April 19-22 National Forum on Dropout Prevention Strategies for Native Communities- Phoenix, Arizona
| April 19, 2009 1:00 pm | to | April 22, 2009 12:00 pm |
I will be presenting a pre-forum workshop on Sunday, April 19, 2009 @ 1-4 PM dealing with the 15 Effective Strategies entitled, “Helping Students Graduate: Tool and Strategies to Help Students Stay in School.” The pre-forum workshop will specifically address the Native American Dropout Rate. Native Americans have the highest dropout rate in the Nation.
In addition, I will be presenting a session on Monday, April 20th dealing with successful schools for school administrators and potential administrators entitled, “From At-risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do”. I will add material from my newly published book, “Creating School Cultures That Embrace Learning: What Successful Leaders Do.”
The Forum will be held at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix.
For more details, go to www.dropoutprevention.org and look at conferences on the right side of the homepage.
National Youth At-Promise Conference, San Diego
| February 22, 2009 | ||
| 9:15 am | to | 11:30 am |
| 12:45 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
John Bell, Coordinator of Leadership Development at the Alabama Department of Education and my co-author will be presenting two sessions with me. The topic will be “From At-Risk to Academic Excellence: What Successful Leaders Do.” In addition, we will be presenting material from our new book, Creating School Cultures that Embrace Learning: What Successful Leaders Do.
John is in his 31st year as an educator having been a high school teacher, a middle school principal, a high school principal, a headmaster, and a university adjunct instructor. He spent 18 years in the Montgomery Alabama Public School System. John was selected teacher of the year and was named Administrator of the Year by the Alabama Art Educators Association.
John is a group leader at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education’s Principals’ Center. He has also served as a member of the Harvard Principals’ Center Advisory Board.
Besides coordinating the Alabama Leadership Academy, John is also the project administrator for Governor Bob Riley’s Congress on School Leadership.
Register @ www.leaders.rapsa.org
National Title One Conference – San Antonio
| February 20, 2009 | ||
| 9:30 am | to | 10:45 am |
Helping Students Graduate: Tools and Strategies To Keep Students in School
An increasing number of students leave school prior to their graduation having a dramatic effect on their lives and the lives of our citizens. They are more likely to wind up in jail, on welfare, marrying someone in the same situation and raising children who are more likely to dropout.
Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as “best practices” by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate from school .
Region#4 Education Service Center, Houston, Texas
| February 17, 2009 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
Keeping Kids in School: A Framework for Student Success
An increasing number of students leave school prior to their graduation having a dramatic effect on their lives and the lives of our citizens. They are more likely to wind up in jail, on welfare, marrying someone in the same situation and raising children who are more likely to dropout.
Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as best practices by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate from school .
