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State Conference Planning Committee
1. Aligning strategies that promote Access to Excellence for
Students of Color.2. Implementing Common Core State Standards to
increase educational excellence for African-American, Latino and
other Underserved students.3. Professional Development addressing
LCFF & LCAP for eligible students.4. Increase strategies to
improve graduation rates and increase college readiness and access
for students of color.5. Statewide solutions to eliminate the
digital divide for African-American, Latino and other underserved
students and increase equity of technological access for urban and
rural students.6. Addressing student discipline, suspension,
expulsion, truancy and chronic absenteeism.7. Increase awareness
about the advantages and values of Early Childhood Education
2015 State Conference Goals
Phyllis MarshallCounsel for Manatt
Dwight BondsExecutive Director
CAAASA
I would like to take the time to first thank our State Chair
and
the Planning Committee for their hard work and dedication in
putting together this years state conference. We are extremely
appreciative to California Department of Education (CDE) and other
statewide organizations for their hard work.Association of
California Superintendents and Administrators (ACSA) co-sponsors
for their hard work and contributions to make this conference a
success. The conferences general sessions, seminars and workshops
will provide solutions and strategies to enhance and foster
positive educational environments that will improve the quality of,
and expand access to an equitable education for underserved
students throughout the state of California. Enjoy the conference
and thank you for your participation. Hope to see you next
year.
Dr. Judy WhitePresident, CAAASA
CAAASA Presidents Message:
Michael DennisState Conference Chair/CEO
Dr. Ramona BishopSuperintendent
Dr. Darryl AdamsSuperintendent
Dr. Charlie Mae KnightConsultant
Dr. Judy WhiteSuperintendent
CAAASA President-Elect
Michael WatkinsSuperintendent
Dr. Pamela Short-PowellCAAASA Past President
California State Assembly
Eric AndrewsSuperintendent
Campbell School District
Regina WilsonPublicist
Rick MocklerExecutive Director
California Head Start
Seth BrambleLegislative Advocate
ACSA
Andrea BennettExecutive Director
CEPTA
Rory KaufmanSenior Consultant
Speakers Office for the California State Assembly
Camille MabenCalifornia First 5
Dr. Corina Espinoza
Gordon JacksonAssistant Superintendent,
CDE
Ken MagdalenoExecutive Director
CLEAR
Maggie SteeleVice President
Family EngagementCAPTA
Teri BurnsSenior Policy Director
CSBA
Paul RichmanExecutive Director
CAPTA
Nicole AndersonDiversity and Access
ACSA
Marne FosterBoard Member
San Diego City Schools
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2015STATEWIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT AGENDADAY 1:
WEDNESDAY, March 11, 20157:00 am - 6:00 pm REGISTRATION Hotel Foyer
2nd Floor7:00 am - 5:00 pm VENDORS OPEN7:00 am - 8:00 am
BREAKFAST8:00 am - 10:00 am OPENING PLENARY 1 California Ballroom
Second Floor CALL TO ORDER/FLAG SALUTE Dwight Bonds, Executive
Director, CAAASA PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
STUDENT VOCALIST Deja Fields - Star Spangled Banner and Negro
National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" WELCOME Dr. Judy White,
President, CAAASA, Superintendent, Moreno Valley Unified School
District GREETINGS Kevin L. Faulconer, Mayor, City of San Diego
Cindy Martin, Superintendent, San Diego City Schools Michael
Dennis, Conference Chair "Accelerating Academic Growth for African
American and Other Students of Color" Moderator: Dr. Judy White,
CAAASA President, Superintendent, Moreno Valley Unified School
District Keynote Speakers: Dr. Randy Ward, Superintendent, San
Diego County Office of Education David Johns, Executive Director,
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African
Americans
Dr. Kent Paredes Scribner, Commissioner, White House Initiative
on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, Superintendent, Phoenix
Union School District Dr. Rita Kohli, Assistant Professor -
Education, Society and Culture Program, Graduate School of
Education, University of California, Riverside
10:00 am - 10:30 am TRANSITION BREAK / VISIT VENDORS 10:30 am -
11:45 am WORKSHOP SERIES I - Targeted Workshops A10:30 am - 11:45
am TOWN HALL MEETING: LCAP/LCFF Santa Fe Moderator: Daryl Camp,
Superintendent, Riverbank Unified School District Rose Luna, CTA
Staff, Negotioning Organizing Department Vernon Billy, Executive
Director, California School Boards Association Wesley Smith,
Executive Director, Association of California School Administrators
Paul Richman, Executive Director, California Parent Teacher
Association Ryan Smith, CEO, EdTrust West10:30 am - 11:45 am
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS - (Part 1 of 3) Coronado (participants must commit
to all three sessions) - Presented by California Teachers
Association10:30 am - 11:45 am SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE Del Mar
Moderator: Doc Irving, Superintendent, Greenfield Union Elementary
School District Brain-STEM: Increasing Student Achievement through
STEAM, by Dr. Kenneth Wesson, Independent Educational Consultant:
Neuroscience and VP, Western and International Divisions 11:45 am -
12:15 pm VISIT VENDORS12:15 pm - 2:00 pm PLENARY 2 California
Ballroom 2nd Floor
"LeaveNoChildOffline"BlendingLearningand21stCenturySkills
Moderator: Dr. Darryl Adams, Superintendent, CoachellaValley
Unified School District
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Mary Stutts, Vice President, Comcast Scott Kinney, Sr. Vice
President, Discovery Education Dr. Barbara Nemko, Superintendent,
Napa Valley County Office of Education Dr. Lorrie Owens, CTO, San
Mateo Office of Education Shawn Sanders, State and Local Government
Education, Microsoft2:00 pm - 2:30 pm TRANSITION BREAK / VISIT
VENDORS2:30 pm - 3:45 pm WORKSHOP SERIES II - Targeted Workshops
B2:30 pm - 3:45 pm UNCONSCIOUS BIAS (Part 2 of 3) Coronado
Presented by California Teachers Association2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
HEALTH AND EQUITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: Del Mar Chair, Dr. Pamela
Short-Powell System Approach to Implementing Equity in Common Core
Presented by CAAASA and CDE (designed for Superintendents and
District Teams only) FeaturedSpeaker Edwin Javius, Founder/CEO,
EDEquity4:00 pm - 5:15 pm TOWN HALL MEETING: My Brothers Keeper
Sante Fe Moderator: Marc Philpart, PolicyLink Dr. Vincent Matthews,
Superintendent, San Jose Unified School District Dr. Darryl Adams,
Superintendent, Coachcella Valley Unified School District Darin
Brawley, Superintendent, Compton Unified School District Gary
Hardy, Vice President Board Member, Lynwood Unified School
District4:00 pm - 5:15 pm UNCONSCIOUS BIAS - (Part 3 of 3) Coronado
Presented by California Teachers Association5:30 pm OPENING
RECEPTION: RELAX. CONNECT. NETWORK Terrace AT A SOCIAL EVENT
Sponsored by The Law Firm of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP
Student Entertainment - SD-SCPA Jazz Ensemble
DAY 2: THURSDAY, March 12, 20157:00 am - 6:00 pm REGISTRATION
Hotel Foyer 1st Floor7:00 am - 5:00 pm VENDORS OPEN 7:00 am - 8:00
am BREAKFAST8:00 am - 1:00 pm YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT San Diego
Ballroom 4th Floor Robert Jackson,
Educator,MotivationalSpeakerandAuthor of No More Excuses Michael
Dennis, Educator, Consultant, Education Advocate and Author of
STARS Program Erik Cork, Consultant and Creator, Rap, Rhythm &
Rhyme Workshop Ernie G,
Comedian,Entertainer,InspirationalandEmpowermentSpeaker8:00 am -
10:00 am PLENARY 3 California Ballroom 2nd Floor Welcome /
Moderator : Wil Ector, Superintendent, Berryessa School District
"Healthy Families, Healthy Communities, Healthy Learners" Dr.
Robert K. Ross, President and CEO, The California Endowment Dr.
Michael Lenoir, President, Ethnic Health Institute at Alta
Bates/Summit Medical Center Dr. Rodney Hood, President,
MultiCultural Primary Care Medical Group Dr. Ramona Bishop,
Superintendent, Vallejo City Schools10:00 am - 10:30 am TRANSITION
BREAK / VISIT VENDORS10:30 am - 11:45 am WORKSHOP SERIES III -
Targeted Workshops C10:30 am - 11:45 am THE KINSEY COLLECTION -
"Where Art Meets History" LaJolla by Bernard and Shirley Kinsey
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Moderator: Maya Woods-Cadiz, Superintendent, American Indian
Model School SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE Del Mar Moderator: Dr. Mark
Marshall, Superintendent, Eastside Union School District Co
presenter : Dr. Arun Ramanathan, CEO, Pivot Learning Partners Using
Your LCAP to Prevent Inappropriate Special Education Placements and
Close the Pipeline to Prison10:30 am - 11:45 am TOWN HALL MEETING:
Early Childhood Development Santa Fe Convened by; Camille Maben,
Executive Director, First 5 California Rick Mockler, Executive
Director, California Head Start Association Esmirna Valencia,
Executive Director, Riverside County Office of Education, Division
of Childhood & Family Services
Patricia Yeldell, PhD, Instructional Director, Early Childhood
Education, LAUSD11:45 am - 12:15 pm TRANSITIONAL BREAK / VISIT
VENDORS 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm PLENARY 4 California Ballroom 2nd Floor
Welcome / Moderator: Dr. Michelle Bowers, Superintendent, Lancaster
School District Californias Elementary School Truancy &
Absenteeism Crisis Jill Habig, California Attorney Generals Office
Program and Strategies: Dr. Michelle Bowers, Superintendent,
Lancaster School District Karen Monroe, Superintendent, Alameda
County Office of Education Hedy Chang, Director, Attendance Works
Gordon Jackson, Director, Coordinated Student Support Division,
CDE2:00 pm - 2:30 pm TRANSITIONAL BREAK / VISIT VENDORS2:30 pm -
3:45 pm WORKSHOP SERIES IV - Targeted Workshops D2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
HEALTH AND EQUITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (Part2of2) Del Mar Chair,
Dr. Pamela Short-Powell "Access, Equity and the Standards for
Mathematical Practice" FeaturedSpeakers; Kyndall Brown, PhD,
Executive Director, California Mathematics Project Vicki Rice,
Founder and Executive Director, Coalition for Educational
Partnerships2:30PM - 3:45 pm TOWN HALL MEETING: Boys and Men of
Color Santa Fe Moderator: Marc Philpart, PolicyLink Luis Sanchez,
Movement Strategy Center Taryn Ishida, Californians for Justice
Sarah Omojola, Public Counsel Luke Wood, San Diego State
University4:00 pm - 5:15 pm WORKSHOP SERIES V (optional) Targeted
Workshops E4:30 pm - 6:15 pm SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TOWN HALL HEARING:
California Ball Room A/B 2nd Floor Convened by: Assemblymember
Shirley Weber, PhD Introduction of Assembly Member: Dr. Judy White,
CAAASA President, Superintendent, Moreno Valley Unified School
District This legislative hearing will be divided into three
sessions. Presenters in each session will be asked to examine how
we can achieve equity and excellence in education.
Sesson 1: Status of Boys and Men of Color a State, Local and
Federal Perspective; Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Assembly
Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color Session 2:
College Access and Readiness Session 3: Increasing the Diversity of
Educational Leaders in California6:30 pm CAAASAS PRESIDENTS
RECEPTION California Ballroom C 2nd Floor Sponsored by the Law Firm
of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Rudd, and Romo
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DAY 3: FRIDAY, March 13, 20157:00 am - 12:00 pm REGISTRATION
Hotel Foyer 1st Floor7:00 am - 12:00 pm VENDORS OPEN7:00 am - 7:30
am PLATED BREAKFAST7:30 am - 9:00 am PLENARY 5 California Ballroom
2nd Floor STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT Sandra Foster-King - Choreography;
Marcos Bonnes - Dancer Introduction of Assembly Member Dr. Shirley
Weber: Dr. Judy White, President, CAAASA Welcome / Moderator :
Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber College Readiness for Students of
Color" Moderator: Shirley Weber, PhD, California Assemblymember
Alicia Dixon, Executive Director, Marcus Foster Education Fund Dr.
Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director, White House Initiative on
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Dr. Joseph F. Johnson,
Dean, College of Education, San Diego State University Dr. Frank
Harris III, Associate Professor of Postsecondary Education and
Co-Director of the Minority Male Community College Collaborative
(M2C3) at San Diego State University Dr. Francisco C. Rodriguez,
Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District9:00 am - 9:15 am
TRANSITIONAL BREAK/VISIT VENDORS9:15 am - 12:15 pm ASPIRING AND NEW
SUPERINTENDENTS ACADEMY Coronado Hosted by CALSA, ACSA and
CAAASA9:15 am - 10:30 am CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS SERIES VI Targeted
Workshops F9:15 am - 10:30 am TOWN HALL MEETING: Santa Fe
Moderator: Duane Coleman, Superintendent, Oceanside School District
Parent Engagement Dr. George J. McKenna lll, District1BoardMember,
LAUSD Dr. Sharon V. Robinson, Chief of Staff, Board District 1,
LAUSD10:45 am - 12:00 pm SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE Del Mar Moderator:
Winfred B. Roberson, Jr., Superintendent, Davis Joint School
District Dr. Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director, White House Initiative
on HBCUs10:45 am - 12:00 pm SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE La Jolla
Moderator: Doc Irving, Superintendent, Greenfield Union Elementary
District Dr. Sylvia Rousseau, Clinical Professor, Rossier School of
Education, University of Southern California, "Countering
Pedagogies of Oppression." Doc Irving, Superintendent10:45 am -
12:00 pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS - SERIES VII Targeted Workshops
G12:00 pm - 2:15 pm PLENARY 6 - "Youth Promise Act California
Ballroom 2nd Floor Introduction: Dr. Donald Evans, Superintendent,
Berkeley Unified School District Opening: Tom Torlakson, California
State Superintendent of Public Instruction YOUTH PROMISE ACT
KeynoteSpeaker:CongressmanRobert Bobby C. Scott (D-Va) Michael
Watkins, Superintendent, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Michelle King, Chief Deputy Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified
School District Otha Thornton, President, National Parent Teacher
Association (NPTA) Dr. Chet Hewitt, CEO, Sierra Health Foundation
STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT2:30 pm CONFERENCE ADJOURNMENT
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Hedy N. Chang is the founder and director ofAttendance Works, a
national and state level initiative aimed at advancingstudent
success by addressing chronic absence. A skilled
presenter,facilitator, researcher and writer, she co-authored the
seminal report, Present,Engaged and Accounted For: The Critical
Importance of Addressing ChronicAbsence in the Early Grades, as
well as numerous articles aboutstudent attendance. As a result
ofher
work, in 2013, she was named a Championof Change by the White
House, for her commitment to furthering AfricanAmerican Education.
Passionateabout promoting two-generation solutions to achieving a
more just and equitablesociety, Hedy has spent more than two
decades working in the fields of familysupport, family economic
success, education and child development.
Alicia Dixon has served as Executive Director of the Marcus
Foster Education Fund since 2010. In that capacity, she guides the
process of building capacity of the organizations public and
non-profit partners to ensure that students have opportunity and
equity in achieving postsecondary success. Alicias passion for
educational equity stems from her firsthand accounts for eight
years as a grant maker with the California
Endowment, where she supported secondary and postsecondary
educational institutions to ensure diversity in the healthcare
workforce. Her professional experiences are driven by a personal
commitment to improved quality of life outcomes in under resourced
communities. She has more than 25 years of multi-sector,
California-based, professional experience in data-informed program
development and management, fund development, coalition building,
and policy development and implementation.
Dr. Frank Harris III is an associate professor of postsecondary
education and co-director of the Minority Male Community College
Collaborative (M2C3) at San DiegoState University. His research is
broadly focused on student development and student success in
postsecondary education and explores questions related to the
social construction of gender and race on college campuses, college
men and masculinities, and racial/
ethnic disparities in college student outcomes. In his role as
co-director of M2C3, Harris partners with community colleges across
the United States to conduct research and design interventions to
facilitate student achievement among men who have been historically
underrepresented and underserved in postsecondary education. Harris
earned a bachelors degree in Communication Studies from Loyola
Marymount University, a masters degree in Speech Communication from
California State University Northridge, and an Ed.D. in Higher
Education from the University of Southern California Rossier School
of Education.
Chet P. Hewitt is the President and CEO of Sierra Health
Foundation and its independent operating unit, the Center for
Health Program Management. Since beginning his tenure in 2007, Chet
has focused foundation investments on health disparities, health
equity and the healthy development and well-being of vulnerable
youth. Prior to joining the foundation, Chet spent five years as
the Director of the Alameda County Social Services
Agency, where he is credited with transforming its failing child
welfare system into a national model and using technology to
improve the delivery of human services. Previously, he served as
Associate Director for the Rockefeller Foundation in New York and
established and managed its West Coast regional office in San
Francisco. He is a frequent lecturer on philanthropy and public
sector leadership, and advises localities across the nation on
issues related to the transformation of public systems.
PlenarySpeakers
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Rodney G. Hood, M.D., FACP, is the CEO of Careview Medical Group
of SanDiego. He also serves as Vice Chair, Cobb Board of Directors
and President of the Multicultural Primary Care Physician Medical
Group and is Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSD School of
Medicine. He actively participates in organized medicine with
memberships that include the California Medical
Association, American Medical Association (AMA), AMAMAC, and
APC. However, his passion for medicine has been expressed through
his membership in the National Medical Association (NMA), serving
as President of the local San Diego NMA affiliate and Golden State
Medical Association of California. He was elected to the board of
the NMA then served two years as chairman before being elected as
the 101st President of the organization. He is the past NMA
delegate representative to the AMA House of Delegates.
David Johns serves as Executive Director of the White House
Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. In this
capacity, he works to identify evidenced-based best practices to
improve African American student achievement from cradle to career.
A former New York City elementary school teacher and adjuct
professor at American University, Johns holds a Bachelors degree
from Columbia University as well as a
Masters degree in Sociology and Education Policy from Teachers
College, Columbia University. Prior to his current position, Johns
served as Senior Education Policy Advisor to the Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) and was a
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellow in the office of
Congressman Charles Rangel,( D-N.Y.) Johns has worked on issues
affecting low-income and minority students, neglected youth and
early childhood education, and Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs). His research as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow
served as a catalyst to identify, disrupt and supplant negative
perceptions of black males, both within academia and society.
Joseph F. Johnson became SDSU's Dean of the College of Education
after serving SDSU for almost a decade. A graduate of SDSU's
education master's program, Johnson assumed his new role in April.
Johnson started at SDSU as a professor of educational leadership
and executive director of the National Center for Urban School
Transformation, which helps urban schools to achieve exceptional
academic results. Johnson has served
as a school district administrator in New Mexico, a state
education department official in Texas and Ohio and director of
student achievement and school accountability at the U.S.
Department of Education. He received a masters degree from SDSU and
a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin.
Scott Kinney An acknowledged thought leader and powerful voice
in support of educational technology, Scott Kinney has more than 20
years of experience in the education industry. As senior vice
president for Discovery Education, Kinney cultivates partnerships
with school districts across the country, working with educators
and administrators to develop customized solutions that support
their strategic goals and empower
them to make the transition from print to digital. Under his
leadership, Discovery Education services are transforming teaching
and learning in more than half of U.S. schools and English primary
schools, and in more than 50 countries worldwide.
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Michelle King currently serves as the Chief Deputy
Superintendent in the Los Angeles Unified School District, under
the direction of Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines. In this
capacity, she functions as co-executive and provides educational
and operational leadership in developing and implementing District
goals and priorities; guiding principles and standards; and
accountabilities and educational reform to ensure student
achievement to the highest standards of excellence. She has
responsibility for creating policy and making recommendations to
the Superintendent and members of Board of Education to help create
the conditions for success for more than 700,000 students and
staff. A proud graduate of LAUSD schools, she has dedicated her
entire career to serving the students of LAUSD as a teacher,
coordinator, assistant principal, principal, Chief Administrator of
Secondary Instruction, Assistant Superintendent, Local District
Superintendent, Chief of Staff to the Superintendent, and Senior
Deputy Superintendent. As a career educator, Ms. King is committed
to ensuring that all students have access to learning and are
prepared for the opportunities a college education provides. She
has led district-wide instructional reform plans that address
graduation requirements and the need to significantly improve
student achievement.
Bernard W. Kinsey; Described by the New York Times as an
Aggressive Achiever, Bernard Kinsey, a former Xerox Executive and
former Chief Operating Officer and co-Chairman of Rebuild Los
Angeles (RLA), President & Founder of KBK Enterprises, Inc. and
most recently co owner of the Kinsey Collection art &
historical exhibit.
The Kinsey Collection is considered one of the premier
collections of African American History and Art and has been
traveled to eighteen cities and was on display at the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History. In March 2013, Walt Disney
World Resort at Epcot opened Rediscovering America: Family
Treasures from the Kinsey Collection where over twenty million
people from all over the world will experience the exhibit a
celebration of African American Achievement & Accomplishments.
The Kinsey Collection has been chronicled in over 400 articles and
TV program worldwide and has been seen by over four million
people.Shirley & Bernard are both graduates of Florida A &
M University and both have advanced degrees from Pepperdine
University. Bernard has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from
Florida A&M University, and Alabama A&M University.
Rita Kohli is an Assistant Professor in the Education, Society
and Culture Department in the Graduate School of Education at the
University of California, Riverside. She also serves as co-chair
for the Critical Educators for Social Justice ( CESJ ) Special
Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association,
and is co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Teachers of
Color Committed to Racial Justice ( ITOC ).
She has a Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis on Race and Ethnic
Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles and served
as an Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow at Santa Clara
University. A former Oakland Unified School District teacher and
teacher educator, Kohli has spent over 15 years in urban public
schools across the country. Her research interests include race and
educational inequality, urban education, and diversity in the
teaching force. Her research has been published in academic
journals such as Race, Ethnicity and Education , the Urban Review,
and Teacher Education Quarterly, and she is currently the co-editor
of a special issue highlighting critical research on novice
teachers of color which will be published by Equity and Excellence
in Education
Michael LeNoir MD is President of theEthnic Health Institute at
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Associate ClinicalProfessor in
Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco anda
member of the Board of Directors at Childrens Hospital Oakland. A
nationallyrecognized expert in dealing with the problem of asthma
in inner cities, he hasa special interest in asthma in African
American and high risk communities and
geneticpolymorphisms. For 20 years heserved as the director of
allergy services at San Francisco General Hospital. Since1985, he
has been the CEO of the Ethnic Health America Network that
producesthe Telly award winning Ethnic Health America Program, a
30-minute TV healthmagazine currently airing in 150 cities
nationwide and over 1400 cities nationwideon MBC Network. Dr.
LeNoir is the host and executive producer of the AboutHealth
Program, a one-hour talk show on Pacifica Radio, KPFA. His popular
oneminute feature, AboutHealthTime, currentlyairs several times per
week on KBLX radio in San Francisco and several ClearChannel
stations. In 1997 Dr.LeNoir and VNR-1, launched a nationally
syndicated TV news feature called theLeNoir Health Report, which
aired on FOX and ABC TV in several cities. From1981 to 1993, he
served as the medical editor for KCBS radio, hosting a 2 hourweekly
talk show. He is currentlyworking on the development of a Health
2.0 site.
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Karen Monroe understands the power of education to change and
even save lives. She has dedicated herself to ensuring that
students and families are seen, valued, and have access to vital
educational opportunities and supports. The power of learning has
been a constant in her life. She proudly stands on the shoulders of
four generations who have called the Bay Area home. Her mother and
grandmother were teachers in this community
before her and she is deeply committed to promoting the highest
quality education for every student. In her youth, Karen had the
great privilege of serving as legislative Intern to The Honorable
Shirley Chisholm during her last congressional term. She will tell
you that working with your role model is a life-changing experience
especially one who so boldly interrupted the expectations of the
past to redefine what is possible. This opportunity truly ignited
her passion for educational advocacy.
Dr. Barbara Nemko serves as Superintendent of Schools with the
Napa County Office of Education. She has held the position since
1997 and is in her fourth term. Before joining the Office of
Education as Curriculum Director in 1991, the veteran educator
taught school in New York and the Berkeley Unified School District.
She served on the advisory board for State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Tom Torlaksons Kitchen Cabinet
and serves on the Workforce Investment Board, NapaLearns, the
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council and the P-16 Council. She was
named one of the Top 40 Innovators in Education by the Center for
Digital Education. Barbara and her office recently won the 1st
Annual Digital Innovation in Learning Award in the category of We
Are Family.
Lorie Owens plans, organizes, controls and directs all
Information Technology Services operations and activities for the
San Mateo County Office of Education. Ms. Owens and her team
support all of the instructional and administrative systems used by
the county office business and academic programs, including the
financial/position control system used by the COE and all of the
public school districts and charter schools
in the county. Ms. Owens and her staff maintain the network
infrastructure supporting all of the COEs instructional and
administrative systems, as well as the voice and cellular systems,
multi-function systems and all audio/visual systems.
Marc Philpart, Associate Director, leads Black Male Achievement
initiatives at PolicyLink and co-directs the Institute for Black
Male Achievement. The Institute is a national membership network
dedicated to improving the life outcomes of Black men and boys
through systemic change. Philpart has specific expertise in
supporting and developing networks that advance policy and
promising practices to further race and gender
equity in the areas of health, education, employment and
juvenile justice. Prior to joining PolicyLink, Philpart worked in
the presidents office at PATH, a non-profit global health
organization. He holds masters degrees in public affairs and public
health from the University of Washington in Seattle and earned his
BA in History from Xavier University of Louisiana. In his spare
time he enjoys international travel, reading, and the paradoxical
life of being a fitness junkie and foodie.
Dr. Francisco Rodriguez serves as chancellor of the Los Angeles
Community College District. Prior to his appointment as head of the
nations largest community college district, Dr. Rodriguez served as
superintendent/president at MiraCosta Community College District
(Oceanside, CA) for five years and president at Cosumnes River
College (Sacramento, CA) for six years.. With 30 years of
experience as an educator,
faculty member and administrator within California public higher
education, Dr. Rodriguez is a noted scholar and speaker and has
dedicated his career to diversity, equity and inclusion issues and
to outreach to underserved communities, particularly the
development of young Latino and African American males. He serves
as a lecturer in the doctoral education programs at Sacramento
State University and at San Diego State University.Dr. Rodriguez
earned a bachelor of arts in Chicano Studies with an emphasis in
education and a master of science in Community Development, both
from the University of California-Davis. He also earned a Doctor of
Philosophy in Education from Oregon State University.
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Robert K. Ross, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer,
Robert K. Ross, M.D., is president and chief executive officer for
The California Endowment, a health foundation established in 1996
to address the health needs of Californians. Prior to his
appointment in July 2000, Dr. Ross served as director of the Health
and Human Services Agency for the County of San Diego from 1993 to
2000, and Commissioner of Public
Health for the City of Philadelphia from 1990 to 1993. Dr. Ross
has an extensive background in health philanthropy, as a public
health executive, and as a clinician. His service includes: medical
director for LINK School-Based Clinic Program, Camden, New Jersey;
instructor of clinical medicine, Childrens Hospital of
Philadelphia; and faculty member at San Diego State Universitys
School of Public Health.
Congressman Robert C. Bobby Scott is currently serving his
eleventh term in Congress. Prior to serving in the U.S. House of
Representatives, Rep. Scott served in the Virginia House of
Delegates from 1978 to 1983 and in the Senate of Virginia from 1983
to 1993. During his 15-year tenure in the Virginia General
Assembly, Rep. Scott successfully sponsored laws that are critical
to Virginians in healthcare, education,
employment, economic development, crime prevention, social
services and consumer protection. His legislative successes
included laws that improved healthcare benefits for women, infants
and children, increased the Virginia minimum wage and created the
Governors Employment and Training Council. He also sponsored the
Neighborhood Assistance Act, which provides tax credits to
businesses for donations made to approved social service and crime
prevention programs. Rep. Scott currently serves on the Committee
on the Judiciary, where he is the Ranking Member of the
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and
Investigations and a member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution
and Civil Justice. Rep. Scott also serves on the Committee on
Education and the Workforce where he is a member of the
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and
Pensions.
Dr. Kent Paredes Scribner is the superintendent of the Phoenix
Union High School District, a post he has held since 2008. Phoenix
Union is the largest high school district in Arizona, serving over
27,000 students in grades 9 through 12.
In October 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Scribner to
the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Scribner earned a B.A. in Latin
American Studies from Carleton College in Minnesota, an M.Ed. in
Counseling Psychology from Temple University and a Ph.D. in
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Arizona State
University. He began his education career as a high school Spanish
teacher in Philadelphia. He moved to Arizona in 1992 as a graduate
research assistant at Arizona State University, where he examined
issues of quality and diversity in Phoenix Union regarding the
districts court-ordered desegregation.
Ryan Smith. Prior to joining The Education TrustWest, Ryan was
the Director of Education Programs and Policy for the United Way of
Greater Los Angeles where he was responsible for the education
program and policy efforts for the organization. He also
coordinated Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a
Los Angeles-based coalition of civil rights, education and
community advocacy groups dedicated to closing the
opportunity and achievement gaps for students-of-color and
students living in poverty.
Mary Stutts is the Vice President of External Affairs for
Comcast NBCU California responsible for all aspects of Comcasts
government affairs, communications, community investment and
telecommunications policy matters throughout the state. Her career
reflects a history of success in public affairs and communications
leadership at Fortune 200 companies including Genentech,
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bayer,
United Health Group and Kaiser Permanente. Prior to those roles,
Stutts worked in broadcast and print media. She excels in
integrating strategic and tactical solutions that help drive growth
and create clear value with all internal and external stakeholders
including media, legislators, regulators, consumers, communities,
industry, academia and employees.
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Otha Thornton, President of National PTA, is a senior operations
analyst with General Dynamics in Fort Stewart, Georgia. He is a
retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and his last two
assignments were with the White House Communications Agency and
United States Forces-Iraq in Baghdad. Thornton earned the Bronze
Star Medal for exceptional performance in combat operations during
Operation Iraqi Freedom 2009-
2010. Previously, Thornton served on National PTAs Board of
Directors, Legislative Committee, Membership Committee, and
Executive Search Committee. During his time with Georgia PTA, Otha
served on the Board of Directors as legislative chair and as an
Advisory Group member for Georgias Partnership for Excellence in
Education. Thornton also served Maryland PTA as nominating leader,
board development committee chairman, and as a member of Anne
Arundel Countys Superintendent High Performing High School Task
Force. In addition, he was appointed by the governor of Maryland to
serve on a Maryland Education Task Force. Thornton is also active
in the community. He is a member of Atlantas West End Church of
Christ and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. He is a life
member of the National Eagle Scout Association and has more than 25
years of active service in the scouting program across the United
States and around the world. Thornton received his bachelors degree
in urban studies from Morehouse College and a masters degree in
communications from Michigan Technological University. He was
awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Michigan Technological
University in 2009. Thornton has been married to Caryn, an
educator, for 24 years. They have a daughter and a son.
Tom Torlakson was elected to a four-year term as Californias
27th State Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 2,
2010. As chief of Californias public school system and leader of
the California Department of Education, Superintendent Torlakson
applies his experience as a science teacher, high school coach, and
state policymaker to fight for our students and improve our states
public education system.
Torlaksons journey has led him from the classrooms of Contra
Costa Countys Mount Diablo Unified School District (where he
remains a teacher-on-leave), to the Antioch City Council, Contra
Costa County Board of Supervisors, and the California State Senate
and State Assembly. During his tenure in the California State
Legislature, Torlakson acted to protect education funding, improve
student nutrition and physical education, and ensure school safety.
He also championed legislation to increase funding for textbooks,
computers, and other instructional materials and efforts to close
the digital divide, eliminate the achievement gap, and reduce the
dropout rate.
Assembly Member Shirley Nash Weber was elected in November of
2012 to represent Californias 79th Assembly District, which
includes the cities of Chula Vista, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National
City and San Diego. Weber Chairs the Assembly Budget Subcommittee
No. 1, which focuses on Health and Human Services issues; the
Assembly Select Committee on Higher Education in San Diego County;
and
the Assembly Select Committee on Campus Climate. She also serves
on numerous Assembly committees that represent a diverse range of
topics, including, Education, Higher Education, Appropriations,
Budget, and Banking and Finance.Born to sharecroppers from Hope,
Arkansas, Shirley Weber has lived in California since the age of 3.
Her parents, in particular her father, valued education and
supported their daughters academic aspirations. She attended UCLA,
where she received her BA, MA and PhD by the age of 26. Prior to
receiving her doctorate, she became a professor at San Diego State
University at the age of 23. Dr. Weber also taught at California
State University at Los Angeles and Los Angeles City College before
coming to San Diego State University.
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Wednesday March 11th Workshop Series 1 10:30am - 11:45amDel Mar
Room
Ken WessonIndependent Educational Consultant: Neuroscience and
VP Western and International Divisions
Brain-STEM: Increasing Student Achievement through STEAM
La Jolla Room
Facilitator Nicole AndersonDiversity and Equal Access Executive
ACSA
Principal's Panel: Courageous Conversations About Equity
Dr. Terry T. WalkerPrincipal K-8 Pomona Unified School
District
Andrew IshibishaPrincipal Lowell High School San Francisco
School District
Ontrece ElerbeePrincipal K6 Compton Unified School District
Ramiro RubacalabaPrincipal Azuza Unified School District
Peggy DunnPrincipal LA County Office of Education
The Principals Panel will consist of a diverse group of
Principals who are current practitioners in the area of effectively
addressing equity within their districts. The Panel discussion will
focus on addressing equity in order to transform the educational
experience of our underrepresented students as well as our
educational leaders. Specifically, the discussion will address how
to have courageous conversations around equity that often are most
difficult to have but are necessary for addressing the achievement
gap. The panel discussion will provide for an interactive session
where participants will have an opportunity to learn current
research and best practices that have and are bringing about
effective change in districts across the state.
Santa Fe Room
Vernon BillyExecutive Director California School Boards
Association
TOWN HALL MEETING: LCAP/LCFF
Wesley SmithExecutive Director Association of California School
Administrators
Paul RichmanExecutive Director California Parent Teacher
Association
Ryan Smith CEO EdTrust West
Rose LunaCTA Staff Negotiation Development Department to Town
Hall LCAP/LCFF panel
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Message From the CAAASA Executive Director
Dear Conferees,
On behalf of the officers and members of the California
Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators
(CAAASA) I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to
the 2015 Professional Development Summit. The theme of this years
summit, Accelerating Academic Grown for African American and Other
Students of Color, highlights the work that has been done, calls
our attention to the work yet to be done and emphasizes the need
for us to continue our collaboration with those whose ideas and
programs can assist us in preparing our students to meet the
challenges of an increasingly competitive society.
I would like to that our President, Dr. Judy White for her
vision and leadership over the past year, and our Conference State
Chair, Michael Dennis and the Statewide Planning Committee for
putting together a comprehensive and thought-provoking professional
development summit. Finally, I would like to especially thank our
sponsors for their commitment to the mission of CAAASA and to
improving educational outcomes for children. Please visit their
booths and learn about the valuable products and services available
to benefit students. Enjoy the summit!
Sincerely,
Dwight BondsExecutive Director
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Jean BarbreCoordinator, Orange County Department of
Education
Seeds to Seedling: Incorporating Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math into Everyday Preschool Activities.
Building on everyday activities teachers will learn how to
design STEM activities to help all children expand their knowledge
and interests in how the world works. Educators will learn what
questions to ask children to help them build their understanding of
STEM and develop new vocabulary. The early years are the perfect
time to begin cultivating childrens interest in science,
technology, engineering, and math!
San Diego Ball Room
Eric Cork PresidentInternational Write Now
Rap, Rhythm & Rhyme: Rebuilding the Writing Foundation
Erik Cork, President of International Write Now, combines
teachable techniques, audience participation, music and lively
learning strategies to inspire young scholars to transform their
voice into a flood of meaningful sentences. This session celebrates
academic excellence as Erik enthusiastically demonstrates methods
to keep students engaged in the writing process. Students soar
beyond state requirements and AYP expectations as a result of this
ELA extravaganza.
Sierra Room B
Alicia RozumProject Director, Mental Health
CaliforniaSchool-Based Health Alliance
School Climate and Student Health: Mental Health Services Impact
on Behavior and Learning
This workshop will address how youth friendly, culturally
competent, and accessible mental health services available at
school can reduce suspensions and expulsions; increase school
connectedness; and improve learning and behavior. Best practices
for school mental health implementation will be shared, along with
examples from diverse districts across the state. Participants will
engage in a school mental health assessment process and leave with
action steps to expand or enhance mental health services on
campus.
Plaza Room A
Stacey RyanTeacherAndover PS
Personalized Learning: The true answer to changing education
Steve NiedermanExecutive Consultant
Piaget and Bloom stated Individualized Instruction can double
learning productivity. Personalized learning can be the equalizer
to close the gap, and has the potential to transform the
educational experience for students at all levels. Stacey Ryan is a
nationally-recognized teacher who is revolutionizing the learning
experience for her students, giving them voice and choice over
their own learning pathways, leading to improved learning outcomes,
greater student engagement, and fewer late assignments. Stacey will
share her practical advice for personalizing learning, and changing
students lives.
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By Systemically Applying Broad-Based Research, Superior Outcomes
Will Follow
Presenter John MurrayCEO AdvancePath Academics
Co-presenter Michael DennisCoordinator Lynwood Unified School
District
Co-presenter Reggie UnderwoodAdvancePath Academics
At-risk and dropout students fall behind for numerous reasons
academic, socio-emotional, behavior, family circumstances, etc. Few
are Credit Recovery candidates because they are so far behind. They
are Long-Term Academically Deficient, with other issues and
individual needs. In order to meet those needs you must focus on
the whole child; understanding and serving them as the individuals
they are, with a Hearts and Minds campaign approach.
Plaza Room C
Prison vs. School: Receive $1,000,000 Early Learning Literacy
Equity GrantPresenter Gregory A. SpencerDirector Equity Access
Initiatives
Moderator Eugene NarcisoCo-Founder & COO
Footsteps2Brilliance.com
Guest Presenter Dr. Barbara NemkoSuperintendent Napa County
Office of Education
What would it mean to you, your district, educators, parents,
students and your incarceration rates, IF on the first day of
kindergarten, ALL of your students could read and were ready to
learn? A city-wide, free and award winning literacy program can
help to eliminate the vocabulary and word gap for all children. Dr.
Barbara Nemko will share her 4years of data and results with Title
I, Migrant Ed., students of color, and underserved communities to
eliminate the 30 Million Word Gap.
Balboa Room
Dr. Darryl Adams Superintendent Coachella Valley Unified School
District
The Way of the SAMRai: Becoming a SAMR Advanced Instructor
Michelle Murphy Executive Director of Technology Services
Coachella Valley Unified School
Edward Simoneau Educational Technology Coordinator Coachella
Valley Unified School
Patrick BealTeacher on Special Assignment Coachella Valley
Unified School District
A SAMR Advanced Instructor can effectively navigate all levels
of SAMR to enhance learning forall. Becoming a SAMRai requires
courage and commitment. Are you ready to begin the journey? Upon
leaving this workshop, participants will have a deeper
understanding of how SAMR, TPACK, and Webbs DOK work cohesively to
meet the rigor of CCSS and 21st Century Learning, and will leave
with ideas for creating your own SAMR course.
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Imperial Boardroom
Tony Hicks Education Consultant Black Parent Union
Engaging Parents and Community Members in Local Control
Nabeehah BrumfieldAdministrator Compton Unified School
District
With parents and community members being required to
provideinput under the new State Funding Formula.it is imperative
that ALLSTAKEHOLDERS understand the role of these oftentimes
under-utilized humanresources. This session will cover why and how
this population is critical toensuring academic success for our
neediest students and Include practicalexamples of how to build
capacity for home-school partnerships in systemic,sustained ways.
Audience: parents,guardians, school board members, community
members, and others.
Coronado Room
Reena DoyleHuman Rights Consultant California Teachers
Association
Exploring Unconscious Bias - Part 1
Gail WattsHuman Rights Consultant California Teachers
Association
Social psychologists and other social scientists have found that
all of us, regardless of race, have cognitive biases that influence
how we perceive and make decisions about other people. The behavior
of human beings is often guided by racial and other stereotypes of
which we are completely unaware. This training will explore the
shortcuts and subsequent perceptions we make about people and our
surroundings. It will also provide tools to increase awareness
about our cognitive biases and offer intervention strategies.
Workshop Series II 2:30pm - 3:45pmDel Mar Room
Paul GotholdSuperintendent Lynwood Unified School District
Dr. Michele BowersSuperintendent Lancaster School District
Darin BrawleySuperintendent Compton Unified School District
Dr. Devin Vodicka Superintendent Vista Unified School
District
Featured SpeakerEdwin Javius Founder/CEO EDEquity
Dr. Pamela Short- PowellCAAASA Past President Institute #3 -
Chair
Health and Equity Leadership Institute # 3
California Superintendents
for
Sponsored by The California Endowment
Part A
System Approach to Implementing Equity in Common Core: Creating
the district conditions to improve leadership capacity to lead
equity. Critical analysis of system practices that lead to
equity.
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Earl Smith
Odesseyware
Don English
Come hear two distinguished educators from San Bernardino County
Superintendent of Schools present how they increased graduation
rate, increased CAHSEE pass rate and prepare students to become
better equipped for College and Career. The students of SBCSS
attained excellence by using a competency-based digital curriculum,
Odysseyware. You will hear the perspective from an administrator
and teacher who share their story of how technology gives all
students of color the educational equality needed to be
successful.
Sierra Room A
Sylvia GreenwoodPrincipal Lovonya Dejean Middle School West
Contra Costa Unified School District
Restorative Practices in Schools: A Middle School
Implementation
Peter AlooPrincipal Stewart K-8 School West Contra Costa Unified
School District
There was a need to lower suspension and expulsion rates when
African American and Hispanic students are being disproportionately
suspended at higher rates. When an urban middle school is presented
data that states that their suspension rates are the highest
amongst all the middle schools in the district, this is a real
problem. The question that rings is How do you lower suspension
rates for a school that is already disproportionate based upon
their demographics?
Sierra Room B
Caryn LewisPrincipal Victoriano Elementary School Val Verde
Unified School District
STEM Learning in the Elementary Grades: Success for ALL
Students
Douglass Woods Teacher Victoriano Elementary SchoolVal Verde
Unified School District
In the elementary grades students need access to a hands-on
learning approach that combines literacy instruction with a
laser-like focus on relevant STEM topics. This presentation will
highlight the integration of 21st Century learning skills to
increase content mastery and authentic student engagement.
Presenters will showcase student projects and strategies for
building self-motivated learners. This model supports the
development of a personal success narrative in all students in
order to help them persevere in challenging academic
situations.
Imperial Boardroom
Marilyn J. HokansonTeacher Specialist Pomona USD-CDP
Tots and Technology = Academic Success for the 21st Century
Rhonda Miles-BrownResource Teacher Pomona USD Child
Development
Technology in the Early Learner Classroom is revolutionizing
learning. Learn to maximize SMART boards, iPads, Tablets and Tables
to create executive functioning skills of collaboration and
cooperative peer discourse, while providing professional
development for teachers and parent engagement. Join us on a
virtual tour of this award-winning program to create early,
interactive learning for 3 and 4year-olds and see how this could
impact your K-12 program. Every teacher, principal, parent, and
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Audrey Butler Teacher TownGate Elementary School
TownGates Tools for Success
Yolanda PerryTeacher TownGate Elementary School
Veronica Yonker-Jones Teacher TownGate Elementary School
Traci GoodrichTeacher TownGate Elementary School
Esther LayneTeacher TownGate Elementary School
David LayneTeacher TownGate Elementary School
Are you having difficulty closing the achievement gap, reaching
at risk students and involving parents of color? Come and explore
TownGate Elementary Schools strategic practices that accelerate
educational growth, enhance parental engagement and include
elements of restorative justice. Some of TownGates tools include
our African American Parent Advisory Council (AAPAC), Navigators
Exploring Achievement Team (Neat Team), and Math Club. TownGate has
excelled in navigating students to success. You wont want to miss
this interactive, engaging and FUN-filled workshop!
Plaza Room B
Tina OchoaCurriculum and Professional Development Manager
Families In Schools School
Parent Engagement Strategies that Work
How do you effectively engage parents? What does effective look
like? This interactive session provides strategies and best
practices that enable authentic parent engagement to thrive in
schools. Through the use of Families In Schools researched-based
rubric, participants will assess whether their practices and
strategies meet authentic parent engagement indicators: 1)
Welcoming Environment, 2) Effective School/Family Communication, 3)
Meaningful Resources, 4) Shared Leadership, 5) Conflict Resolution,
and 6) Adequate Financial Resources.
Plaza Room C
Planning, Funding, and Implementing a 1:1 Mobile Learning
Initiative
Dr. Darryl AdamsSuperintendent Coachella Valley Unified School
District
Michelle Murphy Executive Director of Technology Services
Coachella Valley Unified School District
Israel Oliveros Mobile Technology Coordinator Coachella Valley
Unified School District
Mobile Technology has greatly impacted education today. Come
learn the nuts and bolts process Coachella Valley Unified School
District used to implement a district-wide 1:1Mobile Learning
Initiative. The workshop will provide participants with lessons
learned, timelines, staff engagement and training practices,
important infrastructure, and budgetary considerations when
contemplating a mobile learning initiative. Also highlighted are
critical steps to take when developing and executing a successful
voter-approved funding mechanism that involves technology.
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D.R.E.A.M Now: Developing Responsible, Educated, Adaptive Minds
for Future Leadership
Jimmy McMikle, MBA President The McMikle Group
The D.R.E.A.M. NOW workshop is the spark that ignites a
combustible mixture of understanding and empowered action toward
developing the youth leadership capacity of our nations youth. This
workshop provides an interactive approach to challenging its
participants thought process relating to youth leadership
development and programming. It forces those in attendance to
combat assumptions and stereotypes, and examine their own
effectiveness and concept of whats relevant in producing student
leaders of character and competence.
Plaza A Room
Igniting African-American Parent Engagement across Districts: A
Historical Experience
Micki Poole Clowney Director Upward Bound Math and Science
Program
Hardy Brown, II Executive Director Black Voice Foundation
Roxanne Williams District Program Specialist San Bernardino City
Unified School District
The Black Voice Foundation (BVF) utilized the Underground
Railroad (UGRR) tour to increase African-American (AA) parent
engagement across multiple school districts. Challenged with AA
parent involvement, the tour was a catalyst for increasing
district-level and school-based AA parent councils by 5 fold,
creation AA parent conferences with 500+ attendees, resulting in
increased input into the LCAP. The UGRR may be a vehicle to foster
AA leadership and parent engagement for the benefit of AA
students.
Coronado Room
Exploring Unconscious Bias - Part 2 of 3 4:00pm - 5:15pmCoronado
Room
Exploring Unconscious Bias - Part 3 of 3
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Town Hall Meeting - "My Brothers Keeper"
Marc PhilpartPolicyLink
Dr. Vincent Matthews Superintendent San Jose Unified School
District
Darin BrawleySuperintendent Compton Unified School District
Dr. Darryl AdamsSuperintendent Coachcella Valley Unified School
District
Gary HardieVice President Lynwood Unified School District
Workshop Series III 4:00pm - 5:15pmPlaza A Room
Seyana MawusiDirector Leading in the Moment Work
Changing the Mindsets, Before Changing the Policy
Research shows that our beliefs and perceptions dictate our
actions and behaviors. Often we create well-intentioned policies
that have little or no effect on the targeted outcomes for students
and staff. In this workshop we will examine strategies that
interrupt negative thoughts that impede positive life changing
outcomes for our staff and students
Our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius
Plaza B Room
Implementing a Comprehensive Technology Plan to a Court and
Community School District
Dennis DanielsonOnline Blended Coordinator San Diego County
Office of Education
Alicia Gallegos ButtersProfessional Learning and Research
Coordinator San Diego County Office of Education
When implementing a comprehensive Tech plan into the Juvenile
Court and Community School District located in San Diego County,
unique challenges were experienced by the Integrated Technology
Services team at the San Diego County Office of Education. The
challenges included: Moving the district to a 1:1 environment using
Chromebooks Providing students with Google Apps for Education
logins Providing internet access to students who reside in
correctional facilities Continuity of educational materials for
students who transition from one school to another
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DAY 2 - Thursday, March 12th - Youth Leadership Summit - San
Diego Ballroom 8:00AM - 1:00PM
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS / WORKSHOPS
YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
TECHNOLOGY
STUDENT SHOWCASE
COLLEGE FAIR
Robert Jackson is an educator, motivational speaker and author.
A former professional football player, he has delivered keynote
addresses at numerous universities and education-related workshops
and seminars. His motto is, If youre not part of the solution, then
you are part of the problem. He is the author of No More Excuses:
Black Men Stand Up! No More Excuses: The Workbook and No More
Excuses:; Educating Black and Latino Males. With a strong
com-mitment to mentoring, he presents workshops around the country
for young men. He also serves as the Kappa League Chair of six
mentoring programs with the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
Michael Dennis is an educator, consultant, education advocate
and author. His more than 29 years of education-re-lated experience
includes service as a teacher and principal within the Inglewood
Unified School District as well as the Los Angeles County Office of
Education. An accomplished curriculum designer of culturally
relevant and responsive educational practices, he has conducted
professional development workshops on a number of topics. He
developed the STARS (Students Achieving & Reaching Success)
Rites of Passage Program and currently serves as Legislative
Liaison for the Education is a Civil Right Committee (ECRC) in Los
Angeles.
Ernie G is one of the hottest, multi-talented, young Latino
Entertainers, Inspirational Speakers & Empowerment Co-medians
in the country today. His comedy has been seen by millions on TV
shows such as Comedy Central's "Make Me Laugh," B.E.T.'s "Comic
View," Ed McMahon's "Next Big Star," & Sl TV's "Funny is
Funny!" Ernie has spoken to well over 100,000 Middle School, High
School & University Students in over 30 states throughout the
country. He has served as the Key Note Speaker at numerous
University & H.S. Graduations, including UCLA's 32nd Annual
RAZA Graduation, and continues to spread his message of
Transformation through Laughter as a National Spokesperson for the
Hispanic College Fund!Ernie G's heart has always been in working
with Inner-City & Foster Youth, having delivered Training &
Development Programs for numerous City & County Organizations,
including California Children's Services, Foster Care Agencies and
L.A. County Probation Department. He has also received rave reviews
for his Transformational work with U.S. Gov-ernment Agencies, such
as The United States Treasury Department & the U.S Census
Bureau, "...we have received nothing but rave reviews from our
staff ...thank you for your enormous contribution to our Diversity
Fair ." - Sara A . Rosario Nieves, Diversity Programs Coordinator,
U.S. Census Bureau.
Erik Cork is a nationally recognized writing consultant who has
conducted workshops for more than 300,000 students, parents and
educators in more than 250 school districts and universities
throughout the United States and beyond. He is the creator of the
lively workshop, entitled, Rap, Rhythm & Rhyme: Rebuilding the
Writing Foundation, as well as the founder of the International
Write Now, Inc. He has presented seminars showcasing a wealth of
English Language Arts essential skills at major educational
conferences, including the National Association for Supervision and
Curriculum De-velopment (ASCD), the National Association for
Elementary School Principals (NAESP), the Texas Teachers of English
to Speakers of Other Languages (TEX-TESOL) and the National
Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE).
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10:30am - 11:45amDel Mar Room
Using Your LCAP to Prevent Inappropriate Special Education
Placements and Close the Pipeline to Prison
Arun RamanathanCEO Pivot Learning Partners
La Jolla Room
Bernard Kinsey
THE KINSEY COLLECTION "Where Art Meets History" by Bernard and
Shirley Kinsey
The Kinsey Collection is considered one of the premier
collections of African American History and Art and has been
traveled to eighteen cities and was on display at the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History. In March 2013, Walt Disney
World Resort at Epcot opened Rediscovering America: Family
Treasures from the Kinsey Collection" where over twenty million
people from all over the world will experience the exhibit a
celebration of African American Achievement & Accomplishments.
The Kinsey Collection has been chronicled in over 400 articles and
TV programs world wide and has been seen by over four million
people.
Sierra Room A
Gloria Ervin Principal San Juan High School
Leaders Creating Conditions for Learning That Improve Student
Achievement
Judy BillingsleyRetired Administrator
Roxanne Mitchell Principal Starr King K-8
Kerry CallahanAssistant Superintendent of Educational Services
Western Placer USD School
Bill Dendle
What professional development activities, and school practices,
have consistently yielded the most positive outcomes for students
of color? The Workshop presenters have all successfully addressed
these issues, and will provide valuable strategies and resources to
school leaders to develop learning conditions that improve academic
achievement for students of color.
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Harbor Room A
Monica NepomucenoEducation Programs Consultant California
Department of Education
Improving Student Mental Health Practices: A Collaborative
Effort
David KopperudEducation Programs Consultant California
Department of Education
Recent violent events in schools, coupled with increasing youth
suicide rates, have highlighted a critical need for changing the
approach in how student mental health is addressed. The California
Department of Education (CDE) has established partnerships to
increase awareness of student mental health issues and improve
access to services. Participants will learn about programs,
activities, and services that have resulted from these
partnerships. This workshop is for all classified and credentialed
school/district staff, parents, and community partners.
Harbor Room B
Ann McLeanAssistant Principal Neal Dow Elementary School
Preparing for SBAC Testing
Marilyn ReesePrincipal (retired) Neal Dow Elementary School
Incorporating computer adaptive testing into classrooms is
imperative as we prepare our students for success on the SBAC.
Participants will receive step-by-stepguidance in blended math and
ELA lessons that will assist in tracking individual student growth
and meet the academic challenges with sub-groups. Find what ignited
teachers and students to reach beyond their limits in every
classroom. Specific data from students will be shared along with
their success stories.
Plaza Room A
Diane Marshall-Freeman Partner Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost
Winning at All Costs How to Stay in the CFI Game
When competitive sports trump better judgment and observation of
policies, coaches, staff and students stand to lose more than the
game. From tryouts and athlete selection to reinforcing academic
expectations for student athletes, the range of decisions made by
coaches and staff in order to produce star teams and impressive
stats can create a myriad of costly legal situations. Not to
mention, the bad press can tarnish a reputation for years. Learn
about applicable laws and school district regulations affecting
athletic participation, along with practical tips to protect your
program so you can say in the game from the legal counsel for the
California Interscholastic Federation, Diane Marshall-Freeman,
partner at Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost.
Plaza Room B
Dr. Gerald Dawkins Senior Vice President Of Superintendent and
District Relations k12 Insights
One Tweet or Blog Away From A Disaster: Are You Prepared?'
Jesse Leib k12 Insights
With Social Media constantly changing the landscape, districts
must manage their brand and exceed customer expectations more than
ever in this hyper competetive environment of school choice. Even
the best run schools are only one tweet or blog away from a
disaster.Come experience how hundreds of schools across the nation
are meeting this challenge.
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Plaza Room C
Verletta White CAO Baltimore County Public Schools
Its Not the Device! Its the Digital Learning Shift!
Betsy DrennanDiscovery Education
Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, in partnership with
Discovery Education will share their BCPS 5- year digital
conversion plan, from concept to implementation in a large
urban/suburban school district. Best practices for embarking on or
continuing a journey through, a district-wide digital transition
will be discussed.
Balboa Room
Peter Wright Policy & Programs Officer California School
Boards Association
Praxis of Parent Engagement: Theory and Action Combined
Dr. Ramona Bishop Superintendent Vallejo City School
District
Jeana Preston Director California Parent Center at California
State University, San Diego
Parent engagement has long gone hand in hand with student
achievement and LCFF and LCAPS have made all districts more
conscious about their efforts. This session will share innovative
engagement practices, reflect on what works, and dive into the
theory of why we do what we do. Presenters will give particular
attention to creating deliberative forums for parents as a part of
the LCAP process. This thought provoking session will help
attendees appreciate the importance of creating spaces and
strategies for parents and administrators to talk together.
Imperial Boardroom
Smita Patel Senior Manager, Web and Communications EdSource
The New Ed-Data Website: Understanding and Using Education
Data
Nancy SullivanChief Operations Officer Kern County
Superintendent of Schools
For nearly two decades, the Ed-Data Partnership (CDE, FCMAT and
EdSource) has made data on Californias K-12 schools accessible to
the public. The recently redesigned Ed-Data website
(www.ed-data.org) makes it easier to see trends, look at subgroups,
and share data with the goal of raising questions and starting
conversations. This presentation will walk you through the new
website and provide tips and techniques to get the most out of this
free, unique resource.
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Esmirna ValenciaExecutive Director Riverside County Office of
Education, Division of Childhood & Family Services
Patricia Yeldell, PhD Instructional Director, Early Childhood
Education LAUSD
TOWN HALL MEETING: Early Childhood Development
Camille MabenExecutive Director First 5 California
Rick Mockler Executive Director California Head Start
Association
Sierra Room B
Malissa ShriverPolicy Consultant Gehry Partners LLC
Turn Around: CA - Arts Education as a School-wide Reform
Strategy
Stan DobbsSuperintendent Hayward Unified School District
Karen L. MonroeSuperintendent Alameda County Office of
Education
During this session, members of the Turn Around: Arts California
planning team will share information about how The Arts can be a
valuable tool in school turn-around. Building on the Presidents
Committee on the Arts and Humanities Turn Around: Arts effort, the
panel will share student success data from the evaluation of the
national program, plans for a California cohort, and the effective
strategies used to achieve student success.
Del Mar Room Workshop Series V 2:30pm - 3:45pm
Dr. Marian StewartPrincipal Pasadena Unified School District
Featured Speaker Vickie Rice CEO Coalition for Educational
Partnership
Kimberly HendricksDirector of Accountability Assessment Moreno
Valley Unified School District
Ramiro RubalacabaPrincipal Azuza Unified School District
Featured Speaker Kyndall Brown, Ph.D. Executive Director
California Mathematics Project
Health and Equity Leadership Institute # 3
California Superintendents
for
Sponsored by The California Endowment
Part B
Eric HinesVice President California Teachers Association,
CTA
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Desires Outcomes: The Nature of the Achievement/Opportunity Gap
for African-American Students in Mathematics. Examples of
Culturally Relevant and Responsive Teaching in Mathematics.
Implications for the Implementation of the Common Core Standards in
Mathematics.
La Jolla Room
Hedy ChangOffice of State Attorney General
Charting the Attendance Gap: Chronic Absence and Your LCAP
Find out about free tools available to review your districts
data and identify gaps in attendance and chronic absence among
at-risk subgroups. Learn how you can use attendance data to develop
goals, strategies, and action plans for your district and county
LCAPs.
Coronado Room
Jon OliverExecutive Director Lesson One
Lesson One
Jon Oliver will demonstrate an evidence-based School Cultural
Development Ecosystem highlighted in Californias Fix School
Discipline Toolkit. The process brings together administrators,
teachers, and parents and seamlessly integrates individual
initiatives including PBIS, Restorative Justice, mental health,
common core, STEAM, and RtI. Olivers workshop, based on current
brain research, will show how students can internalize
self-control, empathy and cooperation to improve school climate,
decrease suspensions/expulsions and increase attendance so all
children achieve personal and academic success.
Sierra Room A
Chris DeLoachCo-Founder/CEO Targeted Interventions Squared,
LLC
Creating Pathways for Students of Color to Attain Higher
Education
Qiana OLearyCo-Founder/ Consultant Targeted Interventions
Squared, LLC
Seven years ago the AVID program asked, What would happen if
high schools partnered with the business community to boost
retention for African American males? Presenters will display 5
years of data and strategies that moved African American students
from being academically the lowest performing population to having
100% attendance to a four-year university. Attendees will learn how
to use existing resources to reduce their suspension and expulsion
rate among students of color to zero.
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Sierra Room B
Kelly BoylesNCHS Program Coordinator NAMI California
NAMI On Campus High School: Mental Health Awareness for
Students
NAMI on Campus High School is an innovate program designed to
train high school students on forming and leading a mental health
awareness club. The peer led clubs raise awareness, create a more
supportive school environment and reduce stigma on campus relating
to mental illness. Designed by the California Department of
Education, Placer County Office of Education, and the National
Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California, NCHS empowers student
advocates to be leaders of change.
Harbor Room A
Jeannette LaFors Director of Equity Initiatives The Education
Trust-West
Beyond Satisfactory: Redefining Teacher Support and Evaluation
for Equity
Harris LuuVice-President of Educator Effectiveness Alliance
College Ready Public Schools
Improving teaching is one of the most significant investments we
can make to improve student achievement and close achievement gaps.
The Education Trust-West has studied several school systems
implementing innovative ways to evaluate and support teachers.
Participants will learn how these systems have replaced ineffective
evaluation processes with new ones having a positive impact on
students, teachers, and administrators. Session participants will
discuss how they can apply what they learn to their own work.
Harbor Room B
A. Majadi
Strategies for African American Males
Kennon Mitchell Ph.D. Assistant Superintendent of Student
Services San Bernardino City Unified School District
The workshop provides strategies for anyone who works with
African-American boys whether as a parent, educator, mentor, or
administrator. This workshops lays out a simplified step by step
guide that parents can use, beginning from before their children
are born, to plan the steps they will take to prepare African
American boys throughout their developmental years all the way to
manhood. Many of the strategies presented can be translated to
local policies and practices and adopted in the classroom, school,
and out of school program settings to address more positive
strategies for changing the deficit framework that is usually
presented when working with African-American boys and provides
tools for reshaping how to proactively work with African-American
boys.
Plaza Room A
Brian Bock PartnerFagen Friedman & Fulfrost
Limiting Suspensions for Willful Defiance: Another First in
California
Milton Foster PartnerFagen Friedman & Fulfrost
Last September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill
420 with the goal of administering student discipline in a
nondiscriminatory way by limiting suspensions for willful defiance.
This well-intentioned law will require modifying district policies
and practices and putting into place student-focused support
programs that help keep students on campus and in classrooms so
their learning is not disrupted. The legal team of Brian Bock and
Milton Foster will outline the application and impact of AB 420, as
well as necessary steps and some practical pointers to help ensure
your district and sites are prepared to address the spirit of this
new law.
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Plaza Room B
Sarah Skinner Senior Research LeaderBrightbytes
Next Generation Early Warning Systems: The Power of Predictive
Analytics
Kathy HurleyBrightbytes
Silver McDonaldBrightbytes
Research shows that dropping out of high school is a process not
an event. Students at risk of dropping out typically exhibit signs
for several years before the actual event occurs. Recognizing the
importance of early identification and intervention, many states
and districts have implemented early warning systems that utilize
research-based predictors of dropout. This session will explore the
next generation of early warning that utilizes multiple
research-based indicators and predictive analytics for earlier
identification of students with up to 40% more accuracy than
traditional systems. Discover the latest developments in these new
interventions through an interactive conversation with CAAASA
colleagues and peers as well as research leaders from BrightBytes,
designers of the nations leading predictive analytics engine and
the foremost policy experts on dropout prevention. Join us for this
interactive and dynamic workshop, in which participants will
explore the research and walk away with tangible next steps to
increase graduation rates in your schools.
Plaza Room C
Ontrece EllerbePrincipal Tibby Elementary
Effective Strategies for Ensuring the Success of English
Language Learners and Standard English Learners
Mario MarcosPrincipal Jefferson Elementary
This workshop will provide successful strategies and resources
for working with your English Language and Standard English learner
populations. The presenters will share the instructional practices,
rituals and routines that have proven to be successful in working
with English Learners and African American students at their
National Blue Ribbon schools. Attendees will learn simple,
effective strategies for ensuring that ELLs and Standard ELs are
able to access the core curriculum and achieve at extremely high
levels.
Balboa Room
Tovi ScruggsPrincipal/Author San Lorenzo High School
Creating Parent Champions: Partnering for School Success
This workshop introduces educational parenting - the new term
that explicitly and intentionally creates the mindset shift,
inspiration, and education for parents to be their very best as
school-partners as they analyze, reflect, and take action in
regards to how they champion their childrens success and partner
with their childs school. Further, school leaders will learn the
facilitation of educational parenting as a strategy that follows an
empowerment coaching model, supporting a parent engagement
plan.
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Imperial Boardroom
Sherman R. GarnettCEO Sherman Garnett & Associates
Preventive Discipline
Are you current and well-versed in the world of student
discipline and due process? Have you found yourself creating your
own policies or relying on past written/ unwritten practices that
may/may not be aligned with California Education Code and FERPA?
This highly interactive workshop will focus on basic issues
confronting school administrators statewide, in the area of safe
schools and student discipline, by presenting solutions.
Participants will be quizzed regarding current practices being
utilized in their school district. Sample policies/procedures/forms
aligned with Ed code and FERPA will be provided to all workshop
attendees.
Santa Fe Room
ModeratorMark PhilpartPoicyLink
Town Hall Meeting: Boys and Men of Color
Luis Antonio SnchezSenior FellowMovement Strategy Center
Taryn IshidaCalifornians for Justice
Sarah OmojolaStatewide Education Rights Advocate for Public
Counsel
Luke WoodSan Diego State University
All across the country, leaders are thinking through ways to
improve outcomes for boys and men of color and other vulnerable
populations. In California, the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color
is a statewide network of change agents and allied coalitions
working towards improving the overall life outcomes of boys and men
of color, their families, and communities. During this town hall,
you will hear from local and statewide leaders in the Alliance.
These advocates will discuss what it takes to improve educational
outcomes for boys and men of color, the policy agenda they are
pursuing, and what you can do to support and get engaged.
Coronado Room
Student Engagement, Behavioral Interventions, Attendance and
Accountability: Is this a school you would want to attend and that
wants you to attend?
Dam Sackheim Educational Options Consultant California
Department of Education
David KopperudEducational Programs Consultant California
Department of Education, Educational OptionsStudent Support, and
American Indian Education Office
Chronic absence is a crisis in California, especially in certain
communities and subgroup populations. The LCAP requires districts
to measure chronic absenteeism, dropout, suspension and expulsion
rates to measure progress in improving student engagement and
school climate. We can keep students in school and hold them
accountable. Research has shown the need to replace punitive
discipline practices. We will focus on how behavioral intervention
approaches, including the use of SARBs, increase student engagement
and attendance.
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California Ballroom A/B 4:30pm - 6:15pm
Convened by: Assemblymember Shirley Weber, PhD
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE TOWN HALL HEARING:
This legislative hearing will be divided into three sessions.
Presenters in each session will be asked to examine how we can
achieve equity and excellence in education.Sesson 1: Status of Boys
and Men of Color a State, Local and Federal Perspective;
Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer, Assembly Select Committee on
the Status of Boys and Men of ColorSession 2: College Access and
ReadinessSession 3: Increasing the Diversity of Educational Leaders
in California
DAY 3 - Friday March 13th Workshop Series Vl 9:15am - 10:30amDel
Mar Room
Lisa Murphy OatesEquity Administrator MDUSD
Pursuing Equity Education: This is not Business, Its
Personal
We are intentional as educators. Were on a self-imposed mission
to ensure we educate without bias, excluding external factors of
socioeconomic status, language and race, we teach with a lens of
possibility with focused desired outcomes. Inasmuch, we become
GUARDIANS of EQUITY. Participants in this workshop will examine WHY
equity is important and explore methods to personalize equity
education in a way thats meaningful and supportive.
La Jolla Room
Colleen A. R President California State PTA
What's in your Family Engagement Toolbox?
Otha ThorntonPresident National PTA (invited)
Lisa BorregoDirector School Smarts Family Engagement Program,
California State PTA
Beatrice Fernandez Program Manager Parent Outreach and
Engagement Dept., San Diego Unified School District
Well-informed, engaged parents make a vital difference in
helping all students and schools succeed. With new academic
standards, assessments and the Local Control and Accountability
Plans (LCAP)all underway, its more crucial than ever for school
d