7:30 am – 9:00 am
Compass Boardroom |
Breakfast and Discussion: Federal NCLB Waivers
NCSL’s federal affairs expert, Lee Posey, will provide an update to legislators on the status of state applications for waivers and will facilitate a conversation with legislators about whether and how the waivers are impacting state education policy.
Moderator and Speaker:
- Lee Posey, Senior Education Committee Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
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9:00 am – 9:15 am
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Break |
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Main Sail Ballroom |
Protecting Student Data Privacy: Finding the Best Approach For Your State
Student data experts and state legislators will give advice and provide insight on this important issue. State legislators will develop an action plan for protecting student data privacy and ensuring the best use of student data in their states.
Speaker:
Paige Kowalski, Director of State Policy and Advocacy, Data Quality Campaign
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10:30 am – 10:45 am |
Break
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10:45 am – 11:45 am
Main Sail Ballroom |
Consultation with the Experts: College and Career Ready Standards, Assessments, Protection of Student Data and Teacher Evaluations
Legislators will have the unique opportunity to customize the assistance they need through discussions with available experts on topics such as: grassroots advocacy and communications strategies, assessments, education data, state-federal relations, teacher policy and education funding. At the end of the session, legislators will have created and planned for further action based on their conversations with the experts.
Experts:
- Assessments—Michael Gilligan, Achieve
- Education Data—Paige Kowalski and Brennan McMahon Parton, Data Quality Campaign
- Education Funding—Dan Thatcher, NCSL
- Grassroots Advocacy and Communications--???
- State-Federal Relations—Lee Posey and Ben Schaeffer, NCSL
- Teacher Policy—Jessica Keigan and Ali Wright, Teacher Leaders
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12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Spinnaker Room. |
Lunch with Teachers: The Role of Teacher Leaders in an Era of Education Reform
Barnett Berry is the founder of the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ), a dynamic nonprofit that cultivates teacher leaders for 21st century public schools. Berry will moderate a session with 5 expert teachers who are leading the implementation of new standards and assessments. The session will focus on what policies legislators might consider to build and support effective teacher leaders at scale in service of their schools, districts, and states. CTQ is now home to a virtual network of over 5000 classroom experts.
Moderator:
- Barnett Berry, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Center for Teaching Quality
Speakers:
- Jessica Keegan, Teacher Leader, Colorado
- Justin Minkel, Teacher Leader, Arkansas
- Rod Powell, Teacher Leader, North Carolina
- Cheryl Redfield, Teacher Leader, Arizona
- Ali Wright, Teacher Leader, Kentucky
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1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Main Sail Ballroom
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Common Standards and School Choice – Can They Co-Exist?
Legislators will participate in a discussion on the impact common college and career ready standards will have on school choice programs. Will new standards stifle innovation and autonomy in schools of choice? Will they allow states to strengthen accountability of school choice programs?
Moderators:
- Josh Cunningham, Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures
- Daniel Thatcher, Senior Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures
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2:30 pm– 2:45 pm
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Break
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2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Main Sail Ballroom
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Private School Choice Accountability
Ensuring program accountability while allowing private choice schools to innovate, differentiate and maintain their school culture is a challenge facing the 24 states with private school choice programs. Legislators will hear how different states have approached accountability in private school choice including challenges of implementation and enforcement.
Moderator:
- Josh Cunningham, Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures
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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Main Sail Ballroom
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Virtual Charter School Accountability: Viable Policy Options
One of the most common requests we get from legislators is for information about virtual charter school accountability policies. Virtual schools are a complicated policy matter and states across the country have struggled to establish effective accountability policies that ensure educational quality while taking into consideration the uniqueness of full-time online learning.
Moderator:
- John Myers, State Liaison, Regional Education Laboratory Central; Vice President, Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc., Colorado
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Dinner on Your Own: Enjoy an Evening in Tiburon
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