Dropout Prevention Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee
| September 8, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Franklin will be presenting a dropout prevention workshop in Knoxville, TN on the topic, “Helping Students Graduate: Tools and Strategies to Increase Graduation Rates”.
Dropout Prevention Session in Nashville, TN
| September 6, 2011 |
Franklin will be presenting a dropout prevention workshop in Nashville, TN on the topic, “Helping Students Graduate: Tools and Strategies to Increase Graduation Rates”.
Kudos from Garland Texas
Franklin recently spoken in Garland, Texas. Here are some of the written comments:
“Very motivating to help our struggling learners succeed.” C. Kent, Student Success Coordinator
“Real world application.” T. Anders, English Teacher
“Strategies with little or no impact on the budget. Great presentation” F. Rush, Teacher
“The two videos at the end were encouraging and emotionally moving.” “informative and inspiring data to prove his statements and real life experiences to back them up.” H.S. Principal
“Real strategies for real problems.” L. Fussell, Principal
“Eye opening.” Teacher
“It made me proud to be an educator.” S. Dorman,Counselor
“Real, fun and inspirational.” M. Brieske, Counselor
“The presentation was filled with excellent, valuable information. Extremely passionate, inspiring.” Curriculum Director
“Outstanding” P. Montgomery, House Principal
“What education should be about. Thanks for the refresher course.” S. Schwarz, Counselor
“Absolutely wonderful! Interesting, stimulating and motivating.” Counselor
“Franklin’s program is insightful, not to mention extremely useful.” P. Herron, English Teacher
“Franklin understands and empathizes with teachers, while giving them tools to go out and make improvements, not just changes in their schools.” B. Steele
“The best presentation in my teaching career.” L. Johnson, English Teacher
SREB High Schools That Work Conference – Nashville, TN
| July 21, 2011 | ||
| 2:15 pm | to | 4:45 pm |
Franklin will be presenting a workshop entitled “School Leadership and School Cultures That Build Graduation Rates” in the Presidential Ballroom A at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN starting at 2:15PM.
SREB High Schools That Work Conference – Nashville
| July 21, 2011 | ||
| 9:30 am | to | 11:00 am |
Franklin will be presenting a workshop entitled “It’s Time to End the Plague of School Dropouts” in the Presidential Ballroom A at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN starting at 9:30 AM.
National Dropout Prevention’s National Conference
| October 9, 2011 | to | October 12, 2011 |
The National Dropout Prevention Conference has invited Franklin to deliver a pre-conference presentation as well as a breakout session. Franklin’s 3 hour pre-conference will address the implementation of the 15 Effective Strategies where the participants will learn not only “what to do” but “how to” implement the strategies. The breakout session will address the issues of school leadership and school culture. The conference will be held in Schaumburg, IL at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel. For additional information and registration instructions visit, www.dropoutprevention.org
Calgary Canada Teachers Conference
| February 16, 2012 |
Franklin will be delivering the keynote address at the 2012 Calgary Teacher’s Conference. The theme of the Conference is Relating, Engaging and Empowering: THIS TIME I’S PERSONAL.
Louisiana Region II Summer Conference
| June 16, 2011 | ||
| 8:45 am | to | 9:30 am |
Franklin will be addressing the Louisiana’s Department of Education about dropout prevention as the opening speaker at their annual summer conference to be held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Garland TX, Region 10 ESC
| June 13, 2011 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 11:30 am |
Franklin has been invited to present a opening day general session at the Region 10 Educational Service Center’s annual dropout forum. He will be addressing 200 school administrators, counselors and classroom teachers on the topic “Helping Students Graduate: Tools and Strategies to Improve Graduation Rates and Lower the Dropout Rate.” The conference will be held at the Garland Special Events Center.
Franklin Will Be Returning to Baton Rouge
| June 15, 2011 |
Franklin will be returning to Baton Rouge, LA to speak for the Capital Area Technical College. The topic of this all-day session is The Westinghouse High School Story. Franklin using Total Quality Management was able to lower the dropout rate of his Title I school from 21.9% to 2.1%, was able to send 71.8% of his first generation high school graduates to post secondary school, was able to increase family involvement from 12 parents to 271 in 9 months and was able to raise over $5,000,000 in his school.
