.
Dorothy Knight, Project Director, Charles
A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin |
| 11:00 |
Break
and Refreshments |
| 11:15 |
Funding Transferability for State and
Local Educational Agencies
This program empowers states and local communities by giving
them more control over resource allocation decisions that will
help them to elevate student achievement and close the achievement
gap. States and local communities are usually in the best position
to make such decisions. This program allows a state to transfer
up to 50 percent of the funds it receives for state-level, non
administrative activities. The transferred funds are subject
to the performance measures of the program into which the funds
are transferred. Districts may also use 50 percent of the funding
from these four programs for Title I allowed activities. However,
while funds may be transferred into Title I programs, no funds
may be transferred out of Title I. Identify key requirements
and benefits to transferring funds.
Frank Mandley, Director, Grants Administration
and Government Programs, Broward County Public Schools, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida |
| 12:15 |
Roundtable Discussion Luncheon: Identifying
the Biggest Struggle in Implementing NCLB
Facilitator: Kara Farina, Director,
Education & Social Policy Center, The Performance Institute
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| 1:30 |
Post-Conference Application
Workshop A: Implementation Strategies for Developing & Retaining
Quality Teachers Since NCLB
By 2005-06, states must have “highly-qualified”
teachers in all their public school classrooms where core academic
subjects are taught. Your school district must take certain
steps now to ensure that this goal is met. Attend this interactive
application workshop and apply the recruiting, retaining and
teacher certification methods and best practices that will help
your districts’ schools meet the NCLB teacher qualification
provisions. Attend this interactive workshop to evaluate and
implement teacher improvement plans to best fit your district/state’s
needs.
• Certifying and retaining “highly-qualified”
teachers and paraprofessionals since NCLB
• Identify funding opportunities and flexibility to provide
a quality teacher in every classroom
• Strategies for meeting teacher qualifications
Dick Flanary, Director of Center of Principal
Development, National Association of Secondary School Principals |
| 4:15 |
Adjourn |
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| Day Three: January
28, 2004 |
| 8:30
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Continental
Breakfast |
| 9:00
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Post-Conference
Application Workshop B: Achieve the NCLB Mission: Procure
Grants that Affect Every Student
Since the passing of No Child Left Behind in 2001, new requirements
and opportunities for federal funding have been established.
Identify the major changes in federal education programs and
how these initiatives transfer money for your school or district.
Learn to aggressively approach the NCLB law by implementing
an assignment of responsibilities and training for needs assessment
and ensure appropriate management of grants. Join us for this
interactive workshop on how to establish a strategic plan
and set priorities that you can take back and implement in
your school district.
• Develop a strategic plan for winning grants
• Understand accountability standards and how to be
compliant
• Capitalize on states’ and school districts’
increased local flexibility
Frank
Mandley, Director, Grants Administration
and Government Programs, Broward County Public Schools, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida |
| 12:00
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Adjourn |
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Venue |
| The
2004 No Child Left Behind Summit
will be held at the Wyndham Atlanta. The Wyndham Atlanta is
located at the heart of the city, within walking distance
of teh city's vibrant business and commercial districts. Comfort,
convenience and warm southern hospitality await you at teh
Wyndham Atlanta.
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Wyndham
Atlanta at a discounted rate of $112, available until January
4th. Please contact the hotel with the number provided below
to make reservations by the cut-off date. Be sure to ask for
The Performance Insitute conference rate. The hotel will ensure
that your conference experience is not only educational, but
also comfortable and enjoyable in every aspect.
Wyndham Atlanta
160 Spring St.
Atlanta, GA 30303
www.wyndham.com
1-800-996-3426 |
Tuition |
The
fees for attending the 2004 No Child Left Behind
Summit are as follows:
| Summit
Only |
$1,095 |
| One Workshop |
$395 |
| Both Workshops |
$595 |
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Group Discounts |
For information about group tuition discounts available, please
contact James Simpson at 703-894-0481 or
[email protected]. |
| Administrative
Note: A 10% cancellation fee on registration will be
charged for cancellations received less than three weeks from
the date of the conference. As speakers are confirmed 6 months
before the event, some speaker changes or topic changes may
occur in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible
for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker
is located to participate in the program. |
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