Agenda

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Registration/Pick up conference materials
Salon I Registration Desk

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Registration/Pick up conference materials
Salon I Registration Desk

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Interactive Small Breakout Session for First-Time Conference Attendees
Maryland ABC

This session will provide an overview of the Project Directors’ Conference for first-time attendees.

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast
State Corridor

8:30 am - 9:25 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Salon I & II

OSEP Updates

Opening Remarks

• Bill Wolf, Acting Director, Research to Practice, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP); Bill Knudsen, Acting Director, OSEP; Renee Bradley, OSEP

9:25 am - 10:45 am

Plenary
Salon I & II

The Six Secrets of Change

• Keynote Presenter: Michael Fullan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

This session will focus on the six secrets of change derived from the successful work we have been doing to achieve large-scale reform in whole systems. The secrets link schools and districts and also connect to the policy context. Further, the secrets are tested against the best of the business literature. Action implications will be derived for school, district, and policy leaders.

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Large Group Panel Sessions

Intensive Instruction and Interventions for Academics and Behavior: Next Steps in Providing a Continuum of Supports for All Children
Maryland ABC

• Presenters: Lucille Eber, Kansas-Illinois Model Demonstration Project; Robin Wortman, Oregon Parent Training Information Center; Alba Ortiz, University of Texas at Austin
• Moderator: Kimberly Ingram, Oregon Department of Education
• Appropriate Audience: Session attendees should have an intermediate or advanced level of knowledge about multi-tiered systems of support, here described as RTI, for academics and behavior.
• Level of Session: Intermediate or Advanced

Postsecondary Experiences of Young Adults
Wilson ABC

• Presenters: Panel of Youth and Adult Allies
• Moderators: Christine Cashman, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Partnership Project; Sharman Barrett, PACER Center
• Appropriate Audience: Attendees should be those who are interested in learning about key factors that contribute to positive outcomes of youth. Youth will share their views about school, employment, and postsecondary education experiences.
• Level of Session: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced

State Improvement Grants/State Personnel Development Grants (SIG/SPDG): A Look at Parent Center Involvement
Virginia ABC

• Presenters: Diana Autin, Statewide Parent Advocacy Network; Mary LaCorte, Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center, Inc.; Larry Wexler, OSEP
• Moderator: Nora Thompson, Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center
• Appropriate Audience: Parent Training and Information Centers (PTI), Technical Assistance and Dissemination Grantees (TA&D), State Personnel Development Grantees (SPDG)
• Level of Session: Beginner, Intermediate

Evidence-Based Practices (EBP): The Saga Continues
Salon I & II

• Presenters: Rob Horner, University of Oregon; Mary Wagner, SRI International, Russell Gersten, Instructional Research Group; Andrew Krugly, Dewey Elementary School, Evanston, Illinois
• Moderator: Renee Bradley, OSEP
• Appropriate Audience: All program areas and projects
• Level of Session: Intermediate

Bookshare for Education: Digital Texts Revolutionize Learning for Students With Print Disabilities, Kindergarten through Graduate School and Beyond
Delaware AB

• Presenters: Jim Fruchterman, Bookshare for Education; Karen Erickson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Shayla Parker, Georgetown Law School
• Moderator:  Mark Snyderman, Office of the Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education
• Appropriate Audience: Personnel Development, State and local administrators, TA&D, and Technology and Media
• Level of Session: Beginner

Personnel Preparation and Ongoing Training in Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education:  Implications for Policy and Practices
Lincoln 5 & 6

• Presenters:  Vicki Stayton, Western Kentucky University; Sylvia Dietrich, Western Kentucky University
• Moderator:  Mary Beth Bruder, University of Connecticut
• Appropriate Audience: TA&D, Personnel Development
• Level of Session:  Advanced

12:30 pm - 12:45 pm

Break to Pick Up Boxed Lunches

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Lunch With Project Officers

1:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Program Area Meetings

Personnel Development
Salon I & II

State Improvement Grants/State Personnel Development Grants (SIG/SPDG)
Maryland AB

Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) and Deaf-Blind Projects
Virginia ABC

Parent Programs
Delaware AB

Technology and Media
Wilson ABC

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Reception and Poster Session
Lincoln Hall

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