January 30 – 31, 2015 Crowne Plaza Airport � Louisville, KY

#ECET2KY

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Friday,  January  30,  2015  

6  –7  p.m.   Registration Exhibit Hall

7–8  p.m.   Opening Keynote Address – Scientific Education in the 21st Century

Jack Adraka Coronet Ballroom

8–8:30  p.m.   Q&A with Jack Andraka

 

Saturday,  January  31  

7:30–8:30  a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast Exhibit Hall

8:30-­‐8:35  a.m.   Opening & Morning Announcements Mickey Campbell, Emcee

Barbara Bellissimo, The Fund for Transforming Education in KY

Coronet Ballroom

8:35-­‐8:40  a.m.   Welcome to ECET2 KY Nate Brown, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Coronet Ballroom

8:40-­‐9:10  a.m.   General Session – Character Strengths Dr. Jillian Darwish, Mayerson Academy, VIA Institute on Character Strengths Coronet Ballroom

9:10–9:15  a.m.   Break

9:15–10:25  a.m.   Breakout Sessions 1 See room assignments on pg. 3 and session descriptions on pgs. 4-6

10:25-­‐10:40  a.m.   Break  

10:40–11:25  a.m.     Colleague Circle 1

11:30–12:40  p.m.   Lunch Exhibit Hall

 12:40-­‐1:50  p.m.  

Breakout Sessions 2 See room assignments on pg. 3 and session descriptions on pgs. 7-9

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1:50–2  p.m.   Break

2–2:55  p.m.   Colleague Circle 2

2:55–3:25  p.m.   General Session Engage and Advocate…on behalf of Antonio, Latricia and Olivia Dr. Felicia Cumings Smith Coronet Ballroom

3:30  p.m.   Closing Remarks and Next Steps Coronet Ballroom

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Breakout  Session  Room  Assignments  

     Breakout  Session  1   Saturday 9:15–10:25 a.m.  

   Breakout Session Room

1 Hope Street Group Teacher Leader Training Symposium Perry

2 Growth Mindset Coronet

3 What Teacher Leaders Do - Emerging Hybrid Roles in Kentucky Schools Russell

4 Implementing Standards-Based Grading In the Classroom: A Guide to Accurate and Effective Assessment and Reporting

Shelby

5 The Journey to Growth is in the Hands of Your Students! Taylor

6 Finding Time, Space and Inspiration for Teacher Leadership: Reflections From the Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions (CTEPS) Team

Madison

7 Effective Ed Tech Elliott

8 Thriving in a Difficult Work Environment Trimble

   

Breakout  Session  2  Saturday 12:40–1:50 p.m.  

Breakout Session Room

1 Student Achievement Partners – Advocates for Change Perry

2 Engaging Adult Learners Taylor

3 Considering National Board Certification? Consider Saying, “Yes” Madison

4 What’s Next: Harnessing the Power of ECET2 at Home Trimble

5 Effective Ed Tech Elliott

6 Growth Mindset Coronet

7 Cage Busting Teacher Shelby

8 What Teacher Leaders Do – Emerging Hybrid Roles in Kentucky Schools Russell

 

 

 

 

   

 

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Breakout  Descriptions:  Session  1                                                                                                

 

 

Breakout Session 1 (Perry)

Hope Street Group Teacher Leader Training Symposium Have you ever wanted to be involved in education policy but stay in your classroom? Are you looking for ways to be a leader without becoming an administrator? Traditionally, teachers have received little training on how to get involved or are reticent because it would take them away from their classrooms, but times are changing and classroom leadership opportunities abound. This interactive session will allow teachers to examine and discuss the best methods for engaging in policy conversations that impact their work in the classroom and learn about formal opportunities for teacher leadership, giving each participant an action plan for how s/he can have an effect.

Presenters:

Lea Ann Atherton is a graduate of Union University, and in 2002 was named the Thelma Barker Student Teacher of the Year. Lea Ann worked with the Tennessee Department of Education on the TCAP Passage Review Committee, and she was awarded as the 2005 West Tennessee Classroom Character Teacher of the Year. Returning to Kentucky, Lea Ann collaborated with KDE and TeachScape to begin development of a new professional growth and evaluation system (PGES), She was the recipient of the KASA Tomorrow’s Leader Scholarship in 2012, and served on an AdvancED committee in 2013.

Breakout Session 2 (Coronet Ballroom)

Growth Mindset In this session, participants will explore the impact of Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset research on classroom and school learning culture. Participants will reflect on their own practice, discuss the importance of having a growth mindset in their classroom and take away resources and strategies for creating a growth culture for all.

Presenters:

Samantha Sams is the 4th and 5th grade GATE cluster teacher of interdisciplinary math and science at Simmons Elementary in Woodford County. She is currently working on her masters in Teacher Leadership at Georgetown College. Samantha’s ECET2 experiences this past fall pushed her to incorporate more innovative practices in her approach to teaching and learning. This state convening is her 3rd ECET2 experience. Her ECET2 community has breathed new life into her career as a classroom practitioner and is now her primary source for identifying problems, proposing solutions, sharing strategies and gathering instructional resources.

Breakout Session 3 (Russell)

What Teacher Leaders Do – Emerging Hybrid Roles in Kentucky How does your role as a teacher leader improve teaching and learning at your school? Participants will brainstorm and workshop ideas for leadership in your own school with critical colleagues that focus on improving student experiences. Also, teachers currently serving as teacher leaders will share their experiences, success, and struggles. This session is an opportunity to reflect with our community on the actions teacher leaders take to improve student learning in every classroom every day.

Presenters:

Kelly Stidham has been learning beside students and other educators since she began her career as a high school mathematics teacher. Since then, she has expanded her learning community through regional, state and national communities, sharing her learning as a coach and at her blog at workonthework.com.

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Breakout Session 4 (Shelby)

Implementing Standards-Based Grading in the Classroom: A Guide to Accurate and Effective Assessment Reporting Standards-based grading is built on a series of principles that focus on the student perspective. This session will detail a practitioner’s process for implementing them. Participants will walk through the steps that Ken used to methodically work these principles into his daily practice. Specific examples of how this process results in accurate and effective assessment and reporting, will be examined. We will discuss the challenges encountered and how they were overcome. Finally, an overview of the successes realized from this process will be shared.

Presenters:

Ken Mattingly is a science teacher at Rockcastle County Middle School in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. He has worked on implementing classroom assessment for student learning practices in his classroom for the past 9 years, and led the implementation of standards-based grading among many teachers in his school. During the past 6 years he has worked with multiple school districts across Kentucky, as well as nationally and internationally, to help develop a vision of balanced assessment, promote transparency in grading practices, and shift the teacher and student focus to the learning instead of the grade.

Breakout Session 5 (Taylor)

The Journey to Growth is in the Hands of Your Students Guiding students to convert KCAS grade level rubric & criteria to student friendly language for self-and peer-assess work of their own writing. Focus will be on using the imaginative narrative writing rubric with student's written Pourquoi tales. Emphasis will be on student ownership, growth and connections to TPGES and SMART goals.

Presenters:

Sarah M. Reed is a JCPS district instructional coach, Redesign Resource Teacher, eSchool Resource Teacher, and a school Curriculum Coordinator. Currently, she teaches third-grade students at Field Elementary and is Kentucky's 2014 Teacher of the Year. She presented before the county board of education, and an article Reed featured in was in Kentucky Literacy Link. She is recipient of three Gheens Awards and a member of many organizations, including Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Kentucky Reading Council, National Board Certification Program.

A National Board Certified Teacher with degrees from Bellarmine University and Indiana University Southeast, Beth Fuller is currently in her second year as Goal Clarity Coach at Carter Traditional Elementary. Beth is also an adjunct graduate professor at the University of Louisville and Co-Director of the Louisville Writing Project. Beth was named the 2012 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year. She has published articles in the Kentucky Reading Journal and The Journal for Literacy Leaders.

Breakout Session 6 (Madison)

Finding Time, Space and Inspiration for Teacher Leadership: Relfections from the Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions (CTEPS) Team Engage with the Kentucky Network to Transform Teaching CTEPS team as they share how they’ve built teacher-driven projects in their schools and districts. Discuss their plans to improve student achievement and some common obstacles to teacher leadership they’ve faced. Share ideas about how teachers are working to get over, around, and through these obstacles.

Presenters:

Lauren Hill is teacherpreneur for KyNT3 and curriculum designer and coach for the CTEPS project. An English teacher for 24 years, she’s excited to support teacher leadership as an advocate, strategist and blogger.

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Breakout Session 7 (Elliot)

Effective Ed Tech Think you've got this EdTech thing figured out or is it still a work in progress? Rather than being just an “add on” to your curriculum, technology has the power to connect and change your classroom for the better. Are you using it in the most effective way? Fifth Grade Google Certified Teacher and Technology Integrator Donnie Piercey and Seventh Grade Language Arts Teacher and 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Kristal Doolin will be sharing some ways that they use edtech to foster a sense of collaboration and community within their classrooms.

Presenters:

Kristal Doolin is a National Board Certified seventh grade language arts teacher at Corbin Middle School in Corbin, Kentucky. She is the 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, a member of the Kentucky Teacher Advisory Council, NEA/Betterlesson Master Teacher and was recently selected as a 2015 Lowell Milken Fellow. In her 18 years in the classroom she has held multiple roles within language arts, served as a team leader and Gifted and Talented Coordinator.

Donnie Piercey works in a hybrid role as a fifth grade teacher and district technology integration specialist for Eminence Independent Schools in Kentucky. Donnie is a Google Certified Teacher, an authorized Google Education Trainer, Google GeoEDU Teacher Advisory Board (GTAB) member, and the #KyEdChat founder. You can always check and see what his students are up to by visiting his classroom website, www.mrpiercey.com, or get some tips from his tech blog, eminenceedtech.blogspot.com.

Breakout Session 8 (Trimble)

Thriving in a Difficult Work Environment A toolbox for facilitating reading to low income children and getting teachers to buy in to the belief that all children can succeed at a high level while creating a culture of unity.

Presenters:

Robin Burr is the head teacher for Lynn Camp Middle School in Knox County and her main focus this year has been improving the culture of the staff and students. The school she is currently a leader in is one of the lowest performing school in our state. She is a certified National Trainer for National Math and Science Initiative and also is a trainer for the Bluegrass Center for Teacher Quality. She has been a two time runner up for Disney's Teacher award and the Winner of Starbuck's Teacher of the Year.

 

 

 

 

 

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Breakout  Descriptions:  Session  2    

Breakout Session 1 (Perry)

Student Achievement Partners: Advocates for Change

The presenters will share their journey on becoming a core advocate with Student Achievement Partners. Two key priorities of Student Achievement Partners are to provide excellent math and ELA/literacy resources to teachers and to support teachers within their instructional practices. Participants will learn about the tools and resources that are available to successfully implement the CCSS.

Presenters:  Michelle Ruckdeschel is a math teacher and staff developer at Beacon Central HS in Owensboro, KY. She is an America Achieves Teaching Fellow and a Common Core Advocate for Student Achievement Partners. She is one of the co-authors of the SAP iTunesU course CCSS for Teachers: Math Shifts. She was the 2014 Daviess County Public Schools High School Teacher of the Year, a 2014 Campbellsville University Excellence in Teaching Award recipient and one of the 2015 Ashland Teacher Achievement Awards winners.

Jana Bryant is the Math Staff Developer for Daviess County Public Schools in Owensboro, KY. She is a Ky Hope Street Fellow, NBCT Ky Ambassador, and Common Core Advocate with SAP. During the past twenty years she has taught mathematics to students in grades 5 through 12 and post secondary in the states of KY, MA, NC, and FL.

Breakout Session 2 (Taylor)

Engaging Adult Learners

In this session, participants will experience a variety of exercises designed to give them a better understanding of how adults learn and how to create and engaging professional presentation. This hands-on presentation will break down the elements of adult learning theory and provide future trainers with the tools necessary to begin engaging their peers in professional activities, from faculty wide PD’s to small groups and PLCs.

Presenters:  Matthew B. Courtney is the Founder and Executive Director of the Bluegrass Center for Teacher Quality. Matthew created BCTQ with the mission of providing high quality, research based professional learning opportunities to teachers; free of charge. He works with teachers to ensure that they have the professional knowledge and skills they need to be successful in a wide variety of situations. He is also engaged in researching professional learning techniques and travels to speak about the importance of teacher leadership in professional development.

Breakout Session 3 (Madison)

Considering National Board Certification? Consider saying “Yes!”

Hear from Kentucky Network to Transform Teaching’s program coordinator Suzanne Farmer about the changes to the certification process and the many reasons why now is a fantastic time to get started.

Presenters:  Suzanne Farmer is the state coordinator for KyNT3. As a National Board Certified Teacher, Suzanne is proud and excited to commit her energy to improving teaching through National Board Certification.

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Breakout Session 4 (Trimble)

What’s Next: Harnessing the Power of ECET2 at Home

Past ECET2 attendees share how they have continued the momentum of ECET2 by working together to host regional convenings, meet through social media and in person, and establish Colleague Circles in their own schools. Funding proposals for regional convenings for 2015 will be discussed. Become more involved in the planning process of ECET2 convenings and increase your involvement in the movement!

Presenters:  Stephanie Carrico, Missy Callaway, Heidi Givens, Melody Hamilton, Kip Hottman, Paradise Forbes

Breakout Session 5 (Elliot)

Effective EdTech

Think you've got this EdTech thing figured out or is it still a work in progress? Rather than being just an “add on” to your curriculum, technology has the power to connect and change your classroom for the better. Are you using it in the most effective way? Fifth Grade Google Certified Teacher and Technology Integrator Donnie Piercey and Seventh Grade Language Arts Teacher and 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Kristal Doolin will be sharing some ways that they use edtech to foster a sense of collaboration and community within their classrooms.

Presenters:  Kristal Doolin is a National Board Certified seventh grade language arts teacher at Corbin Middle School in Corbin, Kentucky. She is the 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, a member of the Kentucky Teacher Advisory Council, NEA/Betterlesson Master Teacher and was recently selected as a 2015 Lowell Milken Fellow. In her 18 years in the classroom she has held multiple roles within language arts, served as a team leader and Gifted and Talented Coordinator.

Donnie Piercey works in a hybrid role as a fifth grade teacher and district technology integration specialist for Eminence Independent Schools in Kentucky. Donnie is a Google Certified Teacher, an authorized Google Education Trainer, Google GeoEDU Teacher Advisory Board (GTAB) member, and the #KyEdChat founder. You can always check and see what his students are up to by visiting his classroom website, www.mrpiercey.com, or get some tips from his tech blog, eminenceedtech.blogspot.com.

Breakout Session 6 (Coronet)

Growth Mindset

In this session, participants will explore the impact of Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset research on classroom and school learning culture. Participants will reflect on their own practice, discuss the importance of having a growth mindset in their classroom and take away resources and strategies for creating a growth culture for all.

Presenters:  Samantha Sams is the 4th and 5th grade GATE cluster teacher of interdisciplinary math and science at Simmons Elementary in Woodford County. She is currently working on her masters in Teacher Leadership at Georgetown College. Samantha’s ECET2 experiences this past fall pushed her to incorporate more innovative practices in her approach to teaching and learning. This state convening is her 3rd ECET2 experience. Her ECET2 community has breathed new life into her career as a classroom practitioner and is now her primary source for identifying problems, proposing solutions, sharing strategies and gathering instructional resources.

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Breakout Session 7 (Shelby)

Cage Busting Teacher

The language, including the words and metaphors, we utilize to discuss teaching and learning convey are deepest values. Whether we acknowledge it or not, these values manifest themselves in each of our classrooms. Join this session to take part in a conversation about how we should change how we talk about our work and how that impacts the perception of teaching and learning outside the profession.

Presenters:

Chris Crouch has been teaching for over 15 years and was recognized as the KCTE High School Teacher of the Year for 2008-09. Currently, Chris is an Instructional Specialist working with the Kentucky Department of Education building capacity in teachers to become better classroom practitioners and leaders. Much of this work is done by creating job-embedded professional learning opportunities. To elevate the teaching profession, Chris has started a widely-read blog, www.workonthework.org and is a blogger for the Huffington Post.

Breakout Session 8 (Russell)

What Teacher Leaders Do: Emerging Hybrid Roles in Kentucky

How does your role as a teacher leader improve teaching and learning at your school? Participants will brainstorm and workshop ideas for leadership in your own school with critical colleagues that focus on improving student experiences. Also, teachers currently serving as teacher leaders will share their experiences, success, and struggles. This session is an opportunity to reflect with our community on the actions teacher leaders take to improve student learning in every classroom every day.

Presenters:

Kelly Stidham has been learning beside students and other educators since she began her career as a high school mathematics teacher. Since then, she has expanded her learning community through regional, state and national communities, sharing her learning as a coach and at her blog at workonthework.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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General  Session  Descriptions:      General Session 1

Scientific Education in the 21st Century

Presenters:

Jack Andraka is a Maryland high school sophomore who at age 15 invented an inexpensive and sensitive dipstick-like sensor for the rapid and early detection of pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancers. After a close family friend died of pancreatic cancer, Jack (then a ninth grader) became interested in finding a better early-detection diagnostic test. He learned that the lack of a rapid, low-cost early screening method contributed to the poor survival rate among individuals with pancreatic cancer. After thinking further about the problem, he came up with a plan and a budget to put his ideas in motion.

General Session 2

Character Strengths

Each one of us possess all 24 of the VIA character strengths in varying degrees making up our own unique profiles. The VIA Classification of Character Strengths is comprised of 24 character strengths that fall under six broad virtue categories: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance and transcendence . They are morally and universally valued, encompass our capacities for helping ourselves and others and produce positive effects when we express them.

Presenters:

Dr. Jillian Darwish joined Mayerson Academy in January of 2014 to serve as president and lead the organization into its next chapter. Prior to coming to the Academy, Jillian held leadership roles in a broad spectrum of organizations including philanthropy, public television, professional service agencies, higher education and the K-12 system. With a passionate commitment to building collaborative partnerships and organizations,

Jillian has developed and led numerous teams to create highly regarded and internationally distributed future trends publications, a thriving peer-to-peer online learning community for teachers, widely distributed multimedia educational products and services, and breakthrough results in organizational culture improvement. Jillian has delivered more than 100 international, national and regional keynotes, workshops and panel discussions on strategy, innovation and the future of learning. She has also enjoyed teaching a wide range of students from primary through graduate school.

General Session 3

Engage and Advocate…on behalf of Antonio, Latricia, and Olivia

The role of teacher leaders in the development and consideration of policies is more important today than ever. The words and conversations that teacher leaders have (or could instigate) with policy makers can provide a platform like none other in creating sound policy based on students and the needs of our profession. Lessons I’ve learned over the past decade will shape our conversation and provide examples for how we may move forward together – elevating teaching, teachers, and our students.

Presenters:

Dr. Felicia Cumings Smith began her career as an elementary teacher leader in the JCPS. Currently, she serves as one of the lead education consultants and liaisons between the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) and the state of Kentucky. She is working on a special project which focuses her energies on the future of learning and innovation impacting system level policy transformations to improve student learning outcomes. Prior to this role, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for School Leadership (NISL) a program of NCEE focused on improving district/school leadership development.

From 2009 to March of 2014, she served as the Associate Commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Next Generation Learners.

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