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ECS National Forum Speakers
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Innovations in Instructional Delivery - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #425) | |||
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. | |||
2:15 PM — 3:30 PM The Real Story of Remedial Education (session #351) This session will explore the role of remedial education can and should play in state efforts to increase college completion. We will explore who is to "blame" for remedial education, what are the real costs and how state policymakers could construct a public dialogue in their state around increasing the success of students in remedial education. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Innovations in Instructional Delivery - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #425) | |||
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. | |||
8:00 AM — 9:30 AM The Common Core Standards & Remedial Education Reform (Invitation Only) (session #415) The Common Core Standards are viewed as a key strategy for reducing remedial education rates and increasing college readiness. This session will explore how K-12 education and postsecondary education can begin to leverage the standards to make immediate improvements in college readiness. | |||
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. | |||
3:00 PM — 3:45 PM An Open-Mic Session with Chiefs for Change (session #256) Get your wheels turning so you’re ready to participate in this highly structured, fast-moving and hard-hitting question and answer opportunity. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
3:30 PM — 5:00 PM Successful Remedial Education Reform Strategies (session #352) This session will look at how states and systems can develop comprehensive strategies that will increase the college success of students who enroll in developmental education. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Innovations in Instructional Delivery - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #425) | |||
8:00 AM — 9:30 AM The Common Core Standards & Remedial Education Reform (Invitation Only) (session #415) The Common Core Standards are viewed as a key strategy for reducing remedial education rates and increasing college readiness. This session will explore how K-12 education and postsecondary education can begin to leverage the standards to make immediate improvements in college readiness. | |||
3:00 PM — 3:45 PM An Open-Mic Session with Chiefs for Change (session #256) Get your wheels turning so you’re ready to participate in this highly structured, fast-moving and hard-hitting question and answer opportunity. | |||
2:00 PM — 5:00 PM Leveraging State Investments in Remedial Education (session #350) Welcome Remarks | |||
9:00 AM — 9:30 AM Plenary Session with Bob Corcoran (session #214) Bob Corcoran will talk about the tremendous resources that the GE Foundation has committed to education over the past several years and where efforts have been successful, fallen short and what lessons have been learned for future investments in education. | |||
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. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #2: Innovative and Cost Effective Strategies to Expand Learning Time (session #272) This session will focus on examples from around the country of how states, districts and schools are expanding time to support student achievement even during these challenging economic times. | |||
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. | |||
2:00 PM — 4:00 PM Building the Next Generation of P-20 System Alignment (session #355) Getting agencies to work together is tough business, and state-level P-20 councils have been accused (rightly or wrongly) of window-dressing. This session will explore the following questions: What is a truly P-20 system? What are the benefits of establishing such a system? Is the creation of a P-20 council necessary? What are the key leverage points to make a genuine P-20 system a reality in your state? | |||
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. | |||
2:00 PM — 5:00 PM Leveraging State Investments in Remedial Education (session #350) Welcome Remarks | |||
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. | |||
2:00 PM — 4:00 PM Building the Next Generation of P-20 System Alignment (session #355) Getting agencies to work together is tough business, and state-level P-20 councils have been accused (rightly or wrongly) of window-dressing. This session will explore the following questions: What is a truly P-20 system? What are the benefits of establishing such a system? Is the creation of a P-20 council necessary? What are the key leverage points to make a genuine P-20 system a reality in your state? | |||
3:00 PM — 3:45 PM Aligning Teacher Preparation to the Common Core (session #255) These panelists will engage with audience members in a discussion on what types of changes need to take place in the areas of teacher preparation, certification and/or professional development for the successful implementation of the new Common Core State Standards? | |||
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. | |||
10:00 AM — 10:45 AM How Thinking in Pictures Provides Perspective (session #217) Temple Grandin is the inspirational animal behavioral scientist and subject of the award-winning HBO film Temple Grandin. An autism spectrum disorder has helped Dr. Grandin deeply understand what it is to be smart, yet different. She is passionate about the power of education and will talk about her thoughts on what matters most to helping all kids succeed. | |||
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. | |||
9:30 AM — 9:50 AM Community Link Foundation - Higher Education Funding Idea (session #215) 12 years in the development and worth the wait – universal financial access to higher education is here! Introducing community Link, an innovative program launching in Michigan and Tennessee, designed to provide free higher education and K-12 alignment services by pooling hidden resources within communities. It’s scalable, sustainable, and available for all 50 states. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #4: Improving Student Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Institutions (session #274) This roundtable session will present the findings from an ambitious year-long study of the transfer pathway from the perspective of the four-year institution. Roundtable participants will be engaged in a discussion about the policy instruments that may encourage more four-year colleges and universities to embrace community college students as an important part of their educational mission. | |||
9:10 AM — 9:55 AM Hess’ Hot Button Issues and What He’d Like to See You Do About Them (session #318) You asked for his return to the ECS National Forum on Education Policy. Here's Rick Hess to help fulfill the ECS goal to "make the body politic itch." Rick will tackle a few of the current education policy issues that we’re all hearing and reading about daily and take us in new directions on how we can or should look at these issues as real opportunities for educational change and reform. | |||
10:50 AM — 11:50 AM What is Holding Back Reading Achievement (session #225) E.D. Hirsch, education “icon” and author of insightful works, including Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children, and The Schools We Need: Why We Can’t Have Them, will talk about reading — how we teach it, how we test it and why this is critical for education reform. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
3:00 PM — 3:45 PM Aligning Teacher Preparation to the Common Core (session #255) These panelists will engage with audience members in a discussion on what types of changes need to take place in the areas of teacher preparation, certification and/or professional development for the successful implementation of the new Common Core State Standards? | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
3:00 PM — 3:45 PM Aligning Teacher Preparation to the Common Core (session #255) These panelists will engage with audience members in a discussion on what types of changes need to take place in the areas of teacher preparation, certification and/or professional development for the successful implementation of the new Common Core State Standards? | |||
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. | |||
2:30 PM — 3:45 PM Foundation of Learning (session #116) Building a Good Foundation, to be presented by Lilian Katz, PhD, Professor Emeritus and staff member of the Clearinghouse on Early Childhood and Parenting at the University of Illinois, focuses on the importance of intellectual goals in the early years, and puts them in the context of academic skills and the role of play in early development. Some examples of such practices will be shown. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
2:00 PM — 4:00 PM Building the Next Generation of P-20 System Alignment (session #355) Getting agencies to work together is tough business, and state-level P-20 councils have been accused (rightly or wrongly) of window-dressing. This session will explore the following questions: What is a truly P-20 system? What are the benefits of establishing such a system? Is the creation of a P-20 council necessary? What are the key leverage points to make a genuine P-20 system a reality in your state? | |||
11:15 AM — 12:00 PM What Legislators Can Do To Impact Remedial Education (Invitation Only) (session #435) The closing session will explore how state legislators can take action to increase the college success of students who are currently being placed in remedial education. | |||
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. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #1: Innovation-based Systemic Reform (session #271) Ted Kolderie, recipient of the prestigious 2011 ECS James Bryant Conant Award, will lead a discussion that delves into what constitutes innovation-based systemic reform. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #9: The Early Assessment Program: Bridging the Gap Between High School Preparation and College Readiness (session #279) The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is a California initiative that formally brings together the K-12 and higher education communities to develop collaborative solutions that improve the learning experience for all students. This discussion will touch on a broad range of topics that emerged over the course of the development of the program. The discussion will include challenges and solutions to policy, technical, fiscal and organizational questions, as well as lessons learned. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
12:30 PM — 2:30 PM Reaping Rewards from Readiness P-20 (session #115) Please drop in - even if you won't arrive on time. This two-part workshop looks in depth at the "P" part of P-20. Learn from The Colorado Story and gain insights from leading experts into how policy can support ways to enhance deeper learning across P-3. First Session begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Second Session with Lilian Katz begins at 2:30 p.m. and ends at 3:45 p.m. | |||
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. | |||
10:05 AM — 11:05 AM Brain Rules and What They Mean for Education (session #325) Dr. John Medina: At your request, Dr. Medina will be back! The highly entertaining, knowledgeable and engaging molecular biologist and author of Brain Rules and Brain Rules for Baby will address implications for learning and for policy. For a preview, see http://brainrules.net/ | |||
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/. | |||
3:00 PM — 3:45 PM Aligning Teacher Preparation to the Common Core (session #255) These panelists will engage with audience members in a discussion on what types of changes need to take place in the areas of teacher preparation, certification and/or professional development for the successful implementation of the new Common Core State Standards? | |||
8:05 AM — 8:20 AM Brief Session with Mark Nieker (session #316) | |||
12:30 PM — 2:30 PM Reaping Rewards from Readiness P-20 (session #115) Please drop in - even if you won't arrive on time. This two-part workshop looks in depth at the "P" part of P-20. Learn from The Colorado Story and gain insights from leading experts into how policy can support ways to enhance deeper learning across P-3. First Session begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Second Session with Lilian Katz begins at 2:30 p.m. and ends at 3:45 p.m. | |||
2:15 PM — 3:30 PM The Real Story of Remedial Education (session #351) This session will explore the role of remedial education can and should play in state efforts to increase college completion. We will explore who is to "blame" for remedial education, what are the real costs and how state policymakers could construct a public dialogue in their state around increasing the success of students in remedial education. | |||
8:15 AM — 9:00 AM Plenary Session with Hilary Pennington (session #213) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to double the number of low-income adults who earn a college degree or a credential that meets job-marked demands by age 26. You will hear about emerging issues and how that work is progressing. | |||
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. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Improving Assessment - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #420) | |||
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. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #10: Increased College Completion (session #280) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is launching an ambitious initiative to increase college completion in states. Come discuss how this research-based strategy has the potential to transform how institutions in your state can use data to help drive increased college completion. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #7: Cross-State Sharing of Education and Workforce Data (session #277) WICHE, through a grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is developing a multi-state data exchange that will be a model for the rest of the nation. Come here how the project is addressing the key challenges to sharing data across state borders to assess workforce outcomes for graduates. | |||
12:30 PM — 2:30 PM Reaping Rewards from Readiness P-20 (session #115) Please drop in - even if you won't arrive on time. This two-part workshop looks in depth at the "P" part of P-20. Learn from The Colorado Story and gain insights from leading experts into how policy can support ways to enhance deeper learning across P-3. First Session begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Second Session with Lilian Katz begins at 2:30 p.m. and ends at 3:45 p.m. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #5: Workplace Readiness Assessment: Business Credible, High School Feasible (session #275) Learn and talk about current efforts to develop assessments that measure students’ readiness for higher education or the workplace. Join the discussion that explains how these readiness skills can be measured ¬— and how you can be involved. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #6: Improving Rural Schools Through the Use of Technology (session #276) This roundtable will focus on the effectiveness of specific technologies and programs that have the potential to positively impact student achievement in rural communities. This includes sharing successes and challenges of keeping students engaged and connected to real world experiences and exposed to advanced and diverse course work in rural communities, and how technology can help overcome traditional barriers to these dilemma. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Increasing Accountability & Getting Results in Remedial Education (Invite Only) (session #430) | |||
11:15 AM — 12:00 PM What Legislators Can Do To Impact Remedial Education (Invitation Only) (session #435) The closing session will explore how state legislators can take action to increase the college success of students who are currently being placed in remedial education. | |||
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. | |||
8:00 AM — 9:30 AM The Common Core Standards & Remedial Education Reform (Invitation Only) (session #415) The Common Core Standards are viewed as a key strategy for reducing remedial education rates and increasing college readiness. This session will explore how K-12 education and postsecondary education can begin to leverage the standards to make immediate improvements in college readiness. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Improving Assessment - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #420) | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #3: Race to the Top’s Early Learning Challenge (session #273) This session will discuss the Race to the Top early learning challenge as an opportunity to build P-3 into P-20. | |||
3:30 PM — 5:00 PM Successful Remedial Education Reform Strategies (session #352) This session will look at how states and systems can develop comprehensive strategies that will increase the college success of students who enroll in developmental education. | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||
5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Roundtable #8: How to Encourage Investment in Certificate and Diploma Programs (session #278) Short-term, career-oriented programs are often the last to be funded and the first to be cut by cash-strapped post-secondary institutions. Yet these programs are essential to meeting employer demands and ensuring a healthy economy. This roundtable will explore ways to encourage investment in certificate and diploma programs, at both public and private sector institutions. | |||
3:00 PM — 3:45 PM An Open-Mic Session with Chiefs for Change (session #256) Get your wheels turning so you’re ready to participate in this highly structured, fast-moving and hard-hitting question and answer opportunity. | |||
3:30 PM — 5:00 PM Successful Remedial Education Reform Strategies (session #352) This session will look at how states and systems can develop comprehensive strategies that will increase the college success of students who enroll in developmental education. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Improving Assessment - Concurrent Session (Invitation Only) (session #420) | |||
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. | |||
2:15 PM — 3:30 PM The Real Story of Remedial Education (session #351) This session will explore the role of remedial education can and should play in state efforts to increase college completion. We will explore who is to "blame" for remedial education, what are the real costs and how state policymakers could construct a public dialogue in their state around increasing the success of students in remedial education. | |||
2:00 PM — 4:00 PM Building the Next Generation of P-20 System Alignment (session #355) Getting agencies to work together is tough business, and state-level P-20 councils have been accused (rightly or wrongly) of window-dressing. This session will explore the following questions: What is a truly P-20 system? What are the benefits of establishing such a system? Is the creation of a P-20 council necessary? What are the key leverage points to make a genuine P-20 system a reality in your state? | |||
2:00 PM — 5:00 PM Leveraging State Investments in Remedial Education (session #350) Welcome Remarks | |||
2:15 PM — 3:30 PM The Real Story of Remedial Education (session #351) This session will explore the role of remedial education can and should play in state efforts to increase college completion. We will explore who is to "blame" for remedial education, what are the real costs and how state policymakers could construct a public dialogue in their state around increasing the success of students in remedial education. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Increasing Accountability & Getting Results in Remedial Education (Invite Only) (session #430) | |||
2:00 PM — 4:00 PM Building the Next Generation of P-20 System Alignment (session #355) Getting agencies to work together is tough business, and state-level P-20 councils have been accused (rightly or wrongly) of window-dressing. This session will explore the following questions: What is a truly P-20 system? What are the benefits of establishing such a system? Is the creation of a P-20 council necessary? What are the key leverage points to make a genuine P-20 system a reality in your state? | |||
12:30 PM — 2:30 PM Reaping Rewards from Readiness P-20 (session #115) Please drop in - even if you won't arrive on time. This two-part workshop looks in depth at the "P" part of P-20. Learn from The Colorado Story and gain insights from leading experts into how policy can support ways to enhance deeper learning across P-3. First Session begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Second Session with Lilian Katz begins at 2:30 p.m. and ends at 3:45 p.m. | |||
9:45 AM — 11:00 AM Increasing Accountability & Getting Results in Remedial Education (Invite Only) (session #430) |
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