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2012 CONFERENCE PROGRAM Table of Contents Conference Agenda ........................................................................................................................ 2 Breakout Sessions at a Glance ....................................................................................................... 4 Breakout Session Room Locations ................................................................................................. 6 Program Matrix .............................................................................................................................. 7 Pre-Conference Events ................................................................................................................. 10 Conference Sessions and Events Opening Session ..................................................................................................................... 11 Breakout Session 1 ................................................................................................................ 13 Networking Lunch ................................................................................................................. 14 Dessert Reception .................................................................................................................. 16 Breakout Session 2 ................................................................................................................ 17 Breakout Session 3 ................................................................................................................ 22 Annual Celebration Reception .............................................................................................. 26 Breakout Session 4 ................................................................................................................ 27 Breakout Session 5 ................................................................................................................ 30 Breakout Session 6 ................................................................................................................ 34 Closing Lunch ........................................................................................................................ 36 Sponsor and Exhibitor Index ......................................................................................................... 39 1 Conference Agenda Thursday, March 1st 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM Conference Registration Hotel Lobby 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Eight Star Strategies Salon C 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM School Leaders Roundtable Salon C PCSASC Annual Meeting 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Exhibitor Set Up Center Atrium / Pre-Function 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM School Leaders Reception Greystone Hall Friday, March 2nd 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration Hotel Lobby 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Exhibitor Displays Center Atrium / Pre-Function 9:15 AM – 10:50 AM Opening Session Ambassador (Salon A, B, C & D) 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM Break and Networking Center Atrium / Pre-Function 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM Breakout Session 1 Breakout Session Rooms 12:20 PM – 1:15 PM Networking Lunch Ambassador (Salon A, B, C & D) 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Dessert Reception and Networking Center Atrium / Pre-Function 1:45 AM – 3:05 PM Breakout Session 2 Breakout Session Rooms 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM Breakout Session 3 Breakout Session Rooms 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Networking with Exhibitors Center Atrium / Pre-Function 7:00 PM – Midnight Annual Celebration Reception Ambassador (Salon C & D) Saturday, March 3rd 8:30 AM – 11:20 AM Conference Registration Hotel Lobby 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast Salon G 8:30 AM – 12:20 PM Exhibitor Displays Center Atrium / Pre-Function 9:00 AM – 10:05 AM Breakout Session 4 Breakout Session Rooms 10:15 AM – 11:20 AM Breakout Session 5 Breakout Session Rooms 11:25 AM – 12:30 PM Breakout Session 6 Breakout Session Rooms 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Closing Lunch Ambassador (Salon C & D) 2 3 Breakout Sessions at a Glance Friday, March 1, 2012 Breakout Session 1 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM 1.1 Teaching Children of Poverty: Capacity Building through Action Planning ............. Salon A & B 1.2 The Realities, Risks and Rules that Can Sink Charter Schools .................................. Greystone Friday, March 1, 2012 Breakout Session 2 1:45 PM – 3:05 PM 2.1 Early College High School Initiatives: Reflections from a SC Charter Program ........ Salon C 2.2 Cyber Bullying, Cyber Safety and Violence Prevention............................................ Salon D 2.3 Common Core State Standards with Your Data ....................................................... Salon A & B 2.4 Understanding Your Charter's Responsibilities in Special Education – Part 1 ......... Salon E 2.5 Top 10 Things all Charter Schools Should Understand about State Finances ......... Salon F 2.6 Taking Charge of your own Professional Development ........................................... Consulate 2.7 Sustainable Facilities and Management Planning with Facilities Finance Panel ..... Greystone Friday, March 1, 2012 Breakout Session 3 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM 3.1 Designing an Integrated Unit with a focus on Service Learning .............................. Salon C 3.2 Common Core Standards in ELA: Where we are and where we are going ............. Salon D 3.3 Partnerships Enable Charter Schools to Meet Goals in Time for Renewal .............. Salon A & B 3.4 Understanding Your Charter's Responsibilities in Special Education – Part 2 ......... Salon E 3.5 Integrating IT with your School’s Mission ................................................................ Salon F 3.6 Understanding the Common Core State Standards in Math ................................... Consulate 3.7 Improving your Bottom Line .................................................................................... Greystone 4 Breakout Sessions at a Glance Saturday, March 2, 2012 Breakout Session 4 9:00 AM – 10:05 AM 4.1 Financial Reality Check for your Middle Schoolers .................................................. Salon C 4.2 Designing Schools with Learning and Community in Mind ..................................... Salon D 4.3 Evidence of Learning ................................................................................................ Salon A & B 4.4 Hiring Effective Teams ............................................................................................. Salon E 4.5 Transition Planning and Building Capacity ............................................................... Salon F 4.6 New School Development – Understanding Finance .............................................. Greystone Saturday, March 2, 2012 Breakout Session 5 10:15 AM – 11:20 AM 5.1 How to Infuse Laughter with Learning and Have More FUN Teaching! .................. Salon C 5.2 Exceptional Children in the Virtual Environment (Grades K-12) ............................. Salon D 5.3 Beyond Test Scores: Comprehensive Self-Accountability Movement ..................... Salon A & B 5.4 CCSS Vocabulary Instruction for Cross-Curricular Specificity .................................. Salon E 5.5 IRS 990 Basics for Charter Schools ........................................................................... Salon F 5.6 New School Development – Round Robin ............................................................... Greystone Saturday, March 2, 2012 Breakout Session 6 11:25 AM – 12:30 AM 6.1 Charter School Strategic Planning – Advance your Mission .................................... Salon A & B 6.2 Spring Term Know-How: Creating Real Project Based Learning .............................. Salon E 6.3 After School Achievement ....................................................................................... Salon F 6.4 Understanding the Common Core – Introduction to Implementation ................... Consulate 6.5 Overcoming Obstacles in your First Years - Making your vision a Reality .............. Greystone 5 Breakout Session Room Locations 6 7 8 9 Pre-Conference Events Thursday, March 1, 2012 Conference Registration 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM Hotel Lobby Eight Star Strategies 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Salon C Children living in poverty arrive at school with a unique set of skills and experiences for which their teachers must be adequately prepared. Educators, school leaders, and board members are welcome to be part of this interactive discussion. This full day session will guide participants to consider eight specific strategies for teachers of children of poverty. A ‘No Excuses’ approach will be presented, and session participants will leave with information that will enable them to view their students with a greater understanding of their needs and with the ability to initiate new strategies upon return to their schools. Dr. Tammy Pawloski, Director of Francis Marion University's Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty. School Leaders Roundtable 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Salon C PCSASC Annual Meeting 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Salon C Exhibitor Set Up 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Center Atrium / Pre-Function Leadership Reception 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Greystone Hall The Leadership Reception is sponsored by all of our Bronze Sponsors. 10 Conference Sessions and Events Friday, March 2, 2012 Opening Session 9:15 AM – 10:50 AM Ambassador (Salon A, B, C & D) PAUL T. O’NEILL “Across the country charter school advocates are working to create opportunities for successful charter programs to replicate, and to remove barriers to shutting down poor ones.” Paul T. O’Neill is an education attorney, advisor, professor and author with extensive experience in guiding education organizations through challenges