Raising the Bar:
Leadership, Literacy, and Mathematics

Conference Schedule

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Wednesday, June 11
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Registration and Welcome Reception,
Location: Butler Auditorium
2:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Welcome (E.F. Yerby Conf. Center)
Dr. Thomas Burnham,
Dean, School of Education University of Mississippi
2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Breakout Session I
(A) Strategic Planning/Coaching/ILI
(B) Annual Growth and Catch-Up Growth
3:45 p.m. Adjourn for the Day
Thursday, June 12
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Plenary Session
Literacy Interventions:"What's Missing in Today's Reading Programs"
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 - 11:45 a.m. Breakout Session II
(A) Interventions for Literacy
(B) Tier II Interventions for Mathematics
(C) Data Driven Decisions
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Provided (Yerby Conference Center)
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Breakout Session III
(A) Picking Up Speed on the "On Ramp"
(B) Tier III Mathematics Interventions
(C) "Differentiated Instruction and PLD's"
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Breakout Session IV
(A) What Does It Mean to "Know" a Word?
(B) Successful School Strategies for MCT2/SATP
(C) "Formative vs. Summative Assessment
with Depth of Knowledge Applied"
4:00 p.m. Adjourn for the Day
Friday, June 13
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session I
"Meet me at the Bar"
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. Plenary Session II
Leadership to Raise the Bar
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Conference Evaluations
12:00 p.m. Adjourn (box lunch provided)