62ND ANNUal | CONVENtioN REgistratioN PACKET CASP Convention 2o11 Excelling Together: Linking Home, Schools, and the Community CONVENTION REGISTRATION | TaBLE OF CONTENTS Registration Information EXTENDED ......... 3 Special Events Welcome Letter .............................................. 4 CASP and Affiliates Fundraiser ..................... 2 Job Faire CANCELED ............................ 20 Convention Information Student / Practitioner Pizza Event ............... 10 The Student Room ....................................... 5 Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Breakfast ...... 29 Hotel and Travel Information ........................ 6 CASP Awards Luncheon ............................. 22 Workshop Refund and Grievance Policy ....... 6 Exhibit Hall ................................................... 7 Session Code Index ...................................... 7 Continuing Professional Development .......... 8 Meetings SPEC Meeting ............................................ 30 Thursday, April 14 Legislative Committee Meeting .................. 23 Thursday Overview ..................................9-10 Cultural & Linguistic Diversity Session Description ...............................11-20 Committee Meeting ................................. 26 Friday, April 15 Board of Directors Meeting ........................ 22 Friday Overview ....................................21-22 Board of Directors Candidates’ Forum ........ 12 Session Descriptions ..............................23-32 Forms Saturday, April 16 Convention Registration Form ...............38-39 Saturday Overview ..................................... 33 Volunteers / Student Volunteers ................. 40 Saturday Descriptions ............................34-37 CASP Membership Form ............................ 41 Lead Corporate Sponsor 62nd Annual Convention | April 14-16, 2011 Orange County Hilton 3050 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa, CA CASP / Affiliate Fundraiser Support your professional association Come to the CASP and its Affiliates fundraising event. There is no admission charge, but tickets for the fundraising drawing will be available. THE priZES arE amaZING! Here’s how it works: For just $10 each, you can purchase tickets for this drawing, either with your convention registration or when you get there. When you are at CASP Convention 2011, go to the table near the Registration area and place your ticket(s) into the box for the particular item you hope to win. The choice is yours. IMAGINE: Then, on Friday at 5:15 p.m., go to the Pacific Terrace for the CASP and Affiliates event. Check out what the affiliate in your area has planned for the rest of the Spending seven nights year, purchase a beverage from the bar and, if you like, purchase additional tickets on St. Maarten for other drawing items. You again will have the opportunity to place your tickets in the Caribbean in a luxury into the appropriate boxes for the prize(s) that you want, up until 5:45 p.m. At condominium* approximately 6:00 p.m., we’ll start to draw the names of the winners of each of - Or - the prize items. A trip to Puerto Vallarta Come and join the excitement! on the beautiful Mexican Rivera - Or - Tickets may be purchased with your registration and/or at the convention. Each at- tendee who has purchased tickets must place his or her tickets into the appropriate A weekend in box for the prize desired. Winners need not be present at the CASP and Affiliates San Diego County, event, but must be present at the convention to participate in the drawing. at a private luxury home, with bed & breakfast Purchase your tickets today and attend this premiere event! accommodations, tickets to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and other extras - Or - Many other fabulous prizes. Learn about CASP affiliates, Win your dream vacation, ALL AT THE SAME TIME! * Saturday, July 9, 2011 to Saturday, July 16, 2011, for a total seven nights! CASP CONVENTION 2O11 Excelling Together: Linking Home, Schools, and the Community Registration Information EARLY REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO APRIL 12! REGISTRATION DEADLINES for which you registered will be distributed on site. The • Early registration fees: Deadline is April 12, 2011. All tickets are necessary to gain entry into the social events; registration forms must be faxed, emailed or postmarked your badge is required to enter paid workshops and all other by that date to receive the discounted rate. Convention events. It is recommended that you take your confirmation form to the Convention. Check it against the • Late registration fees: All registration forms received after name badge you will receive at the Convention to ensure that April 12, 2011 will be charged the late fee. the workshops you paid for are listed on your name badge. • On-site registration: All forms received after April Please make sure you have your badge with you at all times. 12, 2011 and at the convention will be charged an Monitors will be checking badges for entrance into paid additional $20 more than the late registration fees. workshops. • All registration forms received by CASP on or before April 7 will be processed and convention confirmations MAKING CHANGES TO PRE-REGISTERED EVENTS will be sent. Forms received between April 8 and April If you wish to make changes to the paid workshops for which 11 will be processed, however confirmations will not be you have registered you must do so in writing (by mail, email sent. Do not send registration forms to the CASP office or by fax) by April 7, 2011. If you choose to make changes to after April 11, 2011. They will not be processed. the paid workshops at the Convention, you will be charged $5 Save postage and paper by registering online at per change. On-site ticket sales for social events will include a www.casponline.org. It’s safe and easy. Just click on $5-per-ticket surcharge. the Convention logo and follow the instructions. WORKSHOP CLOSURES AND CANCELLATIONS Convention materials for pre-registered attendees will be If a workshop is closed due to space limitations the registrant’s available from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 at the second choice will be applied and listed on the registration Orange County Hilton. On-site registration will not be confirmation form. If the registrant does not have a second available until 7 a.m. Thursday, April 14. The Convention choice for a paid workshop, a refund will be mailed within six- officially opens at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, April 14, with general to-eight weeks of the conclusion of the Convention. session starting at 8:30 a.m. Get into the workshops you want and avoid long lines at the convention by registering If a workshop is cancelled because of the withdrawal of now. the presenter, insufficient sign-ups or other unforeseen circumstances, the registrant’s second choice will be assigned PAYMENT OPTIONS and a new confirmation form will be sent. In the case of a Checks, purchase orders and VISA and MasterCard credit last-minute cancellation, an alternative workshop without the cards are accepted. If paying by check, please mail your additional “change of workshop” charge or a refund will be payment with your completed registration form(s). offered. • If paying by purchase order you must submit your Remember: CASP cannot guarantee that workshops will still registration form AND your purchase order or a be open for attendees who wait until the late registration purchase order number at the same time. Your credit period begins or the start of the Convention to register or card number is also required to use a purchase make changes in their workshop choices. Early registration order. Should your employer fail to pay your convention is the best way to make sure you receive the workshops registration within 90 days of the end of the convention you wish to attend. your credit card will be charged. Registrations marked with the purchase order option, yet mailed without a REFUND INFORMATION purchase order or purchase order number will not be processed. All refund requests must be made in writing. Refund • CASP does not accept American Express and Discover requests postmarked on or before April 7, 2011 will be credit cards. honored in full. Refund requests postmarked after April 7, 2011 will be subject to a $25 handling fee. No refunds Registrations paid with credits cards or purchase orders may will be issued for participant cancellations after April 11, be faxed to the CASP Office at 916/444-1597. Or, save time 2011. Except for workshop cancellations, refunds will and postage by registering online at www.casponline.org. not be issued after the Convention opens. Sorry, CASP cannot accept registrations over the telephone. NAME BADGES REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION Name badges will be provided to all registrants. The badge lists all paid workshops for which you registered. Please Take advantage of early registration fees by sending in wear the badge at all times. It is your admission into paid your forms and payment to CASP by March 7, 2011 workshops and to all other Convention activities. They will be (postmarked). You will receive a confirmation in the mail checked by monitors at all paid workshops. Lost badges will listing all registered events, an accounting of monies paid be replaced for a fee of $5. and any balance owed. Badges and tickets to social events CASP CONVENTION 2O11 Excelling Together: Linking Home, Schools, and the Community Welcome Letter Welcome to Costa Mesa for the 62nd annual CASP convention. This year CASP is expanding its role beyond its traditional boundaries. As the educational community is