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Niagara Falls August 18-20, 2009 |
| About Failure Is Not an Option® Institutes: |
| HOPE’s three-day Institutes use the Six Principles of Failure Is Not an Option® as a framework for building coherent action steps based on research from renowned presenters and experienced practitioners. The events are designed for teams to leverage their time together to prioritize needs and choose high-impact actions for “next day” application upon their return home. |
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| This Institute will include information on: |
Community and family involvement Eliminating achievement gaps Performance-based assessment
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| Participants will return from the event with: |
Best practical research to sustain your learning community and your students’ achievement Next-day strategies for eliminating the achievement gap Motivation and inspiration to face even the toughest situations Frameworks for action
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Get Credit:
HOPE Institutes qualify for continuing professional development credit in most states.
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| Niagara Falls Agenda: |
Day 1: Tuesday, August 18th | | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Institute registration and welcome reception | | 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm | OPENING & GENERAL SESSION
- Carmen Meyers: Welcome and Event Overview
- Michael Fullan: Motion Leadership
| | 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | book signing | | | | Day 2: Wednesday, August 19th | | 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Morning Beverages | | 8:00 am – 10:00 am | GENERAL SESSION
- Ken O’Connor: How to Grade for Learning
| | 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Break & Book Signing | | 10:15 am – 11:30 am | GENERAL SESSION CONTINUED
- Ken O’Connor: How to Grade for Learning
| | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Networking Lunch & Book Signing | | 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Lani Snug: Failure Is Not an Option®: Six Principles Working as a System to Support Student Achievement
- John McKenna: Effective Strategies to Improve Student Achievement
- William Sommers: Give ‘em “L”: Learning and Leadership for the Long-term
- Margarita Calderon: Research to Practice: Integrating Vocabulary into Content for ELL Students
- Patti Drapeau: Cognitive Graphic Organizers as Tools for Differentiation
- Susan Hall: What Does RTI Look Like in the Classroom?
| | 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Break | | 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm | - BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Lani Snug: Failure Is Not an Option®: Six Principles Working as a System to Support Student Achievement
- John McKenna: Effective Strategies to Improve Student Achievement
- William Sommers: Give ‘em “L”: Learning and Leadership for the Long-term
- Margarita Calderon: Research to Practice: Integrating Vocabulary into Content for ELL Students
- Patti Drapeau: Cognitive Graphic Organizers as Tools for Differentiation
- Susan Hall: What Does RTI Look Like in the Classroom?
| | 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm | Move to General Session | | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Team Time & Book Signing | | | | Day 3: Thursday, August 20th | | 7:30 am – 8:30 am | MORNING BEVERAGES | | 8:30 am – 9:45 am | GENERAL SESSION
- Jay McTighe: Effective Assessment for Effective Learning
| | 9:45 am – 10:00 am | BREAK & BOOK SIGNING | | 10:00 am – 11:30 am | GENERAL SESSION CONTINUED
- Jay McTighe: Effective Assessment for Effective Learning
| | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch | | 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm | GENERAL SESSION, TEAM TIME, NEXT STEPS & CLOSING REMARKS
- Carol Tomlinson: Defensible Differentiation: What, Why and How
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Price: $615 Reminder: A passport is required to cross the Canadian border. |
