7:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast  

8:00 a.m.

The Standards and Assessment Journey: Remember the Principles of Fairness, Excellence, and Equity as You Embark on Your Voyage — Larry Ainsworth

As educators continue to use standards and assessment continues to impact teaching, learning, leadership and curriculum, there are foundational practices that must drive our work in schools. This interactive keynote will provide educators the opportunity to revisit “what matters most” in standards and assessment implementation. You will also hear success stories and learn effective practices to powerful implementation. Leave with a plan that highlights one or two next steps you must take to make standards and assessment work for everyone!

9:30 a.m.

Break and Bookstore

9:45 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

• Essential Leadership Actions for Common Core State Standards — Angela Peery

  This informative session provides leaders with the essential steps necessary to support staff in implementing the Common Core State Standards as they prepare students for the 2014 national assessment.

• Using the Common Core to Design a Rigorous Curriculum Design — Larry Ainsworth

  Based on his new book, Rigorous Curriculum Design, by Larry Ainsworth, this session will provide an overview of how to design a cohesive and comprehensive curriculum that intentionally connects the CCSS standards (both priority and supporting), unit assessments, engaging learning experiences, and related instruction. After building a strong, five-step standards-based foundation, curriculum design teams are ready to create rigorous units of study following a practical, straightforward process. Participants will view the model’s Unit Planning Organizer for creating units of study based on the “unwrapped” math and English language arts CCSS in every grade, K-12, and receive helpful resources to begin curriculum redesign efforts in their own school systems.

• Deepen Your Assessment Literacy Knowledge — Connie Kamm
  
  Revisit your understandings of balanced assessment in our schools. This session will provide information on “assessment of learning” and “assessment for learning” as well as provide strategies for practical applications at all levels.

11:30 a.m.

Lunch

12:30 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

• Use Formative Assessment Results to Drive Action in Professional Learning Communities and Data Teams — Steve Ventura

  This interactive session will provide a practical approach to collaboratively adjust instruction based on real-time data from common formative assessments.

• Using Standards and Assessment to Guide Literacy Efforts in the 21st Century — Connie Kamm
  
  Learn how to create a classroom community that embraces both 21st Century Learning and the Common Core State Standards.

• Leading Change By Monitoring Standards and Assessment at the District Level — Angela Peery

  How do districts monitor the implementation of standards and assessment? How is this process engrained in district-wide school improvement? Join this session and learn best practices for monitoring the implementation of standards and assessment.

2:15 p.m.

Afternoon Break and Bookstore

Embracing Formative Assessment to Change Lives Now

7:00 a.m.

Breakfast  

8:00 a.m.

Assessment as Feedback: The Key to Improved Student Learning— Steve Ventura

Feedback is among the most powerful influences on student learning, but it is also among the most variable. This session considers the meanings of feedback from student and teacher viewpoints, outlines a model developed in classrooms to account for the variable influence, and then shows the power of assessment as feedback for teachers to enhance student learning.

9:30 a.m.

Break and Bookstore

9:45 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

• Authentic Performance Tasks in the Classroom — Steve Ventura

  Join this session to learn how teachers effectively integrate performance assessments into daily classroom practice.

• 2014 : What Should I Expect? — Angela Peery

  Attend this session and get a glimpse of what lies ahead for district leaders and their assessment structure. Engage in deep dialogue about how the national assessments will impact curriculum, assessment, and instruction at the district level.

• Creating a School Culture that Embraces Formative Assessment — Connie Kamm 
  
  From a leader’s perspective, learn how to build a school culture that uses formative assessment to accelerate the learning of all students.

11:15 a.m.

Lunch
Location:Tap Room & Lobby Court

12:15 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

• Involving Students in the Formative Assessment Process — Connie Kamm
  
  Learn how to explicitly involve students in the formative assessment process in the classroom. This session will provide research, theory, and practical strategies for your application of formative assessment.

• Common Core Standards for Teachers — Angela Peery

  This informative session will provide educators with an overview of the Common Core Standards from a teacher’s perspective.

• Effective Grading Practices for Leaders — Steve Ventura

  This session is geared towards school leaders and will focus on the compelling topic of grading. The presenter will teach practical steps to changing your grading practice to work more effectively for students.

1:45 p.m.

Break and Bookstore

The Hope and Promise of Our Future: Making the Common Core State Standards Work for All Learners — Angela Peery

Conclusion of Standards and Assessment Summit