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28th ANNUAL
EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE
March 1-5, 2011
Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort

The Agenda
Pre-Conference
Tuesday, March 1st
7:00-8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-11:30 am       Keynote- Lisa Carter
Total Instructional Alignment: From Standards to Student Success
11:30-12:30 pm     Lunch
12:30-4:00 pm   Keynote- Lisa Carter continued
Main Conference
Wednesday, March 2nd  
7:00-8:00 am  Registration and Breakfast
8:00-9:45am     Keynote- Lawrence Lezotte
Effective Schools: Four Decades of Success
9:45-10 am       Break
10:00-11:30 pm

Keynote- Lisa Carter
Aligning to Become an Effective School

11:30-12:30 pm Box Lunch
12:30-2:00 pm       Breakout Sessions:
Lisa Carter- Total Instructional Alignment: Essential Tools and Processes
Larry Deignan- Maximizing Student Engagement and Motivation
Mary Vagner/Chuck Wegner- Celebrating Success!
Scott Kizner- High Poverty, Great Success- How to Sustain Positive Change
2:00-2:15 pm Break
2:15-3:45 pm Breakout Session:
Lawrence Lezotte- Making Effective Schools a Reality
Larry Deignan- Maximizing Student Engagement and Motivation
Mary Vagner/Chuck Wegner- Celebrating Success!
Scott Kizner- High Poverty, Great Success- How to Sustain Positive Change
4:00-5:00 pm Hosted Social Hour
Main Conference
Thursday, March 3rd
7:00-8:00 am  Breakfast
8:00-9:45am     Keynote- John Antonetti
Opportunity to Learn: Shifting Control to the Learner
9:45-10:00 am       Break
10:00-11:30 pm

Keynote- Wayne Hulley
Getting By or Getting Better- Applying Effective Schools Research to Today's Educational Issues

11:30-12:30 pm Lunch on own
12:30-2:00 pm       Breakout Sessions:
John Antonetti- Engagement Guaranteed: Designing Student Learning
Shawn McCollough- Targeted Quarterly Improvement (TQI)- Close the Achievement Gap...Fast
Lynn Fielding- When Your Reading Program Isn't Working and You're Out of Ideas
Robert Hassler- Yes, there is a Magic Bullet- The Effective Schools Correlates
2:00-2:15 pm Break
2:15-3:45 pm Breakout Sessions:
Wayne Hulley- Harbors of Hope- Creating Schools and Classrooms Where Learning By All Is a Reality
Shawn McCollough- Targeted Quarterly Improvement (TQI) – Close the Achievement Gap…Fast
Lynn Fielding– When Your Reading Program Isn’t Working and You’re Out of Ideas
David Page– Supporting Effective Schools
Main Conference
Friday, March 4th
7:00-8:00 am  Breakfast
8:00-9:45am     Keynote- Marcia Tate
Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites– 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain
9:45-10:00 am       Break
10:00-11:30 pm

Keynote- Richard DeLorenzo
Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution

11:30-12:30 pm Lunch on own
12:30-2:00 pm       Breakout Sessions:
Marcia Tate- Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites, continued…
Joe Whelan- Differentiating Instruction in a Whole Group Setting to Bring Fun & Excitement to the Classroom
Greg Firn- “Best of Class”– AKA Correlates of Effective Schools 3.0
2:00-2:15 pm Break
2:15-3:45 pm Breakout Sessions:
Richard DeLorenzo- Nuts and Bolts of How to Reinvent Your Schools and Classrooms
Joe Whelan- If It’s Not Broken – Break It!!!
Greg Firn– It’s All About Leadership: Achieving the Mission
   
Main Conference
Saturday, March 5th
7:00-8:00 am  Breakfast
8:00-9:45am     Keynote- Avis Glaze
Closing the Achievement Gaps: It can be done!
9:45-10:00 am       Break
10:00-11:30 pm

Keynote Continued
Closing the Achievement Gaps: It can be done!

11:30 pm Departures
   
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