Sunday, November 11 – Conference Schedule

7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  
Registration and Bookstore Open

7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  
Exhibits Open

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.   
Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

• Keynote
  No Person Left Behind: Leading With and to Meaning
  

  Alex Pattakos, Ph. D., Principal, The Innovation Group

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 
Refreshment Break with Sponsors / Exhibitors and book signing with Alex Pattakos

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
General Sessions A & B

• New to Quality? (SA)
  


• Next Generation Quality (SB)
  
  

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Networking Lunch

 

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

• Engaging Students – An Overview for Writing a Vision/Mission and Setting Goals (S01)
  Ann Haggerty Raines, ASQ Koalaty Kid Master Trainer, Bethlehem, PA



• University/School Partnership that Promotes Successful Learning (S02)
  Tamara Korenman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL
  Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Research and Mathematics Methods, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL
  Larry Ehretsman, Counselor/Adjunct Professor, Reavis High School/Saint Xavier University, Burbank, IL
  Jo Ann Gesiakowska, Teacher/Adjunct Professor, Reavis High School/DePaul University, Burbank, IL



• Successfully Implementing Continuous Improvement (S03)
  Pat Ward, Teacher of Gifted and Talented, Central Elementary School-Plainfield Community Schools, Plainfield, IN



• Leadership's Role in Sustaining Improvement (S04)
  Dr. Camille Holmes Hedrick, Assistant Principal, Lufkin Road Middle School, Apex, NC
  Dr. James Hedrick, Principal, Green Hope High School, Cary, NC



• We're All Different...It's All Good! (S05)
  Lori Meis, Reading Teacher, 7th grade Literature Teacher, Hutchinson Middle School, Hutchinson, KS



• The Why, When and How of Benchmarking (S06)
  

  Jeanne C. Baxter, Associate, Quality Education Associates, Cable, WI

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.   
Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

• Benchmarking Toward Best Practices in School Support Services (S07)
  Robert Schoch, Director, Business Administration, Council Rock School District, Newtown, PA
  Matt Frederickson, Director of Information Technology, Council Rock Scholl District, Newtown, PA



• It's Working! Data & Learning Communities, Hand in Hand (S08)
  Alice Lee, 5/6 Multi-age Classroom Teacher, Rock Island Intermediate Academy, Rock Island School District, Coal Valley, IL



• Working as One: A Community Partnership for Alignment (S09)
  Michele Brinn, Director, Carolina First Center for Excellence –
  VP Workforce Development, Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Greenville, SC
  Jason McCreary, Ph.D., Director of Research, Evaluation, & Accountability, Greenville County Schools, Greenville, SC



• Quality Leadership Development: The Key to Sustainable Improvement (S10)
  John Jay Bonstingl, President, Bonstingl Leadership Development / Director, The Center for Schools of Quality International, Columbia, MD



• Empower, Enlighten, Engage (S11)
  Jeffrey Burgard, Educational Consultant, J. J. Burgard and Associates, Seattle, WA
  Jacqueline Burgard, Educational Consultant, J. J. Burgard and Associates, Seattle, WA



• My Walls are Data-Full, But My Student's Minds are Leaky (S12)
  

  Paul (Danny) Bigham, Library Information Specialist, Largo High School, Largo, FL

3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.       
Concurrent Sessions                          

• The Plan on a Page; Connecting All Stakeholders (S13)
  Jay Marino, Associate Superintendent of Organizational Effectiveness & Accountability, Cedar Rapids Community School District, Cedar Rapids, IA
  Dr. Dave Markward, Superintendent, Cedar Rapids Community School District, Cedar Rapids, IA



• Pathways to Continuous Improvement through Partnership, Leadership (S14)
  Lindsay Smith, Manager,Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Greenville, SC
  Barbara Barlow, Principal, Bell's Crossing Elementary School, Simpsonville, SC
  Kristen Gault, 2nd Grade Teacher, Bell’s Crossing Elementary School, Simpsonville, SC



• Changing the Culture (S15)
  Ivan Duggin, Principal, Holloway High School, Murfreesboro, TN



• A Kaleidoscope of Learners - A Kaleidoscope of Teaching! (S16)
  Lindy Risenhoover, 4th Grade Teacher, Jenks Public Schools - Southeast Elementary, Jenks, OK
  Stephanie Crabb, 3rd Grade Teacher, Jenks Public Schools - Southeast Elementary, Jenks, OK
  Malissa Barker, 5th Grade Teacher, Jenks Public Schools - West Intermediate, Jenks, OK



• Using Data Folders and Short-Cycle Assessments to Improve Student Learning (S17)
  

  Sally Duncan, Education Consultant, PQ Systems Inc., Dayton, OH

           

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