8:30 - 9:00 Registration Coffee and Danish

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

9:15 - 10:45 Plenary Session Speakers

11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Workshops

12:30 - .2:00 Lunch Box Lunch Catered by Park West High School 1:30 Speakers

2:00 - 3:15 Concurrent Workshops

3,30 - 4:30 Final Gathering Speakers

Central Park East Schools I and II, and River East gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of Lorraine Mann-Skeen, Principal, P.S. 171 and Rebecca Smith, Director, Creative Learn- ing Community. PROGRAM

Time Place

8,30 - 9:00 Registration Cafeteria Sign Up for Workshops

9:15 - 10:45 Plenary Session Auditorium Central Park East Chorus Barry Solowey, Director

Chair: Carlos M. Medina, Superintendent Community School District 4 Greetings

Speakers: Kenneth Haskins, Director, Principals' Center, Harvard University Sandra Feldman, Executive Director United Federation of Teachers

Theodore Sizer, Chairman, Education Department, Brown University

11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Workshops School

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch Cafeteria

1:30 Speakers:

Charlotte Frank, Executive Director Division of Curriculum & Instruction NYC Board of Education

Seymour Fliegel, Deputy Superintendent Community School District 4 2:00 - 3:15 Concurrent Workshops School PROGRAM

Time Place

3s30 - 4,30 Final Gathering Cafeteria Speakers: Vito Perrone, Dean, Center for Teaching & Learning, University of North Dakota

Deborah Meier, Director, Central Park East I

Denise Cowan, President, Parents Action Council, CPE I

Please take the time to visit the West Wing of the school building to look at the art work of the students of CPE I, II, and River East. Floors 1 - 4. The following workshops take place AM or PM only: AM ONLY: The Long View (History of CPE I) (CLC) Rm. 412 Dynamics of Relationships (171) Rm. 408 Music: Jesus A. Santiago,CPE II (CPE) Rma. 312

PM ONLY Our Language, Ourselves Auditorium Alternative/Neighborhood Schools (CLC) Rm. 412 Study on Transition to Jr. High (171) Rm. 408 Music Barry Solowey, CPE I (CPE) Rm. 312 NUTS & BOLTS OF CREATING ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS in (CPE) Rm. 213 will be open all day, staffed by people able to answer your questions. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

No. 1. This workshop AM ONLY (CLC) Rm. 412 The Long View What was it like in the beginning? Early trials and errors. Changes in practice over the years. Moderators Seymour Fliegel, Deputy Superintendent, Dist. 4. Digna Galarza, aide, parent CPE I Deborah Meier, director, CPE I Vivian Wallace, former tchr. now parent CPE I

No. 2. (CPE) Rm. 102 Reflections By Teachers Four biographical sketches of CPE I staff. How they got started in teaching. How they came to CPE. Changes--ideas, styles of teaching. Awilda Canton, aide/parent/stdnt. tchr. Winnette Glasgow, tchr. grades 3/4 Donnie Rotkin, tchr. grades 1/2 Susan Soler, tchr. Kg.

* ** No. 3. (CPE) Rm. 414 Styles of Support to the Mainstream Teachers The "Resource Room" at CPE/River East. Panel presentation of why and how we mainstream children. Discussion/workshop at which all will review case studies. Susan Goetz, Res.Rm. tchr, CPE II, parent Sarah Hahn, tchr, pre-Kg. River East Donna Lippman, Res.Rm. tchr, CPE I Mark Steinberger, Res.Rm. tchr, RE

No. 4 a. (CPE) Rm. 316 Integrated Curriculum for Grades 5 and 6 Use of our neighborhood as basis for curriculum. Bruce Kanze, tchr, grades 5/6, CPE I Lindsay Greene, student, CPE I No. 4. b. (CPE) Rm. 314 Integrated Curriculum for Grades 3 and 4 How does the classroom grow? Visit a typical grade 3/4 room to see how the curriculum works in an informal classroom. Class Themes Playgrounds. Leslie Stein, cluster tchr. CPE I Dottie Peters, tchr. 3/4, CPE I

No. 4 .c. (CPE) Rm. 216 Integrated Curriculum for Grades 1 and 2 Class Themes Fairy Tales. Visit a grade 1/2 room to find out how this theme works in an informal classroom as basis for curriculum. Pamela Cushing, tchr. 1/2, CPE I

No. 5. (171) Rm. 410 How We Evaluate & Assess Where K