Closing the Achievement Gap Conference

The Third Annual Closing the Achievement Gap Conference Presentations Update: April 10, 2006

Tentative Schedule

Below is a draft list of those presenters and presentation titles that will be featured at the 2006 Closing the Achievement Gap Conference. Please be sure to check this website often, as new information will be posted regularly.

~Keynote~ Dr. Robert Barr “Education in a World of Change”

~Featured Speakers~ Dr. Donna Beegle “Working with Students From Poverty” Dr. Cathy Fromme “The Importance of Trust in School and District Improvement Efforts”

Topic Designation 1 Family Involvement 5 Managing Student Transitions (Pre-K thru Post Secondary) 2 Data-Informed Planning 6 Leadership 3 Using Technology to Bridge the Gap 7 Other 4 Techniques for Teaching Diverse Students

Note: To sort the following two tables by a particular topic of interest, highlight all columns, click on “Table” (above), scroll down to “Sort,” pull up the column of interest in the pop-up window, and click on, my list has—“Header Row.”

D:\Docs\2018-04-05\046264db8991c80045387e9a88c78c2b.doc FRIDAY PRESENTATIONS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wkshp Room Presentation Description # # X X I 1 Gary English & Jessica Bogli, Oregon Department of Education Inge Aldersebaes, Department of Human Resources Healthy Kids Learn Better Using a Coordinated School Health Approach to Improve Students Potential to Learn

X X I 2 Mary Jean Knoll & Mary Bork Lane ESD Using Evidence Based Programs to Engage Families: Families and Schools Together ( FAST)

X X X I 3 John O’Neill Jr., Karen Robinson & Leonard Terrible Forest Grove High School, Forest Grove School District Closing the Achievement Gap at the High School Level (award winner)

X I 4 Marty McCall Northwest Evaluation Association The Growth Gap in Achievement

X X I 5 Shirley Rosenberg & Dee Carlson Beaverton School District Beaverton School District: A Model for College Readiness

X X I 6 Donna M. Beegle Communication Across Barriers Interrupting Generational Poverty Barriers or Breaking Barriers- Concrete Tools for Working with Students from Poverty

X X X I 7 Nellie Edge NW Coalition for Excellence in Kindergarten and Early Literacy Multi Sensory, Meaning Centered Instruction (Part I)

X I 8 Maureen Shaw & Four Staff from Engineering and Skilled Trades Portland General Electric Meet the real McCoy: Preparing Students for Engineering and Skilled Trades Careers (Part I)

X I 9 Teresa Ferrer Oregon Education Association (OEA) Education for all: Diversity Training Overview

D:\Docs\2018-04-05\046264db8991c80045387e9a88c78c2b.doc X I 10 Terry Kneisler, Reynolds School District Superintendent Serena Cruz Walsh, Multnomah County Commissioner Connecting Families to Schools: An Assessment Tool for Educators Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

X II 1 Elaine Hultengren Oregon Department of Education What the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Data Can Tell Us About Closing the Achievement Gap

X X II 2 Steffen Saifer & Lilia Doni Northwest Regional Educational Lab Classroom to Community and Back: Culturally Responsive, Standards Based Teaching

X X II 3 Carmen X. Urbina Eugene School District 4J Engaging Parents, Family and Community in the Education of Their Children by Engaging Communities of Faith X II 4 Jennifer Doolittle & Dianna Carrizales Oregon Department of Education Alternative Assessments: Options in Oregon for Students with Disabilities

X X X II 5 Russ Sweet Oregon Department of Education Dismantling the Bell Curve, Closing the Achievement Gap with Reading First

X X II 6 Donna M. Beegle Communication Across Barriers Interrupting Generational Poverty Barriers or Breaking Barriers- Concrete Tools for Working with Students from Poverty (Repeat)

X X X II 7 Nellie Edge NW Coalition for Excellence in Kindergarten and Early Literacy Multi Sensory, Meaning Centered Instruction (Part II)

II 8 Maureen Shaw & Four Staff from Engineering and Skilled Trades Portland General Electric Meet the real McCoy: Preparing Students for Engineering and Skilled Trades Careers (Part II)

X X II 9 Judee K. Axelsen

D:\Docs\2018-04-05\046264db8991c80045387e9a88c78c2b.doc Vision Into Reality Making Reading Purposeful and Successful for High School Students Results That Work—Low Performing Schools That Are No Longer …Getting to AYP…PDQ

X X II 10 Sherrie Barger & Derek Edens David Douglas School District From the Bottom Up: Teacher leaders meet the challenges of using technology to collaborate and align curriculum

X X X III 1 Maxine Proskurowski Eugene School District 4J The Changing Demographics of America: Building Culturally Competent Programs in the 21st Century for Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Children and Youth

X III 2 Mary Bork & Marti Templeton Lane ESD Using Evidence-Based Curriculum in High School-Reconnecting Youth

X III 3 LaTonya Burrage National PTA Closing the Achievement Gap: How to Make Family, School, Community Partnerships Work

X X X III 4 Cathy Fromme Trustworks The Importance of Trust in School and District Improvement Efforts

III 5 Andrea Morgan Oregon Department of Education Rigorous Courses for All Students: Pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement Program Possibilities

III 6 Rob Hess & Jeff Mather Springfield Public Schools Increasing Student Achievement for All Students through Innovation, Technology, Staff Development and Priority Leadership

III 7 Literacy Coaches Beaverton School District Implementing the Literacy Coaching Model X X III 8 Ricardo Marquez, Angie Navarro & Tammy Myers Trost Elementary, Canby School District Title IA School Wide Implementation- Connecting with families

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X III 9 Karanja Crews Speak Life Education and Consulting Cultural Competence: Teaching Higher Order Reading Skills using Hip Hop Music

X III 10 Judee Axelsen Vision Into Reality To Close the Achievement Gap: Instructional Leadership is the Difference

X X IV 1 Pheobe Mae Coalition of Advocates for Equal Access for Girls Gender Responsive Approaches with Girls(a focus on Latina middle and high school girls)

X IV 2 Michelle Jensen Oregon Department of Education The Big Picture on Family Involvement: What Schools and Districts Should Know

X X IV 3 Michael Fridley, Oregon Department of Education Sharon Morgan, Oregon Alliance for Arts Education Achievement Equity and Access Through the Arts.

X X X IV 4 Cathy Fromme Trustworks The Importance of Trust in School and District Improvement Efforts (Repeat)

X X X IV 5 Jane Waite & Johnny Lake Lane ESD U/O What’s the Difference between a White Kid and a Black Kid? Examining how Discipline, Educator Awareness, and Expectations Effect Learning Environment and Student Achievement (Part I)

X X IV 6 Carla Randall, Petrea Hagen Gilden & Steve Isaacson Tigard-Tualatin School District & Portland State University Using School Wide Diagnostic Screening to Design Interventions for Struggling Secondary Readers

X X IV 7 David Oppeman & Dawn Hofsted Forest Grove HS, Forest Grove School District Closing the Achievement Gap at the High School Level (focus on math) (Award winner)

X X X IV 8 Marilyn Rengert & Shirley Pate

D:\Docs\2018-04-05\046264db8991c80045387e9a88c78c2b.doc Oregon School Counselors Association Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Programs: Serving Each and Every Student

X X IV 9 Mary Beth Munroe, Southern Oregon ESD Liz Wicklander, Umatilla-Morrow ESD Penny Grotting, Malheur ESD … and many, many more from ESDs throughout Oregon!!! School Improvement Through Best Practices Using the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum as a tool

X X IV 10 Thomas Drummond, Heather McHam Schneider, Judie Drummond, Monet Talty and more… College Dreams College Dreams….Leveling the Playing Field for at-risk Youth

X X V 1 Sherrilynn Rawson & Cadence Holley Nellie Muir Elementary, Woodburn School District Are we “developed” yet? Into, Through and Beyond the Black Box of Professional Development

X X V 2 Gustavo Baldares, Kathi Robinson & Susie Luther Hillsboro School District Data Driven Decision Making—District Wide

X V 3 Charles McGee, Antwaun Spencer & Johnell Bell Black Parent Initiative, Multnomah County DSCP Non Traditional Ways of Engaging Black Families in the Education of their Children

X X V 4 Dave Collins, Chris Doabler, Ruth Simon, Theresa Broughton & Jana Rogers Douglas Gardens, Springfield Public Schools Technology, Early Interventions & After School Programs Lead to Student Success

X X X V 5 Jane Waite & Johnny Lake Lane ESD U/O What’s the Difference between a White Kid and a Black Kid? Examining how Discipline, Educator Awareness, and Expectations Effect Learning Environment and Student Achievement (Part II)

X X X V 6 Scott Perry Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD Strategies for Encouraging Student Attendance

X X V 7 Susanne Daggett & Cliff Brush Oregon Department of Education

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X X X V 8 Cory Dunn Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD Positive Behavior Supports: The State of PBS in Oregon

X V 9 Greg McKenzie Oregon School Boards Association Unpackaging Leadership

V 10 Debbie Thompson & Margaret Allen Bolton Primary School Early Connections: Creating Benefits That Surpass Costs

D:\Docs\2018-04-05\046264db8991c80045387e9a88c78c2b.doc Saturday Presentations:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wkshp Room Presentation Description # # X I Greg McKenzie Oregon School Boards Association Working Relationships/Team Dynamics

X X X I John Lenssen & Keisha Edwards Cultural Competency Leadership for Cultural Competency

X X X I Dona Bolt & Donna Brant, Oregon Department of Education Donna Butera, Bethel School District Who Wants to be a District Homeless Liaison?

X I Cathy Leslie The Chalkboard Project Running Start

X I Greg Bell Michelle Jensen, Oregon Department of Education Think-Tanking Strategies for Family Involvement

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