Sessions current as of April 3, 2008 and subject to change.

Leverage Student Achievement in Brain-Considerate Classrooms
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 204, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: John LeTellier, Quantum Learning Education.

K-8 Charter Schools Closing The Achievement Gap: Office of Innovation and Improvement
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 206, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Sarah Feldman, WestEd; Jeff Litt, Carl C. Icahn Charter School; Doug Mesecar, US Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement; Dacia Toll, Achievement First; Carlos Villagrana, Amigos Por Vida-Friends For Life Public Charter School. 

Identifying and Avoiding Trouble Spots in Mathematics
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 217, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speaker: Tom Clark, VideoText Interactive

Edible Education
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 213, 9:45am - 11:15am 
Speakers: Carina Wong, Chez Panisse Foundation; Marsha Guerrero, Edible Schoolyard.

Beyond the Diploma: Building a Post-Secondary Support Program for Alumni
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 213, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Adriana Rodriguez, Maya Angelou Public Charter School/See Forever Foundation; Vincena Allen, SEED Public Charter School/The SEED Foundation

Developing the Leadership Pipeline: Connecting Data, Practice and Funding
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 207, 9:45am - 11:25am
Speakers: Betheny Gross, Center for Reinventing Public Education; Kristy Hebert, ADVANCE BATON ROUGE; Glenn Liebeck, New York City Center for Charter School Excellence.

Rethinking Schools to Build STEM Competence 
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 207, 3:30pm- 5:00pm
Speakers: Mark Schroll, Kern Family Foundation; Sean Schuff, Tesla Engineering Charter School.

Parents Can Be the Missing Piece of the Achievement Puzzle
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 208, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Nita Rudy, Center  for Parent Leadership; Molly Toney, Center for Parent Leadership.

Redefining How We Work: Protocols in Practice
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 212, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Alicia Adams, Friendship Public Charter School; Michael Watson, Friendship Public Charter School.

How To Become a Green Charter School
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 222, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Sara Laimon, Environmental Charter High School; Jim McGrath, Green Charter Schools Network; April Neujean, Samuel J. Green Charter School; Troy Schlegel, Oakwood Environmental Education Charter School.

Special Education
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room Roundtable 1, 11:45am - 12:30pm
Speakers: Julie Camerata, DC Special Education Co-operative.

Rhymes 'n' Times
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room Learning Center Stage 2, 12:45pm - 1:30pm
Speakers: Anita Turner, Rhymes 'n' Times.

Schools Designed for Success
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room Learning Center Stage 1, 12:45pm - 1:30pm
Speakers: Terry Dodds, Novel Ideas, Inc..

Special Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 218, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Dana Brinson, Public Impact; Juliana Fabrocini, Executive Director and Principal; Lauren Morando Rhim, Public Impact.

100%: How This Goal Transformed a School's Culture
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 214, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Morty Ballen, Explore Charter School; Emily Gould, Explore Charter School; Kinnari Patel, Explore Charter School.

Planning Backwards from College: Best Secondary Practices to Ensure Success for All Students
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 203, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Jorge Del Real, Camino Nuevo High School; Ana Ponce, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy; Steve Seaford, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy.

Interact with Me! Thinkfinity.org's Free 55,000+ Resources for Teachers
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 224, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Kingston Raycraft, Thinkfinity National Cadre Trainer.

Building Strong Leadership in Growing Organizations
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 222, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Lory Pilchik, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation; Don Shalvey, Aspire Public Schools.

Including Samuel
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 205, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Anthony Colon, AJ Colon Consulting LLC. 

TIMSS In Action: Applying the Research to Improve Science Instruction
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 212, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Nicole Dingman, Pearson; Kerry Martin, Salem Public Schools/Salem Academy Charter School.

Closing the Achievement Gap through Personalized, Relevant and Rigorous Project-based Learning
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 217, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: James Lewicki, EdVisions Schools; Kathleen O'Sullivan, EdVisions Schools - West Coast Office; Steven Rippe, EdVisions Schools.

More Tools in Your Tool Kit: Building Great Schools
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 222, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Glenn Liebeck, New York City Center for Charter School Excellence; Jodie Newbery, NYC Center for Charter School Excellence; Sarah Tantillo, Tantillo Consulting.

Visions of the Future of Technology in our Nation's Charter Schools
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 223, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: John Krull, Envision Schools; Mark Miller, The Miller Institute for Learning with Technology; Bully Soares, Charter School Administrative Office; Rich Valerga, Algiers Charter Schools Association.

Best Practices in Dropout Recovery
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 204, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Rodd Coker, Life Skills Center.

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Job-Embedded Professional Learning
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 213, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Elise Kasunic, Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy; Joanna Peltason, Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy; Suzanne Plaut, Public Education and Business Coalition; Jay Westover, Center for Educational Efficacy.

Green Charter Schools Essential Design Components
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 203, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Dennis Johnson, Bouma Construction; Sara Laimon, Environmental Charter High School; Jim McGrath, Green Charter Schools Network.

English Language Learners 101: What Charter School Authorizers, Founders, and Leaders Need to Know
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 220, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: Ariana Quinones, Friends of Choice in Urban Schools.

Cooperate for Success in Special Education: Make it Work by Working Together
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 210, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: Julie Camerata, DC Special Education Co-operative; Laura Loessner, DC Special Education Co-operative.

Strategic Design for Student Achievement
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 218, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: Michael Moody, Insight Education Group, Inc.; Jason Stricker, Insight Education Group, Inc.

Charter High Schools Creating Opportunities for Success for Minority Students
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 212, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: David Calvo, Mater Academy/ Mater Academy East High Schools; Angel Chaisson, Somerset Academy Middle/High Schools; Francisco Jimenez, Doral Academy High School; Judith Marty, Various Charter High Schools in Miami, Florida.

Growing Emerging School Leaders for Effective Succession: A Design, Techniques and Tools
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 203, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: Catherine Kinghorn, Rose Management Group; Kelly Hurtado, Rose Management Group - Canyon, Desert, & Mountain Rose Academies; Cathy Capen, Rose Management Group - Canyon, Desert, & Mountain Rose Academies; Amy Schlessman, Rose Management Group.

Shurley English-Effective Writing from the Core
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room Learning Center Stage 2, 11:30am - 12:15pm
Speakers: David Lutz, Shurley English.

Hip-Hop in the Classroom: Engagement Through Music and Rhyme
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room Learning Center Stage 2, 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Speakers: Blake Harrison, Flocabulary, LLC; Alex Rappaport, Flocabulary, LLC.

How to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling English Learners
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 204, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Eva Capparelli, Charles Lindbergh Middle School; Marisa Russo, SRA/McGraw-Hill.

Creating a Tipping Point for Exiting Program Improvement
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 225, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Patricia Ladd, Keiller Leadership Academy; Tim Wolf, King/Chavez Public Schools.

The Greatest Education Lab: How Katrina Opened the Way for an Influx of School Reformers
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 219, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Matt Candler, New Schools for New Orleans; LaToya Cantrell, Andrew Wilson Charter School; Sarah Newell Usdin, New Schools for New Orleans; Kira Orange Jones, Teach for America.

Moving Beyond Diversity to Inclusive Excellence
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 203, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Frank Tuitt, University of Denver; Alyssa Whitehead-Bust, Highline Academy.

Effective Recruitment, Effective Teachers: The New Teacher Project in New Orleans
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 219, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Mickey Landry, Lafayette Academy Charter School; Ariela Rozman, The New Teacher Project.

Perspectives in Cyber Education
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 204, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Erin Keefe, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School; Steve Rockelman, PA Leadership Charter School; Lynn Rodden, PA Leadership Charter School.

IB For All: Implementing and Sustaining a Non-Selective International Baccalaureate Programme
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 211, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Chris Andre, Sturgis Charter Public School; Paul Marble, Sturgis Charter Public School; Peter Steedman, Sturgis Charter Public School.

Building and Keeping Leaders at All Levels
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 222, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Tracy Epp, IDEA Public Schools; Martin Winchester, IDEA Public Schools.

Sharpening the Saw: How Our Movement's Top Leaders Continue to Grow and Improve
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 215-216, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Mike Feinberg, KIPP; Larry Rosenstock, High Tech High; Don Shalvey, Aspire Public Schools; Tom Torkelson, IDEA Public Schools.

Hip Hop: Re-engaging the Hard to Reach Teen through Innovative School Design & Instruction
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 209, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Isaac Ewell, Black Alliance for Educational Options; Leslie Talbot, BAEO-Gates Small Schools Project; Ray Devlin, High School for the Recording Arts; Nmuta Jones, New Media Technology Charter School.
 
Reflections on School Visits
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 203, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Samuel Green Charter School, MLK Charter School, Andrew Wilson Charter School.

Extreme Interviewing: The Art and Science of Effective Interviewing and Talent Selection
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 212, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: Allison Wyatt, Education Pioneers. 

Better Decisions-Better Lives; Creating a Culture of Good Decision-Making in Charter Schools
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 219, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: Meg Barrager, Decision Education Foundation; Chris Spetzler, Decision Education Foundation.

Getting to Waitlist: Creating a Winning Student Recruitment Program
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 222, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: Lesley Poole, The SEED School of Washington, D.C.; Michael Robbins, The SEED Foundation.

EPIC: The Next Generation of Professional Development
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 213, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: C. Allison Jack, New Leaders for New Schools; Deborah Levitzky, New Leaders for New Schools.