EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
SPECIAL EDUCATION
ADMINISTRATOR'S CONFERENCE
October 28 - 30, 2009

Schedule for 2009
 
Wednesday, October 28, 2009


11:00AM - 5:00PM   Great Lobby Registration
 
12:00-3:00PM   Vendor Set up in the White Room
 
12:30 - 1:00PM  

Conference Welcome in the Red Room
Intro: Arlene Otis Tomasini & Vollbrecht

 
 
1:00 - 1:45PM   The PSSA-Modified Grant: Debates, Discoveries, & New Directions -
Dr. Amanda Kloo
 
1:45 - 3:30PM   Opening Keynote
Steve Kukic
Conquering the Conondrum

 
3:30 - 6:00PM   Vendor Hall Opens
 
5:00PM   Cocktails
 
6:00 - 8:30PM   Conference Dinner
Trinidad Room
Philadelphia Student Groups - Entertainment

Thursday, October 29, 2008


7:30 - 9:30AM   Registration
 
8:00 - 9:30AM   Breakfasts & Buffet - Red Room

Vendor Hall Opens
 
Session 1

 
9:45 - 12:00PM    
James McPartland:
Social Perception in Autism: Implications for Learning Environments

Marcy Stein :
Mulling, Musing and Mastering Math: Making Sense of the National Math Panel Report

Michael Rettig:
Scheduling and Organizing the Intervention/Enrichment Period for Tiered Instruction in Response to Intervention in Elementary Schools

Nathan Levy:
Powerful Strategies to Help Your Students with Special Needs be More Successful Learners

Judy Willis :
The Increase Student Engagement, Motivation, and Focus using RAD Neuro-logical Strategies.

Patricia Roy:
The Implementation Imperative: Supporting and Sustaining New Practices

Carol Tolman :
It's Never Too Late! Literacy Planning for At-Risk High School Students

12:15 - 1:00PM  

Box Lunch -Red Room

Vendor Drawings

Vendor Hall Open - White Room

 
 
Session 2

 
1:15 - 3:15PM    

Carol Tolman :
The Theory Behind Instructional Practices: The WHY and HOW of Reading Instruction for Elementary Schools

Steve Parese :
Getting Through to Traumatized Youth: Insights and Strategies for Educators

Michael Rettig:
Scheduling and Organizing the Intervention/Enrichment Period for Tiered Instruction in Response to Intervention in Secondary Schools

Rebecca Hines:
Universal Design for Learning in the Inclusive Classroom

Judy Willis :
Brain Research-based Strategies to Ignite Learning & Help Students Build Long-term Memories and Higher Executive Thinking

Patricia Roy:
Translating Research into Practice: Innovation Configuration Maps

Glenna Hazeltine & Kristine Marakovits-Roddick :
Gifted Education: New Regulations and Best Practices

 
3:30 - 4:40PM   Gallery Walk
 
5:30PM
  Austill's Cocktail hour
 
6:30 - 10:00PM
  Dinner in the Nigerian Room
 

Friday, October 30, 2009


7:30 - 9:00AM   IU Breakfast/Buffett - Red Room
 
8:00 - 9:30AM   Check Out
 
9:00 - 10:15AM  

Glenna Hazeltine
Better to Educate than Litigate

10:30AM   Gift Basket Raffle
10:45AM - 12:15PM   Final Keynote Speaker - Red Room

Neila Connors :
Administrators: If you don't feed the teachers they eat the students

 
12:15PM   Evaluation Forms
Adjourn