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
Session B
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!
B3
When Consequences Don’t Work
Rick Smith, Author, Trainer, Education Consultant, Conscious Teaching, LLC
Consequences are often a last resort that don’t resort to much! In this lively, interactive session, learn seven key strategies that teachers often use to succeed with difficult students. In addition to addressing key assumptions that foster teacher success, the focus will be on what to avoid, what to do, and how to do it.
Implementation Level 1 & 2
Strands:
Support for Teaching and Learning, NEW!
B6
Reaching and Teaching Every Student
Joseph Pauley, Adjunct Professor, Judith Pauley, Lecturer, Cal State San Marcos
Research shows that a teachers’ ability to communicate with and motivate every student may be the determining factor in overall student success. The concepts of Process Communication provide teachers with a tool that enables them to individualize the way they communicate with and motivate every student. Participants in this session will learn how to motivate and communicate with each student in a group setting. The concepts are scientifically based, have held up under more than 35 years of scientific inquiry, and have helped thousands of teachers modify the way they teach.
Implementation Level 1, 2 & 3
Strands:
Support for Teaching and Learning, NEW!
B11
Formation of a Ninth Grade Community
Pete Oberg, SLC Coordinator, Lakewood High School Center for Advanced Technologies
The presentation outlines the opportunities to foster relationships, increase personalization, maximize student achievement, increase AYP, and decrease discipline referrals and tardies. Instructional strategies employed will be PowerPointŪ, audiovisual, question/answer, topical handouts, and internet links.
Implementation Level 1 & 2
Strands:
Personalization, NEW!