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ECS National Forum Concurrent Sessions
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM The Right Drivers for Whole System Reform: More with Michael Fullan (session #225) This session will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss Dr. Fullan’s ideas about the right and wrong drivers of reform. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM Every Student a Citizen: Reinvigorating Service-Learning & Civic Education across P-12 (session #226) Join state service-learning policy experts from three states to discuss what the defunding of Learn and Serve might mean for service-learning in your state. Learn how and why service-learning continues to gain momentum, and hear suggestions for how state policy can advance service-learning programs in your state. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM Continuation of Technology in the Classroom: How to Do It Right! (session #227) More in depth information about how schools and districts are successfully implementing blended learning in schools and how this is leading to greater student achievement. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM Raising Graduation Rates in New Hampshire: Effective Approaches, Lessons Learned (session #228) In recent years, New Hampshire has adopted a diverse set of innovative efforts that have led to a substantial decrease in the state’s dropout rate. This session will provide details on how the state and school partners identified and implemented these approaches, their impact on student graduation rates, and lessons learned for other states considering adoption of similar strategies. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM "More" with Paul Kelley (session #229) This is your chance to question Paul Kelley more deeply about ways in which state policy could better support innovation based on good science. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM Building Academic Pathways to the Workforce (session #230) There is little question that the focus of education reform efforts in both K-12 and postsecondary education is to successfully prepare, enroll and graduate students from postsecondary education with a credential of value in the workforce. While the goal is clear, successful strategies are rare. This session will examine how K-12, postsecondary education and employers can work together to create workforce aligned academic pathways that move students from high school, into postsecondary programs and into high demand workforce opportunities. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:05 PM — 4:55 PM Using the Common Core State Standards to Drive Achievement (session #250) Contributing Common Core State Standards authors David Coleman and Jason Zimba will discuss strategies and tools for using the Standards to improve teaching and learning. The discussion will focus on identifying clear instructional shifts required by the Standards and clear strategies for achieving these shifts. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:05 PM — 4:55 PM Reconstructing Financial Aid to Increase Completion and Maintain Affordability (session #251) Financial aid programs at the federal and state level are no longer a simple tool for increasing access to higher education. New state and federal policies are reconfiguring the programs to increase college completion and control postsecondary tuition rates. This session will look at innovative models for maximizing state investments in student financial aid. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:05 PM — 4:55 PM The Appropriate and Effective Use of Technology in Early Childhood Programs (session #252) Learn about a new position statement about the effective and appropriate uses of technologies and digital media in early childhood programs with children from birth through third grade. Learn about potential benefits and cautions. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:05 PM — 4:55 PM 2012 State Teachers of the Year: The Practitioner’s Perspective on Policy (session #253) Hear the practitioner perspective on today’s education policy issues – what’s working, what’s not. Learn how the policy really impacts the classroom with deliberate and unintended consequences. Find out how practitioners and policymakers can work together to make meaningful impacts on teacher effectiveness and student achievement. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:05 PM — 4:55 PM 21st Century Skills and Civic Literacy: Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders (session #254) This session will provide an overview of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21’s) exciting new work in promoting civic literacy and 21st century citizenship. The partnership is supported by a new coalition of organizations that are rethinking what it means for schools and learning communities to prepare students to lead in the 21st century. P21 recognizes that leadership in the 21st century will require all students to have a unique combination of the 3R’s and the 4C’s (communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking skills) to be engaged, active global citizens in their communities. This session will also feature new resources and policy guides for state leaders. PARTICIPANTS
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:05 PM — 4:55 PM What Should Early Literacy Policy Look Like if the Goal is Proficiency for All? (session #255) Thirty-nine states have enacted Early Literacy policies. This session will explore the topics of successful implementation, adaptive leadership, and the systems thinking needed by school leaders to successfully lead fundamental changes in reading instruction. Gary Whiteley and Lexie Domaradzki will use examples from the book School Leaders’ Implementation Field Guide: Designing and Supporting High Performance Teams to suggest the need for specific language in Early Literacy policy. PARTICIPANTS
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:05 AM — 12:00 PM School Funding: Where Are We Now? (session #320) This session will provide an update on the current condition of state education spending nationwide, as well as information on the current status of the U.S. Department of Education’s budget. Ample time will be provided during the latter portion of the session for attendees to ask the experts their school funding questions. PARTICIPANTS
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:05 AM — 12:00 PM Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges: More with Valora Washington (session #321) Dr. Washington will talk with participants about crossing boundaries and building bridges when working with young learners. PARTICIPANTS
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:05 AM — 12:00 PM Principles of Early Success in Postsecondary Education (session #322) New research and proven practice is providing a clearer vision on how to increase college completion by more effectively aligning curriculum, delivering basic skills instruction and moving students into academic programs. This session will describe key design principles for both policy and practice on how to increase college completion rates by promoting early academic success. PARTICIPANTS
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:05 A — 12:00 PM Not Your Grandmother’s Civics: A Conversation with Justice O’Connor (session #323) Join retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for a lively conversation about why civic education is more important now than ever. She'll discuss and answer questions about how a grandmother became a champion for video games and the vital work she and her organization iCivics are doing to bring excitement to civic education. PARTICIPANTS
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:05 AM — 12:00 PM Georgia's College and Career Ready Performance Index and ESEA Flexibility (session #324) Georgia is among a group of 10 early submission states to be granted US ED approval to waive NCLB/AYP requirements. Georgia's waiver application stresses the implementation of a College and Career Ready Performance Index- a comprehensive platform for accountability, school improvement, and communication. The successful implementation of the CCRPI is highly critical to Georgia State School Superintendent John Barge's mission of "Making Education Work for All Georgians." PARTICIPANTS
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:05 AM — 12:00 PM Defining College Readiness: Where Are We Now? Where Do We Go from Here? (session #325) Many states have either recently established state definitions of “college readiness”, or have efforts underway to create a “college readiness” definition. This session will provide the current landscape of state-level college-readiness definitions, discuss potential benefits and challenges of various aspects of definitions, and propose next steps for states to ensure greater numbers of students complete high school ready for postsecondary education. PARTICIPANTS
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