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 B
B2
The Marriage of Two Cultures
Dale Ward, Senior Vice President, Greater Santa Ana Business Alliance; Fred Gomeztrejo, Principal; Jeff Rozema, SLC Coordinator, Valley High School, Santa Ana Unified School District, CA
In the spring of 2006, the Santa Ana Unified School District and the Greater Santa Ana Business Alliance entered into an agreement to create a program of studies related to the top six industry sectors that have seen the greatest decline in skilled workers. They selected Santa Ana Valley High School as the location to institute this partnership. Over the past two years, the relationship between business and education has taken on many faces. With the help of $4.1 million dollars of grant money, the High School Inc. Academies at Valley High School will be entering a new phase in our ongoing marriage of two cultures. Join us as we discuss the honeymoon, the challenges, and the future of our relationship as we attempt to prepare our students for the challenges of the 21st-century workplace and post-secondary education.
Strand: College and Career Education
B3
Multiple Pathways to Success: Preparing Students for College and Career
Arlene LaPlante, Director, ConnectEd Network of Schools, CA
All students deserve a high school education that actively engages them and prepares them for both career opportunities and post-secondary education or training options-not one or the other. From this session, you will: (1) understand how a multiple pathways approach prepares students for both college and career by blending rigor and relevance, (2) view model programs, and (3) receive tools for implementation at your school or district.
Strand: College and Career Education
B5
Five Essential Elements of Our SLC Journey
Henry Russell, Deputy Superintendent; Kristel Barr, Principal; Bill Brooks, High School Redesign Coordinator, Independence School District, MO
The move from traditional high schools to SLCs is rife with challenges from a structural and nuts-and-bolts standpoint. The real work of change, however, is in the facilitation of cultural shifts in thinking and practice. We believe there are five essential elements of our SLC journey to learn from, whether you are in the investigating, planning, or implementing stages of SLCs. We will explain these elements from three different perspectives: central office administrator, building administrator, and teacher leader. We will also share specific, critical moments in our SLCs.
Strand: Smaller Learning Communities & Small School System Redesign, NEW SESSION
B8
Instructional Coaching: Program Design and Implementation
David Holden, Instructional Coach/Co-Founder AAIS (American Alliance for Innovative Schools, Inc.), Mar Vista High School, Sweetwater Union High School District, CA
This session is for teacher-leaders and instructional coaches who would like guidance on how to begin or strengthen an instructional coaching program and how to most effectively work with all staff members. Administrators will learn how to best support an instructional coaching program at their sites. Participants will review video and develop strategies to become more effective with their peers. Attendees will receive suggested coaching guidelines, sample forms, and conversation protocols.
Strands: Support for Teaching & Learning
B10
Rebels with Applause: Brain-Compatible Approaches for Motivating Reluctant Learners
Grace Dearborn, Educational Consultant, Conscious Teaching, LLC, CA
How do we address our "rebel" students who seem to have the hardest time paying attention and getting work done? This lively, fun, and interactive session will provide teachers and staff developers with dozens of practical, brain-based strategies they can use to help get "rebel" students of varying abilities and learning styles involved and motivated, and help them retain more.
Strands: Student Support & Intervention, NEW SESSION