Schedule
***draft subject to change***
Wednesday, March 7 | |
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Registration |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Welcome & Opening Lunch Keynote: State Initiatives to Personalize Learning Host: Mick Adkisson, Senior Manager, Education Policy and Practice, SMART Technologies Keynote: Jorea Marple, State Superintendent of Schools, West Virginia Department of Education |
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Implementation of the Common Core State Standards & Assessments Moderator: Matt Doherty, President, Academic Benchmarks Panelists: Kathy Platt, Associate Superintendent of Instructional Technology, Georgia Department of Education Ricki Price-Baugh, Director of Academic Achievement, Council of the Great City Schools Diane Stark Rentner, Director of National Programs, Center on Education Policy |
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Break |
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | The New Normal: Doing More w/Less through Technology and eLearning Moderator: Mary Ann Wolf, Chief Executive Officer, Wolf Ed Panelists: Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of Great City Schools Amber Winkler, Vice President for Research, Thomas B. Fordham Institute Todd Wirt, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Mooresville (NC) Graded School District |
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Education Policy, Pundits & Predictions Moderator: Mark Schneiderman, Senior Director of Education Policy, SIIA Panelists: Michele McNeil, Assistant Editor, Education Week Mike Petrilli, Vice President for National Programs and Policy, Thomas B. Fordham Institute Andrew Rotherham, Co-Founder and Partner, Bellwether Education Partners |
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Break |
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Reception with Education Leaders Networking reception held in conjunction with CoSN-ISTE-SETDA Advocacy Day, featuring local, state and national education leaders. |
Thursday, March 8 | |
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | State of the States: Progress & Priorities Host: Jennifer House, President, RedRock Reports Presenter: Chris Minnich, Senior Membership Director, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) |
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Educational Opportunity through Digital Learning Host: Carmi Paris, Senior VP, Policy & Government Affairs and Partner Alliances, GlobalScholar Keynote: Kaya Henderson, Chancellor, Washington DC Public Schools |
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Break |
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM | Race to the Top and Other State Education Initiatives Moderator: Anna Kimsey, Vice President, Dutko Grayling Panelists: Emily Barton, Assistant Commissioner of Curriculum and Instruction, Tennessee Department of Education Myk Garn, Director, Educational Technology, Southern Regional Education Board Michael Sawyers, Deputy Superintendent, Ohio Department of Education |
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM | Break & Lunch Served |
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Personalized College: Technology Based Innovation and Policy Considerations Host: Crystal Jones, Manager, Corporate & Strategy Relationships, American Public University System Keynote: Jay Box, Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technical College System Reactor: Josh Wyner, Executive Director, College Excellence Program, The Aspen Institute |
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM | Break |
1:40 PM - 2:50 PM | Open Educational Resources Moderator: Mimi Jett, VP, Business Development, Avant Assessment Panelists: Tiffany Hall, Coordinator, Common Core Language Arts, Utah State Office of Education Douglas Levin, Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association Hal Plotkin, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary, United States Department of Education |
2:50 PM - 4:00 PM | Response to Intervention (RtI) and the Role of Technology Moderator: Melanie Pritchett, Director of Education Policy, CompassLearning Panelists: Richard Long, Executive Director , National Association of State Title I Directors Karen Nelson, Director of Academic Foundation Initiatives, Institute for Public School Initiatives, University of Texas at Austin Rebecca Zumeta, Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research, National Center on Response to Intervention |
