Tuesday, November 13 – Conference Schedule
7:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Registration Open
7:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Bookstore Open
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
- Overcoming Growing Pains: Achieve Excellence in Record Time (T01)
Connie Erickson, Principal, Senita Valley Elementary, Vail, AZ
Debbie Hedgepeth, Assistant Superintendent, Vail Unified School District, Vail, AZ - Job-Embedded Professional Development for Principals (T02)
Dr. Lloyd Kilmer, Associate Professor, Education Leadership Department, Western Illinois University, Moline, IL
John Frieden, Principal, Horace Mann Choice School, Rock Island, IL
Mike Russell, Director of Academy Development, The Primary and Intermediate Academies, Rock Island, IL - "Roll Out!" A District Wide Deployment and Training Model (T03)
Stacey Rakaczky, Program Facilitator for Performance Excellence, Cecil County Public Schools, Elkton, MD
Michael Schmook, Coordinator of Strategic Planning, Cecil County Public Schools, Elkton, MD - Using Baldrige to Strengthen Educational Leadership (T04)
Dr. Mary Hooper, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Professional Studies, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA - Establishing Relationships and Improving Student Achievement (T05)
Dr. Judith Pauley, Adjunct Professor, Cal State San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
Joseph Pauley, Guest Lecturer, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA - Empowering Students through the Continuous Improvement Classrooms (T06)
Becky Martin, Continuous Improvement Facilitator, Cedar Rapids Community Schools, Cedar Rapids, IA
Stephanie Stulken, Continuous Improvement Trainer, Hoover Elementary, Cedar Rapids, IA
Ann Buckley, Continuous Improvement Trainer, Grant Early Childhood Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Paul Hayes, Continuous Improvement Trainer, Taft Middle School, Cedar Rapids, IA
Janette Stecker, Continuous Improvement Trainer, Pierce Elementary, Cedar Rapids, IA
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
- Utilizing Improvement Strategies for Non-Instructional Departments (T07)
Marlea Gaskins, Ed.D., Executive Director, Employee Education and Development, Dayton Public Schools, Dayton, OH
Lori Ward, Executive Director, Information & Education Technology, Dayton Public Schools, Dayton, OH - A Texas Tale of a Collaborative Trailride for Leadership Capacity (T08)
Dr. Pam Winn, Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University,
Stephenville, TX
Dr. Patti Birney, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, East Central Independent School District, San Antonio, TX - Another Year, Another Plan: How to Actually Implement the SIP (T09)
Brenda Clark, Sr. Consultant, Jim Shipley and Associates, Largo, FL - Leading and Building a Culture for Continuous Improvement (T10)
Monta Akin, Assistant Superintendent, Leander Independent School District, Leander, TX
Anita Cotter, Executive Director of Staff Development, Leander Independent School District, Leander, TX
Tom Glenn, Superintendent, Leander Independent School District, Leander, TX - Getting it Done: Meeting the Mandates of No Child Left Behind (T11)
Jeanna Chandler, Special Education Manager, Oxford High School, Oxford, AL
Trey Holladay, Principal, Oxford High School, Oxford, AL
Julia Stevens Hill, Secondary Reading Coach, Oxford Middle School, Oxford, AL - A System of Systems for Building and Sustaining School Improvement (T12)
Dr. Bryan Cole, Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Closing Session, Keynote, and Team Competition Awards
Path to Educational Greatness
Cyndi Laurin, Ph. D., Author of Catch! A Fishmonger’s Guide to Greatness and founder of Guide to Greatness, LLC
