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

African-American Student Achievement in Public Charter Schools
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 207, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Todd Ziebarth, National Alliance of Public Charter Schools; Ed Chang, KIPP WAYS Academy; Gerard Robinson, Black Alliance for Educational Options.

ZOOM! Data Source: Bridging the Data Gap
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 209, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Russ Ballati, California Charter Schools Association; Rebecca Tomasini, California Charter Schools Association.

Data Driven Decision Making: Virtual Charter Schools Make the Grade
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 213, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Craig Butz, Odyssey Charter School; Steven Guttentag, Connections Academy; Frank Walter, Insight Schools.

Navigating the Challenges of Special Education
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room Roundtable 3, 10:00am - 11:30am
Speakers: Nancy Lavelle, Total Education Solutions.

Web-Based School Management Software Solutions and the Best Practices They Enable
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room Learning Center Stage 1, 11:45am - 12:30pm
Speakers: Kim Conner, RenWeb School Management Software.

Assessing Project-Based Learning: Aligning Goals & Methods
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 208, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Nina Buchanan, University of Hawai'i Charter School Resource Center; Leesa Foreman, West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School; Heather Nakakura, West Hawaii Explorations Academy Public Charter School.

Classroom Technology That Facilitates Learning: Progress Monitoring Solutions for Early Childhood
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 204, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Christopher Camacho, Children's Progress; Steven Mark, Children's Progress.

Performance Indicators for Charter Schools
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 207, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Susan Miller Barker, National Association of Charter School Authorizers; Greg Richmond, National Association of Charter School Authorizers; Nelson Smith, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Baldrige National Quality Program: Ever-Improving Value for Students and Stakeholders
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 218, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Jeff Lucas, Baldrige National Quality Program.

Academic Achievement and Goal Setting in a Data-Driven Public Charter School
Monday June 23, 2008
Place/Time: Room 210, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Elizabeth Delaney-Purvis, Chicago International Charter School; Theresa Nelson, Civitas Schools; Christine Poindexter, Chicago International Charter School.

Measuring and Improving School Climate to Enhance Student Success
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 214, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: Vanessa Camilleri, The Arts & Technology Academy, PCS; Jonathan Cohen, Center for Social and Emotional Education.

Identifying a Highly Effective Teacher
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 215-216, 9:45am - 11:15am
Speakers: Josh Boots, ABCTE; David Saba, ABCTE; Bonnie Zuckerman, ABCTE.

Web-Based School Management Software Solutions and the Best Practices They Enable
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room Learning Center Stage 1, 11:30am - 12:15pm
Speakers: Kim Conner, RenWeb School Management Software.

A Collaborative and Integrated Approach to Improvement for All Charter Schools
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 211, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Jeff Clark, National Heritage Academies; William Wibel, SchoolWorks.

Build Better Writers with a 6-Trait Rubric and Online Program
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 212, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Sarah Broas, Educational Records Bureau; Patricia Gould, Educational Records Bureau. 

A Second Set of Eyes: The Third Party Review Process
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 214, 1:45pm - 3:15pm
Speakers: Dale Chu, Insight Education Group; Michael Moody, Insight Education Group, Inc..

Building Hope: Measuring Dispositional Growth in Students
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 213, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Ronald Newell, EdVisions Schools; Mark Van Ryzin, University of Minnesota.

School Quality: From Discussion to Implementation
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 212, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Chase Davenport, California Charter Schools Association; Sandy Park, California Charter Schools Association.

Strategic Compensation: Overcoming the Failings of Pure Merit Pay
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Place/Time: Room 217, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Speakers: Doug Hering, The Classical Academy; Peter Hilts, The Classical Academy.

The Answers: Proven Ways to Raise Standardized Test Scores and Improve Discipline
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 211, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: Ron Kelley, Konfident Enterprises.

Who Leaks From The Bucket?: Estimating Attrition at One KIPP School
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Place/Time: Room 225, 9:00am - 10:30am
Speakers: Brent Maddin, Harvard Graduate School of Education.