25ANNUAL TH - Southern Regional Education Board

THURSDAY, 9:30 A.M.REGULAR SESSIONSREGULAR SESSIONS84. Raising the Rigor With Student Electronic PortfoliosROOM: GOVERNOR’S CHAMBER BPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, UOBJECTIVE: 7ECODE: HS, TCWant to keep students engaged and directing their own success? Portfoliosare students’ own stories of what they know. The presenters in this sessionwill show examples of student electronic portfolios and demonstrate variousWeb programs for designing and creating online student portfolios.PRESENTER(S): Lisa Lobb, CTE Teacher and Department Chair, HSTW SiteCoordinator, Irving High School, Irving, TX85. Accountability Flows Out of Relationships: How to Build aCollaborative EnvironmentROOM: CHEEKWOOD A-CPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8ACODE: SLWhat separates success and the lack thereof in our schools? Gain insight intohow truly successful schools operate. Teachers working together is an HSTWKey Practice and a clear focus of effective principals. What are you doing toharness the power of your faculty and staff?PRESENTER(S): Gary Wrinkle, Lead School Improvement Consultant, SREB,Atlanta, GA86. Teacher-Driven Professional Development to Improve LiteracyROOM: BELMONT BPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, SUOBJECTIVE: 8BCODE: HS, TCIn this presentation, participants will hear about strategies from a teacherleadership team member and a classroom career/technical teacher. Thepresenters will describe their school’s year-long professional developmentplan developed by teachers. Student literacy work samples and strategies usedin the emergency medical services classroom will be shared.PRESENTER(S): Colleen Conaty, CTE Specialist, and Jennifer Immediato, EmergencyMedical Service Instructor (CTE), St. Georges Technical High School,Middletown, DEPRESIDER: Eric Wells, DE87. Today’s Teachers Are Tomorrow’s Principals: SuccessionPlanning for Schools and DistrictsROOM: RYMAN BALLROOM BCEFPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8CCODE: SLToo many districts “hire and hope” when they fill principal vacancies. If wewant good schools, we have to have good leaders; and to ensure a continuingsupply of good leaders, we need to actively engage in succession planning.Learn strategies to identify, train, place and support school leaders.PRESENTER(S): Jon Schmidt-Davis, Research and Evaluation Specialist for School andLeadership Improvement, SREB, Atlanta, GA88. Engagement Strategies for the Secondary Block: BoostingMotivation and AchievementROOM: CANAL APRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: M, SUOBJECTIVE: 8DCODE: HSThis workshop will provide effective cooperative learning structuresthat create total engagement and raise motivation and achievement. Weexamine the three-part rationale for block scheduling and how to addresseach dimension. This hands-on workshop is loaded with teacher-friendlystrategies you can use tomorrow!PRESENTER(S): Joyce Stiglitz, Professional Development Specialist, Sarasota CountySchools, San Clemente, CAPRESIDER: Jason Conway, PA89. Walkthroughs and Observations Each Day Keep the DisciplineProblems AwayROOM: RYMAN BALLROOM ADPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8DCODE: MG, SLEffective schools use administrative and teacher walkthroughs and classroomobservations to calibrate what good instruction looks like while reducingdiscipline problems. Hear how middle grades administrators and teachersestablish parameters and use walkthrough strategies to simplify and quantifythis process.PRESENTER(S): Merrier Jackson, Principal; Gwen McHugh, Mathematics Teacher;Kimberly Moore-Thompson, Social Studies Teacher; andJulia Patterson, Reading Specialist, Eanes Middle School, Mobile, AL;and Betty Harbin, School Improvement Consultant, SREB, Atlanta, GA;PRESIDER: Tommy Langley, GA90. Improving on the Success of High-Achieving SchoolsROOM: BELLE MEADE ABPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, SUOBJECTIVE: 8ECODE: HS, SLIt can be difficult for high-achieving schools to find new ways to raise the bareach year. Learn how a suburban district used data to set higher standardsand expectations. Sharing the data with teachers, parents and students led toincreases in AP enrollment, ACT scores and teacher communication at analready successful high school.PRESENTER(S): Bryan Young, Principal, Norman Public Schools, Norman, OK91. IBM Watson’s Response: How Is Illinois Making Data CollectionEasy?ROOM: GOVERNOR’S CHAMBER EPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8ECODE: HS, TCIf “IBM Watson” had responded to the category of “Career/TechnicalData Collection — Student Information System that Connects to theLongitudinal Data System,” the correct answer would have been: “How isIllinois making data collection easy?” Come learn about Illinois’ system forcareer/technical data collection.PRESENTER(S): Howard Hammel, Project Manager, IBM, Springfield, IL; andDora Welker, Principal Consultant, and Mark Williams, DivisionAdministrator, Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, IL92. Administering the 2012 MMGW SurveysROOM: CHEEKWOOD FPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8FCODE: MGThe MMGW Student and Teacher Surveys are a primary tool for exploringclassroom experiences of eighth-grade students and teachers’ views aboutimproving student achievement. This session will assist MMGW sites inregistering for and administering the 2012 MMGW Surveys.PRESENTER(S): Fran Cowart, Coordinator of Assessment, School Improvement, SREB,Atlanta, GA28 Code: HS – High School MG – Middle Grades TC – Technology CenterSL – Outstanding Educators and LeadersPresenting School: S – Small M – Medium L – LargeR – Rural Su – Suburban U – Urban