| Agenda
and Speaking Faculty |
| Day
One: September 24, 2003 |
| 8:00 |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Keynote
Address: Managing the Myths and Truths 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 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. To cope with tightening budgets and the expansive nature
of NCLB, learn the myths and truths of the law to best manage
its mandates and ultimately improve academic achievement.
Lisa Graham Keegan, CEO, Education Leaders
Council |
| 9:30 |
Using
Curriculum-Based Measurement for Progress Monitoring and Gauging
Adequate Yearly Progress
States
are required to have created their own standards for what a child
should know for each grade. Now that academic standards have
been determined, tests and AYP benchmarks must be appropriately
aligned with the stipulated student standards. Achieve academic
expectations by building more effective programs for all
children. Learn how to implement effective classroom assessment
for tracking academic development and improving student achievement.
•
Identify Curriculum-Based Measures for Progress Monitoring
•
Integrate Practices that Measure Student Progress Annually
•
Enhance Current Accountability and Data Systems
Dr.
Pamela M. Stecker, Associate Professor, Clemson University |
| 10:45 |
Break
and Refreshments |
| 11:00 |
NCLB
Supplemental Services: Current Challenges and Future Potential
When schools fail to meet state standards for three years in a
row, children from disadvantaged backgrounds will be eligible
to obtain supplemental services, including tutoring, remedial
education, extra classes, summer school, after-school programs
and other supplemental academic services to help boost their achievement.
Learn how to identify supplemental education service providers
that adhere to high-quality, research-based instruction.
•
Finding More Qualified Providers
•
Forge
Collaborations and Outsource Eligible Academic Programs
•
Set Specific Academic Goals
•
Provide
Parent Consumer Information
•
Handling
Consumer Complaints
•
Developing
In-District Programs
Dr. Edward E. Gordon, Researcher, author
of Tutor Quest (Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 2002),
Literacy in America (Praeger, 2003), Centuries of Tutoring (University
Press of America, 1990)
|
| 12:00 |
Working
Luncheon: Best Practices Exchange |
| 1:15 |
Developing
and Financing Testing Under NCLB
As
is most of the NCLB Act, annual testing for grades 3-8 is highly
controversial. Many educators would argue that to meet the testing
standards, teacher flexibility and creativity in the classroom will
be undermined. Learn how to develop standards for your state based
on tests in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act.
• Access Cost Analysis Studies for Testing Requirements Compliant
with NCLB
• Identify Expenditures Associated with Developing Different
Types of Tests for Your Schools
• Craft and Implement Standards-Based Tests Supported in Proven
Best Practices
Patty McAllister, Executive Director, State and
Federal Relations Office, Educational Testing Service |
| 2:15 |
Aligning
Accountability with State Education Goals: Case Study of Virginia's
Implementation of the NCLB Act
As the stakes for testing rise and with the
pressure of the federal NCLB Act, accountability systems increasingly
affect what gets taught and how. The state of Virginia recently
presented its Assessment & Accountability Plan. Learn why Virginia’s
plan has already been ranked among the most flexible, properly conceived
and highest performing of all the states.
• Management Practices to Implement NCLB Mandates
• Set State Academic Standards
• Meet and Achieve Testing Requirements
Dr. Patricia I. Wright, Assistant Superintendent
for Instruction, Virginia Department of Education |
| 3:15 |
Break
and Refreshments |
| 3:30 |
Using Data Driven Decision Making: Accountability and Assessment
Integrating performance-based accountability
systems can be highly complex. Administrators tasked with implementing
such systems must determine what measures best judge performance,
whose performance is to be judged, the level of performance that
is expected, what constitutes satisfactory progress toward established
goals and what consequences will be imposed for failing to measure
up.
• Identify Tools, Reports and Services to Ensure Accurate
and Appropriate Measure of Student Progress
• Integrate Data-driven Decision Making
• Establish Appropriate Performance Goals for Implementing
Standards at the Classroom, School and District Levels
Irene Spero, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
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Day Two: September 25, 2003 |
| 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 |
Administrative
Rules and Reporting for Federal Funding
• Identify and Implement Proven, Research-based
Education Programs
• Effectively Manage Funds with Performance Measures
• Heed the Changes in Rules and Reporting for Federal Education
Money
• Access Grants from the $4 Billion Purse to Promote Teacher
Quality
• Identify the Funding Flexibility for States and Communities
Blanca Rodriguez, Grants Specialist, U.S. Department
of Education |
| 9:30 |
Schools
“In Need of Improvement”: What it Means and How to
Cope
Identify
and monitor your schools to support improvement. Learn how to
apply performance and assessment strategies to measure student
progress.
• Increase Leadership Capacity of Your School Administrators
• Design and Implement Accountability Systems
• Use Data Appropriately to Improve Student and School Performance
• Identify Resources for Implementing Standards at all School
Levels
Rose Tasker, Principal, Van Bokkelen Elementary
School |
| 10:30 |
Morning
Break |
| 10:45 |
Developing
Quality Teachers Since NCLB
By 2005-2006, states must have highly qualified
teachers in all their public school classrooms where core academic
subjects are taught. Steps need to be taken now to achieve this
goal.
• Recruiting, Certifying and Retaining “Highly Qualified”
Teachers Since NCLB
• Know Your Funding and Flexibility to Provide a Quality Teacher
in Every Classroom
• Examine Teacher Quality Provisions
• Revise and Develop Assessment Systems to Track Teacher and
Paraprofessional Qualifications
Robert Weil, Deputy Director of Educational
Issues, American Federation of Teachers |
| 11:45 |
Networking
Luncheon |
| 1:00 |
Case
Study: Grant Project and Evaluation
• Increase the Subject Matter Knowledge
and Teaching Skills of Math and Science Teachers
• Establish Effective Practices for Recruiting, Training and
Advising Math and Science Teachers
• Align Math and Science Curricula with State, Local and Post-Secondary
Standards
Dan Barstow, TERC |
| 2:00 |
Implementing
the Reading First Initiative
According to the Department of Education,
America has a literacy crisis. More than 60% of our nation’s
fourthgraders fall below proficiency levels for reading. Such statistics
further implicate that this two-thirds majority have “a greater
likelihood of dropping out of school and a lifetime of diminished
success.” Learn how your state can access your fair share
of the $900 Million in Reading First grants to go to approved Reading
First Applications. Identify best practices from a proven case study:
The Texas Reading Initiative.
• Develop Programs that Ensure Every Student has the Reading
Skills Necessary to Succeed
• Stay Abreast on Current Scientifically-based Researh Proven
to Reach and Teach Students
• Implement Proven Practices and Integrate Lessons Learned
Melanie Pritchett, Assistant Deputy Commissioner,
Initiatives & Administration, Texas Reading Initiative
|
| 3:00 |
Afternoon
Break |
| 3:15 |
Report
Cards: Reporting Requirements and Parental Involvement
• Provide School-based Parental Information
and Resource Centers
• Inform and Support Parents and Organizations to Promote
Parental Involvement to Enhance Student Achievement
• Document Student Information According to Federal Mandates
• Collect Instructional Personnel Data for the Standards of
Quality Teachers
Phyllis McClure, Consultant, National Network
of Partnership Schools |
| 4:30 |
Adjourn |
| Post-Conference
Workshops: September 26, 2003 |
| 8:30 |
Continental
Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Workshop
A: Start with Teachers: Recruit, Certify and Retain Highly Qualified
Teachers
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 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
• Learn Innovative Initiatives for Effectively Hiring a Skilled
Teaching Staff
• Implement Successful Professional Development Programs
• Best Practices to Get Your Teachers Credentialed
Gerry Tirozzi, Director, National Association
of Secondary School Principals/Former Commissioner of Education,
State of Connecticut. |
| 12:00 |
Luncheon |
| 1:00 |
Workshop
B: Achieve the NCLB Mission: Procure Grants that Affect Every
Student
Since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed 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 the Increased Local Flexibility of States
and School Districts
Gary Frye, Ed.D., Director of Development/Special
Student Programs, Lubbock-Cooper ISD
Arnold
Fege, Director, Public Engagement and National Constituency
Building, Public Education Network
|
| 4:00 |
Adjourn |
|
Or
by calling us at
703-894-0481
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| Venue |
|
The
2003 No Child Left Behind Summit will be held at the Wyndham City
Center Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Wyndham
City Center Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, D.C., 20037
Tel: 202-775-0800
Fax: 202-331-9491
A
continental breakfast and catered lunch will be provided for all
delegates.
|
| Hotel |
|
A limited number of rooms have been
reserved at the Wyndham at a discounted rate of $150. Please
contact the hotel with the number provided below to make reservations.
Be sure to ask for the Performance Institute conference rate.
The hotel will ensure that your
conference experience is not only educational but also comfortable
and enjoyable in every aspect.
Wyndham City Center
Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
Tel: 202-775-0800
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| Tuition |
|
The
fees for attending the 2003 National Summit on Education Partnerships,
Fundraising and Grants are as follows:
Registration
Fees:
|
| Conference
|
$1,095 |
| One Workshop: |
$395 |
| Two Workshops: |
$595 |
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| Group
Discounts |
|
Reduced tuition rates for delegates who attend in groups of three
or more are available by calling James Simpson at 703-894-0481,
or emailing him at [email protected]. |
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