Laguna Cliffs Institute

Close the Achievement Gap!Dana Point, CA Sunday, July 8 - Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Conference Schedule

SUNDAY / July 8
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Institute Check-in
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Opening Keynote
  Comprehensive Behavior Support: The Difficulties of and Solutions to the Implementation Problem (Sprick)
3:30 - 3:45 PM
Refreshment Break
3:45 - 5:30 PM
Spotlight Sessions
  RtI: Applications for Middle and High School Settings (Batsche)
How to Make Your Core Reading Program Work for Low Language Students (Robinson)
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception
MONDAY / July 9
6:45 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast Bonus Sessions (optional)
8:15 - 9:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
  Classroom Management: Prevention (Sprick)
RtI: Using Student-Centered Data to Make Intervention and Eligibility Decisions (Batsche)
Literacy Intervention: The Six Steps From Sound to Text (Eames)
How to Run Monthly Grade-Level Meetings to Analyze Screening Date, Use Visual Displays of Data, And Make Instructional Changes (Robinson)
Using Technology to Help Students Learn to Read, and Read to Learn (Khalsa)
9:45 - 10:00 AM
Refreshment Break
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Breakout Sessions - Same as above, except:
  Classroom Management Enhancing Student Motivation (Sprick)
Number Concepts and Automaticity: Bridging the Math Gap With Technology (Khalsa)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Breakout Sessions - Same as above, except:
  Overview of Schoolwide Behavior Support (Sprick)
Using Technology to Help Students Learn to Read, Read to Learn (Khalsa)
2:45 - 4:15 PM
Spotlight Sessions
  Using Technology to Teach Critical Reading and Math Concepts (Khalsa and Parker)
That Secondary Readin' Thing: Reading Intervention for Adolescents in an Urban School System (Klemp)
TUESDAY / July 10
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast Bonus Sessions (optional)
8:00 - 9:30 AM
Breakout Sessions
  Positive School Climate: The Principal's Role (Evans)
The 3 R's of Literacy - Reading, Writing, and Reasoning (Masters)
From Whole Numbers to Prealgebra (Part I of II) (Woodward)
The Practical Implications of Secondary Literacy (Allain)

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Refreshment Break
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Breakout Sessions, same as above
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Institute Networking Luncheon
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
RtI Survival Camp for Administrators (Tilly) and Networking Luncheon
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Breakout Sessions, same as above, except:
  Data, Geometry, and Measurement (Part I of II) (Woodward)
2:45 - 4:15 PM
Spotlight Session
  The New IDEA: What Do the New Statutory and Regulatory Provisions Mean to You? (Kukic)
WEDNESDAY / July 11
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 10:00 AM
Spotlight Sessions
  Developing a Comprehensive Secondary Literacy Plan: Nuts and Blots (Allain)
Closing the Literacy Gap: Real Results in K-3 Literacy (Masters and Parker)
10:00 - 10:15 AM
Refreshment Break
10:15 AM - Noon
Closing Keynote
  Are We Doing the Right Things Right For Our Students and Ourselves? (Kukic)

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