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Come Early! An Exciting Conference Keynote and Must-Attend Pre-Conferences Join us on Monday, July 15 for the keynote kick-off to your conference and register for one of our must-attend extraordinary pre-conferences. Announcing SDE’s 2013 Keynote Presenter: Ron Clark The Ron Clark Story Keynote & Book Signing July 15, 2013 @ 5pm Included with your registration! Passion. Innovation. And Creativity. Ron Clark has been called “America’s Educator” and, in 2000, was named Disney’s American Teacher of the Year. He is a New York Times best-selling author whose book, The Essential 55, has sold over 1 million copies and has been published in 25 countries. On July 15th, he will share his story and extraordinary motivation as SDE’s Keynote Presenter! About Ron... • Featured on The Today Show, CNN, and Oprah, (Ms. Winfrey even named him as her first “Phenomenal Man!”) • His students have been honored at the White House on three separate occasions. • Ron’s teaching experiences in New York City are the subject of the uplifting film, The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry. Register today for this Pre-Conference! 2013 Pre-Conference July 15 | 9:00am-3:45pm Administrator SUMMIT >>> Proven Strategies and Solutions for Effective Leadership Whether you’re a veteran or new administrator, principal, or superintendent, this special forum combines substance and inspiration that will not only motivate you, but also leave you with a variety of proven real-world solutions to take you to the next level of growth and success. An All-Star Group of Presenters covering today’s tough administrator topics: Principal Baruti Kafele Keynote • Extraordinary Results Require an Extraordinary Attitude • Effective Leadership for Urban Schools • Climates & Culture Todd Whitaker, Ph.D. • Leading School Change • Supervision, Evaluation, & Instructional Improvement • Building & Enhancing Morale Rick Wormeli • What Administrators Need to Know About Differentiated Assessment • Teacher Mastery • Creative Thinking Hear Principal Kafele discuss Results and Attitude at www.sde.com/kafele Ian Jukes • Understanding the Digital Generation • Learning 21st Century Fluencies Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. • CCSS & the 21st Century Educator • School-wide ELA CCSS Implementation • CCSS & Assessment Frank Buck, Ed.D. • Organization & Time Management Skills • Social Media • Technology Tools Marcia Tate, Ed.D. • Teacher Expectations & Student Achievement • Engagement Learn more about Ron at www.RonClark Academy.com BONUS Administrator Summit attendees receive special reserved seating for Ron Clark’s Keynote! Reserve Your Seat with the Experts Space is LIMITED! Reserve Your Seat Today! Register today! Select The Ron Clark Story when you register online for the 2013 Singapore Math Strategies conference. www.SDE.com/Singapore-Math2013 or call 1-800-462-1478 Register today! Select Administrator Summit when you register online for the 2013 Singapore Math Strategies conference. www.SDE.com/Singapore-Math2013 or call 1-800-462-1478 NOTE: Separate registration and tuition required for this pre-conference event. Free Principal offer does not apply. 4 1-800-462-1478 www.SDE.com/Singapore-Math2013
Empowering Extraordinary Educators Register Now! Register by May 1, 2013 to receive your FREE T-shirt! There’s sense in numbers. 1-800-462-1478 www.SDE.com/Singapore-Math2013 Keynote 9:00‐ 9:50 Am AK01 Extraordinary Results Require an Extraordinary Attitude Principal Baruti Kafele Attitude is everything when it comes to working with students! In this session, Baruti shifts your focus from raising assessment levels to raising your attitude level. You’ll discuss the importance of maintaining an attitude of excellence throughout the school year, despite the challenges you and your students face along the way. Learn what an extraordinary attitude looks like and the extraordinary results you can expect. MORNING Sessions 10:00‐11:00 am AA01 Effective School Leadership for Today’s Urban Schools Principal Baruti Kafele Fine-tune your complex skills as an urban school leader and watch your school achieve remarkable results. Learn how to address the “other gaps” that hold children back. Discover ways to lead purposefully, give your school identity and direction, create the right climate and culture, and build strong relationships. And, leave knowing how to be the accountable, responsible, instructional leader your school deserves. AA02 Evaluate & Improve the Performance of Every Teacher Todd Whitaker, Ph.D. Examine the most effective ways to evaluate and improve the performance of all your teachers—even your superstars. Join Todd in this session to delve deep into the role of evaluation—one of your most valuable skills as a principal. Leave with realistic and proven ways to improve supervision, evaluation, and instruction throughout your school. AA03 Mastery: Helping Teachers Understand It & Achieve It with Their Students Rick Wormeli Join Rick for a provocative session full of tips for navigating the world of standardsbased mastery. You’ll learn what mastery is and is not and how teachers must clarify what they will accept as evidence of mastery. You’ll examine how to keep the classroom focused on mastery, especially when students are at different levels of readiness, and on the same standards. You’ll also learn how to cultivate that mastery focus in teachers so that they understand it and achieve it with their diverse students. AA04 Sit & Get Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Professional Learning Strategies That Engage the Adult Brain Marcia Tate, Ed.D. Still trying to figure out how to engage your staff in professional learning?! Forget the “sit & get” approach. Come learn Marcia’s 20 strategies for engaging the adult brain and bringing about meaningful behavior change in your staff. AA05 Transitioning to Common Core State Standards: What Every Administrator Needs to Know Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. Gain a deeper understanding of the Common Core State Standards and how to align them with 21st century teaching and learning in your school. You’ll examine the key differences in this next generation of standards that teachers, principals, and administrators must know. And, you’ll discover a variety of strategies for transitioning to the new standards and improving achievement for all. AA06 Get Organized! The 5 Keys to Organization & Time Management Frank Buck, Ed.D. Would you like to save one to two hours per day? Get more done and feel less stress? This nuts-and-bolts session will help you better manage your time and surroundings so you can accomplish more in many areas. Morning Sessions 11:15 AM‐12:15 Pm AA07 Creating a School Climate & Culture of High Academic Performance Principal Baruti Kafele In this high-energy and highly interactive session, Principal Kafele provides school leaders with strategies for developing a school climate and culture that are conducive to high academic performance. You’ll learn how to transform a toxic school environment where teachers, administrators, and students struggle to perform into a learning environment where everyone can and does succeed. AA08 What Great Principals Do Differently Todd Whitaker, Ph.D. What are the specific qualities and practices of great principals that elevate them above the rest? In this session, Todd reveals the 15 things that the most effective principals do differently from their colleagues. You’ll learn why these things make them so much more effective and how to immediately implement their proven practices in your own school. AA09 Building Your Teachers’ Capacity to Think Creatively Rick Wormeli If you’re running out of effective ideas for helping your teachers meet their students’ needs, join Rick in this provocative and practical session. You’ll discover how to build creativity and generate diverse responses to students’ needs. Expect cameo appearances by innovation, divergent thinking, improvisation, and assorted strangeness. AA10 High Expectations & Their Remarkable Effect on Achievement Marcia Tate, Ed.D. Expect more from your students and get it! Come experience 15 interactions that can be used to convey your high expectations to students. Learn how to call on students, show your personal interest, stand in close proximity, praise their academic work, compliment them, and stay cool and calm when correcting behavior. Attendance and achievement will soar! AA11 Understanding the Common Core State Standards & Assessment Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. Explore assessment strategies that are aligned with the Common Core State Standards and designed to ensure every student is career and college ready. Join Katie to examine how the notion of assessment is evolving as states and school districts prepare for the full implementation of the Common Core. You’ll start by taking a macro-level view of standards and assessment as you consider large-scale student assessment initiatives. And, then you’ll examine the impact of the standards in your classroom. AA12 Data That Matters: Using a Balanced Scorecard to Summarize & Organize Data Frank Buck, Ed.D. Examine how a balanced scorecard can give you a valuable at-a-glance summary of your school’s past and current performance, your student achievement goals, and your progress in achieving them. Frank introduces a single spreadsheet for entering and tracking all group data. You’ll examine the types of data you can track, the difference between leading and lagging indicators, and how to set and record student achievement goals. Come find out how to download the balanced scorecard, use it in a variety of ways throughout the year, and make it the center of your strategic plan. Lunch 12:15-1:30 PM (provided) AFTERNOON Sessions 1:30-2:30 pm AB01 An Administrator’s Guide to Assessment in the Differentiated School Rick Wormeli Get up-to-speed on the differences between effective and ineffective assessment and how to use this insight to better support your teachers. Rick focuses on preformative, and summative assessments that are critical to differentiated instruction. You’ll learn questions to ask teachers to determine if they’re assessing effectively. And, you’ll see how assessment changes when teachers differentiate. AB02 50 Proven Strategies for New & Aspiring Principals Principal Baruti Kafele If you’re a new school leader or hope to become one, don’t miss this session with Baruti— a seasoned middle and high school principal with a 14-year track record of extraordinary results in four urban schools. You’ll discover his proven strategies for effective school leadership. You’ll learn how to unleash the power of instructional leadership. And, you’ll take home the knowledge and insight this proven leader has relied on to enable every school he’s led to soar. AB03 Leading School Change: 9 Strategies for Bringing Everybody Onboard Todd Whitaker, Ph.D. Successfully implement any change in your school—with everyone 100% behind you. Todd offers a step-by-step approach that simplifies the process. You’ll learn which people to start the change process with, how to make the first exposure impactful, and ways to minimize the negative influence of resistors. And, you’ll take part in hands-on activities that will prepare you to develop a change implementation plan specifically for you and your group. AB04 Education in the Age of Disruptive Innovation Ian Jukes Add to your skill set the ability to constantly adapt to changing conditions in our society and watch your students reap the benefits. Ian discusses the age of disruptive innovation and how all of society is experiencing the upheaval of chronic and pervasive change. You’ll learn how the workforce is changing and identify the 21st century skills not being addressed in schools today. Strategies will be shared for effectively engaging learners so they perform well on exams and are equipped with the 21st century skills they need to excel in school and life. AB05 Differentiation & the Common Core: Where to Begin & How to Integrate Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. Explore the Common Core State Standards and what this new generation of standards means for teaching and learning. Join Katie in this informative and engaging session to unpack the standards and consider the implications for curriculum, assessment, and differentiated instruction. You’ll leave with the tools to plan and implement the Common Core Standards with differentiated instruction models. AB06 Free Digital Tools that Increase Productivity Frank Buck, Ed.D. Add to your toolkit the tools you need to manage the flood of ever-increasing information—much of it digital—you deal with as an educator. You’ll learn how to create a logical system for organizing your computer, find data on it quickly, and backup your data in case your hard drive fails. You’ll explore the wide variety of Google tools available, the value of making Google your home page, and how to create bookmarks from anywhere in the world with del.icio.us. Frank also shares how to create a single document which links to all the digital resources you use throughout the year. E-mail practices will be shared that will save you time and result in every educator’s dream—an empty mail box at the end of every day! AFTERNOON Sessions 2:45‐3:45 pm AB07 Understanding the Digital Generation: Strategies That Work Ian Jukes Identify research-based strategies for optimizing learning for today’s digital students who process information, interact, and communicate in very different ways. Ian offers a profile of the learning attributes of the digital learner as well as teaching, learning, and assessment strategies you can use to address their digital lifestyle and learning preferences. Join Ian and learn strategies that’ll help you navigate the speed of change, technological innovation, and access to an overwhelming amount of information and ensure you and your students come out on top. AB08 How to Motivate Everyone in Your Building—Including Yourself Todd Whitaker, Ph.D. Build a high-energy staff with the positive mindset that’s absolutely critical when working daily with students. Todd shares ways principals, teachers, and parents can improve the environment children learn in. You’ll learn how to build staff morale and motivate yourself every day as Todd reminds you of the importance of education and inspires you to give your personal best to students. AB09 Social Media: Making It All Work Together Frank Buck, Ed.D. Wondering how to get your blog, Facebook, Twitter, websites, and other social media to work together and let your message be heard? It doesn’t have to be so complicated! Join Frank and you’ll learn how to make the blog the center of your social media presence and automate blog postings to save time. You’ll see how to feed your blog via Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. You’ll discover how to use HootSuite and TweetDeck to organize your Twitter and Facebook experiences, and how to choose your brand, stay in touch during events, and many more ways to bring social media together and make it work for you. AB10 Creating a School-Wide Literacy Plan that Meets Common Core State Standards Katherine McKnight, Ph.D. Build a school-wide literacy plan that meets the 21st century expectations of the Common Core State Standards. You’ll examine how to offer students the text complexity, rigor, and augmentation that lead to career and college readiness. You’ll learn how to infuse and integrate reading, writing, speaking/listening, and language in all content areas. Katie shares simple, but powerful, strategies for building a comprehensive plan that builds literacy for all. AB11 Closing the “Attitude Gaps” First: The Key to Closing the Achievement Gap for Children of Color Principal Baruti Kafele The achievement gap isn’t really the problem. Join Baruti and examine the “attitude gaps” that persist in classrooms and inhibit the learning of children of color. Come gain a deeper understanding of the attitude, relationship, compassion, relevance, and empowerment gaps. And learn strategies for closing them in your school and district. Ron Clark Keynote Event • RC01 The Ron Clark Story | 5-6:30 PM • Book Signing | 6:30-8 PM 5
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