25ANNUAL TH - Southern Regional Education Board

THURSDAY, 2:15 P.M.REGULAR SESSIONSREGULAR SESSIONS271. Staff Meetings That Teach: Model, Model, ModelROOM: BELLE MEADE ABPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: M, ROBJECTIVE: 8BCODE: HS, MG, SLStaff meetings often include housekeeping items, collaboration timeand professional development. This session incorporates some basic staffdevelopment techniques to help transform staff meetings into opportunitiesto model the types of processing desirable in classrooms. Specific attentionwill be paid to interactive texts, carousels, and meet and greets.Repeated as a mini-sharing session; Friday, 11 a.m. in Governor’s Ballroom AEPRESENTER(S): Craig Carson, Assistant Superintendent, Hollister R-V Schools,Hollister, MO272. Another Chance: The Learning Acceleration ProgramROOM: CHEEKWOOD FPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, ROBJECTIVE: 8CCODE: HSSee how one district’s dropout numbers decreased so much that the schoolreceived statewide recognition. The district not only reduced its dropoutrate, but it also increased its graduation rate through the hybrid technologybasedLearning Acceleration Program (LAP). Great strides are being made incontinuous school improvement.PRESENTER(S): Johnny Hunt, Superintendent, Public School of Robeson County,Lumberton, NC; and Lannie Edwards, School Improvement Consultant,SREB, Atlanta, GAPRESIDER: Linda Emanuel, NC273. Using New Skills That Produce Sustainable Growth and Changefor LeadersROOM: GOVERNOR’S CHAMBER BPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: S, ROBJECTIVE: 8DCODE: SLLearn, experience and practice three systemic ways to enhance effectivenessusing research-based coaching skills s to achieve change in complex times.Learn to generate multiple action plans that can assist teachers in reflectingand evaluating actions for next steps. Become critically, consciously awake todiscover and respond to “surprises.”PRESENTER(S): Sandra Ellington, Certified Life/Leadership Coach, AdministrativeLeadership Development & Life/Leadership Coaching, Beaumont, TX274. Principal Leadership 101: Using HSTW or MMGW toSuccessfully Lead ChangeROOM: DELTA ISLAND EPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8DCODE: SLSchool leaders face multiple daily challenges that can eat away their time andturn them into crisis managers rather than instructional leaders. Learn howhighly effective principals use the HSTW or MMGW framework and the keyprinciples of successful implementation to keep their focus on continuouslyimproving teaching and learning.PRESENTER(S): Tommy Langley, School Improvement Consultant, andRhenida Rennie, Director, HSTW/MMGW Contracted Services,SREB, Atlanta, GAPRESIDER: Nicole Rennie, GA275. School Leadership and School Cultures That BuildGraduation RatesROOM: PRESIDENTIAL BALLROOM APRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8DCODE: HS, MGNext to high-performing classrooms, successful leadership and positiveschool cultures are the key to increased achievement and higher graduationrates. We asked 300 successful leaders in high-performing, high-minority,high-poverty schools why they are successful. Sixty-seven school leaders from19 states responded. Come learn how they achieved success.PRESENTER(S): Franklin Schargel, Author, School Success Network, Albuquerque, NM276. Principals: Do You Have a Succession Plan?ROOM: RYMAN BALLROOM ADPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8DCODE: SLIf you were to leave your job tomorrow, would the school’s progresscontinue? Do you have a succession plan to sustain your work long after youare gone? Participants will explore SREB’s online teaming module to developinstructional teams and empower those teams with a continuous learningprocess that embeds high-performing learning across the school.PRESENTER(S): Frank Duffin, School Improvement Consultant, SREB, Atlanta, GA277. I Have the Data … Now What?ROOM: DELTA ISLAND CPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8ECODE: HS, MGThis session will present pragmatic questions to identify problems and findsolutions when analyzing data. The presenter will provide organizationaltechniques that will make the data user-friendly and easy to understand.Specific instructional changes related to the data will be shared, along withways to show that the changes enhanced achievement.PRESENTER(S): Betsy Moore, Educational Consultant, Teacher 2 Teacher,Columbus, OH278. Using Data to Improve Instructional PracticesROOM: GOVERNOR’S CHAMBER EPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: S, ROBJECTIVE: 8ECODE: MGThe presenter will walk participants through each step in establishing a datadrivenculture. Included are handouts that can be used in any middle gradesschool, examples of data meetings and research-based instruments used toguide instruction. Participants will take away resources and tools that can beused to fully implement a data-driven school.PRESENTER(S): Antonio Williams, Principal, Hayneville Middle School, Hayneville, AL279. Administering the 2012 HSTW Assessment for TCTW SitesROOM: LINCOLN DPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 8FCODE: TCThe biennial HSTW Assessment is a primary tool used to assess students’academic achievement at TCTW sites. Gaining staff and student buy-in iscritical for its success. This session will assist TCTW sites in registering forand administering the 2012 HSTW Assessment.PRESENTER(S): Ann Benson, Director, TCTW; and Fran Cowart, Coordinator ofAssessment, School Improvement, SREB, Atlanta, GA48 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