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ECS National Forum Concurrent Sessions
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM More with E.D. Hirsch (session #240) This is your chance to question E.D. Hirsch more deeply about strategies to improve literacy – both early and adult. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM School Finance: More Than Information. Solutions (session #241) The past three years have seen unprecedented cuts to K-12 education budgets, creating a great strain on school districts throughout the country — but you already know that. This session’s focus is on innovative solutions that can help you bridge the gap until the economy improves. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM Ensuring a Return on Your Higher Education Investment (session #243) How can states ensure that their investments in higher education result in higher college completion and benefit the overall state economy. A panel of experts will discuss the cost of student attrition to states as well as how new funding models and an emphasis on workforce and economic outcomes can help policymakers ensure they are getting the most for their higher education dollar. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM Workshop on Digital Learning (AKA Blended learning; Hybrid Learning) (session #244) What does digital learning actually look like? And how must policy change for it to reach its potential? This session hones in on how states can get very intentional in their support of this disruptive innovation. Providing what it looks like: Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams — high school science teachers from Woodland Park, Colorado who have used technology to turn the traditional classroom on its head. State leaders will respond to their illustration by discussing how state policy can support this new vision of instruction. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 1:45 PM — 2:45 PM Putting it all together: 21st Century Skills, Common Core & Assessment (session #245) This session will provide awareness that our country is competing in a global innovation economy as well as an overview of fusing the three “R”s with the four “C”s of 21st Century Partnership Skills as aligned with the Common Core and utilization of New and Deeper Assessments to move education from a world of schooling to a world of learning. Lastly, this session will share the work of the Pearson Foundation as they work with national and international partners to bring awareness of the concepts; share best practices, review the results of PISA and stretch participants to recognize that policy can serve as an effective catalyst for change. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 3:50 PM — 4:50 PM Certificates as a College Completion and Workforce Strategy (session #265) As states look to increase their college completion rates, many are looking to certificates offered by community and technical colleges and private proprietary career colleges as a critical strategy to prepare their residents for the workforce. This session will explore how states can rapidly meet their workforce needs and increase their college attainment rates through certificate programs in specific high demand occupational fields. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 3:50 PM — 4:50 PM Teacher Leader Model Standards (session #266) There is growing interest in the concept of teacher leadership as a means for keeping good teachers in the classroom, yet providing them with leadership opportunities; as a way of developing distributed leadership within schools; and as a means for increasing student achievement through alternative staffing models. In this presentation, two members of the Teacher Leader Exploratory Consortium, will present the newly released Teacher Leader Model Standards, in an interactive session that will challenge you to envision these standards in practice. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 3:50 PM — 4:50 PM The Importance of Physical Activity in Schools and What Leaders Can Do to Support It (session #267) Getting children and youth to be more physically active can help prevent or reduce obesity and promote other positive health outcomes. But schools are facing cut-backs and increasing pressure to prioritize academics over physical education, recess, and other opportunities for physical activity. This session will present evidence on why physical activity is important for not only addressing obesity but also how it can help improve academic and behavioral outcomes. A study of California school governance leaders will provide insight into the factors that lead to the successful adoption and implementation of programs and policies that support school-based physical activity. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 3:50 PM — 4:50 PM No Waiting for Superman: Engaged learning within reach of every school! (session #268) Hands-on learning in which students have meaningful and consequential roles through service and leadership to their school and community has long history. Supportive legislation, however, has not kept pace with dynamic new approaches and research that demonstrates these approaches’ positive impact on academic and civic engagement, motivation, and self-efficacy. There’s no better time to bring service-learning, project-based, hands-on and related experiential approaches to scale as reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and policies at the state level are written in coming months. Come hear an exciting application at the local level in Montpelier, VT from Principal Peter Evans and be inspired by the growing Engaged Education Now (EEN) coalition from Jim Kielsmeier, Founder of the National Youth Leadership Council and Organizer of EEN. Leave the sessions with a network for support and ideas for how to bring engaged education to scale in your state. PARTICIPANTS
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 3:50 PM — 4:50 PM The College Completion Renaissance (session #269) The national goal to significantly increase college completion at a time of limited public support for higher education has brought on an era of unprecedented innovation in higher education instruction and delivery. This session will feature some of the most promising, high impact approaches to increasing student success. PARTICIPANTS
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Friday, July 8, 2011 11:15 AM — 12:15 PM More with John Medina (session #330) This is your chance to question Dr. Medina more deeply about the ways in which state policy could better build on his research. For a preview, see http://brainrules.net/. PARTICIPANTS
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Friday, July 8, 2011 11:15 AM — 12:15 PM The Boulder Higher Education Brain Trust (session #331) Participate in a free-wheeling discussion with the leaders of WICHE, SHEEO and NCHEMS as they wax poetic about the latest in higher education policy reform. PARTICIPANTS
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Friday, July 8, 2011 11:15 AM — 12:15 PM The Common Core: Out of the Chute and Into the Arena (session #333) This session looks at critical considerations, next steps and advice from states “leading the ride” regarding the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. PARTICIPANTS
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Friday, July 8, 2011 11:15 AM — 12:15 PM With All of Our High School Reforms, Why Are Kids Still Not Well-Prepared for College and Work? (session #334) In spite of increasing graduation requirements and raising the bar on high school assessments, recent reports indicate that far too many students are ill-prepared for entry into college, work or the military. This session explores means by which states can potentially move the needle on college- and career-readiness for all students. PARTICIPANTS
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Saturday, July 9, 2011 9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Improving Assessment - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #420) PARTICIPANTS
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Saturday, July 9, 2011 9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Innovations in Instructional Delivery - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #425) PARTICIPANTS
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Saturday, July 9, 2011 9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Increasing Accountability & Getting Results in Remedial Education (Invite Only) (session #430) PARTICIPANTS
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