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Wednesday April 16th,
2008
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| 4:00-7:30 PM |
Registration and Packet Pickup |
| 4:30-7:30 PM |
State Leadership Meeting |
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Thursday, April 17th,
2008
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7:00 AM -5:00 PM
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Registration
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7:30-8:30 AM
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Continental Breakfast
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7:00 AM-9:00 PM
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Exhibits
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8:00-8:30 AM
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Introduction and Welcome: Honorable Mayor Eddie Perez
Dr. Mark K. McQuillan, State Department of Education Commissioner
& Dr. Steven Adamowski, Superintendent of Hartford Schools
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| 8:45-9:45 AM |
Keynote Speakers: Kent
Gerlach, Pacific Training
Associates and Teri Wallace,
University of Minnesota
Supervision and Evaluation |
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9:45-10:00 AM
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Break
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10:00-11:30 AM
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Session 1
Peggy Akerman
Degree of Work
Satisfaction of Special Education Paraprofessionals |
Session 2
Pamela Brucker &
Dana Colon
Paraprofessionals as
Certified Teachers: Training Paraprofessionals to Teach in Urban
Districts |
Session 3
Carol Bottom & Julia
Neuberger
Paraprofessionals as
Members of the Behavior Team |
Session 4
Cindy Myers
Understanding Your
Student With Autism Spectrum Disorders |
Session 5
Peggy Hayden & Susan
Toohey Kaye
Building State and Local
Supports for the Effective Use of Paraeducators |
Session 6
Sherrie Newmark
Singing in a
Collaborative Education Choir: Making Every Voice Count |
Session 7
Barbara Costagliola
& Nancy White
Two Heads
are Better Than
One: Paraprofessional and Teacher Teaming
Session |
Session 8
Dorothy Handfield
Going Beyond NCLB’s
Highly Qualified Requirements: Building Professional Learning
Communities that Includes Paraprofessionals |
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11:30 AM-1:00 PM
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Lunch (On Your Own)
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| 1:00-2:30
PM |
Session 9
Cindy Myers
Homework Support for Kids
with Organizational Deficits |
Session 10
Deborah Cotton &
Nancy Konitzer
Getting the Most Bang for
Your Buck: Using Paraprofessionals as a Valued Tool |
Session 11
Julie Giaccone
Speech Language Pathology
Assist Option for Paraprofessionals: Training, Competencies, and Job
Market |
Session 12
Antonette Hood
Strengthening Inclusive
School Communities: Paths to Effective Co-Teaching with Paraeducators |
Session 13
Barbara Locker
The On-Line World of
Paraeducator Professional Development |
Session 14
Ann Birch & Jill
Morgan
Building Foundations for
Paraprofessionalism: Professional Development for Teacher Assistants in
Wales |
Session 15
(Repeat Friday)
Taya Johnson, Jan Pace,
Kathy Prewett, Marie Wise and Kathy Chartier
CSI: Utah (Critical
Support Interventions) |
Session 16
Anna Lou Pickett
Establishing Policies and
Creating Systems That Strengthen Teacher and Paraeducator Teams |
| 2:30-3:00 PM |
Break |
| 3:00-4:30
PM |
Session 17
Kent Gerlach
Clarifying the Roles of
Paraeducators and Their Supervisors: It’s All About Ethics and
Professional Guidelines |
Session 18
Ellie Giles, Betty
Montgomery & Sally Murek
Multicultural
Paraprofessional Retention: A Culture of Respect |
Session 19
Donna Morelli, Tricia Silva
& Gio Koch
Recruit, Train, and
Retain: Strategies for Success |
Session 20
Gayle Love
Filling in the Cracks:
Evaluating a Training Program for Paraeducators and Para-Supervisors |
Session 21
Perri Murdica
Guidelines for Training
and Support of Paraprofessionals Working with Students – Birth to 21 |
Session 22
Christopher Phillips
Online Paraprofessional
Resources: How to Find the Diamond in the Rough |
Session 23
Jessica Veneziano-Lemos
& Gina Fleming
Increasing the Capacity
of Paraprofessionals in Inclusive Education |
Session 24
Barbara Jo Stahl, Penny
Bidne & Kristen Olson
Higher Education’s Role
in Training Teachers to Direct the work for Paraprofessionals |
| 4:30-6:00 PM |
Reception- Hartford Hilton |
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Friday April 18th,
2008
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| 7:00 AM-4:30 PM |
Registration |
| 7:00-8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 AM-5:00 PM |
Exhibits |
| 8:30-8:45 AM |
Introductions and Welcome:
David Carter, Chancellor of the CT State University System
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| 8:45-9:45 AM |
Keynote: Panel
Moderator: Roch Girard, President, CT Federation of School Administrators
Career Choices: Paraprofessionals and
Teachers |
| 9:45-10:30 AM |
Break |
| 10:30
AM-12:00 PM |
Session 25
Peggy Hayden & Susan
Toohey Kaye
Transition to Teaching
for Paraeducators |
Session 26
Taya Johnson, Jan Pace,
Kathy Prewett, Marie Wise and Kathy Chartier
CSI: Utah (Critical
Support Interventions) |
Session 27
Arlene Barresi &
Kathy Muth
Paraeducators and Teacher
Trainers/Mentors: A New Approach to Staff Development |
Session 28
Roseanne Agderian &
Linda Bush
Supporting Progress
Reporting for Special Needs Students |
Session 29
Ellen Crayne & Marie
Wiesen
Math Strategies with the
Math Nerds |
Session 30
(Repeat Saturday)
Carol Longs &
Suzanne Koprowski
Paraeducator Portfolios:
Getting Your Ducks in a Row |
Session 31
Jill Morgan & Ann
Birch
Paraprofessionals Across
the Pond: Teaching Assistants in Great Britain and Their Experiences of
Supervision |
Session 32
James Olson
Worn Out? 10 Rules to
Fuel Your Life and Work with Positive Energy |
Session 33
Patricia Weinwurm
Understanding
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylcoccus Aureus (MSA –Staph) Bacteria: Our
Schools, Our Communities |
Session 34
Jan Stivers
Preparing Beginning
Teachers to Supervise Paraeducators |
| 12:00-1:30 PM |
Lunch (On Your Own)
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| 1:30-3:00
PM |
Session 35
Christopher Phillips
The NRCP Website: What is
Available, Where We Are Going and How It Can Help You |
Session 36
Carolyn Jones Smith
Got Hard to Reach
Parents? Use Technology |
Session 37
Ann Nevin, Ida
Malian & Andrea Liston
Paraeducators Profile in
Inclusive Classrooms: A National Study |
Session 38
Mary Fisher &
Margaret Hearn
Writing Brought Us
Together: Paraeducators as Team Members Supporting the Writing Process |
Session 39
Ashleigh Molloy
Paraprofessionals Fueling
Change |
Session 40
Debbie Minnick
Living Wage: You’re Worth
It! |
Session 41
Deborah Peters Goessling
& Laura Hauerwas
Paraeducators and Their
Important Role in Response to Intervention |
Session 42
Christy Ullery & Geraldine DiPalma
Working Together: Tools
You Can’t Live Without |
Session 43
Melanie Crider &
Donna Broyles
ParaPQ: Paraeducators
Pursuing Quality |
Session 44
M. Victoria Rodriguez
From Paraeducators to
Teachers: Perception of the First Year of Teaching |
| 3:00-3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:15
PM-5:00 PM |
Session 45
Suzan Van Beaver &
Mary McKee
Self of Steam |
Session 46
Patrica Mueller &
Corrie Palmer
LRE: More Alphabet Soup
or Is It? Strategies to Encourage Student Independence |
Session 47
Terre Hirst & Katia
Milius
Para University: The Road
to Reading and Writing (Repeat Saturday) |
Session 48
Ritu Chopra
Paraeducators as Future
Teachers: Benefits and Challenges |
Session 49
Leonard Edmonds
Communicating With
Parents: Understanding the Process and Improving Your Skills |
Session 50
Cathy Gangstad
Math Madness |
Session 51
Jim Arden & Cara
McCarthy
Preparing Teachers to
Work Effectively with Paraeducators |
Session 52
Thalia Moshoyannis
The Holland Self-Directed
Search: An Interest Inventory |
Session 53
James Olson
Who’s in
Charge? You or the Kids! |
Session 54
Christine Gilbert &
Debbie Streeter
The Crayon Carrying
Martha Stewarts of the Schools |
| Evening |
Special Event |
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Saturday, April 19th,
2008 |
| 7:00-8:00 AM |
Registration
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 AM |
Introductions and Welcome: Iris White & Perri Murdaci, CT State Department of Education
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| 8:45-10:00 AM |
Keynote
Speaker: Jason Dorsey
Inspiring Hard to Reach
Students: Making Personal Responsibility Contagious |
| 10:00-10:15 AM
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Break |
| 10:15-11:45
AM |
Session 56
Zachery Rossetti &
Deborah Peters Goessling
Making it Happen:
Friendship Facilitation Strategies |
Session 57
Christine Gilbert &
Debbie Streeter
The Crayon Carrying
Martha Stewarts of the Schools |
Session 58
Giovanni Chiarelli &
Jan Boehning
Communication and Team
Building: Interactive Problem Solving |
Session 59
Corrie Palmer &
Patrica Mueller
Paraeducators:
Who ARE You? |
Session 60
Margaret Stewart &
Susan Comey
Do You Want Your Students
to Be More Actively Involved in Their Learning? |
Session 61
Maria Short
Training School-Based
Speech-language Pathology Assistants: A Vermont Experience |
Session 62
Kathie Chavez
Work Shouldn’t Hurt: The
Strain and Sprain of Special Education Work |
Session 63
Ellen Crayne & Marie
Wiesen
Math Strategies with the
Math Nerds |
Session 64
Diane Flores-Rhodes
Being an Effective Parent
Liaison for Your School |
Session 65
Cathy Gangstad
It’s All About
Connections: Five Lessons Every Educator Needs to Know From Brain
Research |
| 12:00-1:30
PM |
Session 66
Iris White
Managing Antisocial
Behavior |
Session 67
Yvonne Gardner, Donna
Swanson & Students from the FOCUS Alternative Learning Center
The Spectrum Unplugged
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Session 68
Kit Giddings
Marking our Teaching
Count: The Basics of Instruction |