Conference Sessions
Strands
Thursday, February 8
Preconference 1:00–4:30 PM
Friday, February 9
Session A 9:30–10:45 AM
Session AB 9:30 AM–12:15 PM
Session B 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Session C 2:15–3:30 PM
Saturday, February 10
Session D 8:00–9:15 AM
Session DE 8:00–10:45 AM
Session E 9:30–10:45 AM
Functional Accountability
AB8
Redesign for Success!
Sherrie Quach, Catherine “CJ” Foss, Coordinators; Shelley Weston, Assistant Superintendent, Office of School Redesign, Los Angeles USD
Learn how high schools in Los Angeles are making tremendous changes to implement SLCs to better address the needs of high school students. Learn how facilities, instruction, and community partners work together with students, teachers, and administrators to create engaging and motivating learning environments. Hear from students about how these changes are making school relevant and meaningful for them. Learn how the central office can support high schools in becoming places where students are known and successfully engage in their learning and with community partners. Provides insight into the process of how high schools redesign themselves, considering students’ needs and parent input as they design learning communities to meet students’ desires to be better prepared to attend college and work in technically advanced fields.
Implementation Level 1 & 2
Strands:
Functional Accountability, NEW!
B1
Getting the Best from Your Evaluation for Continuous Improvement: A Participatory Approach for SLC Staff
Rose Owens-West, Project Director; Ralph Baker, Senior Research Associate; Jerry Wolfe, Senior Research Associate, SLC Technical Assistance Center, WestEd
This session is designed to assist SLC staff to engage in the evaluation of their programs for continuous improvement. External evaluators assist SLC program staff with compiling program data for the Annual Performance Report for submission to the U.S. Department of Education. In addition they assist grantees with developing Program Evaluation Reports to measure the effectiveness of implementation of their programs. SLC staff such as project directors, lead teachers, teachers, counselors, and external evaluators are all invited to participate. The session will engage participants in activities to help them work effectively with external evaluators on formative and summative evaluation, data collection, analysis, decision-making, and reporting. Participants will be presented with a PowerPointŪ presentation with a duplicate handout and a self-assessment tool for staff use along with relevant discussion and question-and-answer time.
Implementation Level 1 & 2
Strands:
Functional Accountability, NEW!
C8
Developing a Local Evaluation Framework for an SLC Grant
Thomas Herman, Evaluation Consultant
This presentation will demonstrate how locally initiated evaluation activities can help support the implementation and effectiveness of SLC strategies. Participants will learn how to integrate evaluation, sustainability planning, and program marketing in order to justify initiating an independent evaluation; design a cost-efficient methodology; and structure the transition into the post-grant sustainability plan. The presenter is an experienced consultant who will discuss his experience working with a large secondary district in San Diego County.
Implementation Level 1, 2 & 3
Strands:
Functional Accountability
C11
Swing of the Pendulum—Building Longevity in Your SLC; Not Just Another Fad
Corine Sayler, Assistant Principal, Davis High School, Davis School District
This presentation addresses the age-old concern in education of reinventing the wheel for programs done years ago and recycled as the newest trend. A PowerPointŪ presentation with activities covers current research on the benefits of SLCs, PLCs to build collaboration, and the structures needed within school leadership to help schools move from previous models of reform to institutionalized programs to benefit student learning and growth. Activities include some hands-on teamwork in activity groups and a view-observe-critique session. This session is best suited to teachers, counselors, and administrators who are interested in real-life experiences that can help them avoid the pitfalls of some implementation models.
Implementation Level 1, 2 & 3
Strands:
Functional Accountability, NEW!
DE8
Practical Guide to SLC Implementation and Sustainability
Mary Holden, Resource Teacher; David Holden, Instructional Coach, Consultants & Co-Founders, Mar Vista HS/American Alliance for Innovative Schools; team from American Alliance for Innovative Schools, Sweetwater Union HSD
This session will provide attendees with practical guidance for effective SLC implementation and maintenance. Some of the topics to be addressed are:
- Getting teachers’ buy-in
- Developing teams
- Flexible scheduling
- Inclusion of Special Education and English Learners
- Analyzing data
- Meeting protocols
- Sustainability
This session is not a prescription for SLC implementation; rather, attendees will receive practical information, tools, and insight that will facilitate SLC implementation and sustainability.
Implementation Level 1 & 2
Strands:
Functional Accountability, NEW!