2014 EVENT Materials

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

8:00 am, Coronado Ballrooms C & D
Keynote Speaker

• Thomas A. Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
  

9:15 - 10:35 am
Breakout Sessions

• Don't Call Them Dropouts!  |   Presentation File
  

• New Options and Opportunities Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act | Presentation File
  
• Preparing Great Teachers for At-Promise Students | Presentation File (Sara Brown and Caycee Sledge) | Presentation File (Lisa Darling-Daniel) | Presentation File (Laura Hernandez-Flores)
• Update on the Measuring Educational Quality and Accountability Survey | Presentation File | Supporting Document
  

10:50 am – 12:30 pm
Breakout Sessions

• Accreditation for Schools Serving At-Promise Youth | Presentation File | Presentation File (Ginger Hovenic) | Presentation File (David Hurst)
  
• Demonstrating Mastery at High School for Recording Arts | Presentation File
  
• Do Critically At-Risk Students Suffer From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? | 
• Re-Engagement Efforts in San Diego, Chicago, and Beyond: How a Citywide Approach Provides Students a Second Chance  | Presentation File
  

1:45 - 3:15 pm
Breakout Sessions

• Continuous Improvement: A Look at Two Approaches for Improving Alternative Accountability | Presentation File
• New Options and Opportunities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act | Presentation File
  
• Over-Age, Under-Credited Students and Public Charter Schools | Presentation File (Beth Anderson) | Presentation File (Linda Dawson) | Copy of Report
  

 

3:30 – 5:00 pm
Breakout Sessions

• Alternative Accountability Policy: The Action is at the State Level | Presentation File
  
• Can Online Learning Support Critically At-Risk Students? | Presentation File (Julie Evans) | Presentation File (Maria Worthen)
• The County Office View: What a Difference Commitment Makes | Presentation File (Tom Changnon) | Presentation File (Matthew LaPlante)
• Graduation Rates for Re-Engaged Dropouts: Politics of Unintended Consequences | Presentation File (Jessica Cardichon) Presentation File (Ernie Silva)
  

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15

8:30 - 9:50 am 
Breakout Sessions

• Alternative Schools in Massachusetts | Presentation File (Beth Anderson) | Presentation File (Nina Culbertson)
• Collective Action: From the Grassroots to the Capitol 
• A Conversation about Using Anecdotes and Data
  
• Don't Call Them Dropouts!  | Presentation File

10:00 – 10:50 am
Breakout Sessions

• Holistic Performance Index | Presentation File
• Practice and Assessment with At-Promise Students | Presentation File
• Recovering Lost Time: Re-Engaging Students through College and Community |  Final Presentation File
  
• Social Emotional Learning: Infusing It into School Culture to Affect Positive Change in LCAP/LCFF Priorities of School Climate, Student Engagement, and Academic Achievement | Presentation File
  

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Closing Sessions
Coronado Ballrooms C & D

• Learning from Students: Identifying Effective Interventions
• Moving Forward Together