Conference Sessions
Strands
Friday, February 20
Session A 9:30 AM–10:45 AM
Session AB 9:30 AM–12:15 PM
Session B 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Session C 2:15 PM–3:30 PM
Saturday, February 21
Session D 9:30–10:45 AM
Session DE 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Session E 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Session AB
AB4
Building District Capacity to Support SLC Implementation
Julia Kassissieh, Senior Program Advisor, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, OR
What is the district's capacity to support SLC implementation? In what ways are district policies either fostering or presenting barriers to successful SLC implementation? How might district policy support the development of strong, equitable SLC academic programs? Teams will learn about best practices and will come away with a plan to undergo a district self-assessment for SLC implementation.
Strands: Smaller Learning Communities & Small School System Redesign
AB6
Strengthening the Instructional Core
Katie Whitney Luers, Senior Program Advisor, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, OR
How do you make your SLC theme come alive within a strong academic program? This workshop engages SLC teams in program design that aligns SLC theme and standards. Teams develop a clear idea of what they want their students to know and do as a result of intensive learning in their SLC, and consider ways for students to demonstrate mastery of these interdisciplinary proficiencies. Participants leave with an action plan for collaborating on coherent curriculum.
Strands: Smaller Learning Communities & Small School System Redesign
AB7
Culturally Proficient Learning Communities
Linda Jungwirth, President, Convening Conversations, Inc., CA; Jarvis Pahl, Executive Director, Pahl Educational Consortium, CA; Kathleen Steele, CASLE Coordinator, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, CA
Learn how SLCs can cultivate cultural proficiency through convening conversations about issues that arise from diversity. Experience four tools of cultural proficiency in relation to SLCs and the five domains of SLC best practices. Through appreciative inquiry, examine applications of the cultural proficiency tools within your SLCs.
Strand: Support for Teaching & Learning, NEW
AB9
Reaching and Teaching Every Student
Joseph Pauley, Lecturer, George Washington University, MD; Judith Ann Pauley, Adjunct Professor, Cal State San Marcos, MD
A science teacher in an inner-city Los Angeles high school was having problems with her students. They had no interest in school and intended to drop out of school at the first opportunity. The teacher began applying the concepts of process communication in her classes. Students' motivation improved, they started doing their homework, their grades improved, and they stopped their acting-out behaviors. Participants will learn these concepts so they can reach every student.
Strands: Student Support and Intervention