Get Rid of the Noise & Listen to the Music!

AESA 30 th Annual Conference

Get Rid of the Noise & Listen to the Music!December 2-5, 2015 Hyatt Regency • New Orleans, LA

PROGRAM AESA THANKS LEE WARNE

for his work as Executive Director of AESA July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS

AESA Executive Council ...... 6-7 Council Regions/AESA Staff ...... 8 AESA Educational Foundation Board ...... 9 2015 AESA Award Winners ...... 10-12 Special Thanks...... 13 AESA Business Partners ...... 14 Conference Sponsors ...... 15 Conference Highlights ...... 16 Schedule at a Glance ...... 17

Wednesday at a Glance ...... 18

Thursday at a Glance ...... 19 Thursday Concurrent Sessions ...... 20-45

Friday at a Glance ...... 46 Friday Concurrent Sessions ...... 47-69

Saturday at a Glance ...... 70 Saturday Concurrent Sessions ...... 70-75

Exhibitor and Showcase (by alpha) ...... 76-83 Exhibitor and Showcase (by booth) ...... 84-85

Hyatt Regency Floor Plan ...... 86-87

Exhibit Hall Floor Plan ...... 88

Notes ...... 89-92

31st Annual Conference Save the Date AESA Colleagues and Friends:

On behalf of the AESA Executive Council, I would like to welcome you to the 30th Annual AESA Conference in the fascinating city of New Orleans.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Get Rid of the Noise & Listen to the Music,” a theme that has relevance for all aspects of our personal and professional lives. Conference Dee Cockrille, President participants will be joined by dynamic keynote speakers Dana Mortenson, John Almarode and Brandon Busteed, educational leaders who will challenge and transform our thinking. Conference break-out sessions are focused upon the key strands of college and career readiness, ESA board leadership, and STEM. Whether your goal is to develop new innovative services, strengthen board leadership, or provide support to schools on innovative programming, our 30th Annual Conference will provide exciting opportunities to explore, collaborate and share resources with colleagues from across the country.

ESAs have a tremendous opportunity in today’s changing educational environment and AESA is poised to support and highlight the opportunities that service agencies play in the transformation of our educational system. It is an exciting time to be a part of the ESA family! Be sure to visit the Exhibit Hall where you will find AESA’s generous sponsors and business partners and it’s always exciting to participate in the AESA Foundation’s Silent and Live Auction.

In closing, enjoy the culturally and historically rich city of New Orleans, experience collegial sharing and “Listen to the Music.”

Dee Cockrille, President AESA Executive Council

4 GENERAL INFORMATION

All activities are located in the Hyatt Regency New Orleans.

AESA Registration AESA Registration is located in the Celestin Ballroom Foyer and the hours are as follows:

Wednesday, December 2 2:00 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 3 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Friday, December 4 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.

AESA Exhibits The exhibit hall - will be open:

Wednesday, December 2 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 3 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – Noon 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Conference Badges Please wear your AESA badge at all times. Your badge is required to enter the exhibit hall, general sessions, concurrent sessions, and breakfasts. If your name badge requires corrections, please go to the registration area for assistance.

Lost & Found Misplaced items can be turned in and claimed at the AESA registration area.

Spouse/Guest Activities If you are interested in local events, restaurant recommendations, group tours or other activities, please see the Hotel concierge located in the main lobby for details and to sign up.

Wi-Fi AESA is providing complimentary Wi-Fi access throughout the ballroom level of the hotel from Wednesday through Saturday. We hope that this allows you to stay connected as needed. ACCESS CODE: AESA2015

5 AESA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Dee Cockrille, President [email protected] Executive Director RESA II 2001 McCoy Road Huntington, WV 25701-4937 P: 304-529-6205 F: 304-529-6209 Jerry G. Maze, President Elect [email protected] Executive Director Region XII ESC P.O. Box 23409 Waco, TX 76702 P: 254-297-1213 F: 254-666-0823 Rich McBride, Past President [email protected] Executive Director North Central ESD #171 430 Olds Station Road Wenatchee, WA 98801 P: 509-665-2629; F: 509-662-9027 Phoebe Bailey [email protected] Director Southwest Arkansas ESC 2502 South Main Street Hope, AR 71801 P: 870-777-3076; F: 870-777-5793 David Branch [email protected] Superintendent Muskingum Valley ESC 205 North Seventh Street Zanesville, OH 43701-3709 P: 740-452-4518; F: 740-455-6702 Allen D. Buyck [email protected] District Superintendent Broome-Tioga BOCES 435 Glenwood Road Binghamton, NY 13905 P: 607-766-3802 F: 607-763-3691 Mike Cook [email protected] Executive Director ESSDACK 1500 East 11th #200 Hutchinson, KS 67501 P: 620-663-9566 F: 620-663-5734

6 Cathy Cummins [email protected] Executive Director Assabet Valley Collaborative 57 Orchard St. Marlborough, MA 01752-1288 P: 508-481-3611 F: 508-481-0379 Scott A. Menzel [email protected] Superintendent Washtenaw ISD P.O. Box 1406, 1819 South Wagner Road Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1406 P: 734-994-8100 F: 734-994-2203 Jeremy M. Meyers [email protected] Superintendent El Dorado County Office of Education 6767 Green Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667 P: 530-295-2229 F: 530-642-1832 Suzanne M. Riley [email protected] Executive Director Southeast Service Cooperative 210 Woodlake Drive, S.E. Rochester, MN 55904 P: 507-281-6673 F: 507-288-7663 Sheryl Weinberg [email protected] Executive Director SERRC-Alaska’s Ed Resource Center 210 Ferry Way Juneau, AK 99801 P: 907-586-6806 F: 907-586-6806 Jeff West [email protected] Administrator Educational Service Unit 13 4215 Avenue I Scottsbluff, NE 69361 P: 308-635-3696; F: 308-635-0680 Lee Warne [email protected] Executive Director AESA 701 South Bend Ave. Marshall, MN 56258 P: 507-401-3306; F: 866-543-5564

7 COUNCIL REGIONS/AESA STAFF

AESA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL REGIONS

Western Region Central Region AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, IA, IL, MI, MN, ND, ID, KS, MT, NM, OR, NE, SD, WI UT, WA, WY Scott Menzel Mike Cook Suzanne Riley Jeremy Meyers Jeff West Rich McBride Sheryl Weinberg

Eastern Region Southern Region CT, IN, MA, MD, NH, AL, AR, FL, GA, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, KY, LA, MO, MS, VT NC, SC, TX, VA, David Branch WV Allen Buyck Phoebe Bailey Cathy Cummins Dee Cockrille Jerry Maze

AESA STAFF

Lee Warne Executive Director 701 South Bend Avenue Marshall, MN 56258 507-401-3306 • [email protected]

Peter C. Young Chief Financial Officer 53 Hotchkiss Grove Road Branford, CT 06405-5409 203-481-4063 • [email protected]

8 AESA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD

AESA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD

Dave Distel, Chair Joe Crozier, Treasurer Jerry Shiveley, Hamilton County ESC Grant Wood AEA Vice-Chair Cincinnati, OH Cedar Rapids, IA Collegeville, PA

R. Stephen Aguirre Ronald Fielder Brian Talbott High Plains REC Swisher, IA Chewelah, WA Raton, NM Susan Leddick Joan Wade John Bass President, PKR, Inc. CESA 6 Reg. 16 ESC Bozeman, MT Oshkosh, WI Amarillo, TX Joseph Marinelli Lee Warne Cliff Carmody Wayne/Finger Lakes AESA Executive SW/WC Service Coop- BOCES Director erative Macedon, NY Ex-Officio Marshall, MN Jerry Maze Dee Cockrille Region XII ESC RESA II Waco, TX Huntington, WV Rich McBride Mike Cook North Central ESD ESSDACK Wenatchee, WA Hutchinson, KS

EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES DEFINED

AEA Area Education Agency BOCES Board of Cooperative Educational Services CESA Cooperative Education Service Agency COE County Office of Education EC Educational Cooperative/Collaborative ERC Educational Resource Center ESA Education Service Agency/Alliance ESC Education Service Center/Cooperative/Commission/Consortium ESD Education Service District ESU Educational Service Unit ISC Intermediate Service Center ISD Intermediate School District IU Intermediate Unit REC Regional Educational Cooperative RESA Regional Education Service Agency RESC Regional Education Service Center ROE Regional Office of Education RRC Regional Resource Center SC Service Cooperative

9 AWARD WINNERS

JUSTUS A. PRENTICE AWARD

LISA HAGEL Superintendent Genesee Intermediate School District Flint, MI

AESA annually recognizes outstanding accomplishments and contributions to education and to AESA. Congratulations to Lisa Hagel, 2015 Winner of the Justus A. Prentice Award, who has been selected for outstanding contributions through executive leadership in the advancement of regional education service agency programs at the regional, state and national levels.

Cindy Gansen, the Genesee ISD Board President, highlighted in her nomination letter of Lisa, the “Leadership in Action: Expanding Leader- ship Skills that Improve Student Outcomes” program that Lisa has designed and implemented. This program grew out of a desire on the part of the Superintendents in Genesee County to find a way to deal with the ongoing issue of turnover in educational leadership by providing a common framework for all administrators to experience and thereby allowing all to grow together.

All stakeholders were involved in the identification of focus topics. In the planning process, Superintendents experienced rich discussions that yielded common understandings and expectations that were built into the program and joint planning distributed the workload.

As an unintended, yet important, consequence of this program, there has been an increase in networking opportunities between administrators and principals from all districts in the Genesee ISD region. This has created a powerful network to share ideas and practices that are improving student achievement – the impetus for the program at the outset.

Built as a template, the program can be utilized with other schools in other areas. The consistent and continuous offerings give participants time to learn, review, practice and refine their profession.

This program is only one example of the great work carried out by Lisa Hagel and her colleagues at Genesee ISD. AESA congratulates Lisa Hagel on her receipt of the Justus A. Prentice Award!

10 AWARD WINNERS

BRIAN L. TALBOTT AWARD

K-12 HIGH SPEED NETWORK (K12HSN)

AESA annually recognizes outstanding accomplishments and contributions to education and AESA Congratulations to the K12 High Speed Network, winner of the 2015 Brian L. Talbott Award which recognizes contributions in the area of technological innovation and support to local districts and educational service agencies.

The K12 High Speed Network is a statewide grant program operated by the Imperial County Office of Education (CA). Working cooperatively with the other esas in California (County Offices of Education), K12HSN equips the esa and the local school districts that they serve with internet connectivity required by local school districts to:

• conduct exemplary teaching using online resources • aggregate to secure affordable internet access • collect connectivity data and file necessary reports • help plan for future needs • provide video conferencing and support (no cost service) • share educational resources (My Digital Chalkboard) • facilitate technology based assessment for over 3.2 million students as part of the Smarter Balance assessment

While access to the internet may not be considered innovative, the support provided to teachers and students clearly is. In 2014, K12HSN con- centrated on educating and providing solutions to assist school sites that struggled to implement the online computer adoption assessments. A second effort created a statewide report assessing connectivity and technical capacity of CA schools. K12HSN leveraged their relations with the esas in CA to develop, implement and complete that statewide network.

The K12HSN is a great example of how one esa, in partnership with other esas in a state, can create a statewide service that benefits the entire state. The K12HSN is an excellent example of this.

Congratulations to the K12HSN and the Imperial County Office of Edu- cation!

11 AWARD WINNERS

WALTER G. TURNER AWARD

DALE MCCALL Executive Director Colorado BOCES Association

AESA annually recognizes outstanding accomplishments or contributions to education and to AESA. Congratulations to Dale Mc- Call, the 2015 winner of the Walter G. Turner Award, who has been selected for outstanding contributions in the advancement of regional educational programs at the regional, state and/or national levels.

In a thirty-nine year career in education, Dale has served as a teacher, principal, career and technical education state specialist, director of a technical college, superintendent and BOCES Executive Director.

Currently, Dale serves as the Executive Director of the Colorado BOCES Association. In this role, Dale has supported 16 of Colorado’s 20 BOCES in strategic planning and executive search services. Supporting all of the BOCES Directors, he provides guidance, mentoring and coaching. He has paid particular attention to needs of the new Directors.

Dale’s accomplishments have been the driving factor in making the CO BOCES association an essential influence in the education landscape. Colorado Commissioner of Education Robert Hammond writes that Dale’s “leadership and passion for supporting rural schools in serving students has been instrumental in keeping Colorado’s small school districts thriving.” Hammond goes on to say that “because of Dale, The BOCES association has become a leader that champions increased student achievement. He has been a true front-runner in defining the BOCES as an entity that is foundational in supporting local school districts.”

In addition to his work in Colorado, Dale has served in a number of roles at AESA including membership on the Executive Council from 2005 to 2007, member of the Governmental Relations committee for over 15 years and Chair of that committee in 2006. Always active in federal legislation, Dale, in the words of Wayne Bell, has provided “understanding and insight into the federal legislative scene.”

Congratulations to Dale McCall!

12 SPECIAL THANKS

The AESA Annual Conference is truly a membership-driven event. We rely on numerous volunteers from many educational service agencies to ensure the success of this conference. To all member organizations, we offer a heartfelt thank you for attending this important event!

For this 30th Annual Conference, we acknowledge the assistance of: • AESA President Dee Cockrille for her leadership with the 2015 Conference. • Allen Buyck, Jerry Maze and Scott Menzel Conference Co-Chairs, for designing and carrying out the vision for this conference. Thank you to many states for providing the onsite volunteers! • David Branch, Mike Cook and Jeff West for the 2016 Call to Conference in Savannah, Georgia. • All of the Executive Council members for their help in identifying the themes and strands for this year’s conference, as well as for assisting wherever they were needed. • Dyanne Hughes, DLH & Associates, for all her help and support. • Special thank you to our student performers and their directors for the wonderful entertainment that opens our sessions. • Our AESA Business Partners: ACT, AEPA, Corwin, Marsden, McREL, SLA Management, and WIN. • Our conference sponsors: AESA Foundation, BrightBytes, CompuClaim, Dimensional Learning Solution, Lumen Touch, iPEC, NJPA, Presence Learning, and Questar III BOCES/Ex- celsior College. • To all of you who have done your part to assist AESA in conference planning and coordination, and there are many of you, we thank you! Whether you submitted a session for review or talked one additional staff or board member into attending this year, we thank you for your support of and involvement in the conference. You personal efforts are appreciated.

On behalf of the AESA Executive Council and Staff,

Lee Warne, Executive Director 13 AESA BUSINESS PARTNERS

14 AESA SPONSORS

15 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

NAMTC Leadership Summit - Celestin H Tuesday, December 1 - Wednesday, December 2

Welcome Reception - Storyville Hall Wednesday, December 2, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

General Sessions - Celestin Ballroom Opening General Session Thursday, December 3, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Second General Session Friday, December 4, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Brunch & Closing General Session Saturday, December 5, 10:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Luncheons & Awards Programs - Celestin Ballroom Thursday, December 3, Noon - 1:15 p.m. Friday, December 4, Noon - 1:15 p.m.

AESA Foundation’s Silent Auction - Storyville Hall Thursday, December 3, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

AESA Networking Breakfast - Storyville Hall Friday, December 4, 7:30 - 8:45 a.m.

State Leaders Breakfast - Breakout Rooms 11/12 Friday, December 5, 7:30 - 8:45 a.m.

16 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Wednesday, December 2 NAMTC Leadership Summit 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. NAMTC EdCamp Noon – 3:30 p.m. Registration Open 2 – 6:30 p.m. Exhibits Open 4 – 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, December 3 Registration Open 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Continental Breakfast 7:30 – 9 a.m. Exhibits Open 7:30 – 9 a.m. Opening General Session 9 – 10:30 a.m. Exhibits Open 10:30 a.m. – Noon Sessions/Workshops 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Lunch and Awards Program Noon – 1:15 p.m. Exhibits Open 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. Sessions/Workshops 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Afternoon Social 2:30 – 3 p.m. Sessions/Workshops 3 – 4 p.m. President’s Reception/Foundation Auction 4 – 5:30 p.m. Friday, December 4 Registration Open 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. State Leaders Meeting 7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Networking Breakfast 7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Second General Session 9 –10:30 a.m. Sessions/Workshops 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Lunch and Awards Program Noon – 1:15 p.m. Sessions/Workshops 1:30 – 3:45 p.m. Saturday, December 5 Coffee Service 8 – 9 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 9 – 10 a.m. Brunch and Closing General Session 10:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

17 WEDNESDAY AT A GLANCE

Exhibitor Orientation A time for exhibitors to meet with AESA staff before the Exhibit Hall opens to attendees. Storyville Hall - 3:30 p.m.

AESA Foundation Meeting This is the annual meeting of the AESA Foundation Board. Dave Distel, AESA Foundation Chair STRAND 6 - 3:00 p.m.

AESA Welcome Reception Plan to attend the welcome reception in Storyville Hall. This is the perfect opportunity to begin to network with fellow conference attendees, to meet exhibitors, and enjoy some light refreshments – hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Storyville Hall - 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

18 THURSDAY AT A GLANCE

Thursday, December 3 Registration Open 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Continental Breakfast 7:30 – 9 a.m. Exhibits Open 7:30 – 9 a.m. Opening General Session 9 – 10:30 a.m. Exhibits Open 10:30 a.m. – Noon Sessions/Workshops 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Lunch and Awards Program Noon – 1:15 p.m. Exhibits Open 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. Sessions/Workshops 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Afternoon Social 2:30 – 3 p.m. Sessions/Workshops 3 – 4 p.m. President’s Reception/Foundation Auction 4 – 5:30 p.m.

Help support the AESA Foundation’s work by participating in the Silent and Live Auction. Proceeds of these auctions will allow the Foundation to keep supporting AESA. This year, Foundation grants are supporting the AESA Benchmarking program and speakers at the Annual Conference.

In the Silent auction, we are featuring donations from the AESA Foundation Board, the AESA Executive Council, state ESA groups and some of our business partners, sponsors and members. Silent Auction items are on display in the Indigo Ballroom starting on Wednesday Dec. 2nd and bidding on these items will conclude at 2:55 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3rd.

The live auction with some high-end items will be conducted by Auctioneer Mike Cook at 4:15 p.m. today.

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Breakout Room #15 Room Breakout Open govern what the federal politics and hear from election a break Take Federal Education Update Education Federal 26 THURSDAY 10:45 a.m. In 2010OaklandSchoolsinitiatedacommoncorecurriculumproject Open Breakout Room#9 Leveraging aCurriculumProjectasCatalystforStatewideChange gagement, and enthusiasm.Participants willhaveopportunitiesto raise purposeful actionsthatlead tosustainableresultsduelowenergy, en and howourperceptionscan createstressthatdistractsusfromtaking levels. This session exploresthedifferent lensesthroughwhichwelead Today’s leadersjugglemultiplesituationsthatcan impacttheirstress Open Breakout Room#8 Enthusiasm Dance totheMusic:LeadingwithHighEnergy, Engagement,and KS Steve Wyckoff,StrategistandSchoolFuturist,ESSDACK, Hutchinson, Mike Cook,CEO,ESSDACK,Hutchinson,KS ation. their organization,andwithresearchresourcesfor furtherconsider Participants willleavewitha‘bigpicture’ oftheprocess, howitmighthelp plied toschools,esa’s, otherorganizations, andevenyourpersonallife. move theESSDACKorganizationforwardandbelievethatitcanbeap organizational actiontogetthingsdone!We haveutilizedthismethodto about anewandenergizingmethodofplanningthatleadstodirect planning’? Boardmembers,superintendents,anddirectors,comelearn Tired ofthesameoldprocesswhenitcomestimetodoyour‘strategic ESA BoardLeadership Breakout Room#16 It’s Time foraNewPlanningProcess! Bill Miller, ExecutiveDirector, MAISA,Lansing,MI MI Michael Yocum, DirectorofLearningServices,OaklandISD,Waterford, ects andadditionalsubjectareanetworks. include professionallearningopportunitiesforeducators,researchproj country, todevelop anumberofadditionalcollaborativeprojects. These success ofthecurriculumproject,thatisnowbeingusedthroughout tion serviceagenciesacrossthestate. The Networkhasbuiltuponthe education servicesatintermediateschooldistrictsandregionaleduca ership Network,agroupconsistingofindividualsresponsibleforgeneral statewide change.ItledtothecreationofGeneralEducationLead with 27ofour28localdistricts. That project soonbecameacatalystfor ------THURSDAY 10:45 a.m. 27 - - lege of Education, Phoenix, AZ lege of Education, Phoenix, Georgia Bowman, Curriculum Supervisor, Butler County ESC, Hamilton, Curriculum Supervisor, Georgia Bowman, OH University of Phoenix Col Kate Wright, Dean of Specialized Programs, overview of text complexity and close reading. Resources will emphasize and close reading. Resources overview of text complexity strat There will be a focus on specific be implemented. activities ready to literacy for second language learners. egies to support early reading for sustained periods of time. With academic rigor on the rise, periods of time. With academic reading for sustained This session text. less prepared to tackle challenging students are even stamina, with with strategies to increase reading provides participants will include an as early as Grade 1. Discussion activities appropriate Literacy is the essential building block for academic success. Stamina building block for academic success. Literacy is the essential accustomed to many students lack, as they are not is one of the skills Reading Stamina- an Essential Component of Literacy Component Stamina- an Essential Reading Room #3 Breakout Open that allow leaders to step beyond the noise and lead for impact. and lead the noise beyond to step allow leaders that Coaching , Development, iPEC - Business President Vice Evie DiPiazza, NJ Shrewsbury, awareness, understand the power of choice and practice a few strategies a few strategies practice and of choice the power understand awareness, 28 THURSDAY 1:30 p.m. delivery ofservice totheirschooldistricts andstudents.Inthispresenta new initiatives, aswellchampionthe continuedworkoftheESA inthe examines how theBoardhasbeenable toreviewandembracemany support fornewprograms, allwithinashortamountoftime. This session construction project,staff restructuring,selectionof newleadershipand cess hasbeenputtothetest withthepurchaseofanewfacility, amajor The MontgomeryCountyIntermediate UnitBoard’s decisionmakingpro ESA Board Leadership Breakout Room#5 Dynamic BoardLeadershipinTimes ofTransformation Cedar Rapids,IA Lisa Wilson, Programs/Services Administrator, Grant Wood AEA 10, Gayle Allen, ChiefLearningOfficer, BrightBytes,SanFrancisco,CA this weekintheirownorganizationsandwithdistricts andschools. and armedwiththeinformationskillstheyneedto beginoradvance cutting-edge applications.Participantswillwalkaway feelingempowered cutting-edge skillsassociatedwithself-directedlearning usingthemost they’ll needtobeself-directedlearners.Inthissession,we’llpracticethe average of12different jobs overthecourseoftheirlives. That means cording totheBureauofLaborStatistics,today’s studentswillholdan Self-directed learningincollegeandcareerhasbecomeapriority. Ac College andCareerReadiness Breakout Room#15 ers Leveraging Technology toCreate aCultureofSelf-directedLearn CONCURRENT SESSIONS:1:30–2:30P.M. Noon –1:15p.m. LUNCHEON ANDAWARDSPROGRAM Celestin Ballroom of AESA: State Prentice Justus A. Presiding: Flint, MI Award President, GeneseeISD,Flint,MI Introduction of

Recipient Dee Cockrille, AESA President Lee Warne, AESA ExecutiveDirector

Award: Award Recipient: :

Lisa Hagel,Superintendent,GenesseISD,

Cindy Gansen,Board - - - - THURSDAY 1:30 p.m. 29 ------Jane Eastes, Manager of Administrative Services, Lakes County Service Administrative Services, Lakes Jane Eastes, Manager of Cooperative, Fergus Falls, MN the opportunities and challenges it has presented. We will discuss both presented. We the opportunities and challenges it has for the project, as well as what it the methods and tools we’ve chosen the eight cooperatives. has meant for collaboration between ping and fulfillment service using cooperatively created contracts for our ping and fulfillment service using cooperatively the challenges will discuss We school and local government members. led us to develop the service, and members face with procurement, what Open eight service co propose in this session to describe the journey that We to build and support an online shop operatives in Minnesota are taking Twenty-first Century Purchasing: A Quest to Build a United Pur Century Purchasing: Twenty-first chasing Service for Members Breakout Room #6 Tracy Elger, Director of Programs and Services, CESA # 2, Whitewater, # 2, Whitewater, and Services, CESA Director of Programs Elger, Tracy WI WI 2, Whitewater, of Financial Services, CESA Director Bill Barrow, Nicole Barlass, Director of Programs and Operations, CESA # 2, White and Operations, CESA Nicole Barlass, Director of Programs WI water, WI # 2, Whitewater, CESA Administrator, Agency Albrecht, Gary in the spring of 2014 and continues to be developed. Five bold steps and continues to be developed. in the spring of 2014 The agency forward and undertaken. were identified to move the agency is now embarking on the next steps. the agency embarked on a redesign that was facilitated by Dr. Susan by Dr. on a redesign that was facilitated the agency embarked team met several times from The twenty-one member design Leddick. was implemented and devised a redesign plan that September – January While CESA 2 has enjoyed many successful years, local and state trends local and state years, has enjoyed many successful 2 While CESA critical chang toward a redesign process to address nudged the agency In the fall of 2013, educational policy. education, and es in the economy, ery. Breakout Room #14 Open Bradley Landis, Assistant Executive Director, Montgomery County Inter Montgomery Executive Director, Assistant Bradley Landis, PA 23, Norristown, mediate Unit Deliv Services. Tailored 2: Innovative Generation of CESA The Next tial to the work of the governance team. team. of the governance the work tial to Montgom & Government Relations, Community Dir.of Viletto, Valentina PA 23, Norristown, Intermediate Unit ery County tion, attendees will learn about the development and preparation essen and preparation the development about will learn attendees tion, 30 THURSDAY 1:30 p.m. Come jointwomadscientistsfromNebraskaandunleashyourinner STEM Breakout Room#4 Amplify Your STEMProgramswithDigital Resources where teacherslearntotransformtheirpracticewithstudent-centered AEA isdoingprofessionaldevelopmentdifferently byprovidingaspace classroom promoting21stCenturylearning.LearnhowGreatPrairie Room21C (#Room21C),thespaceisnationallyrecognizedasamodel lab intoamodern21stCenturyLearningSpace!Known,simplyas Great Prairie AEA willsharehowittransformedanoutdatedcomputer Open Breakout Room#11 ReDesigned LearningSpaces Jill Bates, Assistant Administrator, EducationalServiceUnit8,Neligh,NE 8, Neligh,NE Molly Aschoff, DistanceLearningCoordinator, EducationalServiceUnit experiences. understand concepts,practicenewskills,andengageinexcitinglearning Scratching thesurface.Comeexploredigitalresourcestohelpstudents If yourbraingetsfull,takeabreakwithGoNoodle. This isonly your STEMprogram. The skyisthelimitwithNASA’s virtualfieldtrips. Sheldon andPenny. LearnhowtoMakeysomemusicamplify THURSDAY 1:30 p.m. 31 - - - - - Open This session will focus on practical aspects of leadership for both new Liquid Gold: 30 Rules for Leaders No One Will Tell You Tell Liquid Gold: 30 Rules for Leaders No One Will Breakout Room #3 Driver’s Development. Education and STEM Professional Founder and CEO, Dimensional Learning Solutions, Brian Talbott, Chewelah, WA discuss the unique capabilities and ways to implement adaptive course discuss the unique capabilities and environments in the subject areas ware in online and blended learning Sciences, Physical Education, Algebra, Spanish, Health of Pre-Algebra, ence through its proprietary adaptive learning platform. In this session, ence through its proprietary adaptive have connected with DLS to you will discover how educational partners development expe courses and staff develop adaptive learning modules, this interactive session, we will riences for students and teachers. During Imagine interactive educational online courses that uniquely adapt to Imagine interactive educational online and specific learning pathways. learners through responsive feedback media-rich online learning experi Learn how DLS delivers an intelligent, Learning by Doing - The Future for Online Teaching and Doing Online Teaching Learning by Doing - The Future for Breakout Room #13 College and Career Readiness professional development, assessment, mentoring and Title programs. Title mentoring and professional development, assessment, Gorge ESD, The Dalles, OR Gary Peterson, Superintendent, Columbia form the situation with this district. The result is now a model built on The result is now a model with this district. form the situation Gorge provides, and in many trust and transparency where Columbia services such as technology, cases administers on behalf of the district, had formerly been provided by the ESD. Such a move, if implemented, provided by the ESD. Such a move, had formerly been program budget by nearly 50 percent. the ESD’s would have reduced ESD took to trans the changes and steps the This session will describe Open was faced with a Columbia Gorge ESD Oregon’s In November 2013 all services which second largest district to terminate request from their Local District Collaboration: From Tension to Trust From Tension Local District Collaboration: Breakout Room #2 Sally Lindgren, Director of Technology & Innovation, Great Prairie AEA, Prairie Innovation, Great & Technology Director of Sally Lindgren, IA Burlington, Agency, Area Education Great Prairie Administrator, Chief Jon Sheldahl, IA Burlington, ment, communication, collaboration, and differentiation in real time with time with in real differentiation and collaboration, communication, ment, AEA the design, and how the tenets of room Learn about their students! area schools. practice within this shift in instructional is driving instruction focused on core standards while enhancing student engage student enhancing while core standards on focused instruction 32 THURSDAY 1:30 p.m. engaging. Itwillprovidetangiblesuggestionsforimprovingspecificskills. career.administrator’s The sessionisintendedtobeparticipatory, and trate onthe“softskills”ofleadershipthatcaneithermakeorbreakan and experiencedschoolleaders.Specifically, thesessionwillconcen Wenatchee, WA Andrew Hickman,RegionalMathCoordinator, NorthCentralESD, Wenatchee, WA Mechelle LaLanne,RegionalScienceCoordinator, NorthCentralESD, even morestudents. event andlearnfirsthandhowtobuildcapacityinyourESA toreach at studentachievement?ComeexperienceahandsonSTEMlearning way fromstatepolicythroughregionalprofessionallearningandarriving What doesimplementationofSTEMEducationlooklikeasitmakesits STEM Breakout Room#1 STEM: FromPolicytoClassroom,theRolesofESAs Brian Albertson, CEO,SLA Management,Orlando,FL dynamics toculinarytrends. Open forumdiscussionrangingfromregulatorydynamicstooperational ESA BoardLeadership Breakout Room#10 The StateofSchoolFoodService Daniel White,DistrictSuperintendent,Monroe#1BOCES,Fairport,NY No management fee, nohiddencosts Generate revenue districts for school No ﬁnancial risk to school districts toschool No ﬁnancialrisk Quality, nutritious, balanced meals Custom designedmealprograms The mostinnovative, exciting, progressive, approach to school food management.school [email protected] www.slamgmt.com Visit our at us Booth! - THURSDAY 1:30 p.m. 33 - - - - way to actively and consistently engage the entire community. Levies, way to actively and consistently engage the entire community. social media, state tests, common core, school choice have caused a Open Marketing and Communications not exactly a service that ESAs typically OH as a one that has taken flight in Mahoning County, - however, offer Marketing & Communication Services: A Must for ESC’s and the for ESC’s Must A Marketing & Communication Services: Serve Superintendents We Breakout Room #9 John Nelson, National Programs, ACT, Iowa City, IA Iowa City, ACT, John Nelson, National Programs, MI Assistant Superintendent, Kent ISD, Grand Rapids, Ron Koehler, their Equal Employment Opportunity-compliant selection process, and it their Equal Employment Opportunity-compliant Association of Manufacturers and 15 other is endorsed by the National their National Skills Credentialing major trade associations as part of System. need good math skills for that job” into the precise, teachable academic need good math skills for that job” into the workplace, from entry level jobs skills actually needed to perform in Thousands of employers use that data as part of to CEO, MD, and CPA. as ACT defines college readiness by researching college student suc defines college readiness by researching ACT as defines career readiness via more than 20,000 “WorkKeys ACT cess, quantify a vague statement like “you These Profiles Job Profiles” to date. Breakout Room #8 College and Career Readiness question: rigorous research. Just There is only one way to answer that diate Unit, Milton, PA diate Unit, Milton, Need? What Do Employers Really Want Stanley Wisler, CFO/Director of Business Services, Montgomery County of Business Services, Montgomery CFO/Director Stanley Wisler, 23, Norristown, PA Intermediate Unit Susquehanna Interme Central Chief Financial Officer, Charles Peterson, more contemporary leadership styles. People showing up for work are leadership styles. People showing more contemporary years ago. Review than those that showed up 15 – 20 much different productivity and ef techniques to assure maximum proven management contented employees. and fective, happy, what we believe and been taught. Acceptance of non-traditional motiva Acceptance of non-traditional been taught. what we believe and in thinking and changing our management/leadership tors requires a shift well as other research, the “new” motivators as Explore the behavior. The newer research shows that the traditional methods of “motivating” methods of “motivating” that the traditional research shows The newer experiments from countless The results all. motivators at are not really than that are very different by factors people are motivated reflect that Staff Room #12 Breakout Open Adapt Your Management Style to Address What Really Motivates Really Motivates What Address to Style Management Your Adapt demand for this service. Find out how MCESC took the lead on creating a Community Engagement Department that is being duplicated at ESCs across Ohio and find out how it might work for you and how it can help your partner districts. Ron Iarussi, Superintendent, Mahoning County ESC, Youngstown, OH

Early Warning Indicators for Postsecondary Readiness and Suc- cess Breakout Room #16 College and Career Readiness Being on track for high school graduation is not the same thing as being on track for college and career. This interactive session will discuss the importance of early warning indicators for postsecondary success. On- track indicators of attendance, behavior and course performance (ABCs) highly predict college enrollment and persistence. Learn how regional service agencies can promote a college going culture through high-yield

p.m. strategies for on-track attendance, behavior, and course performance. A deep dive discussion will target course performance indicators and how THURSDAY 1:30 THURSDAY

34 THURSDAY 1:30 p.m. 35 36 THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. Kelly Goodsell,ExecutiveDirectorforKindergartentoPostsecondary practice. change initiatives,policyadvocacy, partnershipdevelopment,anddistrict agencies canbestsupporttheirregions.Strategieswillincludesystems- John Searles,Superintendent,MildlandCountyESA,Midland,MI can happeninyourcommunity students withIEP’s, etc.Itwillalsogivepracticaladviceastohowthis technical educationprograms,streamlinepost-secondaryprogramsfor create acomprehensivecenterforautism,collaborativecareerand of collaborationbetweenISD’s, businessandcommunitypartners,to effectively serveourstakeholders. This presentationwillgiveexamples innovation hasapowerfulsynergisticaffect, whichcanbeusedtomore and civicleaderstodevelopacommonvisiongoals. This typeof lationships inourdistrictsandcommunitiesbyconveningbusiness Today, leadershipmeanswemustworktobuildtrustandmeaningfulre Open Breakout Room#7 The Superintendent’s RoleasConvener Marques Gittens,PugetSoundESD Sound ESD,Renton,WA Jennie Fleming,CollegeandCareerReadinessProjectManager, Puget Programs, PugetSoundESD,Renton,WA STORYVILLE HALL participate intheLive Auction. Reception at4:15p.m.toclaimtheitemsthatyouhave wonandto Auction biddingwillcloseat2:55p.m.CometothePresident’s Make yourfinalbidsfortheSilent Auctionitems. ThisyeartheSilent Visit ourExhibitors. Join yourcolleaguesforamid-afternoonsnack. Afternoon Social 2:30 -3:00p.m. - THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. 37 - - - - The nity. Examine which behavior styles of individuals’ causes conflict in behavior styles of individuals’ Examine which nity. Breakout Room #13 Leadership Board ESA or a commu a board, a staff, Dysfunctional relationships can paralyze vice Center Regional Service Center, Sublette, KS Service Center, vice Center Regional Successfully Managing Difficult Board Situations final results are clear. The CCR initiative is actualized. Instructional strat The CCR initiative is actualized. Instructional final results are clear. success increases. egies improve. Student Ser Southwest Plains Regional Executive Officer, Kelly Gillespie, Chief n.d.), this process is quickly establishing itself as best practice (Hopkins, is quickly establishing itself as best n.d.), this process and analyzed, observation data are collected 2010). When real-time ensues. and collaborative conversation meaningful self-reflection tice? Powerful data generated by electronic walk-through observation generated by electronic walk-through tice? Powerful data walk-through feedback for decision-making. Because provide immediate both excellent potential as a catalyst to support observation has such Powerful, as shift in learning (Walk-Through instruction and a positive Are CCR standards being taught? Will students be college and career be college and taught? Will students standards being Are CCR meet prac expectations in classrooms where is happening ready? What Walk the Talk: Observation of the CCRS in Action in of the CCRS Observation the Talk: Walk Room #1 Breakout Career Readiness College and CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 3 – 4 P.M. SESSIONS: CONCURRENT 38 THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. Transform thatannoyingbehaviorintoleadershipcounts. This work leadership styletomakeadifference inthesuccessofyourorganization. then, learntipsformanagingthesedifficultsituations.Developyourown these groups.Findoutwhyotherpeople’s behaviorcanbesoannoying, WV Electa Crowder, School ImprovementSpecialist, RESA 3,Huntington, Dawn Embrey-King, SpecialEdDirector, RESA 3,Huntington,WV tington, WV Tammy Stowers,Coordinator, CurriculumandInstruction,RESA 2,Hun sional learningforWest Virginia educators. needs. Joinustodiscover how CatalystSchoolstransformedprofes environment. This fostersaninside-outapproachdrivenbyeducator tional professionaldevelopment toacollaborativeprofessionallearning BOE andpartneringwithLearning Forward,initiatedashiftfromtradi needs ofaschool.RESA 2andRESA 3,withsupportfromtheWVS been outsidein,drivenbyexternalforcesseldomaddressing theunique the needsofalleducators.Fortoolong,professional developmenthas a one-size-fitsallapproachtoprofessionaldevelopment nolongermet The West Virginia StateBoardofEducation(WVSBOE)recognizedthat Open Breakout Room#2 Catalyst Schools:WVturnstheheatuponProfessional Learning Educational ConsortiumInstructional,Palatka,FL Ronda Bourn, Asst. Director, InstructionalServices,NorthEastFlorida tional Consortium,Palatka,FL Marsha Hill,DirectorofInstructionalServices,NorthEastFloridaEduca and districtacademicgoals. the criticalelementsofdistrictsystemstoimpacteducatoreffectiveness NEFEC isusingwithourmemberdistrictstoexamine,align,andimprove This sessionwillprovideparticipantswithprocessesandresources and effectiveness oftheirHumanCapitalManagementSystems(HCMS). superintendents tofacilitateatargeted,systemicfocusonthealignment cational Consortium(NEFEC)hasinitiatedamulti-yearprojectwithits develop thetalentofexcellenteducators. The NorthEastFloridaEdu Most schooldistrictsstrugglewithhowtoattract,keep,reward,and Open Breakout Room#6 Human CapitalManagementSystems:It’s All About Alignment Milt Dennison,Superintendent,ClackamasESD,Clackamas,OR Greg McKenzie,BoardMember, ClackamasESD,Clackamas,OR 21st Century. why peoplebehavedifferently andpracticaltipsaboutleadership forthe practical perspectives. You willtakeawayabetterunderstandingabout shop isveryinteractiveandincludeslearningfromboththeoretical ------THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. 39 - - - Cincinnati, OH Student Loan of Business Development, Innovative Director Jay Bauer, OH Solutions, Cincinnati, your schools and your local economy...and bring a new revenue stream bring a new revenue your local economy...and your schools and ESAs and the growing national movement among to your ESA. Join Program in your region. Student Loan Forgiveness AESA launch the County ESC, of Business Development, Hamilton Deb Myers, Director What if your ESA could help? Learn how this program is saving educa help? Learn how this program is could What if your ESA benefit provid million to date through this voluntary tors more than $250 to help people, districts or your ESA. Find out how ed at no cost to your Open with the high educators burdening than ever, debt is greater Student loan degrees. for advanced incurring more debt or worse, cost of repayment AESA Student Loan Forgiveness Program - New Service Opportu Service - New Program Loan Forgiveness Student AESA nity for ESAs Room #14 Breakout 40 THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA) providessupportfor STEM Breakout Room#12 Supporting STEMInstructionthroughInquiry-BasedLearning Virginia DuPuy, FormerMayor, Waco, TX Matthew Polk,ExecutiveDirector, ProsperWaco, Waco, TX Jerry Maze,ExecutiveDirector, Region12ESC,Waco, TX tive modelapproachtoimprove andsupportstudentachievement. egies andlessonslearned tohelpothersinterestedinutilizingacollec their education,health,and financialstability. Presenters willsharestrat which allmembersofthecommunityareabletomeasurably improve is knownasProsperWaco anditsmissionistobuildanenvironmentin Waco CollectiveImpact Initiativewasformedin2014. This newnonprofit ing theirefforts, andusingcommonmeasuresofsuccess,theGreater agree tosolveaspecificsocialproblemusingcommon agenda,align K12 schools.Usingamodelwhereorganizationsfrom different sectors cation entities,localfoundations,thefaithcommunity andGreaterWaco League, themedicalcommunity, BaylorUniversity andotherhigheredu grew toincludeEducationServiceCenterRegion12, theWaco Business would bebetteraddressedinacollaborativeconsortium. The partnership nized overlappingissues(education,healthandfinancialsecurity)that that includedanannualeducationsummit.Communityleadersrecog class educationforthechildrenofWaco. Objectivesandgoalsemerged bring theschoolsandlocalcommunitiestogethertoguaranteeaworld The Education Alliance beganin2008,asadreamofformermayor, to Open Breakout Room#16 gether forKids Prosper Waco: TheCollectiveImpact ofCommunitiesWorking To Cedar Rapids,IA Kris Donnelly, Programs/Services Administrator, GrantWood AEA 10, laboration withclassroomteachers. development opportunitiesfacilitatedby AEA consultantsworkingincol learning materialssupportedthroughauthentic,hands-onprofessional VAST Centersupportsteachersthroughthedistributionofhigh-quality practices, scienceconcepts&problem-solvingskills.Learnhowthe ownership fortheirownlearningthroughtheapplicationofengineering through theVan Allen Science Teaching Center(VAST). Studentstake a curricularframeworkthatcreatesanintegratedSTEMexperience to 2,232teachersin156schooldistrictsacrossIowa.GWAEA supports STEM intheformofcurriculum,materials&professionaldevelopment ------THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. 41 ------this partnership is to decrease the achievement gap between students this partnership is to decrease the achievement gap between students with IEPs and their typical peers and to facilitate proactive relationships (GHAEA) pairs special education teachers in local districts with literacy (GHAEA) pairs special education teachers in local districts with literacy based Specially De to implement evidenced consultants from GHAEA The ultimate goal of signed Literacy Instruction for students with IEPs. Breakout Room #3 Open Area Education agency Green Hills This unique partnership in Iowa’s What’s Special about Special Education? Specially Designed Lit Special about Special Education? Specially Designed What’s eracy Instruction Otis Pierce, Technology Integration Coordinator, Educational Service Educational Integration Coordinator, Otis Pierce, Technology Unit 7, Columbus, OH AEA, Cedar Coordinator of Digital Learning, Grant Wood Stacy Behmer, Rapids, IA forms, scripts and other Google tools can be used in applying Marzano’s can be used in applying Marzano’s forms, scripts and other Google tools from: What will I do to establish design questions. Showing examples and communicate learning goals Open Art and Sci of Marzano’s Apps support implementation How can Google will provide examples of how sites, documents, We Teaching? ence of Google Apps Meets Marzano Google Breakout Room #10 WA Falmouth, MA LLC, West President, Risk-Eraser, Marc Hauser, Osterville, MA Cape Cod Collaborative, Paul Hilton, Executive Director, David Heimbecker, Executive Director, South Coast Educational Collab South Coast Educational Director, Executive David Heimbecker, MA orative, Swansea, Center for School Change, Bellingham, National Karl Clauset, Director, productively modify it based on neuro and cognitive scientific research. it based on neuro and cognitive scientific productively modify a community of participants will be invited to join In addition, interested from a neuro- reflects on teaching-and-learning learners that actively perspective. cognitive scientific formation. Participants will specifically learn how to: 1) form and sustain will specifically learn how to: formation. Participants instructional of learners, 2) collect and analyze productive communities on practice and achievement data, and 3) reflect practice and student During the session, presenters will share student successes that have successes that will share student session, presenters During the on learners that focuses a community of with building been associated in and cognitive scientific by neuro practice and is informed reflective dent Outcomes dent Room #11 Breakout Open Reflection on Practice Positively Impacting Team-building and Stu Team-building Impacting Positively Practice on Reflection 42 THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. and monitoredovertime. student gainswhenspecialeducationinstructionistargeted,coached teachers. Datacollectedinthefirstyearsofinitiativeshowdramatic between specialeducationliteracyexpertsandlocal need fordevelopmentalcoursework. AVATAR engages secondaryand transition forstudentspreparinghighereducationandtodecreasethe munity workforcepartners,andtheP-16Council,tosupportseamless tern. WithguidancefromtheregionalEducationServiceCenters,com tutions ofhighereducationwhosestudentsformagenuinefeederpat AVATAR worksattheregionallevelwithschooldistricts,alonginsti networks foralignmentacrosssecondaryandpostsecondaryeducation. AVATAR isaprofessionaldevelopmentmodelthatpromotessustained College andCareerReadiness Breakout Room#5 P16 Partnership Academic Vertical Alignment andRenewal(AVATAR) Projectand Sandra Burk,LiteracyConsultant,GreenHills AEA, CouncilBluffs,IA Bluffs, IA Lynn Hockenberry, LeadLiteracyConsultant,GreenHills AEA, Council Bluffs, IA Mark Draper, DirectorofSpecialEducation,GreenHills AEA, Council - - - THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. 43 ------laborative, Marlborough, MA Cathy Cummins, Executive Director, Assabet Valley Collaborative, Marl Collaborative, Assabet Valley Cathy Cummins, Executive Director, borough, MA Col Assabet Valley Integration Coordinator, Sarah Kyriazis, Technology cluded: Sites for a Blended Learning, Classroom Docs for peer editing, cluded: Sites for a Blended Learning, for collaborative presentations, Classroom for Blended Learning, Slides for exit tickets Forms for automatic grading and Forms support and expertise to move teachers and students forward in their support and expertise to move teachers collaborating, communicating and 21st Century Skills particularly through Examples of training have in Apps for Education creating with Google AVC’s Google Authorized Education Trainer has offered professional has offered Trainer Authorized Education Google AVC’s and teachers in member districts. From development and training to staff has provided in person our ESA migrating gmail to Google Classroom, room Breakout Room #9 STEM nity and the education and work demands of the local economy nity and the education and work demands ISD, Navasota, TX Rory Gesch, Superintendent, Navasota Apps for Education for Collaboration in the Class Using Google and their career and technical education programs for middle and high and their career and technical education they are redefining career and school students. With one goal in mind, the needs of students, the commu college readiness initiatives to meet and an EDUCONOMY approach to career opportunities. See how they approach to career opportunities. and an EDUCONOMY career readiness system that are incorporating a new technology-driven workforce development, is spurring coalitions among local businesses, service district is working to reinvent their career and technical educa to reinvent their career and service district is working rigorous increasingly sophisticated and academically tion programs with experiences in providing students with real-world rooted curriculum that’s College and Career Readiness College and Career need to better prepare students little argument that U.S. schools There’s one regional Join this session to learn how for life after high school. Developing a Career-Ready Community: A Sustainable Model for Sustainable Model for A Community: Developing a Career-Ready Success Breakout Room #15 grams, Waco, TX grams, Waco, Pro Region 12 Federal Specialist, ESC Beckham, Education Kandace TX grams, Waco, tions about key courses, how they are aligned and the transition from from the transition and are aligned how they courses, about key tions to college. high school Pro Region 12 Federal Specialist, ESC Holecek, Education Christine post-secondary faculty and administrators in on-going critical conversa critical in on-going and administrators faculty post-secondary 44 THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. Faced withthechallengesoflowacademicstudentperformanceand Open Breakout Room#8 Maximizing PotentialThroughSharedLeadership Region IIIESC,Victoria, TX Charlotte Baker, DeputyExecutiveDirector forProgramsandServices, Patty Shafer, ExecutiveDirector, Region3ESC,Victoria, TX tions. Comehearourstory! these teams,ESC3isconsideredaproviderofguaranteedviablesolu bers andaddresssixPriority Areas. Through theplansandefforts of teams arecomprisedofallprofessionalandauxiliaryESC3staff mem tion, theESCengagedconceptofServiceDesign Teams. These services forourcustomers. Through extensiveplanningandreconstruc into themostpreferredandtrustedproviderofeducationproducts dwindling resources,ESC3examinedallareastotransformourcenter - - - THURSDAY 3:00 p.m. 45 ------high-end items donated by members, friends Auctioneer AESA. and business partners of Mike Cook will again lead us in a fun-filled event. Reception, join us During the President’s Auction which will feature some for the Live while enjoying the company of all the conference attendees. Take Take conference attendees. while enjoying the company of all the The reception will exhibitors. one last opportunity to meet with our end promptly at 5:30 p.m. Storyville Ballroom Recep President, Dee Cockrille invites you to the President’s AESA Council AESA of the tion. Come and greet Dee and the members 4:15 p.m. Reception President’s man, MT IU 13, Lancaster-Lebanon Services Manager, Collaborative Steven Frey, PA Lancaster, Sherry Zubeck, Director of Special Education Services, Lancaster-Leba of Special Education Services, Sherry Zubeck, Director PA non IU 13, Lancaster, Inc., Boze Profound Knowledge Resources, Susan Leddick, President, steps-forward as they implement this new approach to developing new implement this new approach to steps-forward as they existing services. and/or breathing new viability into marketplace services IU 13 Instruc Svcs, Lancaster-Lebanon Director-Inst Pamela McCartney, PA tional Services, Lancaster, tomers. Participants will hear how one ESA is using the service design is using will hear how one ESA tomers. Participants context, and ex connect with its clients, understand approach to better and presenters will share their missteps The pand marketable services. Successful ESAs must always strive to bring innovative, relevant ser innovative, relevant strive to bring ESAs must always Successful ESAs design can help in service strategies New their client base. vices to needs of cus aligned with the services that are solvent, key fiscally offer Thinking Room #7 Breakout Open Creating Innovative Practices: An ESA’s Journey in Service Design Design in Service Journey An ESA’s Practices: Innovative Creating FRIDAY AT A GLANCE

Friday, December 4 Registration Open 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. State Leaders Meeting 7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Networking Breakfast 7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Second General Session 9 –10:30 a.m. Sessions/Workshops 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Lunch and Awards Program Noon – 1:15 p.m. Sessions/Workshops 1:30 – 3:45 p.m.

46 FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. 47 - - - Stanley Mantooth, Ventura Ventura Stanley Mantooth,

, AESA Past-President AESA , K12 High Speed Network

Dana Mortenson, Co-founder and Executive Dana Mortenson,

Award: Award: Lusher High School Jazz Combo, Kent Jordan School Jazz Lusher High Rich McBride American education. Her deep belief in the transformative power of American education. Her deep belief in justice and equity on a global global education to contribute to peace, Savvy in 2002. She has led this scale led her to co-found World expansion reaching more the organization through extensive growth and nationwide. 375,000 students and 2,200 educators Dana has dedicated her professional life to educating engaging youth her professional life to educating engaging Dana has dedicated ensuring they have the with the goal of affairs in community and world Her passion is working lead in a global economy. skills to succeed and global competence gap in in partnership with educators to close the Introduction of Award Recipient: Award Introduction of COE, Carmello, CA Recipient: Award Celestin Ballroom Director of World Savvy Director of World Keynote Speaker: Brian L. Talbott Presiding: Presiding: Entertainment: Director 9 – 10:30 a.m. 9 – 10:30 SESSION GENERAL SECOND Jane Seward, Consultant, ESSDACK, Hutchinson, KS Reading empowers teachers by increasing knowledge of the reading pro cess and provides systematic instruction to address K-2nd foundational skills and intervention for 3rd and above. reading program. You will gain an understanding of the PTR program as You reading program. The train-the-trainer model well as our model for a literacy partnership. this learning consultant to offer allows a PTR-trained service agency opportunity and provides a revenue source for the ESA. Pathways to The ability to read proficiently is the cornerstone of College and Career The ability to read proficiently is the and Pathways to This session will highlight how ESSDACK Readiness. with a proven, evidenced-based Reading partnered to provide teachers sults Breakout Room #14 College and Career Readiness CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 10:45 – 11:45 A.M. – 11:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 10:45 Collaborating and Getting Re ESSDACK & Pathways to Reading: The Role of ESA Partnerships in a Multi-District Transportation Consortium Breakout Room #1 Open A partnership of four educational service centers and two information technology centers was critical in implementing a 5 year transportation grant designed to save money for 20 Ohio school districts and one board of developmental disabilities. A shared services model was utilized to: streamline and eliminate bus routes; track student ridership; reduce time to transport students; share parking and bus garage centers; and schedule students for cross district busing. This presentation will highlight results and challenges from the first year of implementation. Michael Fuller, Director of Data Services, Muskingum Valley ESC, Zanesville, OH

Transforming Your Organization: Best Practice meets Technology Breakout Room #11 Open What does best practice look like in the classroom and how can technology support it? Join us to learn how Macomb ISD worked with McREL to transform education for 150,000 students and 10,000 teachers by creating common language about best practice instruction and technol-

48 FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. 49 , ------Cathy Cummins, Executive Director, Assabet Valley Collaborative, Marl Collaborative, Assabet Valley Cathy Cummins, Executive Director, borough, MA GAFE to bring your districts’ leaders together to work collaboratively and GAFE to bring your districts’ brainstorm ideas and share resources with gather information, effectively, your members. implemented the use of GAFE to support multi-district collaborations implemented the use of GAFE to support Directors, Special Education Di between Superintendents, Curriculum Technology Directors. Learn how to use rectors, Business Officials, and while also increasing the technology skills of district leaders - a vital while also increasing the technology innovation in our districts. component of supporting technology-infused have Trainer) Authorized Education Leaders (including a Google AVC’s STEM the power of Google has harnessed (AVC) Collaborative Assabet Valley collaboration between districts Apps for Education (GAFE) to strengthen Using Google Apps for Education for Collaboration Between Dis Using Google tricts Breakout Room #13 learn about components of the residency through the perspective of past learn about components of the residency participants and the program coordinator. Cedar Rapids, IA AESA, Coordinator, Program Joe Crozier, worthwhile program, first implemented in 2004, by providing an overview worthwhile program, first implemented selection process and other of the residency-how it works, participant Attendees will training program. important aspects of this highly regarded tives in Residence” program provides aspiring administrators an oppor program provides aspiring administrators tives in Residence” position through an exciting tunity to learn about the Chief Executive This session will provide information about the “hands-on” internship. Breakout Room #2 Open ‘Execu AESA The for the CEO role in an ESA? Interested in preparing CO in Residence Program Executive AESA Janice Harding, Interactive Learning Consultant, Macomb Intermediate Learning Consultant, Macomb Janice Harding, Interactive MI Township, Clinton Technology, School District Instructional McREL, Denver Consult. for Ed. Effectiveness, Lisa Maxfield, Managing tions. This project was so successful it is now being used statewide by now being used statewide successful it is This project was so tions. tech readiness. to improve of Michigan educators thousands In Consultant, Macomb Data Tech/School Instr Jennifer Parker-Moore, MI Clinton Township, Instructional Technology, School District termediate ing about best practice, and created common language about instruction. instruction. about language common and created practice, best ing about across improved teaching coaching model about how this Learn more and collegial conversa walkthroughs through collaborative the county ogy integration. Find out how this project defined educators understand educators defined project how this Find out ogy integration. 50 FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. Breakout Room#3 State Way Collaborating PartnershipsFacilitatingTransitions: TheOcean orative Transition Services,Lincoln,RI Cynthia VanAvery, RegionalTransition Coordinator, NorthernRICollab Joseph Nasif,ExecutiveDirector, NorthernRICollaborative,Lincoln, and locallevels. products, andactivitiesthatdemonstrateeffective practicesatthestate interagency collaborationandwillprovideexamplesofcurrentprojects, outcome. This interactivesessionwillpresentaconceptualframeworkfor services. The ultimategoalforstudentsisasuccessfulemployment of studentswithdisabilitiesfromschoolintovocationalrehabilitative agencies/collaboratives. This hasresultedinthesuccessfultransition Services/Office ofRehabilitativeServices(DHS/ORS),andeducational between yourstateDepartmentofEducation,theHuman This workshopwilloutlinetheproceduresfordevelopingpartnerships College andCareerReadiness - FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. 51 - - - - - STEM developed a model of sustainability for STEM has Pinal County ESA Sustaining K-12 STEM Curriculum & Programming through Partner ships Breakout Room #12 Julie Rolling, Assistant Superintendent, Puget Sound ESD, Wenatchee, Sound ESD, Wenatchee, Assistant Superintendent, Puget Julie Rolling, WA ESD, Wenatchee, WA ESD, Wenatchee, Svcs, Educational Ser Asst. Superintendent/Instructional Andrew Eyres, WA Wenatchee, vice District 113, funding for positions to provide leadership in the network. Come to this funding for positions to provide leadership learned and implications for all interactive session to hear about lessons ESAs. Central North Educational Serv, Cindy Duncan, Executive Director of State Department of Education, The Office of Superintendent of Public State Department of Education, Network 2.0 embraced shared Instruction (OSPI) Network 2.0 emerged. the classroom, including shared responsibility from the policy level to Nine ESDs came together to embrace a change in practice from com Nine ESDs came together to embrace They built Network 1.0. Building on the success petition to collaboration. partnerships with colleagues at the of Network 1.0 which created strong Network Breakout Room #10 Open Joseph Hill, Senior Associate, GiANT Worldwide, Staples, MN Associate, Joseph Hill, Senior Learned from Building a Statewide Back From The Future- Lessons ance, Staples, MN Joint Powers of Education Services, National Rynell Schock, Manager MN Alliance, Staples, throughout all levels of their organization. This influences leaders to of their organization. throughout all levels decision-makers and problems communicators, become more effective culture. innovative, forward thinking and collaborative solvers to promote Alli Joint Powers of Regional Services, National Paul Drange, Director partnerships. This work influences growth in organizations and is highly growth in organizations and is This work influences partnerships. The process provides board training. for service cooperative effective the trainer model leaders to use tools in a train training that empowers your organization’s leadership? Learn how a regional service coopera how a regional leadership? Learn your organization’s found in common language to use the key leaders together tive brought a culture of collaborative to build Worldwide tools of GiANT leadership Breakout Room #15 Room Breakout Open of within all levels strong relationships in building Are you interested Know Yourself to Lead Yourself - Building Leadership Capacity Leadership Building - Yourself Lead to Yourself Know 52 FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. through CountyEducationalService Agencies. Presenterwillshowcase local government,andprovideprofessionaldevelopmentresources learn howtoconnectbusinessandindustrypartners,collaboratewith programming inK-8classroomsandK-12systems.Participantswill business ofeducationandhealthcare;offering integratedsolutionsthat ing theseservicestoschooldistrictssince1992.CompuClaimisinthe nection betweenschooldistrictsandMedicaid. They havebeenprovid electronic datainterchange(EDI)solutionsthatfacilitatethecriticalcon CompuClaim isoneoftheleadingprovidersMedicaidbillingand Open Breakout Room#8 Hint, theyareprofitable! SWMSS -Montana’s MedicaidBillingBusiness After One Year – fessional DevelopmentDivision,Florence, AZ Joel Villegas, EducationSpecialist,PinalCountySchoolOfficeESA Pro Jill Broussard,SuperintendentofSchools,PinalCounty, Florence, AZ ing todevelopaviable21stcenturyworkforce. to lendtheirexpertisebothteachersandstudents. This modelishelp resource alsoservesasaconnectiontobusiness/industryexpertswilling teachers inplanningrigorousandrelevantSTEMintegratedunits. This a web-basedresourcedevelopedbyPinalCountyESA thatassistsK-8 - - - - FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. 53 ------become one ISD now called the West Shore Educational Service District. Shore Educational Service District. become one ISD now called the West The history of the collaboration that began with a shared superintendent, ESA Board Leadership ESA The Mason-Lake ISD and the Oceana ISD began sharing a superinten to dent in 2005. On July 1, 2012 these two small ISDs officially merged Considerations in Collaboration, Shared Services and Consolida Considerations in Collaboration, tion Breakout Room #9 Meg Birmingham, School Nurse, ACES Wintergreen School, Hamden, ACES Wintergreen Meg Birmingham, School Nurse, CT CT Director for Curriculum and Programs, Assistant Executive Erika Forte, ACES, North Haven, CT and Explore how to integrate mindfulness into teaching, learning and and Explore how to integrate mindfulness school culture. Hamden, School, ACES Wintergreen Suzanne Duran-Crleim, Principal, research has shown that it is beneficial to student academic and social/ research has shown that it is beneficial sense of well-being, and a positive emotional learning and generates a you to Experience mindfulness Our session will allow school community. in the field of Mindful Education practices; Learn about current research and evolving social and technological landscapes, the need for “Mind and evolving social and technological focus on mindful leadership and mindfulness A ful Education” is evident. is not only a refreshing shift, but integration into education at all levels A growing body of research verifies that mindfulness naturally improves body of research verifies that mindfulness growing A and fosters compassion for focus, and executive functioning, empathy, testing, teacher evaluation self and others. In these days of intensive Mindfulness in Education Breakout Room #6 Open Pam Katz, National Director of Marketing and Sales, CompuClaim, New Director of Marketing and Sales, Pam Katz, National port, RI Bruce Grubbs, Executive Director, Southwest Montana School Services, Southwest Montana School Director, Bruce Grubbs, Executive Bozeman, MT CompuClaim, Newport, RI Peter Carson, President, Web portal integrated with a professional claims clearinghouse and mo clearinghouse and claims integrated with a professional portal Web schools innovate is helping CompuClaim capture technology. bile data technol in healthcare EDI the revolution while leading their businesses ogy. CompuClaim’s automated web based data collection and billing platform platform and billing data collection based web automated CompuClaim’s infrastructure. best practice technology customers the latest provides a custom designed school districts platform provides Our technology reduce costs by eradicating inefficiencies and increasing compliance. compliance. and increasing inefficiencies by eradicating costs reduce 54 FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. tion andfoodforthoughtwhiletellingauniquestorythatcanbeappli of thetwoISDswillbeshared. This session providesvaluableinforma ISD and service to providing the otherISD, and finallythe officialmerging steps thateventuallyresultedinallemployeesbeingemployedbyone cation Council,Hartford,CT Julia Winer, Assistant DirectorofCommunications,CapitolRegionEdu including draftingpressstatementsandmanagingon-camerainterviews. plates. The sessionwillalsocoverstrategiesforhandlingpressrequests, incidents, includingreceivingexamplesandcrisiscommunicationstem Participants willlearnwaysthattheschooldistrictcanprepareforthese families, andthemediaduringarangeofemergencyorcrisissituations. workshop willdiscussbestpracticesforcommunicatingwithstudents, cate effectively andquicklywithinternal externalstakeholders. This During momentsofcrisis,schooldistrictsmustbepreparedtocommuni Open Breakout Room#4 tions Best PracticesforManagingCrisisandEmergencyCommunica partment ofEducation,Ludington,MI Lawrence Lloyd,SchoolConsolidationConsultant,MDE,MichiganDe cable tomanyotherpossibleopportunities. Mathematics (K-8)Mathematics for Standards State 21 the in Teaching excelsior.edu/commoncore online: Visit Booth #316 Us: Visit st Century:

------FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. 55 - Do you have a 21st-century staff to drive 21st-century learning within to drive 21st-century Do you have a 21st-century staff lead digital transformation, service agencies must To your districts? Creating 21st Century Service Agencies with Research and Analysis Agencies with Research and Creating 21st Century Service Breakout Room #16 Open Flint, MI Director for TMS, Genesee ISD, Flint, MI Executive Luke Wittum, ISD, Flint, MI ISD, Flint, MI Lisa Hagel, Superintendent, Genesee Assist. Supt. for Education and Learning, Genesee ISD, Mary Behm, of interest for personal and professional improvement. Come and find of interest for personal and professional allows for learning that impacts organizational out how investing in staff improvement. Genesee Communications & Development, Jerry Johnson, Exec. Dir. and people. A new way to deliver ongoing training for all staff emerged-- training for all staff new way to deliver ongoing A and people. site Leaders from GISD will present GISD University’s GISD University. but also areas to not only navigate required courses, that allows all staff needs of staff? Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) began the Genesee Intermediate School needs of staff? in 2012 to build a culture where ev journey of continuous improvement programs, processes, partnerships, eryone continually works to improve Breakout Room #5 Open models to meet the Have you changed delivery How do you train staff? ESC, Houston, TX Investing in Staff Through GISD University Pamela Wells, Executive Director, Region 4 ESC, Houston, TX Region 4 ESC, Houston, Executive Director, Pamela Wells, Region 4 ESC, Houston, TX Executive Director, Deputy Bob Baker, Services, Region 4 Administrative Chief Officer of Robby McGowen, for superintendents and promotes the value of the ESC to customers and and promotes the value of the ESC for superintendents reporting tools will be introduced to various policy makers. Participants relationships with can be used to maintain and build and practices that schools. districts and charter utilizes annual reports and an online portal to provide data to school and an online portal to provide utilizes annual reports the services that school superintendents regarding district and charter valuable planning tool This data provides a receive. their organizations Education service agencies provide critical services to local school to local school provide critical services service agencies Education are often varied these services However, charter schools. districts and Center Education Service Region 4 “behind the scenes”. and delivered Customers informed Customers Room #7 Breakout Open Telling Your Story: How Service Agencies Can Utilize Data to Keep Data to Utilize Can Agencies How Service Story: Your Telling 56 FRIDAY 10:45 a.m. service agenciesthataresuccessfullymeasuringinnovationacrosstheir Charlotte Golden(Carbon-LehighIU21)astheyuserealexamplesfrom son withJillBates(ESU8),StacyBehmer(AEA 10GrantWood), and create aculturethatsupportsmodernlearning.JoinDr. KristenSwan high IU21,Schnecksville,PA Charlotte Golden,CoordinatorofCurriculum&Instruction,Carbon-Le Cedar Rapids,IA Stacy Behmer, Coordinator ofDigitalLearning,GrantWood AEA 10, Jill Bates, Assistant Administrator, EducationalServiceUnit8,Neligh,NE CA Kristen Swanson,ChiefofEmpowerment,BrightBytes,SanFrancisco, ness withclear, personalizedrecommendations. these decisionswilltransformyouragency’s leveloftechnologyreadi sions aretrulymeetingtheneedsofyourstaff anddistricts.Discoverhow agencies. Leavewithconcretenextstepstoensurethatagencydeci - - - - FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. 57 Joe Dee Cockrille, Jerry Maze, AESA President-Elect AESA Jerry Maze, Celestin Ballroom Introduction of next Executive Director of AESA: Executive Director of Introduction of next President AESA Presiding: Participants: In Residence Executives AESA of Recognition Coordinator Program Crozier, LUNCHEON AND AWARDS PROGRAM AND AWARDS LUNCHEON Noon – 1:15 p.m. – 1:15 Noon their work into existing regional efforts and then reached for resources to their work into existing regional efforts bring their shared vision to life. Andrews, Deputy Superintendent, High Desert ESD, Redmond, OR Paul are innovating through Professional Learning Communities to develop are innovating through Professional This presentation K-12 teachers. alternative qualification pathways for first defined their goals, integrated will highlight how educational partners of institutional norms and policies. Cascades Commitment is the result of institutional norms and policies. Cascades a path for all Central Oregon of the collective commitment to provide they Together college credits. high school students to earn foundational College and Career Readiness K-12 and higher education to The High Desert ESD has convened system integration and bridging build stronger relationships that allow CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1:30 – 2:30 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1:30 Higher Education a Path To Cascades Commitment - Creating Breakout Room #14 58 FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. Open Breakout Room#9 Agencies The ESA ROI:CommunicatingtheValue ofEducationalService soc, Columbus,OH Craig Burford,ExecutiveDirector, OhioEducationalServiceCenter As your story. classroom tosupportstudentsandincreaseachievement.It’s timetotell create efficienciesthatallowdistrictstodirectmoreresourcesthe of servicesmanydistrictscouldnototherwiseprovideontheirown,and school districtoperationsandlocaleconomies.ESAsoffer abroadrange levels inOhiotocommunicatetheimpactofESAsonstudentlearning, time-tested, effective strategiesdeployedat thestate,regionalandlocal tricts, publicpolicymakersandlocalcommunities.Presenterswillshare the valueofEducationalService Agencies (ESAs)toclientschooldis The sessionwillexploreanddemonstrateeffective waystocommunicate - - FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. 59 ------partnership with Corwin to certify CESA staff members to deliver Vis staff partnership with Corwin to certify CESA the Deputy Executive ible Learning training throughout the state. Finally, their collaboration to bring John Hattie to hundreds of educators within their collaboration to bring John Hattie to hundreds of educators within will also You their service area & the phenomenal impacts that resulted. #1 in Wisconsin and their hear from the Executive Director at CESA Join leaders of successful ESAs from around the country to learn about Join leaders of successful ESAs from partnerships with Corwin over the past year. their innovative and effective Atlanta and in Metro RESA will hear from the Executive Director from You tom Line Breakout Room #12 Sponsor Tish Kalla, Director of Alternative Programs, SW/WC Service Coopera Kalla, Director of Tish Pipestone, MN tive Special Education-Alternative Programs, Educators & Building the Bot Impactful Case Studies: Supporting and selecting curriculum/resources in order to integrate a continuum of and selecting curriculum/resources that supports positive growth and evidence-based practices in a manner development for the students they serve. is fundamental to children’s health, ethical development, citizenship, is fundamental to children’s succeed. In this presentation you academic learning, and motivation to is taking in adopting standards will follow the journey one school district Social and emotional education is school-based programming that fo Social and emotional education is school-based prevention of problem behaviors cuses on positive youth development, Research has shown that SEL and student engagement in learning. Social Emotional Learning-Building a Successful School Program Learning-Building a Successful Social Emotional Breakout Room #1 Open the future of the learning experience, particularly in STEM areas. experience, particularly in STEM the future of the learning TX Region 12 ESC, Waco, Deputy Director, Charlene Simpson, learning and the physical environment interact (the learning experience) environment interact (the learning learning and the physical we are creating a com Together research setting. in a top tier university collaborative infra for all stakeholders as well as a munication standard to and challenges innovation and that contributes structure that fosters cannot do alone? We can design, evaluate, and deliver scalable learn can design, evaluate, and We cannot do alone? Through this that can transform education. ing environment solutions areas where we are articulating and exploring collaborative partnership Breakout Room #10 Breakout Open Education or Higher that ESCs, Industry we do better together What can BRIC Partnership: A story of Innovative Collaboration and Educa and Collaboration of Innovative story A Partnership: BRIC and Industry Center, Education Service among the tional Research Higher Education Learning Experience Laboratories ESC Region 12 + Huckabee / A A / 12 + Huckabee Region ESC Laboratories Experience Learning 60 FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. Leigh Ann Putman,ExecutiveDirector, MetropolitanRESA,Smyma,GA educators ineffective andsustainableways. ing withCorwintobringavarietyofglobalthoughtleaders&theirwork Director fromGRRECinKentuckywillsharetheirlonghistorypartner Luke Wittum, Executive Director forTMS,Genesee ISD,Flint, MI Flint, MI Mary Behm, Assist. Supt. forEducationandLearning, GeneseeISD, Lisa Hagel,Superintendent, GeneseeISD, Flint,MI ISD Communicationsand Development, Flint,MI Jerry Johnson,Exec.Dir.-Communications &Development, Genesee embraced ateverylevelfrom theverybeginning. sure thatacultureofexcellence iscommunicatedtoallemployeesand for excellence,theimpact could havebeendisastrous.Learnhowtoen mechanisms putinplaceto guidethetransitionandsetexpectation experience called“Onboarding”.Withouttheframework, structures,and GISD developedandimplementedatwo-dayemployee orientation members to1,100existingemployeeswithin18months. Findouthow experienced significanttransformationbyaddingnearly 600newstaf opportunity maximizedtobuildmomentumforculture change?GISD How arenewstaff welcomedintoyourorganization?Isthiswindowof Open Breakout Room#8 Culture Change An IntentionalProcesstoWelcome NewStaffEnsuresPositive Nikki Navta,President,FounderandCEO,Zulama,Hamilton,OH ilton, OH Georgine Bowman,SupervisorofCurriculum,ButlerCountyESC,Ham tury Skills. games--and thenalsoteachesrigorouscontentanddevelops21stCen innovative approachthatengagesstudentswithatopictheylove--video conjunction withCarnegieMellonfaculty, Zulama’s curriculumtakesan Entertainment Technology CenteratCarnegieMellonandcreatedin tal artscurriculumtothestudentsofSouthwestOhio.Basedon highly engagingandmotivatinggamedesign,programming,digi Butler CountyEducationalServiceCenterandZulamahasprovideda Technology, EngineeringandMath?Learnhowthepartnershipbetween How doesgametheoryactasthecatalystforintegrationofScience, STEM Breakout Room#4 Game TheoryasaTool forEngagement sand Oaks,CA Jacob Bruno, Associate Director-StraegicPartnerships,Corwin,Thou Donna Link,DeputyExecutiveDirector, GRREC,BowlingGrenn,KY Mary Gavigan,ExecutiveDirector, CESA #1,Pewaukee,WI - f - - - - - FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. 61 ------and discuss the practical implications of utilizing technologists, scientists, and discuss the practical implications of utilizing technologists, scientists, artists, teachers, and even students as professional development facilita formEd, has revamped professional development in the area of innova on the design thinking This session will expound tive teaching practices. creation of transformEd, share past & current workshop/course syllabi, nection of Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics Engineering, the Technology, nection of Science, professional agencies must offer throughout their curricula, intermediate The into collaborative learners. development that transforms teachers digital playground for teachers, trans Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s STEM the cross curricular con As school districts grapple with strengthening Reimagining Professional Development: Innovative Content and Reimagining Professional Development: Facilitation Breakout Room #2 and the student outcomes associated with the program. and the student outcomes associated County ISD Asst. Superintendent, Monroe Michelle Howard-Brahaney, MI Special Ed/ Early Childhood, Monroe, in hands-on learning activities. Many students have developed em in hands-on learning activities. Many This become gainfully employed. ployability skills and as a result have used to establish these partnerships presentation will outline the process This is possible with partnerships throughout the community including the greenhouses and retail stores. local hospital, community college, farms, where students participate There are four unique learning environments College and Career Readiness College and Career an innovative program to assist The Monroe County ISD has developed to gain access into the world of work. students with moderate disabilities Transitioning Students with Disabilities into the World of Work World Students with Disabilities into the Transitioning Breakout Room #3 utilization of digital resources. So, bring your own technology and join us resources. So, bring your own technology utilization of digital for a digital dive! Region 10 ESC, Richardson, Executive Director, Karin Holacka, Deputy TX the high dive into digital integration and how they are transforming into a digital integration and how they are the high dive into to share and Participants will also be invited more digital environment. ways they have enhanced their own of course) on collaborate (digitally, ray of ideas on how digital resources can be utilized to increase collabo utilized to increase resources can be on how digital ray of ideas will share session, we In this interactive and innovation. ration, efficiency taken have ESC (Texas) from Region 10 professionals how education Breakout Room #7 Room Breakout Open with an ar service centers provide education is designed to This session The Digital Dive! The 62 FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. ate UnitTeaching andLearning,Homestead,PA Megan Cicconi,Curriculum&ReadingCoordinator, Allegheny Intermedi tors informaleducation. taken tomove towardbecomingan Antiracist MulticulturalOrganization. icy development andimplementation,their governanceandother steps tricts. Inthissession, thePSESDBoard willsharetheirroleinracial pol eliminate racialdisparityboth withintheagencyandinourpartnerdis was designedtoraisethe accountability measureforagencystaff to they unanimouslyadopted anagencyRacialEquityPolicy. The policy The PugetSoundESDBoard ofDirectorsmadeaboldmove:in2014 ESA BoardLeadership Breakout Room#13 tion The Board’s RoleinCreatingan Antiracist MulticulturalOrganiza James Rickabaugh,Director, TheInstitute,CESA 1,Pewaukee,WI process ofengaginginandleadingtransformativeinnovation as transformativeinnovationwillbeusedtoexplainand demonstratethe ing transformativeapproaches. The emergenceofpersonalized learning provide practicalstrategiesforbreakthroughthinking andoperationaliz often mustprecedeeffective incrementalimprovement. This session will of time,effort andresources.Innovationthatrepresentstransformation the wrongthing-thatwillnotdeliverresultsweneedisawaste to makearealdifference forlearningandachievement.Gettingbetterat be sureweareworkingontherightthings,thingsthathavepotential Continuous improvementisimportant,butofteninadequate.We must College andCareerReadiness Breakout Room#16 Leading BeyondIncremental,IncidentalImprovement Getting BeyondJustBetter:StrategiesforThinkingand John Vandewalle, CEO,LumenTouch, KansasCity, KS us intothenewage. we canloveitevenmorebybringingaboutthetransitionthatwillpropel shot? Take thisopportunitytohearwhyitiswelovewhatdoandhow hardware orsoftwaretoleapfroginto21stcenturylearning?Silverbuck doesn’t turnintoaprincess.Sowhatdoesittakebeyondpieceof evidence isoutthattechnologyonitsownjustakissforthefrog into the21stCenturyandsomeofusthoughttechnologywasit. The Many ofushavebeenlookingforthesilverbullettobringeducation Open Breakout Room#15 Technology isthewayto21stCenturyLearning…..REALLY! - - - - - FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. 63 - - - e are Karen Muse, Partnership Coordinator, Hamilton County ESC, Cincinnati, Karen Muse, Partnership Coordinator, OH conduit for implementation of state initiatives and we go the extra mile to conduit for implementation of state ACCESS is designed to leverage the ensure end-to-end service designs. to meet ESC members in an effort capacity and expertise of its individual educational entities. the needs of local, regional, and state munities. ACCESS leads the state in it’s ability to innovate. design and leads the state in it’s ACCESS munities. desired outcomes. We service aligned to customers’ implement effective custom solutions that work. W put our customers first and design Open serving nearly a quarter of the student ACCESS is an alliance of ESC’s urban, suburban, and rural com population in Ohio and representing ACCESS- An Alliance of 10 ESCs Working Together to Share Ser Together of 10 ESCs Working Alliance An ACCESS- vices Breakout Room #11 Nancy Meyer, Director of Student Services, Educational Service Unit 6, Director of Student Services, Nancy Meyer, Milford, NE from these days by improving language and social skill development improving language and social skill from these days by others who experiences; parents can network with while having new has fun! and most important, everyone share their challenges Given that families are often overwhelmed with all that raising a chid with are often overwhelmed with all that Given that families ESU 6 hosts two social outings become low priorities. a disability entails, be able to do: a that families may otherwise not child-centered activities benefit Zoo. Children and at a Children’s Museum day at a Children’s Nebraska schools provide special education for children from birth on provide special education for children Nebraska schools for their families. a system of services coordination and ESUs provide Social Opportunities for Children with Disabilities and Their Fami and Their Children with Disabilities for Social Opportunities of Having Fun Benefits lies--Educational Room #5 Breakout Open regional partner districts to adopt educational racial equity policies. policies. equity racial educational to adopt districts partner regional WA ESD, Renton, Puget Sound and Learning, Teaching Melia LaCour, Most importantly, they will share their instrumental piece in influencing in influencing piece their instrumental will share they importantly, Most 64 FRIDAY 2:45 p.m. College andCareerReadiness Breakout Room#3 Graduate Studentswith21stCenturySkills Jeff West, Administrator, EducationalServiceUnit13,Scottsbluff, NE mentation. tailoring theprocessto needsoftheschools,andsupportinimple the processofbringingschools onboard,gainingschoolcommitment, •Rubric forself-evaluation of implementation This sessionwillfocuson and interventionsatall3tiers•Creatingschoolimplementation plans Components of ACES •Universal screening•Beliefsurveys•Resources tionality issuesandhighsuspensionand/orofficediscipline referralrates. ronment, achievesocialandemotionalgrowthaddress dispropor provides leastrestrictiveinterventionstomaintain restrictiveenvi lishment ofacomprehensive,school-widesystem behavioral RtIthat ESU 13had35schoolsparticipatein ACES, a3-yearinitiativeforestab Open Breakout Room#16 Supporting BehavioralInterventionsfromaRegional Perspective cation Council,Hartford,CT Margaret MacDonald,ProgramCoordinator-SSST, CapitolRegionEdu some partnershipswithotherESAsandbusinesses. share theirideasforgrowingESA businesswitheachotherandtoform with you,fromenergytopublishing.Participantswillalsobegiventime to growtheirESA’s business. This yearwehave10newideastoshare At the2014ESA conferenceweintroducedparticipantstoten topideas Open Breakout Room#7 Another Top Ten IdeastoGrow Your ESA’s Business -Part2 ESC, Steubenville,OH Teresa Silvestri,DirectorofEducation&Outreach,JeffersonCounty become districtwide,andbetterpreparestudentsforcollegeorcareer. safety, etiquette,Web 2.0tools,andcommerce.Seehowprogramcan tional Onlinecoursework.Coursecoversrangeoftopicsincludingonline Online programwithDigitalSkillscourse,ortosupplementaddi enhance 21stCenturySkills.Presenterwillshowhowtoimplement troducing allstudentstodigitalcourseworkprepareforcollegeand Online CurriculumasasourcetoCollegeandCareerReadiness.In CONCURRENT SESSIONS:2:45–3:45P.M. ------

FRIDAY 2:45 p.m. 65 ------Transition Plans; Retreat Goal Setting; Ohio Superintendent/Treasurer Plans; Retreat Goal Setting; Ohio Superintendent/Treasurer Transition of contact for services. This session will present how the representative This session will present how the representative of contact for services. facilitates improving the working relationship between the Board and Searches; will include: Superintendent /Treasurer Topics Superintendent. Open Central Ohio has created the posi The Educational Service Center of tion of Client Services Representative to serve as a district single point Role of Consultant to Improve Board-Superintendent Relations Role of Consultant to Improve Board-Superintendent Breakout Room #5 com). Join us to discuss how an ESA can use the IPI Process. com). Join us to discuss how an ESA IL Randolph ROE 45, Waterloo, Kelton Davis, Superintendent, Monroe Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri Emeritus Pro Jerry Valentine, IL fessor Education, Waterloo, with teams responsible for collecting student cognitive engagement data with teams responsible for collecting The process is easily imple and facilitating collaborative data study. (see ipistudentengagement. mented and the success well documented to quality education are well documented. In our ESA near St. Louis we In our ESA to quality education are well documented. the Instructional Practices Inven implemented replicable initiatives using The IPI is a teacher-led process, tory as the cornerstone for change. How can an ESA support school teams of teacher leaders to enhance support How can an ESA cognitive engagement while grow school-wide instruction and student relationships of these three elements The ing a collaborative culture? Engagement Breakout Room #8 Open Wenatchee, WA Wenatchee, and Student for Changing Culture, Instruction, The IPI: Catalyst your ESA Foundation flourish. You will go home with tools to expand your You will go Foundation flourish. your ESA significant benefits classroom needs and provide accounts, meet teacher meaningful legacy for your ESA. that will result in a ESD, Relations S, North Central Assistant/Public Executive Eldene Wall, growth through meaningful partnerships to provide scholarships and partnerships to provide scholarships growth through meaningful Join us to Grants that enrich teaching and learning. creative Classroom tricks to make six-year growth and learn tips and hear the story of our and expanded educational opportunities in their educational foundation educational foundation opportunities in their educational and expanded com formation of dynamic and personal relationships through building its healthy continues nonprofit how our ESA’s Learn munity partnerships. Breakout Room #2 Room Breakout Board Leadership ESA success experiences continued State ESD in Washington North Central Community Partnerships: The Lifeblood of Your ESA Foundation ESA Your of Lifeblood The Partnerships: Community 66 FRIDAY 2:45 p.m. Douglas Leavens,WSWHE BOCES,FT. Edward,NY Anthony Muller, WSWHEBOCES, FT. Edward, NY Hamilton-Essex BOCES,FT. Edward, NY James Dexter, District Superintendent,Washington-Saratoga-Warren- own. the necessaryinformationtocreateasuccessfulECHS programoftheir partners. Byfollowingourdevelopmentprocess,participants willhave Adirondack CommunityCollege,andseveralbusiness andindustry ing ECHSProgramincollaborationwithlocalschool districts, SUNY created an Advanced ManufacturingECHSProgramandan IT Network school. Participantsofthissessionwilllearnhowthe WSWHEBOCES students withtheskillsandabilitiesnecessarytobesuccessful afterhigh successful partnerships,districtscancreateECHSprograms that provide College andCareerReadybyprovidingmultiplepathways. Through Early CollegeHighSchool(ECHS)programsensure students areboth College andCareerReadiness Breakout Room#11 Graduation Creating anEarlyCollegeHighSchoolProgram:FromConceptto Larche Hardy, Panhandle Area Education Consortium,Chipley, FL Paul, MN Anthony Messner, ExecutiveVice President,MarsdenServices,LLC,St. that aprofessionaldeepcleaning,repairandHVAC tune-upcanoffer. case studiesthatdemonstratethecosteffectiveness andhugh benefits vitalizing ourspirits.We willexaminethechallengesandreviewseveral detailed, comfortableandsafebuildingcanmakeinre-energizingre door eachday. Itisamazingwhatadifference asparklingclean,freshly that students,staff andadministratorsfeelwhentheyenterthefront and functionalitycandirectlyinfluencetheenthuiasm,effort andpride remodeling projectscanbenexttoimpossible. A building’s appearance finding thefundingtoreplaceolderfacilities,orconductcomprehenisve or recentlyremodeledbuilding.Duringthesedifficulteconomictimes, We allwishthatwecouldcometoschoolandworkeachdayinanew, Open Breakout Room#14 Back fromtheBrink;BringingthatOldBuildingtoLife Columbus, OH George Tombaugh,ESC ofCentralOhio, Client ServicesRepresentative, Board andSuperintendentResourceStrategicPlanning. Evaluation Systems;Governance Training; SuperintendentCoaching; - - FRIDAY 2:45 p.m. 67 - - - - more about the world of work in our local and global community. By using more about the world of work in our local and global community. our time, talent and treasures together we have been able to create a nesses via our 501c3 efforts. These efforts have provided business’s op have provided business’s These efforts nesses via our 501c3 efforts. portunities to fund and become founding partners in school based STEM to learn It has connected schools, both students and faculty, efforts. STEM with an overview of how the This presentation will provide participants State connects schools and busi York BOCES in New Tioga Broome School to Careers - Be Connected! Breakout Room #10 to eliminate practices that perpetuate low achievement. Self-auditing and to eliminate practices that perpetuate provided. planning processes and tools will be Center for School Coordinator, Kathleen Budge, Educational Leadership Boise, ID Improvement & Policy Studies, Boise, Participants will learn how ESAs are supporting local school leaders who Participants will learn how ESAs are student learning by promoting a negative influence on disrupt poverty’s and taking courageous action culture of high achievement for all students we also know schools often can’t do it alone. In this session, the authors we also know schools often can’t do High Poverty Schools into High ASCD book, “Turning of the bestselling work with ESAs in four states. Performing Schools”, will highlight their Breakout Room #12 Open succeed and know what it takes for children who live in poverty to We Disrupting Poverty’s Influence: ESAs Finding Ways to Better Serve ESAs Finding Influence: Disrupting Poverty’s Students ALL ESD, Renton, WA ESD, Renton, WA Puget Sound Executive Director, Altheimer, Denise Puget Sound ESD, Renton, WA Director, Peter Daniels, Executive velopment of knowledge, skills and competencies leaders need in order skills and competencies leaders velopment of knowledge, opportunity gap. for each child and eliminating the to achieving success Puget Sound Assoc. Supt.– Kindergarten-Postsecondary, Emry, Terese staff in support of the agency’s goals, including targeted learning op goals, including targeted of the agency’s in support staff learn about and emerging leaders. In this session portunities for new agency designed Understand how the Academy. Leadership PSESD’s to support the de coherent set of professional learning and delivered this goals of eliminating the opportunity gap and becoming an anti-racist becoming an anti-racist gap and the opportunity goals of eliminating a professional In 2014, PSESD established organization. multicultural for learning differentiated collective and that provides learning system Breakout Room #15 Room Breakout Open to its is committed District (PSESD) Educational Service Puget Sound Building Leadership Capacity to Advance Agency Goals Agency Advance to Capacity Leadership Building 68 FRIDAY 2:45 p.m. veloped byDr. BehnkefromNorthCarolinaUniversityExtensionandis program tobringtogetherExtensionandcommunitypartnerswasde tional attainmenthasnotkeptpaceoverthepast40years. The Juntos growth intheUnitedStatespastfivedecades,yetLatinoseduca The Latinocommunityhasexperiencedunprecedenteddemographic College andCareerReadiness Breakout Room#6 jor Educación(Together ForaBetterEducation) Linking ImmigrantCommunitiestoEducation:JuntosParaUnaMe Tioga BOCES,Binghamton,NY Kathryn Sheehan, Assistant SuperintendentforInstruction,Broome will leavewithaclearpathwaytodothesameintheircommunities! community networkforincreasedcareerconnectedness.Participants pressed special educatorsforqualityprofessional development.Choose Listen tothemusic: NowyourESA canrespondtourgent needsoftime- Open Breakout Room#9 News Flash: Your ESA CanOffer World-Class SPEDPDforFree 11 ESC,WhiteSettlement, TX John Petree,DeputyExecutive DirecorforInstructionalServices,Region 11 ESC,WhiteSettlement,TX Jackie Brown, Associate DeputyDirectorforInternalOperations,Region serve ourdistricts. rienced aswetackledthishugeendeavorinaneffort tobetterleadand trust. Learnfromourmistakesandbenefitthe successes weexpe look athowourownmanagementpracticeswereaffecting moraleand activities. The mostdifficulttask,however, involvedtakingaverycandid tional structure,flexiblenewworkenvironment,and employee “buyin” examine howourESA startedthisprocess –includingafluidorganiza on theshouldersofleadershipstaff toigniteachange.Joinusaswe Changing thecultureofanorganizationisnoeasytask,anditoftenfalls Open Breakout Room#1 Changing StaffCultureBeginswithOurLeadership Ottumwa, IA Himar Hernandez,BoardMember, GreatPrairie Area Education Agency, used intheeffective outreachefforts toLatinoaudiences. session willpresentbestpractices,marketingstrategies,andresearch egies, andsuccessesinimplementingacommunitybasedinitiative. The post-secondary education. This sessionwillexplorethechallenges,strat designed topreventstudentsfromdroppingoutandhelpthemaccess ------FRIDAY 2:45 p.m. 69 - - - - tion Service Agency, tion Phoenix, AZ Service Agency, Maricopa County Identity Director, Gale Beauchamp, Engineering STEM AZ Agency STEM, Phoenix, Education Service utilizes video conferencing to provide professional learning for teachers to provide professional learning utilizes video conferencing in the classroom. to create a positive impact with STEM Asst. Supt. Education Innovation, Maricopa County Educa Lori Shough, Maricopa County Education Service Agency’s STEM Role Model pro STEM Agency’s Education Service Maricopa County This pre regions. Learning in hard-to-reach gram provides Professional STEM Identity program Engineering how the MCESA sentation includes Video Conferencing Video Breakout Room #13 STEM Glen McCandless, Founder, Focus Marketing, Asheville, NC Asheville, Marketing, Focus Founder, Glen McCandless, Learning using Support for STEM Professional Developing Teacher cut throgh the noise and address disruptive behavior, help studens with help studens behavior, disruptive the noise and address cut throgh or awesome facilitated much more! Deliver SEL... and ASD, Discover Attend Be transformational: to your districts. SPED instruction self-paced this session! districts face - how to include special needs students in general educa in general students needs special - how to include face districts your no longer limit why time and money Come hear tion classrooms. how to show you SPED coaches. We’ll leading the world’s access to from an expanding playlist of webinars addressing a tough problem your problem a tough addressing of webinars playlist an expanding from SATURDAY AT A GLANCE

Saturday, December 5 Coffee Service 8 – 9 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 9 – 10 a.m. Brunch and Closing General Session 10:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. CCR: ESA’s Creating Independent Learners Through Small Group Math Stations Breakout Room #9 College and Career Readiness Join us and learn about ESSDACK’s dynamic and FUN, hands-on math training for consultants, teachers, and students. This K-8 workshop empowers teachers by increasing content knowledge and explores a structure for small group time. This allows teachers to differentiate content, develop independent learners and deepen conceptual understanding. Participants will leave understanding ESSDACK’s model for a math stations partnership as well as the success we have achieved with this training over the last two years. The train-the-trainer model allows a trained service agency consultant to offer this learning opportunity and provides an additional revenue source for the ESA. Renee Smith, Consultant, ESSDACK, Hutchinson, KS Tammy Fellers, Consultant, ESSDACK, Hutchinson, KS

Get Rid of the White Noise and Hear the Children’s Voices Breakout Room #8 Open Are the practices in your K-8 mathematics classrooms building on the student’s power of visualization and dialogue? Major changes in mathematical standards include concrete and visual models for conceptual understanding, student conversations, and behaviors influenced through the Standards of Mathematical Practice. Teachers will learn the most effective strategies to involve students in their own learning and be successful by using the three online grade band specific (K-2, 3-5, 6-8) courses developed by Questar III BOCES’s and Excelsior College’s collaboration. Each course offers teachers a self-paced interactive environment which incorporates the concrete and representational mathematical models included on our visual “placemats.” Christine Willmart, Math Improvement Specialist, Questar III BOCES, Castleton, NY

70 SATURDAY 9:00 Instructional Rounds through an AESA Lens Breakout Room #11 Open Learn how to implement the Instructional Rounds model as an education service agency. Instructional Rounds is a continuous improvement model developed by Harvard educators to assist district and campus leaders with improving classroom instruction. Region 14 Education Ser- vice Center in Texas has joined forces with district and campus leaders a.m. from around their region. Region 14 personnel facilitate and organize networks of instructional leaders to support continuous instructional improvement work at the campus level. Come learn how your education service agency can make a positive impact on instructional practices in your state. Rose Burks, Director of Curriculum, Region 14 ESC, Abilene, TX

Pushing the Start Button on K-12 Computer Science Implementa- tion Breakout Room #7 College and Career Readiness Learn about the creation of computer science academies within an 18 county region. The program is driven by industry with collaboration among economic development boards and education entities at the secondary and post-secondary level. The IT program of study was designed to align regional education and workforce needs. The structure of the POS provides a unique learning experience for students connected to industry partners and work-based learning experiences while creating efficiencies through economies of scale. Tania Kilpatrick, Director, Career and Technical Education, CESA # 6, Oshkosh, WI Anne Kirk, Administrative Assistant, CESA # 6, Oshkosh, WI

Global Education Network of Central Ohio Breakout Room #6 Open This session will share how the Global Education Network of Central Ohio was created as a partnership between the ESC of Central Ohio and the Columbus Council on World Affairs. The Mission is to increase the number of globally competent high school graduates from Central Ohio schools. One of the Goals has been to create, implement and bring to scale the Global Scholar’s Diploma. The audience will learn about the development of the network,community and business support ,educational travel,service learning and the elementary initiative. Examples of Com- petencies required for the Global Scholar’s Diploma will be presented. . George Tombaugh, Client Services Representative, ESC of Central Ohio Client Services, Columbus, OH 71 Technology is the GLUE to Build STEM Thinkers! Breakout Room #13 a.m. STEM Engaging young learners to be STEM thinkers takes the GLUE (Gaining Learning to Understand Everything) of technology! Participants in this breakout session would learn how to build activities and programs which lead to connecting students and families to STEM and STEAM pathways with a unified approach. By informing, inspiring, educating and connecting younger students to College and Career opportunities with a “Keep SATURDAY 9:00 SATURDAY the Doors Open” approach. Our interagency will provide information on how to start programs, attract students and to connect schools and businesses for a collaborative effort of creating 21st and 1/2 century thinkers! Kathryn Sheehan, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Broome Tioga BOCES, Binghamton, NY

POWER PD: Making Professional Development Relevant, Individu- alized, and Ongoing Breakout Room #5 Open Learn the secrets of successfully integrating collaborative and collective strategies into your professional development to make the content relevant, individualized, and ongoing for every staff member. Using the ESU 6 Team Protocol: snapshots, scatter diagrams, challenge posters and more, we will share a specific process to enhance PD within your district to encourage and support teachers in their personal and professional growth. Toby Boss, Director of Professional Development, Educational Service Unit 6, Milford, NE Jill Johnson, Consultant, Educational Service Unit 6 Professional Devel- opment, Milford, NE Lenny VerMaas, Consultant, Educational Service Unit 6 Professional Development, Milford, NE

Multifaceted Curriculum Support Breakout Room #12 Open Participants will hear how CESA 6 works with school districts to develop/ revise, document, review through collaboration, and monitor a compre- hensive, aligned curriculum. Participants will be encouraged to discuss current strategies and structures used in their districts to implement a curriculum process. They will learn how a systematic process is utilized when working with district/school curriculum teams. Participants will see the online curriculum and instruction management system (BuilldYou- rOwnCurriculum) that many of our districts use to guide teachers through

72 SATURDAY 9:00 the curriculum development process and how it can be used during instruction as well as to monitor and assess curriculum and instruction. Mary Ann Hudziak, ESEA Support & Mathematics Coordinator, CESA 6 Instructional Services, Oshkosh, WI

The Malheur Promise: Providing College Credit To Rural School Districts

Breakout Room #16 a.m. College and Career Readiness The Malheur Promise is a collaborative initiative between Malheur ESD, Treasure Valley Community College, and school districts in Eastern Oregon. Two programs under this initiative, College Access and College Choice, provide online college courses at reduced rates using an innovative approach between the college and ESD. Unfilled online courses are provided to high school students for $19 per credit. We will share the structure and logistics, and success of these two programs with our audience. Stephen Phillips, Superintendent, Malheur ESD Region 14, Vale, OR

Creating Culture and Accountability in Your Agency Breakout Room #15 ESA Board Leadership Every school leader has the tools and opportunity to leverage transformational leadership and dramatically impact the health of his or her organization. This session incorporates lessons from Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Advantage, and Sam Miller’s book, The Secret Solution, and integrates them to help school leaders improve their organizational health by focusing on building culture and accountability. This session will highlight what every school leader should know about the balance between accountability and culture, how to build a playbook for your organization, and identify actions that result in transformational leadership. Joe Crozier, Chief Administrator, Grant Wood AEA 10, Cedar Rapids, IA

Start with WHY, THEN Build Your Big Rocks Breakout Room #10 Open In order for any organization to transform, it is crucial to understand why it exists and for all team members to share that understanding. This session will discuss the reality behind this requirement, why it is so important, and how this determination can lead to the development of what your organization does best. We will detail our journey to the development of ESC Region 11 Big Rocks, our failures as well as our successes. Chris Everett, Director of Administrative Services, Region 11 ESC, White Settlement, TX

73 Open Doors: ESA Roles in Dropout Reengagement Breakout Room #14 a.m. College and Career Readiness Washington State is implementing an innovative dropout re-engagement system with assistance from the Educational Service Districts. The Open Doors Program requires academic instruction (including GED preparation) and case management services for eligible youth. The program model is flexible and collaboration with post-secondary institutions and community organizations is encouraged. State basic education funding SATURDAY 9:00 SATURDAY is provided, and is based on student achievement outcomes rather than seat time. Educational Service Districts play several roles; informing districts of the opportunity, providing technical assistance and support to interested districts, and in some cases, actually operating Open Doors programs on behalf of one or more districts. Mike Hickman, Assistant Superintendent/Support Services, Educational Service District 113, Olympia, WA Laurie Shannon, Graduation Specialist, Office of Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction Secondary Education & Student Support, Olympia, WA Mick Miller, Assistant Superintendent, Northeast Washington Educational Service District Student Learning and Support Services, Olympia, WA Kelly Goodsell, Executive Director, Puget Sound ESD Learning, Teach- ing, and Family Support, Olympia, WA

74 10:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. BRUNCH AND CLOSING GENERAL SESSION Presiding: Dee Cockrille, AESA President Keynote Speaker: John Almarode - Corwin Author John Almarode is an educator and staff developer who has worked with students from pre-k to those in graduate programs. Known for his writing on brain-based learning, he conducts action-packed workshops that highlight ready-to-use strategies and the brain rules that make them work. He has recently joined the faculty at James Madison University where he enjoys work with pre-service teachers and in- service activities for those already in the field. His most recent book is “Captivate, Activate, and Invigorate the Student Brain in Science and Math, Grades 6-12”. This book is published by Corwin Press, the sponsor of his appearance with us. 2016 Call to Conference: David Branch, Mike Cook, Jeff West Celestin Ballroom

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BOOTH ACT, Inc. 420 500 ACT Drive, Iowa City, IA 52245 319-337-1793 www.act.org ACT is a nonprofit organization that provides a continuum of integrated solutions that align with our mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success.

AESA Member Services 210 28411 Northwestern Highway #950, Southfield, MI 48004 248-351-6000 www.aesambs.org Property Casualty/Liability/Risk Mitigation and Cost Containment series exclusively offered to AESA members and their consultants

AESA Student Loan Forgiveness Program…Powered by Innovative Student Loan Solutions 211 c/o Hamilton Co. ESC, 11083 Hamilton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45231 513-674-4226 www.isloansolutions.com We are lifting the burden of student loan debt for educators! Your ESA can help! Our no-cost, turnkey Program has presented more than $250 million in savings so far … all through ESA partnerships. Visit Booth 211 to learn more.

Apptegy 221 425 W. Capital Suite 3100, Little Rock, AR 72201 501-553-1941 www.apptegy.com Apptegy gives schools, districts, and ESAs a single place to update all of their online communications. Our publishing platform, Thrillshare, will update your custom mobile app, website, social media, text messages, and voice calls automati- cally. Work less and share more.

Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) 412 753 West Blvd., Chipley, FL 42428 850-638-6131 AEPA is a non-profit organization, unique to other national cooperatives as each contract is awarded in our 26 member states, in accordance with local bidding laws. In many states AEPA is also available to government agencies and nonprofit organizations, please stop by booth 412 to learn more.

BirdBrain Technologies 107 1936 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-251-9227 www.birdbraintechnologies.com Carnegie Mellon University spin-off, BirdBrain Technologies creates and com- mercializes educational robots and robot kits designed to support engineering, computer science, and to foster a project-based learning approach in everyday classrooms.

BrightBytes 215 490 2nd Street, Suite 302, San Francisco, CA 94107 415-851-7654 www.brightbytes.net BrightBytes’ cutting-edge analytics platform, Clarity, gathers research from the best experts in the world, and creates evidence-based frameworks that help educational leaders make better decisions for students. Clarity makes research and analysis simple, fun, and actionable.

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BOOTH Brookes Publishing Co. 302 P.O. Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 10624 410-337-9580 www.brookespublishing.com We’ve been a trusted presence in the early childhood community for 36+ years, supporting your work through top screeners like ASQ and our practical, research- based books and curricula. Let us help you advance inclusion, work effectively with families, catch delays early, and get every child off to a great start in life.

BuildYourOwnCurriculum 112 61 North Meadow Row Court, Appleton, WI 54913 920-264-9040 ext. 806 www.buildyourowncurriculum.com Join the network of ESAs that have partnered with BuildYourOwnCurriculum to help their districts efficiently and effectively develop a district-wide curriculum. Going far beyond an online repository, BYOC allows for aligning of standards, building lesson plans, assignments, assessments and more!

BuzzMob 114 10 Hughes, Suite A200, Irvine, CA 92618 949-470-0100 www.buzzmob.net BuzzMob’s a mobile and web application revolutionizing school communication. Teachers, parents, and students engage in an inclusive community with updates, an interactive calendar, and private messaging. Members choose to receive noti- fications by email, SMS, or beautiful mobile apps on iOS/Android

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration 103 2075 Lookout Drive, North Mankato, MN 56003 507-389-5706 www.cilc.org Many districts are enjoying the benefits of partnering with the Center for Interac- tive Learning & Collaboration (CILC). Learn how your Service Center can enjoy a revenue stream while providing cloud-based video access to thousands of engaging, interactive, standards-based K12 programs!

CESA 6 - Partners 110 2935 Universal Court, Oshkosh, WI 54904 920-236-0518 www.cesa6.org CESA 6 has partnerships with CALL and Alumni Nations. CALL is a cloud-based, school-wide leadership assessment and feedback system. Alumni Nation helps you stay connected with alumni and the community. Come see us about partnership opportunities for your ESA.

CompuClaim 202 221 Third Street, Newport, RI 02840 401-623-8468 www.compuclaim.com CompuClaim is one of the leading providers of Medicaid billing and electronic data interchange (EDI) solutions that facilitate the critical connection between school districts and Medicaid. They have been providing these services to school districts since 1992. CompuClaim is in the business of education and healthcare; offering integrated solutions that reduce costs by eradicating inefficiencies and increasing compliance. CompuClaim’s automated web based data collection and billing platform provides customers the latest best practice technology infrastructure. Our technology platform provides school districts a custom designed Web portal integrated with a professional claims clearinghouse and mobile data capture technology. CompuClaim is helping schools innovate their businesses while leading the revolution in healthcare EDI technology. 77 EXHIBITOR AND SHOWCASE (Alphabetical)

BOOTH Corwin 416 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 800-233-9936 www.corwin.com Corwin has one mission: to enhance education through intentional professional learning. We build long-term relationships with our authors, educators, clients, and associations who partner with us to develop and continuously improve the best evidence-based practices that establish and support lifelong learning.

COSN (Consortium for School Networking) 113 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW #1010, Washington, DC 20005 202-470-2784 www.cosn.org COSN provides strategic leadership tools and resources to promote the strategic use of technology to improve teaching and learning.

Digital Schools 313 27754 Volo Village Road, Suite E, Volo, IL 60073 888-939-7799 ext. 115 www.digital-schools.com Digital Schools has exclusively served K-12 with a modularized approach to personnel management, position control, time management, budgeting, purchasing and finance/payroll functionality. We provide you with tools which control your costs and enable the ability to generate savings. Achieve ACA eligibility and compliance.

Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. 120 817 Pacific Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98337 360-616-8915 ext. 301 www.digitaliseducation.com Digitarium digital planetarium systems for portable or fixed domes captivate students of all ages. We also sell Digitalis Inflatable Domes in a range of sizes for a complete portable solution. Come see us in action at AESA!

District Administration Magazine 205 35 Nutmeg Drive, Suite 205, Trumbull, CT 06611 203-663-0100 www.districtadministration.com District Administration is the leading provider of practical insights and strategies for K12 administrators at school districts throughout the United States. The District Administration Leadership Institute produces special events and creates communities for the nation’s top K12 leadership

Dimensional Learning Solutions 203 3267 Crest Drive, Chewelah,WA 58105 509-935-7080 www.dimensionallearningsolutions.com Dimensional Learning Solutions: Committed to the most cutting edge adaptive learning solutions available for education. Our breakthrough, adaptive learning technology and courses will significantly improve delivery systems and outcomes for students, teachers, administrators and personnel in the 21st century.

E&I Cooperative Services 217 2 Jericho Plaza Suite 309, Jericho, NY 11753 507-829-6917 www.k12.eandi.org Serving school districts and institutions nationwide, E&I is the only member- owned not-for-profit sourcing cooperative focused exclusively on education. E&I delivers cost savings on products and services K12 institutions use every day to reduce costs and optimize supply chain efficiencies. 78 EXHIBITOR AND SHOWCASE (Alphabetical)

BOOTH EDTRAININGCENTER 207 3001 N. Rocky Point Drive East, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607 877-844-0413 www.edtrainingcenter.com EDTRAININGCENTER is the nation’s leading provider of online compliance and onboarding training and professional development. With over 400 courses and programs targeting the needs of employees from the central office to the classroom, EDTRAININGCENTER is the perfect solution for districts and the agencies that serve them.

Equal Level Inc. 305 1140 Rockville Pike, Ste.100-350, Rockville, MD 20852 301-421-1917 www.equallevel.com e-Procurement Marketplace Solutions for the Public Sector. escWorks® 209 7145 West Tidwell Road, Houston, TX 77092 713-744-6834 www.escworks.com escWorks® is an all-in-one data management software solution made by an ESA for ESAs. We help you reduce costs, eliminate excessive data entry, maximize conference registrations, streamline reports and quantify your true value to the state agencies and customer districts you serve.

ESSDACK 214 1500 E 11th Avenue, Suite 200, Hutchinson, KS 67501 620-931-2529 www.essdack.org ESSDACK is a leading education service agency providing leadership, innovation, and solutions to educators across the nation. In addition to professional development, ESSDACK serves school districts by providing an array of support services from group insurance to technology products.

Edulink Inc. 220 Cranberry Professional Park 201 Smith Drive, Suite D1, Cranberry, PA 16066 412-877-8077 www.edulinkinc.com Edulink Inc. specializes in digital tools and web applications for data and process management for teachers and education administrators including teacher evaluation software, online registration portals and continuing education management systems.

Fortinet Booth 109 899 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 214-232-1117 www.fortinet.com Fortinet, a pioneer in high performance network security, positions schools, colleges, and libraries to be able to respond rapidly to a sophisticated IT cyber- threat landscape. Fortinet’s fully integrated UTM/Next Generation Firewall consolidated platforms offer increased performance and reliability coupled with reduced costs.

Frontline Technologies Group, LLC 304 1400 Atwater Drive, Malvern, PA 19355 610-727-0352 www.frontlinek12.com More than 5,000 school districts use Frontline’s suite of human capital management tools, including Aesop (absence management and automated sub-calling), VeriTime (time and attendance), and AppliTrack (recruiting, selectin and HR file management). 79 EXHIBITOR AND SHOWCASE (Alphabetical)

BOOTH Genesee Intermediate School District 318 2413 W. Maple Avenue, Flint, Michigan 48507 810-591-4436 www.geneseeisd.org iConnect Learning provides options for ESAs for online learning for students and staff. iConnect Learning can partner with your ESA to expand opportunities for your ESA, both for staff and students.

Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) 101 149 Avenue at the Common, Suite 202, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702 732-982-8155 ext. 710 www.ipeceducation.com iPEC’s Coach Centric Leadership for Education Professionals is a research based professional development program designed to help education leaders build cultures of engagement by learning coaching tools and processes that contribute to long-term sustainability of improved student achievement.

IRIS Connect 118 210 S. Hudson Street, Seattle, WA 98134 001 206 201 1998 www.irisconnect.com IRIS Connect offers live, in-ear coaching and other forms of teacher-enabled video pd, resulting in a much greater transfer of skills in to practice.

Lumen Touch 204 10502 NW Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153 816-880-0566 ext. 106 www.lumentouch.com Lumen Touch provides an all-in-one student achievement software to manage student information (AXSAS), special education (SPEDEX), curriculum and learning (COREX), career and college planning (MyTRAX), communication (DuX) and soon to be released professional development (eXpert).

Marsden Services, LLC 418 2124 University Avenue, W, St. Paul, MN 55224 515-418-5265 www.marsdenservices.com As an AESA business partner, we provide total facilities services including janito- rial, hvac maintenance, security, and special services throughout the United States. We’re consistently recognized for our operational excellence, and savings of up to 30% on your education facilities budget.

MAXIMUS K-12 Education TIENET 119 7585 E. Redfield Road, Suite 208, Scottsdale, AZ 85260-6938 850-445-2452 www.maximus.com/tienet MAXIMUS K-12 Education TIENET software: Special Education Case Manage- ment, Response to Intervention, Service Capture, Assessment, and Instructional Management to over 850 school districts - 21 states, 3 Canadian provinces. TIENET is the official special eduction module for PowerSchool.

McREL International 406 4601 DTC Blvd., #550, Denver, CO 80237 303-459-5043 www.mcrel.org McREL International is a nonprofit corporation located in Denver, Colorado with offices in Hawaii, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Australia. McREL focuses on K-12 education improvement through research, product development, technology, leadership development, standards-based instructional practice, and systemic reform. 80 EXHIBITOR AND SHOWCASE (Alphabetical)

BOOTH MindShine Technologies 319 247 County Road 1073, Mountain Home, AR 72653 602-369-4011 www.mindshine.com Our message is a simple one. Our experienced, senior developers know how to build education software, either enhancing an existing solution, building one from the ground up or working as part of a bigger team inside a service agency.

Modern Teacher, LLC 311 444 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1080, Chicago, IL 60611 835-687-7776 www.modernteacher.com Modern Teacher® is an edTech and PD company committed to building an ambi- tious solution to fundamentally redesign the end-user experience in the classroom. We support school districts that desire to transform our current model of education with a reimagined instructional core.

National Association of Media and Technology Centers (NAMTC) 321 P.O. Box 9844, Cedar Rapids, IA 52409 319-654-0608 www.namtc.org NAMTC is a network of ESA leaders focusing on learning resources. Electronic Shared Conversations provide insight on hot topics. Visit www.NAMTC.org to learn about membership. NAMTC proudly sponsors the Leadership Summit, held immediately prior to the AESA conference.

National Joint Powers Alliance 310 PO Box 219, 202 12th Street, NE, Staples, MN 56479 218-895-4148 www.njpacoop.org National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) is a public agency that creates national cooperative contract purchasing solutions on behalf of 50,000+ members including government, education, and non-profit agencies nationwide. There’s no cost, obligation or liability to join NJPA’s contract purchasing program.

PresenceLearning 314 580 Market Street, 6th floor, San Francisco, CA 94104 828-215-3489 www.presencelearning.com PresenceLearning is the leading provider of live online speech and occupational therapy, behavioral and mental health services and assessments for K-12 school districts and families of children with special needs.

Questar III / Excelsior College 316 10 Empire State Blvd. Castleton, NY 12033 528-479-6869 www.questar.org Questar III BOCES and Excelsior College offer three online professional development courses for teachers: “Teaching Mathematics to 21st Century Learners” and Uexcel College Examination Program, which is credit by examination in a computer-based format at thousands of test centers globally.

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BOOTH Risk-Eraser 320 PO Box 376,West Falmouth, MA 02574 508-444-2079 www.risk-eraser.com Risk-Eraser helps at-risk children grow by providing brain-based tools and interventions. We demo “Goal Seeker”, a software tool for IEP data collection and analysis that 1) saves users time, and 2) automates data dissection into meaningful patterns that inform interventions.

SERRC - Alaska’s Educational Resource Center 218 210 Ferry Way, Juneau, Alaska 99801 907-586-6806 www.serrc.org Showcase of the SERRC services through the State of Alaska.

SAFARI Montage 206 Five Tower Bridge, 300 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428 619-645-4900 www.safarimontage.com SAFARI Montage provides K-12 schools with a fully integrated Digital Learning Platform, including a Learn- ing Object Repository, Video Streaming Library, and IPTV & Live Media Stream- ing, designed to handle video efficiently.

San Joaquin County Office of Education -EDJOIN 307 PO Box 21303, Stockton, CA 95213 209-953-2161 EDJOIN is the nation’s largest education specific job board and applicant track- ing system. Owned and operated within the California public education system, EDJOIN is built by educators, for educators.

SLA Management 404 3217 Corrine Drive, Orlando, FL 32803 407-740-7677 www.slamangement.com SLA Management is a school food management company serving private, charter and public school districts throughout the United States. We prepare onsite and serve quality, nutritious school lunches. We do not charge management fees, and assume all financial cost and risk of a school meal program, while generating revenue for the school.

Texas A&M University Commerce 219 1515 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-980-7798 https://master.elearning.tamuc.edu/show/ The TAMUC’s online Master of Science in eLearning is the point of the intersec- tion between education and technology. This program is designed to train educators how to implement technology across curricula and classrooms of all kinds. With a blend of theory and technical skill, this program will prepare teachers to innovate and lead.

Truenorthlogic 208 8180 S. 700 E. Suite 250, Sandy, UT 84070 801-453-0136 www.truenorthlogic.com Truenorthlogic brings great educator effectiveness programs to life by streamlin- ing activities and information, integrating disparate district systems and data, and delivering true transparency and accountability.

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BOOTH University of Phoenix 317 1625 W. Fountainhead Parkway, Tempe, AZ 85282 714-642-5856 www.phoenix.edu University of Phoenix offers degree programs ranging from elementary and secondary education to administration, continuing teacher education and professional development programs taught by faculty members averaging 17 years of classroom experience with curricula aligned with national standards.

Vintage Tech Recyclers 306 13543 Lincoln Highway, Plainfield, IL 60544 630-689-7944 www.vintagetechrecyclers.com Vintage Tech Recyclers is one of the leading electronic recycling and asset management companies in the industry. As an e=Stewards, R2, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 certified electronic recyclers. Vintage Tech offers customized solutions and guarantees the highest level of service and compliance.

WIN Learning 410 1000 Waterford Place, Kingston, TN 37763 940-312-3867 www.winlearning.com WIN Learning helps middle, high school, adult & workforce, & post-secondary programs ensure all learners have the skills to be career and college ready. WIN Learning provides schools with the tools necessary to prepare them for the future, whether it’s college, a trade school, the military or the workplace.

Yooz Inc. 105 950 E. State Highway 114, Suite 160, Southlake, TX 76092 469-284-0245 www.justyoozit.com Yooz offers cloud-based accounts payable automation that’s intelligent, easy to set up and use, as well as affordable. Businesses can streamline their entire AP workflow with a centralized location to capture, review, approve, pay and store importance financial documents.

Zulama Modern Learning 308 1501 Preble Avenue, 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 757-903-7846 www.zulama.com Zulama Modern Learning is the first platform to combine game design technologies and project-based strategies. Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center helped us develop a way to bring game design, programming, art, and screenwriting to middle and high schools.

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BOOTH COMPANY NAME

101 Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) 103 Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration 104 105 Yooz Inc. 106 107 BirdBrain Technologies 108 109 Fortinet 110 CESA 6 - Partners 112 BuildYourOwnCurriculum 113 COSN (Consortium for School Networking) 114 BuzzMob 115 116 117 118 IRIS Connect 119 MAXIMUS K-12 Education TIENET 120 Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. 202 CompuClaim 203 Dimensional Learning Solutions 204 Lumen Touch 205 District Administration Magazine 206 SAFARI Montage 207 EDTRAININGCENTER 208 Truenorthlogic 209 escWorks® 210 AESA Member Services 211 AESA Student Loan Forgiveness Program 214/ ESSDACK 216

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BOOTH COMPANY NAME

215 BrightBytes 217 E&I Cooperative Services 218 SERRC - Alaska’s Educational Resource Center 219 Texas A&M University Commerce 220 Edulink Inc. 221 Appetgy 302 Brookes Publishing Co. 304 Frontline Technologies Group, LLC 305 Equal Level Inc. 306 Vintage Tech Recyclers 307 San Joaquin County Office of Education -EDJOIN 308 Zulama Modern Learning 310 National Joint Powers Alliance 311 Modern Teacher, LLC 313 Digital Schools 314 PresenceLearning 316 Questar III /Excelsior College 317 University of Phoenix 318 Genesee Intermediate School District 319 MindShine Technologies 320 Risk-Eraser 321 National Association of Media and Technology Centers (NAMTC) 404 SLA Management 406 McREL International 410 WIN Learning 412 Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) 416 Corwin 418 Marsden Services, LLC 420 ACT, Inc.

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92 st AESA 31 Annual Conference

The Future Depends on Their Future: AESA 40 Years of Creating Their Future

SAVANNAH GEORGIA November 30 - December 2, 2016 The Mission of AESA is to support and strengthen regional educational service agencies by: • Serving as a national voice for educational service agencies; • Providing professional growth opportunities, technical assistance, advocacy and research; • Helping member agencies promote, distribute, and leverage their knowledge, products, and services; and • Assisting in the establishment of educational service agencies.

Association of Educational Service Agencies 507-401-3306 • www.aesa.us