25ANNUAL TH - Southern Regional Education Board

Tips for Using This ProgramTips for Using This Program to Find the Sessions You Want to Attend• Each session is numbered. Look at the example below to help you find the sessions you want to attend.• The room location is listed. Refer to the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center maps on pages 130 – 132 to findmeeting rooms.• The objective is listed for each session. See pages 3 – 5 for a complete list of objectives and sub-objectives.• Session Types are described on page 10. See the “Code” on each session to determine the session type.• A few conference exhibitors will be presenting sessions during the conference to provide participants with an explanation/demonstration of their product(s). Such sessions will be indentified in the conference program with the label “Exhibitor Session”following the title of the session.• Information about the session type and presenting school is provided in each session description. Please see the Program Keybelow for a guide to the various symbols and abbreviations.EXAMPLESession NumberType of schoolpresentingSpeaker(s)360. Transforming Tradition: How One School Is Doing It — RROOM: LINCOLN APRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, SUOBJECTIVE: 3BCODE: HSIn an effort to increase college and career readiness, a comprehensive highschool with 3,300 students was transformed into six career academies.Emphasis is placed on students choosing postsecondary outcomes throughprograms of study. In this session, the presenters will discuss the process ofresearch, design and implementation.PRESENTER(S): Jennifer Landry, Assistant Principal; Donna Pahmiyer, Director ofInstruction; James Wells, Principal; and Maggie Wiley, AssociatePrincipal, Cypress Creek High School, Houston, TX; andMartha Quijano, School Improvement Consultant, SREB, Atlanta, GAIndicates a repeat ofa session presentedearlier during theconferenceSession TypeSessionDescriptionProgram KeyCODE:HS – High Schools PresentationMG – Middle Grades PresentationTC – Technology Centers PresentationSL – School and District LeadershipPresentationPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE:S – Small (fewer than 100 per grade level)M – Medium (100 to 250 per grade level)L – Large (more than 250 per grade level)R – RuralSu – SuburbanU – UrbanSYMBOL: – 2011 Pacesetter School or AwardRecipient– MMGW Top 50 Most-ImprovedSchool (2008-2010)• – Top 50 High-ImplementationMMGW Site (2010)25th Annual Staff Development Conference 11