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Learning Forward 2012 Virtual Conference Schedule (All times are Eastern) Monday, December 3 Morning Sessions 7:30-8:30 a.m. - - General Session 1 Keynote Speakers: Michael Fullan and Andrew Hargreaves 9 a.

m.) TL03 Anthony Jackson - - Making the Case for Global Education (11 a.m.- 12 p.m.) 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. - - Concurrent Sessions *C01 Innovative Uses of Technology to Support Teacher Effectiveness Ellen Moir, Lynn Kepp, and Alyson Mike Technology is a powerful tool to support teacher effectiveness.

1 Learning Forward 2012 Virtual Conference Schedule (All times are Eastern) Monday, December 3 Morning Sessions 7:30-8:30 a.m. - - General Session 1 Keynote Speakers: Michael Fullan and Andrew Hargreaves 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. - - Thought Leader Lectures TL01 Thought Leader Panel: Kristin Anderson, Mary Cullinane, Kim Marshall and Carol Johnson What We Thought Was True (9-10 a.m.) TL02 Howard Gardner Truth, Beauty and Goodness Reframed: Education for the Virtues in the 21st Century (10-11 a.m.) TL03 Anthony Jackson - - Making the Case for Global Education (11 a.m.- 12 p.m.) 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. - - Concurrent Sessions *C01 Innovative Uses of Technology to Support Teacher Effectiveness Ellen Moir, Lynn Kepp, and Alyson Mike Technology is a powerful tool to support teacher effectiveness. Hear how the New Teacher Center has utilized innovative technology designs to support the development of new teachers and mentors. Learn about innovations such as STEM- focused, asynchronous communities of practice, structured professional development, synchronous online learning, and the use of video to develop teacher effectiveness. Share successes and challenges in implementation and design and the lessons learned about how to actively engage participants online. C39 A Beach Ball, a Classroom, a World Susan Scott Educators shape our future citizens by modeling how to think, what to think, and how to respond to those who think differently. Consider an activity that goes to the heart of this life skill, while enlivening and enriching discussions in the classroom and throughout a school. Discover how to create a learning environment that is alive, collaborative, and engaged as multiple perspectives are explored and learning is provoked for everyone, including you. 1

2 Learning Forward 2012 Virtual Conference Schedule (All times are Eastern) Monday, December 3 Afternoon Sessions 1-2:15 p.m. - - General Session 2 Keynote Speaker: Anne Bryant 2:30-5:30 p.m. - - Thought Leader Lectures *TL04 Pat Wasley Learning Together (2:30-3:30 p.m.) TL05 Warren Simmons - - Community Voice: What School Improvement Models Must Include (3:30-4:30 p.m.) TL06 Jody Spiro What Does Your Principal Do? Five Habits of Highly Effective School Leaders (4:30-5:30 p.m.) 2:30-4:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions E06 Coaching Without a Coach: Empowering Every Educator - - Christina Steinbacher- Reed and Mary Catherine Moran Despite a district's commitment to instructional coaching, deep funding cuts are forcing many districts to eliminate full- time and part- time coaches. Learn how educators at every level can work collaboratively, rethink roles, and support one another to keep coaching alive even when formal coaching positions are eliminated. Explore specific strategies to empower educators in all positions to contribute to a culture of coaching. *E15 Teacher Evaluation: It s Developmental David Steele and Danni Resnick Gain an overview of Hillsborough County's teacher evaluation system, focusing on ties to professional development. Examine the system's written evaluations by principals and peers using the Danielson Framework, and see how their value- added measure for all teachers has been expanded beyond state- tested subjects. Understand the value of a rigorous induction program and how other measures, such as student surveys and video, can be incorporated. 2

3 Learning Forward 2012 Virtual Conference Schedule (All times are Eastern) Tuesday, December 4 Morning Sessions 7:30 8:30 a.m. General Session 3 Keynote Speaker: Juan Enriquez 9 a.m. 12 p.m. Thought Leader Lectures TL07 Catherine Augustine and Eddie Wilson Nine Months Doesn t Cut It: Why Summer Learning Is Essential to Academic Achievement (9-10 a.m.) TL08 Richard Elmore How Schools Learn to Improve: Some Lessons from Clinical Practice and Research (10-11 a.m.) *TL09 Pam Grossman Investing in Teachers: Leveraging Observation Protocols for Instructional Improvements (11 a.m.- 12 p.m.) 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. - - Concurrent Sessions *H05 Preparing College- and Career- Ready Students: Implementing the Common Core State Standards Joellen Killion Learning Forward is leading a seven- state initiative, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates, Sandler, and the MetLife Foundations to transform professional learning from the statehouse to the classroom, to support full implementation of new college- and career- ready standards. Learn how the demonstration state (Kentucky) is undertaking this sweeping reform and how the six critical friend states are supporting the efforts in Kentucky while simultaneously making changes in their own professional learning system.) H26 To the Core: Powerful Learning for Common Core State Standards Implementation Lissa Pijanowski and Steve Ventura Learn how one district designed learning experiences that empowered teachers and set the course for implementation of the Common Core State Standards. See how the data- team process empowered learning communities through a collaborative protocol of analyzing data, setting SMART goals, choosing high leverage instructional strategies, and reflecting on student work. 3

4 Learning Forward 2012 Virtual Conference Schedule (All times are Eastern) Tuesday, December 4 Afternoon Sessions 1-2:15 p.m. - - General Session 4 *Keynote Speakers: Daniel Pontefract, Eric Scheninger, and Irvin Scott 3-5 p.m. Thought Leader Lectures *TL10 Thought Leader Panel: Joan Rooney, Ellen Moir, Eric Westendorf, and Andrea Foggy- Paxton ipd: Imagine the Possibilities (3-4 p.m.) TL11 Susan Moore Johnson Supporting and Retaining the Next Generation of Teachers (4-5 p.m.) 3-5 p.m. Concurrent Sessions I05 Online Professional Development: How to Ensure Quality Barbara Frank Identify the trends in online professional development using data as a basis for discussion. Articulate the concerns about online professional development and how they can be mediated. Formulate a list of quality indicators based on best practices, concerns, trends, and experiences. I28 Explicit Teaching in Common Core State Standards: The Look- Fors Robin Fogarty, Noah Riley, and Valerie Gregory Learn to teach students to think in Common Core State Standards with explicit teaching of thinking skills. Explore a model through a simple lesson template and gain a tool that raises the rigor in Common Core as students unpack and repack the cognitive core. Leave knowing the look- fors and sound- bites for observational walkthroughs. 4

5 Learning Forward 2012 Virtual Conference Schedule (All times are Eastern) Wednesday, December 5 7:45 a.m.- 9:45 a.m. - - Thought Leader Lectures TL12 John J- H Kim From Teacher Evaluation to Teacher Effectiveness: Developing a Systemic Approach (7:45-8:45 a.m.) TL13 Frederick Brown Becoming a Learning System (8:45-9:45 a.m.) 7:45-9:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions J09 Differentiated Instruction Aligned to the English Language Arts Common Core Standards Kathy Glass Learn a straightforward, user- friendly definition of differentiated instruction with concrete examples for direct application in a 3rd to 10th grade social studies, writing, reading, or science classroom. Explore many practical tools, strategies, and assessments applicable to all levels of learners that align to selected English language arts Common Core State Standards. Hear about ways teachers can introduce students and parents to the notion of differentiation. J29 Implementing Equity When Differentiating Instruction Edwin Javius Educators at all levels of the system will gain deeper knowledge and understanding of the key principles of differentiated instruction and educational equity in rigorous instruction. Learn to incorporate culture and linguistic strategies to reach high- ability students and design effective lessons to implement Common Core State Standards for historically under- served student groups. 10:30-11:45 a.m. General Session 5 Keynote Speaker: Sara Lawrence Lightfoot * Innovative Professional Development (ipd) sessions 5

Registration Data (* = Required) 2012 Virtual Conference Order Form *First Name: *Last Name: *School District/Organization: *Street Address: *City: *State/Province: *Zip Code: Phone: Fax: *Email

6 Registration Data (* = Required) 2012 Virtual Conference Order Form *First Name: *Last Name: *School District/Organization: *Street Address: *City: *State/Province: *Zip Code: Phone: Fax: * address: (The confirmation notice and instructions you will receive to access the Virtual Conference site will be ed to this address.) Payment Information (* = Required) Payment subtotal: $299 Member ID No.: (Members receive a $50 discount on Virtual Conference registration.) *Payment Total (check one): $299 $249 Group of five ($999) *Fee payable by: Mastercard Visa Check Purchase Order (Purchase orders must accompany this form.) *Card No: *Expiration Date: *3-Digit Security Code (located on back of card): *Billing Address: *Signature: To pay by mail, send this form to: To pay by fax, send to: 2011 Virtual Conference S. Locust Street, Oxford, OH If you have any questions, contact Tom Manning at (972)

7 2012 Virtual Conference Order Form Registration Data If you are registering five people for the Virtual Conference, please list the names and addresses of all people who will participate.). For groups larger than five, please contact Tom Manning, Learning Forward Associate Director of E-Learning, at or

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