K-12 Water Cooler and Equity Conference: The Golden State Opportunity Sacramento Sheraton February 22 and 23, 2017 The goal for the K-12 Water Cooler and Equity conference is to create a safe space for big ideas. By uniting and working together, we can ensure that all children in California will have access to a high quality and equitable education. We will kick off our 2017 K-12 Water Cooler and Equity Conference by reflecting broadly on the shifting political landscape and discuss what our communities will face here in California, and how we might re-imagine our work moving forward. We will then focus on how we jointly build our vision for California’s K-12 education system. DAY 1: February 22, 2017 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM 3:30pm – 4:00pm Registration 4:00pm - 4:20pm Welcome • Christy Pichel, K-12 Water Cooler Steering Committee • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • Khydeeja Alam Javid, Advancement Project, Director of Governmental Relations 4:20pm - 5:45pm Emerging Federal Policy and the California Response The Federal Perspective • Bethany Little, EducationCounsel, Principal The State Perspective • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • The Honorable Kevin De Leon, California State Senate, President Pro Tempore • The Honorable Anthony Rendon, California State Assembly, Speaker 5:45pm - 6:00pm Break 6:00pm - 6:10pm Education - The California Way • Glen Price, California Department of Education, Chief Deputy 6:10pm – 7:30pm Keynote: Excellence in Education – International Perspective • Eric Heins, California Teachers Association, President • Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish Educator, Author and Scholar 7:30pm Adjourn DAY 2: February 23, 2017 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM 8:00am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast 8:30am – 8:45am Welcome • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • Tom Torlakson, California Department of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction 8:45am – 10:45am California North Star: Education System Change Facilitator: Davis Campbell, Stuart Foundation Trustee and Senior Policy Fellow, UC Davis School of Education State Level (Panel Discussion) • Glen Price, California Department of Education, Chief Deputy • Carl Cohn, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, Executive Director • Rick Simpson, Education Consultant, named “Viceroy Emeritus of the California Assembly” • Erin Gabel, First 5 California, Deputy Director, External and Governmental Affairs Questions and Discussion Local Implementation Perspective (Panel Discussion) • Peter Birdsall, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association, Executive Director • Ramona Bishop, Vallejo City Unified School District, Superintendent • Megan Kerr, Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education, Vice President • Corrie Traynor, Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, 2017 California Teacher of the Year 10:45am – 11:00 Break 11:00am – 11:45am Opportunity for California: System Transformation, Deep Learning and the Equity Hypothesis • Michael Fullan, University of Toronto, Professor 11:45am – 12:30pm Audience Breakout and Discussion: Challenges and Priorities in California’s Education System Change • Carol Kocivar, California State PTA Former President and Ed100.org Author 12:30pm – 12:45pm Break 12:45pm – 1:15pm Lunch Keynote – Educational Equity • Edgar Zazueta, Association of California School Administrators, Senior Director of Policy and Governmental Relations • Christopher Edley, Jr., Opportunity Institute, Co-Founder and President 1:15pm – 1:45pm Unpacking the Complexity of Equity in the Local Control Funding Formula (Panel Discussion) Facilitator: Karla Pleitéz Howell, Advancement Project, Director of Educational Equity • Alberto Retana, Community Coalition, Executive Director • John Kim, Advancement Project, Executive Director • Henry Perez, Inner City Struggle, Associate Director 1:45pm – 2:00pm Lifting up Equity (Live Polling) 2:00pm – 3:30pm Our Challenge: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers • Craig Cheslog, Common Sense Kids Action, Vice President for California Policy and Advocacy A Coming Crisis in Teaching: Teacher Supply, Demand and Shortages in California • Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute, President and CEO Supporting and Retaining Teachers (Panel Discussion) Facilitator: Rick Simpson, Education Consultant, named “Viceroy Emeritus of the California Assembly” • Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute, President and CEO • Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, Californians Together, Executive Director • Dean Tagawa, Los Angeles Unified School District’s Early Childhood Education Division, Executive Director • Theresa Montaño, California State University, Northridge, Professor and California Teachers Association Vice President • Santiago Arce, College of the Canyons and Student California Teachers Association 3:30pm – 4:00pm Closing Remarks • Davis Campbell, Stuart Foundation Trustee and Senior Policy Fellow, UC Davis School of Education • Karla Pleitéz Howell, Advancement Project, Director of Educational Equity 4:00pm Adjourn .