FRIDAY, 3:30 P.M.REGULAR SESSIONSREGULAR SESSIONS654. Using Data to Guide School ImprovementROOM: LINCOLN DPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: S, ROBJECTIVE: 8ECODE: HS, MG, TCLearn how to identify the types and sources of data commonly availableand how to find answers to questions through data analysis at your school.Participants will learn about the wide range of data available to them andhow data can be used to help students, teachers and school leaders.PRESENTER(S): Nancy Headrick, Director, State Services for School Improvement,SREB, Atlanta, GA655. Guiding the School Improvement Process ThroughInstructional RoundsROOM: GOVERNOR’S CHAMBER EPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: M, UOBJECTIVE: 8FCODE: HSInstructional Rounds is a Harvard University-developed process that examinesthe instructional core through shared understanding of instructional practice.See how this practice at an urban high school has created focus as staffmembers come together to better meet student needs.PRESENTER(S): Dan Camburn, Teacher, and Christine Howard, Counselor,Garfield High School, Akron, OHPRESIDER: James Dieringer, OH88 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
SATURDAY, 8:30 A.M.FEATURED PRESENTATIONDEBGERDES656. PBL School/Work Partnerships That Foster National <strong>Education</strong>al Technology StandardsROOM: BAYOU CDPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 7ACODE: HS, MG, TCProblem-Based Learning (PBL) provides the keystone for the Illinois Innovation Talent Program, a collaborative venturepartnering businesses, government and community agencies with high schools. Students engage in STEM concepts whileapplying 21st-century workforce skills of collaboration, investigation, problem-solving and communication.PRESENTER(S): Deb Gerdes, Program Director for Problem-Based Learning, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, ILREGULAR SESSIONSREGULAR SESSIONS657. The Grades Game: Improving AssessmentROOM: GOVERNOR’S CHAMBER DPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, SUOBJECTIVE: 1BCODE: HS, MGTraditional assessment practices must change. Processes for givingassessments and determining grades directly affect student behavior,confidence and achievement. This session will focus on implementinginnovative grading practices that accurately reflect student learning tied tospecific learning targets. These practices will change your school’s culture.PRESENTER(S): Jennifer Anton, Assistant Principal, Independence High School,Thompson’s Station, TN658. Motivating Students and Reigniting Teachers’ EnthusiasmROOM: HERMITAGE CPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: M, UOBJECTIVE: 1CCODE: HS, MG, TCWe must engage all students in an equitable learning process; thus wemust boldly restructure our instructional plans and redefine our complexclassrooms of mutual respect. The goal of this workshop is two-fold: tomodel 20-plus dynamic strategies and to provide an instructional frameworkto reignite the love of teaching!PRESENTER(S): Ann Moore, Professional Learning Coach, and Linda Sevigny,Director of Professional Learning, Rockdale County Public Schools,Conyers, GAPRESIDER: Lauretta Burton, GA659. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain IS Cognitive! — RROOM: LINCOLN DPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: M, ROBJECTIVE: 1CCODE: HS, MGLearn about the effectiveness of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Itteaches students not only drawing skills but how to see things differently —especially to see themselves positively because of accomplishments they neverknew were possible. If you can write your name, you can draw!PRESENTER(S): Brenda Daniel, Art/Humanities Teacher/Chair, Corbin High School,Corbin, KY660. Eliminating Reading Problems to Ensure Academic Success — RROOM: LINCOLN EPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, UOBJECTIVE: 2CCODE: HS, MGThis session will present an innovative and unique intervention modelbased on an interactive constructivist view of learning. Learn how thismodel relies on the brain’s plasticity to remodel neural circuitry that, in poorreaders, misguides the reading process. Third-party research data and normreferencedevaluation results will be presented.PRESENTER(S): Tina Dunham, Middle School Teacher, Omaha Public Schools,Omaha, NE661. Easing the Transition to High School Through InnovativePeer MentoringROOM: RYMAN BALLROOM BCEFPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: M, ROBJECTIVE: 2DCODE: HS, MGThis session, geared toward both teachers and administrators, will examinean innovative peer mentoring program. Results after the first semester at arural high school showed more than 50 percent of the incoming freshmenmentee group had increased their core grades, compared with increases of15 percent and 17 percent in control groups.PRESENTER(S): Brooke Haynes, Teacher, and Jeffrey Woofter, Assistant Principal,Oak Glen High School, New Cumberland, WV662. The Hidden Key to RTI: Flexible Interventions and MeaningfulGrading PracticesROOM: GOVERNOR’S BALLROOM DPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: L, UOBJECTIVE: 2ECODE: HSAttendees will learn how to flexibly intervene with high school students evenwithin current scheduling limitations. The presenter will demonstrate how toincorporate standards-based grading and in-class differentiation with studentsupport to transform Response to Intervention in your school. Freshmen inparticular are making great strides in the transition to high school.PRESENTER(S): Jeremy Koselak, RTI Coordinator and Ninth-Grade Interventionist,Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, CO663. Incorporating College Success Techniques Into a Dual CreditCourse CurriculumROOM: CANAL EPRESENTING SCHOOL TYPE: N/AOBJECTIVE: 2FCODE: HSThe presenters will demonstrate how to incorporate various college successtactics and activities into an existing curriculum. These would allow anyeligible student enrolled in agricultural education to gain at least three hoursof college credit while still in high school. The presenters also will share theirsuccess story and lessons learned.PRESENTER(S): Alanna Neely, Instructor/Dual Credit Coordinator, Middle TennesseeState University, Murfreesboro, TNPRESIDER: Donivan Stockwell, TN—R – Repeated Session – 2011 Pacesetter School or Award Recipient – MMGW Top 50 Most-Improved School (2008-2010)• – Top 50 High-Implementation MMGW Site (2010)89
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