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9th Annual CASE Winter Leadership Conference

Lead

ing in the Global Age

R U Ready?

CELEBRATING

440

years

Excellence in School Leadership

1969-2009

21st CENTURY LEADERSHIP

January 22-23, 2009Hyatt Regency Hotel D e n v e r T e c h C e n t e r

Registration Program

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when you

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Dec. 31!

Conference Highlights

4 Keynote by Harvard scholar Richard Elmore

4 Remarks by Commissioner of Education Dwight Jones

4 Instructional technology strand featuring Will Richardsonand teacher leaders

4 CAP4K (Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids) learningopportunities

4 PERA update, including the latest on 401(k) investments

4 Exhibit areas featuring the K-12 products and services

4 Networking and social time with your colleagues

If our educational system is to deliver on the promise of high standards for all students, school and district leaders mustcreate conditions for high-quality instruction in every classroom. Too often traditional structures in our education systemdrive decision making, to the detriment of powerful student learning. Richard Elmore challenges education leaders tostep out of their comfort zones and make instructional improvement their primary focus. He says leaders must create a “common culture of expectations” and hold individuals “accountable for their contributions to the collective result.”

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Richard Elmore is professor of educational leadership at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and director of theConsortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE), a group of universities engaged in research on state and localeducation policy. He teaches regularly in programs for public-sector executives.

Dr. Elmore's research focuses on the effects of federal, state, and local education policy on schools and classrooms. He is currently exploring how schools of different types and in different policy contexts develop a sense of accountabilityand a capacity to deliver high-quality instruction. He has also researched educational choice, school restructuring, andhow changes in teaching and learning affect school organization.

Richard ElmoreA Call for Leadership – Structuring Schools for Academic Success

Thursday, January 22, 2009

This is a very challenging time for educators. Our children are living a much more networked existence – one thatallows for learning to occur 24/7, 365. Will Richardson will address the need for transition to the networked era andprovide strategies, including many classroom examples of using technologies in practice. He will suggest how to helpour students leverage the technologies they are already using instead of checking these tools at the door.

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Will Richardson is known internationally for his work with educators and students to understand and implementinstructional technologies into their schools, classrooms and communities. His keynotes, presentations and workshopscommunicate a fresh and inspiring vision of what schools can and must become.

A public school educator for 22 years, Richardson's own Weblog is a primary resource for the creation andimplementation of Weblog technologies on the K-12 level and is a leading voice for school reform in the context ofthe fundamental changes these new technologies are bringing to all aspects of life. His critically acclaimed, best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms is already being used by thousands ofteachers to reinvent their practice.

Will RichardsonBuilding Connections – Breaking Down Walls

Friday, January 23, 2009

Keynote Speakers

Distinguished Speakers

Dwight JonesColorado Commissioner of Education


Joan KowalProject director,Empowering the 21st CenturySuperintendent,Consortium for SchoolNetworking


Empowering the 21st CenturySuperintendent to Achieve a Culture ofTransformation Through Technology

In collaboration with superintendentsacross the country, the Consortium forSchool Networking (CoSN) has produced a rich set of tools and resources to helpsuperintendents create a vision for usingtechnology systemically to expandteaching and learning to meet the dynamicneeds of today’s changing school systems.

This presentation, developed under theguidance of superintendents, will addressfive key themes and highlights the rolesuperintendents and other school leaderscan play in catalyzing 21st centurylearning with technology.

All school leaders are encouraged toattend

21st CENTURY LEADERSHIP

Lead

ing in the Global Age

9th Annual CASE Winter Leadership Conference

R U Ready?

THURSDAY MORNINGThursday, January 22, 2008

Conference Registration

Continental Breakfast

First General SessionKeynote Speaker Richard ElmoreA Call for Leadership – StructuringSchools for Academic Success

Breakout Sessions

Visit Exhibit Areas

Lunch (provided)

Second General SessionDistinguished Speaker

Dwight JonesCommissioner of Education

Breakout Sessions Distinguished Speaker

Joan Kowal Empowering the 21st CenturySuperintendent to Achieve a Cultureof Transformation ThroughTechnology

Visit Exhibit Areas

Department Meetings

Reception Sponsored by Exhibitors

Dinner and Evening on Your Own

FRIDAY MORNINGFriday, January 23, 2008

Conference Registration

Continental Breakfast

Visit Exhibit Areas

Third General SessionPolicy Issues Discussion

Closing General SessionKeynote Speaker

Will RichardsonBuilding Connections – Breaking Down Walls

Conference Concludes

Conference Agenda

Conference Highlights

4 Keynote by Harvard scholar Richard Elmore

4 Remarks by Commissioner of Education Dwight Jones

4 Instructional technology strand featuring Will Richardson and teacher leaders

4 CAP4K (Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids) learning opportunities

4 PERA update, including the latest on 401(k) investments

4 Exhibit areas featuring the K-12 products and services

4 Networking and social time with your colleagues

“One of the biggest challenges educatorsface right now is figuring out how tohelp students create, navigate, andgrow the powerful, individualizednetworks of learning that bloom on

the Web and helping do this effectively,ethically, and safely.” Will Richardson

Breakout Topics

4 Colorado Achievement Plan

for Kids (CAP4K)

4 Longitudinal Growth

4 Response to Intervention (RTI)

4 Instructional technology

4 English Language Learners

4 Closing the Achievement Gap

4 Profiles of Success:

Award-winning Schools

4 Online Education

4 Safe Schools

4 PERA update

9th Annual CASE Winter Leadership Conference21st CENTURY LEADERSHIP

Lead

ing in the Global AgeR U Ready?

Separate registration required for pre-conference sessions.

Wednesday, January 21, 20088:30 am - 4:30 pm

Pre-CConference Agenda

9th Annual CASE Winter Leadership Conference21st CENTURY LEADERSHIP

Lead

ing in the Global AgeR U Ready?

Department of Business Officials(DBO) – Nuts and Bolts ConferenceFor school business officials and superintendents

Conference Topics:

4 Financial reporting

4 Budget

4 Cash management

4 School finance update

4 Legislative information

Technology Leadership ConferenceFor school and district technology leaders andother administrators with responsibility fortechnology integration

4 Broadband connectivity

4 Skills for the 21st century learner

4 Essential skills for the chief technology officer

4 Cyber security

Preparing for the SuperintendencyPresented by George Straface, Ed.D.For entry-level superintendents and aspiringsuperintendents

In this pre-conference, interactive session, you will learn

Key Elements to Your Success

4 Building District Culture

4 Understanding Politics

4 Systems: Analysis and Design

4 Leading Change

4 Improving Student Achievement

4 Finance: Building and Monitoring District

Budgets

4 Human Resources Issues Labor Relations

4 Labor Relations

Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center7800 East Tufts Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80237 303.779.1234 or 800.233.1234 Fax 303.850.7164

Features:

4 451 Newly Renovated Guestrooms

4 Wi-Fi, Plush New Hyatt Grand Beds

4 StayFit and YogaAway Fitness Center

4 Glass-enclosed Indoor Lap Pool

4 Hot Tub, Sun Deck

4 Pool Table, Shuffleboard in Garrity’s

4 Full-Service Business Center

4 Light Rail Access

4 Park Meadows Mall, 16th Street Mall, LoDo

Mention the group code G-1CSE to receivediscounted rate by December 30, 2008.

Accommodations

RegistrationComplete your registration online. It’s easy!4 Visit the CASE Web site:

www.co-case.org

4 Click the “9th Annual CASE Winter Leadership Conference” link

Questions? Contact Leisa Sacry at 303.762.8762,ext. 100, or [email protected].

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