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EVENTS

2007 Regional Forum

LEADERHIP TOOLS FOR NCLB

AGENDA

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Day 1 / October 23, 2007
Time	Activity
7:00	Registration Breakfast Buffet and Networking Opportunity
8:00	Opening Plenary Session Greetings – Dr. Robin Jarvis, Program Manager, SEDL Opening Message – Lynn Sawyer, The Center for Cognitive Coaching Conference Logistics – Debra Meibaum, Conference Chair, SEDL
9:00	Break and Transition to Meeting Rooms
9:15	Role-Alike State Networking

Role I	Role II	Role III	Role IV
Leadership	Curriculum and Instruction	Middle / High School Reform	School Improvement
Facilitators: Dr. Bill Sommers and Glenda Copeland, SEDL	Facilitators: Dr. Mary Lou Meadows and Maggie Rivas, SEDL	Facilitator: Dr. Phillip Eaglin, SEDL	Facilitators: Dr. Sandra Lindsay, Debra Meibaum, and Dr. Vicki Dimock, SEDL

Role V	Role VI	Role VII	Role VIII
Assessment and Accountability	Special Education	Teacher Quality	Policy
Facilitators: Dr. Bill Sommers and Glenda Copeland, SEDL	Facilitators: Dr. Mary Lou Meadows and Maggie Rivas, SEDL	Facilitator: Dr. Phillip Eaglin, SEDL	Facilitators: Dr. Sandra Lindsay, Debra Meibaum, and Dr. Vicki Dimock, SEDL

10:15	Break and Transition to Concurrent Session Rooms
10:30	Concurrent Sessions, #1

Leadership I— Capacity Building: Enhancing Skills of State-Level Staff	Leadership II— Strategic Leadership	Teacher Quality	Middle/High School Reform
Leading: The Importance of Trust Speaker: Dr. Sandra Lindsay, SEDL Facilitator: Maggie Rivas, SEDL	Leading Policy to Scale: Leading When You Are Not in Charge Speaker: Dr. Bill Sommers, SEDL Facilitator: Michael Davis, SEDL	Moving the Focus from Highly Qualified to Highly Effective Speaker: Kathleen Paliokas, Director, INTASC Council of Chief State School Officers Facilitator: Danny Martinez, SEDL	Promising Designs for Middle and High School Reform Speaker: Dr. Carlos Rodriguez, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Facilitator: Dr. Phillip Eaglin, SEDL

Leadership I—
Capacity Building: Enhancing Skills of State-Level Staff

Leadership II—
Strategic Leadership

Teacher Quality

Middle/High School Reform

Leading: The Importance of Trust

Speaker:
Dr. Sandra Lindsay,
SEDL

Facilitator:
Maggie Rivas,
SEDL

Leading Policy to Scale: Leading When You Are Not in Charge

Speaker:
Dr. Bill Sommers,
SEDL

Facilitator:
Michael Davis,
SEDL

Moving the Focus from Highly Qualified to Highly Effective

Speaker:
Kathleen Paliokas,
Director, INTASC Council of Chief State School Officers

Facilitator:
Danny Martinez,
SEDL

Promising Designs for Middle and High School Reform

Speaker:
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez,
Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research

Facilitator:
Dr. Phillip Eaglin,
SEDL

12:30	Lunch The Work of SECC: How States Can Maximize Their Use of SECC Services – Dr. Robin Jarvis Overview and Introduction of State Liaisons
1:45	Concurrent Sessions, #2

Leadership I	Leadership II	Teacher Quality	Middle/High School Reform
Politics, Ethics, and Leadership in State Departments of Education Speaker: Dr. Bill Sommers Facilitator: Dr. Robin Jarvis	Data-Driven Dialogue Speaker: Lynn Sawyer Facilitator: Dr. Chris Ferguson	Issues and Answers for Equity in Teacher Placement Speakers: Dr. Phoebe Gillespie, Project Director, National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers and Vincent Watkins, CEO, The Watkins Group Facilitator: Dr. Ada Muoneke	Strategies for Enhancing Science and Mathematics in Middle Schools Speaker: Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Facilitator: Dr. Phillip Eaglin

Leadership I

Leadership II

Teacher Quality

Middle/High School Reform

Politics, Ethics, and Leadership in State Departments of Education

Speaker:
Dr. Bill Sommers

Facilitator:
Dr. Robin Jarvis

Data-Driven Dialogue

Speaker:
Lynn Sawyer

Facilitator:
Dr. Chris Ferguson

Issues and Answers for Equity in Teacher Placement

Speakers:
Dr. Phoebe Gillespie, Project Director, National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers
and
Vincent Watkins, CEO, The Watkins Group

Facilitator:
Dr. Ada Muoneke

Strategies for Enhancing Science and Mathematics in Middle Schools

Speaker:
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez

Facilitator:
Dr. Phillip Eaglin

3:45	Break and Transition to Meeting Rooms
4:00	State Networking Meetings

Alabama	Georgia	Louisiana	Mississippi	South Carolina
Facilitator: Dr. Mary Lou Meadows	Facilitator: Glenda Copeland	Facilitator: Dr. Vicki Dimock	Facilitator: Debra Meibaum	Facilitator: Dr. Sandra Lindsay

Day 2 / October 24, 2007
Time	Activity
7:00	Breakfast Buffet and Networking Opportunity
8:00	Concurrent Sessions, #3

Leadership I	Leadership II	Teacher Quality	Middle/High School Reform
Leadership Through People Skills and the Importance of Effective Communication Speaker: Dr. Sandra Lindsay Facilitator: Michael Davis	Facilitated Conversation: Strategic Leadership—Current Issues and Emerging Research Speaker: Rebecca Ogletree, Senior Program Specialist, SERVE Facilitator: Maggie Rivas	Special Teachers for Special Needs: Addressing the Teacher Quality Issue in Special Education Speaker: Kathleen Paliokas Facilitator: Dr. Robin Jarvis	Workplace Readiness Issues and How States Can Address These Needs Speaker: Dr. Carlos Rodriguez Facilitator: Danny Martinez

Leadership I

Leadership II

Teacher Quality

Middle/High School Reform

Leadership Through People Skills and the Importance of Effective Communication

Speaker:
Dr. Sandra Lindsay

Facilitator:
Michael Davis

Facilitated Conversation:
Strategic Leadership—Current Issues and Emerging Research

Speaker:
Rebecca Ogletree, Senior Program Specialist, SERVE

Facilitator:
Maggie Rivas

Special Teachers for Special Needs: Addressing the Teacher Quality Issue in Special Education

Speaker:
Kathleen Paliokas

Facilitator:
Dr. Robin Jarvis

Workplace Readiness Issues and How States Can Address These Needs

Speaker:
Dr. Carlos Rodriguez

Facilitator:
Danny Martinez

10:00	Break
10:15	Concurrent Sessions, #4

Leadership I	Leadership II	Teacher Quality	Middle/High School Reform
Leading on Your Feet Speaker: Dr. Chris Ferguson Facilitator: Dr. Phillip Eaglin	The State Role in Promoting Instructional Leadership Speaker: Glenda Copeland Facilitator: Dr. Robin Jarvis	Recruiting, Developing, Mentoring, and Retaining Quality Teachers Speakers: Dr. Phoebe Gillespie and Vincent Watkins Facilitator: Danny Martinez	Designing Schools that Understand and Respond to Adolescent Literacy (Reading Next) Speaker: Dr. Melvina Phillips, Public Consulting Group Facilitator: Maggie Rivas

Leadership I

Leadership II

Teacher Quality

Middle/High School Reform

Leading on Your Feet

Speaker:
Dr. Chris Ferguson

Facilitator:
Dr. Phillip Eaglin

The State Role in Promoting Instructional Leadership

Speaker:
Glenda Copeland

Facilitator:
Dr. Robin Jarvis

Recruiting, Developing, Mentoring, and Retaining Quality Teachers

Speakers:
Dr. Phoebe Gillespie and Vincent Watkins

Facilitator:
Danny Martinez

Designing Schools that Understand and Respond to Adolescent Literacy
(Reading Next)

Speaker:
Dr. Melvina Phillips,
Public Consulting Group

Facilitator:
Maggie Rivas

12:15	Lunch Introduction of Speaker – Glenda Copeland Welcome – Dr. Diane Bradford, Georgia Department of Education
1:30	State Showcase Sessions, #1 – Presenters: Alabama, Georgia

Alabama Presents	Georgia Presents
Alabama Reading Initiative and AMSTI Presenters: Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Sherrill Parris, Tod Beers Facilitator: Dr. Mary Lou Meadows	Building Capacity to Increase Student Achievement in Georgia Presenters: Dr. Wanda Creel and Travis Willard Facilitator: Glenda Copeland

2:20	Break and Transition to Showcase Session Rooms
2:30	State Showcase Sessions, #2 – Presenters: South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia

South Carolina Presents	Alabama Presents	Georgia Presents
SC-SDE Panel: Samples of Success Presenters: Dr. Teri Siskind, Susan DuRant, and Cathy Jones Facilitator: Dr. Sandra Lindsay	Alabama Reading Initiative and AMSTI Presenters: Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Sherrill Parris, Tod Beers Facilitator: Dr. Mary Lou Meadows	Building Capacity to Increase Student Achievement in Georgia Presenters: Dr. Wanda Creel and Travis Willard Facilitator: Glenda Copeland

South Carolina Presents

Alabama Presents

Georgia Presents

SC-SDE Panel: Samples of Success

Presenters:
Dr. Teri Siskind, Susan DuRant, and Cathy Jones

Facilitator: Dr. Sandra Lindsay

Alabama Reading Initiative and AMSTI

Presenters:
Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Sherrill Parris, Tod Beers

Facilitator: Dr. Mary Lou Meadows

Building Capacity to Increase Student Achievement in Georgia

Presenters:
Dr. Wanda Creel and Travis Willard

Facilitator: Glenda Copeland

3:20	Break and Transition to Showcase Session Rooms
3:35	State Showcase Sessions, #3 – Presenters: Louisiana, Mississippi

Louisiana Presents	Mississippi Presents
Every Ed. Presenters: Dr. Susan A. Aysenne and Anne Clouatre Facilitator: Dr. Ada Muoneke	Redesigning Education for the 21st Century Presenters: Shelly Bock and Chris Wall Facilitator: Debra Meibaum

4:25	Transition to Meeting Rooms
4:30	State Implementation Meetings

Alabama	Georgia	Louisiana	Mississippi	South Carolina
Facilitator: Dr. Mary Lou Meadows	Facilitator: Glenda Copeland	Facilitator: Dr. Vicki Dimock	Facilitator: Debra Meibaum	Facilitator: Dr. Sandra Lindsay

Day 3 / October 25, 2007
Time	Activity
7:00	Breakfast Buffet and Networking Opportunity
7:55	State Showcase Sessions, #4 – Presenters: LA, MS, and SC

Louisiana Presents	Mississippi Presents	South Carolina Presents
Every Ed. Presenters: Dr. Susan A. Aysenne and Anne Clouatre Facilitator: Dr. Ada Muoneke	Redesigning Education for the 21st Century Presenters: Shelly Bock and Chris Wall Facilitator: Debra Meibaum	SC-SDE Panel: Samples of Success Presenters: Dr. Teri Siskind, Susan DuRant and Cathy Jones Facilitator: Dr. Sandra Lindsay

Louisiana Presents

Mississippi Presents

South Carolina Presents

Every Ed.

Presenters:
Dr. Susan A. Aysenne and Anne Clouatre

Facilitator:
Dr. Ada Muoneke

Redesigning Education for the 21st Century

Presenters:
Shelly Bock and Chris Wall

Facilitator:
Debra Meibaum

SC-SDE Panel: Samples of Success

Presenters:
Dr. Teri Siskind, Susan DuRant and Cathy Jones

Facilitator:
Dr. Sandra Lindsay

8:45	Break and Transition to Main Meeting Room
9:00	Closing Plenary Introduction of Speaker – Dr. Robin Jarvis Closing Message – Kati Haycock, Executive Director, Education Trust
10:30	Closing Activities – Dr. Robin Jarvis Reimbursement Procedures Forum Evaluation – Jack Lumbley, SECC Wrap-up

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