Conference Guide • Agenda • Road Map • Schedule
October 25, - October 27, 2011
TEXAS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE • 2011
DAILY AGENDA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011 PRE-CONFERENCE Time
PRE-CONFERENCE
Session
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Registration / Full Breakfast Buffet – Atrium / Ballroom D Foyer
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference – Ballroom D
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception / Early Registration – Exhibit Hall 5/ Atrium Entertainment by AISD McCallum HS Steel Drums and the AISD Austin HS Orchestra
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011 Time Session 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration / Full Breakfast Buffet – Atrium / Exhibit Hall 4 Entertainment by AISD Bowie HS Jazz Band and AISD Bowie HS Jazz Choir
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Keynote Speaker Brené Brown – Exhibit Hall 4
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Breakout Session #1
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Breakout Session #2
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch / Gaye Lang, TEA – Exhibit Hall 4
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Exhibitor Hall – Exhibit Hall 5 Entertainment provided by AISD Eastside HS Pep Band
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Breakout Session #3
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Structured Networking – Exhibit Hall 4
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011 Time
2
DAY 1
DAY 2
Session
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in Exhibitor Hall – Exhibit Hall 5 Entertainment provided by AISD Austin HS Jazz Band
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Breakout Session #4
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Breakout Session #5
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Exhibitor Hall (snacks provided) – Exhibit Hall 5 Entertainment provided by the AISD Reagan HS Drumline
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker Principal Baruti Kafele and Closing – Exhibit Hall 4
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration / Full Breakfast Buffet – Atrium / Exhibit Hall 4
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Keynote Speaker Brené Brown – Exhibit Hall 4
Session One
Your Choices
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Session Two
Your Choices
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch / Gaye Lang, TEA – Exhibit Hall 4 Exhibitors Breakouts • Your Choices
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Session Three
Your Choices
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Structured Networking – Exhibit Hall 4
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Session Four
Continental Breakfast in Exhibitor Hall – Exhibit Hall 5
Your Choices
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Session Five
Your Choices
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Exhibitors Breakouts • Your Choices
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Keynote Speaker Principal Baruti Kafele and Closing – Exhibit Hall 4
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OCTOBER 25, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
STRAND
Pre-Conference Pre-Conference Breakfast Participants
ROOM Ballroom D
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ALL
Engaging Every Family - Steve Constantino
R
Ballroom D
A
11 A
STRAND
ROOM
A
EH 4
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Transformation Cycle 1 PSP
Transformation Cycle 1 Action Research
OCTOBER 26, 8:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. AUDIENCE ALL
SESSION TITLE Opening and Keynote Brené Brown
10:15 a.m. -26, 11:15 a.m.a.m. - 11:15 a.m. OCTOBER 10:15 1. Common Intervention at the Core of Instruction (K-8)
A
11 A
IS / TL
2. Racially Relevant Instructional Strategies for Teaching African American Students.
A
11 B
ALL
3. A Sparkling Document, the School-Parent Compact
R
12 A
IS / TL
4. Utilizing Your Time Effectively During Common Planning for Middle School Math
P
12 B
IS / PSP / ESC
5. Full Grant Implementation Through Distributed Leadership 9-12
P
13 A
ADM
6. How Madden '11 and Video Games Improve Test Scores!
S
13 B
ALL
7. The 4 F's of Positive Discipline to Raise Student Scores and Lower Teacher Stress: Focused, Fair, Firm, Follow Through
S
14
ALL
8. A Systems Approach to Redesigning Urban High Schools
A
15
ALL
9. It's Their School, Their Kids, and Their Money – School/Community Relations
R
16 A
ALL
10. Igniting the Passion for a Positive School Climate!
S
16 B
Teacher Leaders
TL
Supporting a Positive School Climate
S
Instructional Specialists
IL
Preparing High Quality Teachers and Leaders
P
Advancing Academic Performance
A
Reaching out to Parents and Community
R
Keeping the Focus on Quality Data and Learning Time
K
Professional Service Provider
PSP
Service Center Representative
ESC
District Representative
DR
Administrator 4
STRAND
AUDIENCE
IS / PSP
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OCTOBER 26, 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
STRAND
ROOM
ADM / TL / PSP
11. Transforming Classroom Practices
P
17 A
TL / IS
12. From Memoirs to Marsupials: Supporting Informational Writing in Upper Elementary
A
17 B
TL
13. Increasing Student Learning with Distributed Assessments
K
18
TL / IS
14. Flexible Grouping: A Structure to "Spark Success"
P
18 B
ADM / ESC / PSP 15. Supporting Campus Improvement from Central Office with Data
K
18 C
ADM
16. Grand Central Station: Proactive Intervention at Waco High School
A
18 D
ALL
17. ELLs: Improving English Language Development
P
19 A
TL / IS
18. Curriculum Prioritization Leads to Higher Achievement
A
19 B
ALL
19. Program Development for High School
A
Ballroom E
Required Stage 3 Corrective Action teams
20. SIRC Stage 3
A
Ballroom F
ADM
21. Engaging Parents
R
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage A
TL / IS
22. Vocabulary Instruction that Impacts Student Achievement
A
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage B
ALL
23. Be Strategic: Number Sense, Computational Fluency, and Professional Learning
P
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage C
STRAND
ROOM
OCTOBER 26, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
ADM / IS / PSP
24. Data Rooms for Monitoring
K
11 A
IS / TL
25. Help Them Achieve Their Dreams By Remembering Your Own
R
11 B
ALL
26. Is Chicken Brain Food? Chick-fil-A Partners with Forest Park Middle School
R
12 A
ALL / Charter
27. Go Big or Go Home: Big Dreams Inspire Great Teams
P
12 B
ADM / ESC
28. Intervention and Acceleration Instruction: A Collection of PK-12 Best 23. Practices
P
13 A
ALL
29. Designing Student Assessments While Implementing a Redo Policy
A
13 B
ADM / ESC / PSP
30. Increasing Student Motivation Through Personalization Structures: A Case Study that Describes a Middle School's Organizational Structures that Led to Increased Student Motivation
S
14
ALL
31. Turn Around School
S
15
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OCTOBER 26, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. AUDIENCE
STRAND
ROOM
32. Piloting A New Course for Supplemental Educational Services
A
16 A
TL / IS
33. Strategies for Questioning: Are We Asking the "Just Right" Questions to Spark Success?
K
16 B
TL / IS
34. No Teacher Left Behind: Keeping up with and Captivating Generation Next
P
17 A
ADM / IS
35. Do You Have What it Takes to be a Turnaround Leader?
P
17 B
TL
36. Getting Back to the Basics: Exemplary Lessons Focused on Learning
P
18 A
TL
37. Spark your Students' Interest with Activating Strategies (K-12)
A
18 B
ALL
38. From Punitive to Positive - A Renaissance of Expectations
S
18 C
ADM
39. Increasing Achievement: Leading for Excellence and Turning Around Schools
P
18 D
TL / IS
40. Capturing the Teenager's Brain
A
19 A
TL / IS
41. Connecting with At-Risk Students: It’s All about Relationships
S
19 B
TL / ADM
42. Formative Assessments
A
Ballroom E
Required Stage 4+
43. SIRC Stage 4+ Restructuring Team
A
Ballroom D
ALL
44. TEA Q+A
A
Ballroom G
ADM / IS
45. Walkthroughs With a Purpose
P
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage A
ALL
46. Burnout to Breakthrough
S
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage B
ALL
47. Reading Comprehension & Thinking Your Way Through Text: The Differences that Make a Difference for Struggling Readers
P
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage C
Teacher Leaders
TL
Supporting a Positive School Climate
S
Instructional Specialists
IL
Preparing high Quality Teachers and Leaders
P
Advancing Academic Performance
A
Reaching out to Parents and Community
R
Keeping the Focus on Quality Data and Learning Time
K
Professional Service Provider
PSP
Service Center Representative
ESC
District Representative
DR
STRAND
AUDIENCE
ADM
Administrator 6
SESSION TITLE
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OCTOBER 26, 1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
STRAND
ROOM
ALL
48. Using Your Data to Prepare for STAAR
K
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage B
TL / IS
49. Improving Fluency by Combining Teacher Modeling, Repeated Reading and Progress Monitoring
P
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage C
STRAND
ROOM
OCTOBER 26, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
ADM / PSP
50. The Alpha Initiative: Making A Difference One Student At a Time
R
11 A
TL / IS
51. Quality Questioning in the Middle School Classroom
P
11 B
TL / IS
52. Conferencing, Coaching, and Choice: Improving the Desire to Learn ALL Students
S
12 A
ALL / ESC
53. Make the Most of Your Campus Snapshot Report
K
12 B
TL / IS
54. How to Maintain Active Ongoing Student Engagement in Relatively Large Middle School Math Classes
A
13 A
ADM
55. AVID: Increasing Academic and Instructional Rigor
S
13 B
TL
56. The Ins and Outs of the Saturday Boot Camp
A
14
TL
57. H ow to Get the Most from Summarizing Strategies (Elem. - High School)
A
15
ALL
58. On Higher Ground
A
16 A
ALL
59. Moving from Chaos to Tranquility: A Systems Approach for Secondary School Reform Efforts
A
16 B
Elementary TL / IS / ADM
60. Dynamic Teaching to Invigorate Your Students
K
17 A
ADM / PSP's
61. Transformation of the "Impossible" Campus
S
17 B
TL / IS
62. Making the Right Connections: SPARK Students’ SUCCESS in Middle School Mathematics!
A
18 A
ALL
63. Teacher Leadership and Efficacy: Key to Improvement at ALL Levels
P
18 B
ALL
64. Capture Your Parents!
R
18 C
TL / IS
65. Effective Grading Practices: 12 Fixes for Broken Grades
K
18 D
ADM / IS / PSPs
66. Administrative Support of Inclusive Practices for Struggling Students With and Without Disabilities
P
19 A
ALL
67. Six Sources for Influencing Change: Multiple Approaches for Profound, Persistent, and Resistant Problems
S
19 B
ALL
68. Teacher Leadership
P
Ballroom E
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OCTOBER 26, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
STRAND
ROOM
Required of LEA Representatives 69. SIRC District of SIP Campuses
P
Ballroom D
ALL
70. Maximizing Resources Through State and Federal Coordination
A
Ballroom G
ADM / TL / IS
71. Breaking Down the Biology End-of-Course, Science STAAR, and Science TAKS
A
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage A
ALL
72. Multi-Sensory Math Instruction for Students AND Teachers
P
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage B
ADM / PSPs
73. Creating Culture of High Expectations: A Practitioners Experience of Leadoing School Communities and Obtaining Positive Results
S
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage C
STRAND
ROOM
R
Ballroom D
OCTOBER 26th, 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. AUDIENCE Required of ALL participants
SESSION TITLE 74. Structured Networking
This concludes today’s sessions; see you tomorrow!
“Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.”
Teacher Leaders
TL
Supporting a Positive School Climate
S
Instructional Specialists
IL
Preparing High Quality Teachers and Leaders
P
Advancing Academic Performance
A
Reaching out to Parents and Community
R
Keeping the Focus on Quality Data and Learning Time
K
Professional Service Provider
PSP
Service Center Representative
ESC
District Representative
DR
Administrator 8
STRAND
AUDIENCE
– Ken Blanchard
ADM © 2011 ESC Region XIII
OCTOBER 27, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 am. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
STRAND
ROOM
TL / IS
75. Supporting High School Mathematics Through Interdisciplinary Activities
A
11 A
TL
76. 5 WAYS to “ Engage” Your Students in 4th-8th Grade Math While Integrating “Rigor and Relevance”
A
11 B
ALL
77. Parent Learning Walks: How to show Parents what is Happening in the Classrooms
R
12 A
ALL
78. The New Coach at the High School, the Literacy Coach: Empowering Teachers for Student Success
P
12 B
ALL
79. Open Source Solutions
P
13 A
ALL
80. Improve Now: The Secret of Rapid Improvement
A
13 B
ALL
81. Using Data for Campus Improvement
K
14
ALL / ESC
82. Putting Spark into Your Family Engagement Program with a Meaningful Parental Involvement Policy
R
15
TL / IS
83. Strategies to Get Your Middle and High School English Learners Speaking, Reading, Writing and Thinking
A
16 A
ADM / PSP
84. Leading the Flock: The Role of the TTIPS District Shepherd
S
16 B
ALL
85. Campus Planning Event: Light the Fire, Sparks Will Fly!
K
17 A
ALL
86. OnTRACK for College Readiness: Digital Tools and Resources for High School
A
17 B
ALL
87. Sparking the Move From Data to Instruction
K
18 A
TL / IS
88. Motivating the Unmotivated: Connecting Disconnected Students
A
18 B
ALL
89. Designing Student Assessments While Implementing a Redo Policy
P
18 C
ADM
90. Bringing Out the Best in Your School!
S
18 D
ALL
91. Bridging Thinking Through Interventions
P
19 A
ALL
92. Campus Behavior Intervention Success Strategies (CBIS): A Proactive Approach to Academic and Behavioral Intervention
S
19 B
TL / IS / PSP
93. Engaging Struggling Students through Differentiation and Learning Styles in Inclusive Classrooms
A
Ballroom E
ALL
94. Lessons Learned
A
Ballroom G
ADM / IS
95. Too Many Tests! Are Your Tests Providing What You Think They're Providing?
K
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage A
TL / IS
96. Teaching Relevant Science and Math within the Agriculture Curriculum
A
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage B
TL / IS / ADM
97. Touch Math: Building Number Sense and Math Fact Fluency for Struggling Intermediate and Middle School Students
A
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage C
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OCTOBER 27, 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 am. SESSION TITLE
STRAND
ROOM
TL / IS
98. Techniques to achieve 100% Engagement 100% of the Time: Enhancing your Secondary Mathematics Program for your LEP students.
A
11 A
ALL
99. Campus Snapshot: Not Just Another School Picture
K
11 B
ALL / ESC
100. Getting Parents Onboard
R
12 A
ADM / Charter
101. Developing Leaders to Promote Secondary Student Success
P
12 B
ALL
102. Everything You Wanted to Know About Project Share!
P
13 A
TL / IS
103. Spark Success With Customized Student Assignments
A
13 B
ALL
104. The Dropout Dilemma 2011: Solutions
S
14
ADM / IS
105. Comprehensive Middle School Reform: 8 Key Practices
A
15
ALL
106. Using Data to Facilitate Academic Growth in Middle School
K
16 A
ALL / ESC
107. Empowering Teachers to Lead the Turnaround Process
P
16 B
ALL
108. RESULTS NOW: Achieving Unprecedented improvements in Teaching and Learning
P
17 A
ADM / PSP's
109. Force Field Analysis: A Change Management Technique
S
17 B
ADM / IS
110. Coaching to Build Confidence, Competence, and Capacity
P
18 A
ALL
111. Building School-Wide Academic Interventions From the Ground Up
A
18 B
ADM
112. Successful Leadership for Struggling Schools
P
18 C
ALL
113. What Every School Leader Should Know About Instruction: The Fundamental 5
P
18 D
TL/ IS
114. No Wasted Time! No Wasted Space!
K
19 A
ALL
115. Realizing "Focus" in Our Schools: School Improvement (PreK-12) Strategies and Structures from Focus – Elevating the Essentials To Radically Improve Student Learning
A
19 B
TL / IS
116. Math: Grades 5-8: Don't Get Caught In the Middle!
A
Ballroom E
Required TTLA PSPs
117. Texas Turnaround Leadership Academy
P
Ballroom F
Teacher Leaders
TL
Supporting a Positive School Climate
S
Instructional Specialists
IL
Preparing High Quality Teachers and Leaders
P
Advancing Academic Performance
A
Reaching out to Parents and Community
R
Keeping the Focus on Quality Data and Learning Time
K
Professional Service Provider
PSP
Service Center Representative
ESC
District Representative
DR
Administrator 10
STRAND
AUDIENCE
AUDIENCE
ADM © 2011 ESC Region XIII
OCTOBER 27, 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 am. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
STRAND
ROOM
ADM / IS/ TL
118. Address Social and Behavioral Issues to Increase Academic Performance
S
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage A
ALL
119. From Techno Cool to Techno Tool: Time to Chart a New Course
A
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage B
ADM / IS/ TL
120. Empower and Leverage Best Instructional Solutions through Professional learning: Pre-K through 12
P
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage C
STRAND
ROOM
OCTOBER 27, 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 am. AUDIENCE
SESSION TITLE
ALL
121. You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See: The Use of Frequent Classroom Observation
K
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage A
ALL
122. Help! My Students Are All Different! Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners in All Grades
P
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage B
TL / IS
123. How Does Scaffolding Grade Level Expectations Produce Successful Learners?
A
Exhibit Hall 5 Stage C
Have a great conference!
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