Jennifer Saenz, Partnership and Outreach Coordinator, The University of Texas at Austin Ty Davidson, Consultant, The University of Texas at Austin Erik Dillaman, Teacher/Coordinator, Austin ISD
The THECB envisions that at least 60 percent of Texans age 2534 will have a certificate or college degree by 2030. Only 35 percent of Texans currently meet that goal. The University of Texas at Austin has partnered with Texas school districts to support the college-completion pipeline through an innovative dual-enrollment program that delivers the benefits of experiencing college before college and removes access barriers for all students. Just Start Something: A Guide to Support Change in Educational Environments – 18C David Stubbs, President, Cultural Shift
This interactive conversation will deliver valuable insight from a school facility personnel’s perspective demonstrating innovation and change.The presenter’s journey exhibits previously suppressed ideas of change creating holistic solutions to environments providing examples of 100 percent engagement. Resulting solutions take into account the entire environment not unlike educators desire to educate the whole child. Discussions include key attributes, defining principles, and unique furniture solutions. Building Principal Capacity Through Learning Walks – 18D Tory Hill, Assistant Superintendent for Instructional and Administrative Support, Area 2, Katy ISD Freda Corbell Creech, Associate Superintendent for School Leadership and Improvement, Katy ISD Steven Robertson, Assistant Superintendent for Instructional and Administrative Support, Area 1, Katy ISD
district and campus level staff in the development, communication, and implementation stages. This session will provide participants with a powerful road map to follow in each step of the emergency management plan development (planning, preparation, practice, and perform) to ensure that an effective and user-friendly plan is the result. The Value of a Value-Based Leadership Culture (aka The Rocket Science Ain’t the Hard Part) – 19B Paul Sean Hill, former Director of Mission Operations and Space Shuttle and International Space Station Flight Director, NASA
Why do culture and leadership values matter? Learn from NASA’s Mission Control experience. After almost five decades, we learned to articulate the key leadership values that have always been critical enablers in working-level decision making during the most unforgiving operations in manned space flight. Applying those values to management practices, and a deliberate organizational culture, enabled critical but supposedly “impossible” wins at the enterprise level. Interim Activity in Texas Public Education Accountability & Assessment – Ballroom G Maria Whitsett, Associate, Moak, Casey & Associates Curtis Culwell, Associate, Moak, Casey & Associates Alicia Thomas, Consultant, Moak, Casey & Associates
This presentation reviews milestones in assessment and accountability since Texas’ 84th Legislature adjourned, such as: the determination of performance standards for STAAR math tests in grades 3-8 and the results; release of final accountability reports; appointments to the Texas Commission on Next-Generation Assessments and Accountability; status of ESEA; and TEA’s review of the TEKS and STAAR per HB 743. The presentation closes with implications for the next legislative session.
Lee Crews, Assistant Superintendent for Instructional and Administrative Support, Area 3, Katy ISD
This session is designed to allow participants to gain practical processes for facilitating districtwide learning walks that allow principals to transform learning through collective inquiry, collaboration with colleagues, and reflection on current instructional practices. Learning walks are brief classroom visits that allow the observer to reflect on what students are learning, instructional strategies, student interaction with the content, and student engagement. The Four P’s to Effective Crisis Management Planning for Today’s Schools – 19A Ecomet Burley, Director, Center for Safe and Secure Schools, Harris County Department of Education Steve Cathey, Safety Program Specialist, Harris County Department of Education
Effective emergency operations planning in not a solitary event but an ongoing process that involves planning, preparing, practicing, and then performing in the event an emergency occurs. The process is collaborative and must involve first responders and
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Using Dual Enrollment to Increase the College Completion Pipeline – 18B