2009 Annual Conference Session Descriptions

Annual Conference Session Descriptions

March 6-8, 2010, San Antonio, TX

Critical Transformations

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Session numbers for ticketed sessions end in a "T." A ticket is required for admission to these sessions, which quickly reach capacity. Ticketed sessions are labeled "OPEN" or "FULL" to indicate available space.
Session numbers ending in an "EW" denote an exhibitor workshop. These workshops give participants an opportunity to learn about products, services, or technologies in a setting free from the distractions of the exhibit floor.
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All nonticketed sessions are open to attendees on a first-come, first-served basis.

Sunday, March 7

Topics

Assessment and Evaluation

Character Education

Collaborations and Partnerships

Diversity in Education

Educational Research

Fine Arts

Planning and Leadership

Professional Development

School Restructuring and Reform

Technology

Instructional Technology

Other

Worldwide Issues ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2146 Teaching About the Holocaust

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2246 Using Technology to Support Collaborative Projects Worldwide

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2334 Education in a Globally Connected World

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2346 Teaching Teachers to Identify and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2408 Boys and School: Challenging Underachievement, Getting It Right!

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2411 Bringing the World into Your Classroom

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2420 Connecting, Engaging, and Empowering Learners from Various Perspectives

Assessment and Evaluation ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2137 Developing a Standards-Based Assessment Plan

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2145 Five Keys to Higher Student Achievement Through Assessment for Learning

08:30-09:30 AM Sunday
2165 Using E-Portfolios to Broaden Preservice Leaders' Perspectives on PreK—12 Assessment

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2211 Fair and Meaningful Grades for Students with Disabilities

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2308T Innovative Teacher Evaluation

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2332 Grading Practices That Motivate Students

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2412 Developing a Districtwide Common Assessment System

Character Education ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday
2104 Before Lightning Strikes: Implementing a Proactive Behavior Management Approach

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2136 Exploring Cooperative Learning Strategies for Bilingual Classrooms

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2263 The Use of Art in the Art of Teaching a Second Language

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2328 Building Character While Meeting Standards

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday OPEN
2402T Cyberbullying: Identifying, Preventing, and Intervening

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2417 Using Theater Activities to Enhance Emotional Intelligence and Empathy in Adolescents

Collaborations and Partnerships ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday
2110 Promoting Student Success Through Community Schools: A Rationale and Results Framework

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2117 Community in Bloom

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2240 Librarians and Teachers: Partners Collaborating for Success

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2337 Write and Lobby for Successful State and Federal Legislative Funding

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2414 Creating a College-Readiness Culture

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2435 Taming the Binder Beast

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2451 Ten Things Not to Do When Writing Grants

Diversity in Education ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday OPEN
2101T Reaching Out to Latino Parents of English Language Learners

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2118 Increasing English Learners' Language Proficiency: Teaching the Language of Instruction

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2131 Meeting the Classroom Needs of the African American Male Learner

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2147 Our Changing Community of Learners

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2151 Having Our Say: Urban Leaders Transforming Education

08:30-09:30 AM Sunday
2169 Meeting the Needs of Twins and Multiples

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2216 It's Not Just Good Teaching: Cultural Competence for Educators

12:45-12:00 AM Sunday
2228 Elementary Math Games for Closing the Achievement Gap

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2254 Leveling the Playing Field by Teaching Through Student Strengths

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2307 Effecively Managing Students with ADD

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2309 Risks, Crises, and Meaningful Interactions: Preparing Teachers for Diverse Learners

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2317 Streamline Your Planning for Learning Differences

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2446 Cultural Competency for Educational Leaders

Educational Research ^ Return to Top

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2251 Instructional Tips for Teachers

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2257 Mathematical Sleuthing: Creating Confident Problem Solvers in Mathematics

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2439 Using Action Research to Transform Practice

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2440 Transformative Program Evaluations That Work

Fine Arts ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2128 Left, Left, Left, "Write," Left: March into Writing in Music

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2301 Promoting Cultural Understanding Through Music

03:30-05:00 PM Sunday
2302 Establishing a Safe, Nurturing, and Compassionate Environment for Children

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2340 Effective Advocacy Tools for Making the Arts Essential

Planning and Leadership ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday
2103 Creating and Sustaining Credit Recovery Programs for Increased Graduation Rates

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2119 Leading Through a Global Transition: Invoking Your Inner Wizard

09:00-10:00 AM Sunday
211EW Cause "Critical Transformations" in Achievement in All Content-Area Classes

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2122 Six Essentials of a Successful Differentiated Instruction Implementation

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2129 How Teachers Experience Principal Leadership

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2133 Supervising and Working with Difficult School Employees

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday OPEN
2149T Current Trends and Developments in New-Teacher Induction Programs

08:30-09:30 AM Sunday OPEN
2163T Cultivating Instructional Teacher Leaders Through Distributed Leadership

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2202 Improving Student Learning One Principal at a Time

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2203 Ten Components of an Understanding-Based Curriculum

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2223 The Role of Evidence in Instructional Decision Making at the District Level

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2225 Building District Capacity for High School Transformation

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2226 Engaging Students with Reading and Writing in Secondary Content-Area Classrooms

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2242T Bridging the Achievement Gap: Addressing the Needs of Children of Poverty

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2253 Developing the Distributed Intelligence

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2310T Critical Issues in Instructional Supervision

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2311 Quality Reviews: Changing Culture and Results in 1,500 Urban Schools

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2331 Project Management for Busy School Leaders

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2343T Response to Intervention: Leadership for English Language Learners

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2350 Attorney Avoidance: Prevention and Protection

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2407 Leadership Practices That Pay Off in the Real World

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday OPEN
2415T Fearless Leading: The Leader as Architect, Minister, Friend, and Muse

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2418 Best Communication Practices: What Every School Leader Should Know

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2452 Practical Lessons for Aspiring School Leaders

Professional Development ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday
2106 The Hummingbird Syndrome: Children Who Flit About During Playtime

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2120 New Challenges, New Rewards: Practicing What We Preach

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday OPEN
2121T What Really Matters for Effective Teaching, Learning, and Leading

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2132 Power Tools for Increasing Adolescent Literacy

08:30-09:30 AM Sunday
2164 The Power of Networking

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2204 Redesigning Pedagogy: Changing Professional Development to Change Practice

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2205 Understanding by Design Meets Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2206 Effective Use of Questions in the Classroom

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2209 Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2210 Real-Time Data: Teachers Connecting Classroom Observation to Effective Practice

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2212 Media-Literate Students: A New Perspective on Teaching

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2215 What Is Response to Invervention?

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2217T Be a Dynamic Trainer: Leave No Brain Behind!

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2227 Designing Paraeducator Professional Learning Communities with RTI

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2245 Innovate Creatively with Action Research Communities

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2248 Assessment, Professional Development, and 21st Century Skills

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2249T Increasing Academic Achievement with High-Quality Instruction for English Language Learners

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2256 Using Multiple Intelligences Theory to Partner with Families

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2261 Capacity-Building Professional Development and Evaluations: Are You Making the Difference?

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2304 Writing for Educational Leadership

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2306 Building Learning Communities

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2312 Literacy Instruction That Improves Student Performance in K—6 Classrooms

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2314 System Awareness Walks for Increased Improvement

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2330 How to Talk So Students Learn

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2339 Designing Professional Development That Changes Teaching Practice

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2342 Enhancing Faculty Performance in an Online Environment with a Collegial Assessment Model

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2413 Getting Classroom Management Right for Adolescent Learners

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday OPEN
2431T Five Indicators of a Successful Professional Learning Community

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2432 Action Cycles to Strengthen Motivation and Learning in Diverse Classrooms

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2433 Classroom Instruction That Works for the 21st Century

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2434 Growing a Professional Learning Community in a Preservice Teacher Program

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2443 Teaching Critical-Thinking Skills: The Key to Transforming Student Achievement

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2444 Building a Practice-Focused Professional Education Curriculum for Teachers

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday OPEN
2445T Improving Student Learning by Minding the Gap

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2449 Increasing Motivation and Achievement with Humor, Fun, and Enjoyment

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2453 Fundamentals of Number Sense, the Singapore Way

School Restructuring and Reform      ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday OPEN
2102T How to Get All of Your Students to Graduate

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2116 Developing a Standards-Based Classroom, School, or District: Lessons from the Field

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday OPEN
2123T Transforming the School Day: One School's Journey

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday OPEN
2124T Rigor, Relevance, and Personalization: A Paradigm for Students in Transition

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2125 Getting to Structured Teaching: Walk-Throughs and Feedback

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday OPEN
2134T Becoming a Great High School: Strategies and Attitudes That Make a Difference

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2135 The Power of Connectedness

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2139 Frequently Asked Questions About Differentiated Instruction--And Some Answers

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2148 Sustaining and Nurturing the Holistic and Spiritual Needs of Students

08:30-09:30 AM Sunday OPEN
2166T A Gendered Choice: Creating a Single-Gender Program

12:00-02:00 PM Sunday
2201 Yes, They Can: Can We?

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2207T Teaching with Poverty and Achievement in Mind

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2219T Transformations: How to Turn Around Underperforming Schools

01:00-02:29 PM Sunday
2239 The Principles and Practice of Entrepreneurial Schooling

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2243T The Millennials: The New Kids in Town

01:15-02:30 PM Sunday
2244 Transform Your Health Program from Traditional to Whole Student Support

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2260 Wii and Me: Fitness and Sensory Activities in the General Education Classroom

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2262 Nontraditional High School Creates Opportunities for At-Risk Students

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2305T Creating a New Vision for Summer School

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2315 Transforming the Worst Elementary School in Georgia

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2316T Creating a Sustainable Performance-Based Compensation Program

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2324 The Civic Mission of Schools: Involving Everyone in Community Building

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2325T Six Things You Can Do Tomorrow to Create an Exemplary School

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2335 Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2341 Reducing Student Dropout Rates: A Success Story

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2345 A School—Family Approach to Teaching Homeless and High-Risk Children

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday OPEN
2401T Full-Inclusion Preschool Programs: Building Community and Achievement

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2416 One School's Transformational Journey

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2437 Work Hard, Play Harder

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2448 Goodbye, School Reform; Hello, New Worldwide Communities for Learning

Technology      ^ Return to Top

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2338T Remix Renaissance: Empowering Urban Communities with New Media Literacies

Instructional Technology      ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday
2107 Evaluating a K—12 Technology Integration Program

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday
2108 Learning for All: Conversations, Collaboration, and Choice Through Technology

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2115 Teaching Economics the 21st Century Way: High-Tech and High-Impact

08:30-09:30 AM Sunday
2170 Exploring ASCD's Online Professional Development Resources

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2220T Transforming Education with Web 2.0 Tools

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2258T Engaging Literacy in the Digital Age

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2259T Producing Technology-Savvy Teachers for the 21st Century

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2318T Google Docs: Communicate, Collaborate, Create!

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2319 A Picture Says a Thousand Words, So Start Talking with Digital Images

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2347 Using Classroom Technology to Support Classroom Instruction That Works

Other      ^ Return to Top

08:00-09:00 AM Sunday
2105 Implementing Response to Intervention: Make It Work!

08:00-09:30 AM Sunday
2113 Never Work Harder Than Your Students

09:00-10:00 AM Sunday
212EW Making Great Readers

09:00-10:00 AM Sunday
213EW Math-U-See: "Closing the Gap" 133% SPED Improvement

08:30-09:30 AM Sunday FULL
2171T Strolling Through San Antonio

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2214 Getting to "Got It!": Helping Struggling Students Learn How to Learn

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2218 Changing the Way You Teach, Improving the Way Students Learn

12:45-02:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2222T The Creativity Connection for 21st Century Skills

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2250 Transforming Writing Instruction

01:15-02:45 PM Sunday
2252 Integrated Instructional Strategies from A to Z

01:45-02:45 PM Sunday
2264 Whole Child Podcast: Live Show

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2322 Seven Secrets of Getting Your Book Published by ASCD

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2327 Just Because It's Not Wrong Doesn't Make It Right

03:15-04:45 PM Sunday
2329 They Snooze, You Lose: Strategies for Successful Presentations

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday OPEN
2336T Bullies, Know-It-Alls, and Criticizers: Managing Our Energy Thieves

03:45-04:45 PM Sunday
2344 Building More Globally Conscious and Engaged Students Through Service Learning

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2404 Embracing 21st Century Skills Through Collaborative and Global Projects

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday
2405 The Bible: A Framework for Cultural Literacy Across the Curriculum

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday OPEN
2409T Movin' On Up: Encouraging Critical Thinking in Young Children

05:00-06:00 PM Sunday OPEN
2410T An Instructional Sequence for Strategic Secondary Learners

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2430 A Brain Owner's Manual for Students

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2436 If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2438 Engaging Primary Students Through Storybooks and Problem Solving

05:00-06:30 PM Sunday
2454 Mind Games: Brain-Compatible Games to Activate and Stimulate Growing Minds

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