Conference Handouts

Monday, November 12, 2007
9 a.m. Learning track sessions

• Are we on the same page?
• Boardmanship 101
• Now you’re on a JVS board — what’s next?
• Engaging parents in their children’s educational success
• CyberHigh — a county collaboration for online learning
• Combination levies and borrowing opportunities
• Collaborative assistance program to assist struggling educators
• Bullying with authority
• ‘PAWSitive’ achievement, behavior
• Section 504 — an update
• The state superintendent wants to hear from you
• Critical elements in developing a comprehensive crisis plan
• Effective practices for closing Ohio’s achievement gaps
• Going to districtwide uniforms with no casualties
• Raising student achievement through technology

9 a.m. Other session

• Strategies for building community support

• The new superintendent transition program
• Five goobers who get it right (because deep down they’re not)
• Online courses — education that clicks
• Community learning centers
• Virtual Learning Academy
• The first SF-3 and House Bill 119 — are you ready?
• How to successfully pass a countywide sales tax
• 403(b) post-employment plans
• On the road to success —math coaching in Youngstown
• Public records 2007 — new duty, new technology
• Ohio Grantmakers Forum
• Four-phase tabletop — school staff members as first responders
• Using quality tools — districtwide improvement principles
• Dealing with difference — diversity, discomfort or discrimination?
• Science and math learning at an expert level with T-1 technology

• A new look at effectively responding to employee absenteeism
• The 10 most vital things boards must know about collective bargaining
• OGT —Oh Geez ... another Test!
• Learn from FACT, not fiction
• Kids who cannot swim with the other fish
• Calculating accurate negotiation proposals and modeling ‘what ifs’
• Show me the money — successful bond issue and tax levy strategies
• Special education rules and implementation
• FIRST boosts student appreciation of science, math and technology
• You thought you heard it all — teacher misconduct
• Effective superintendent-board communications
• School vulnerability assessments
• Building from the ground up — prevention vs. intervention
• Take the bull-y by the horns — what districts need to know and do
• The virtual reality — understanding the impact of a digital society

• Balanced scorecard for administrator evaluation
• Debunking teacher education myths
• Who’s navigating? Who’s steering? Governance and management roles
• Using the power of parents to make difficult redistricting decisions
• Staying power — after-school programs promote achievement
• The five-year forecast as a levy planning tool
• Insurance committees for consumer-driven, efficient benefit programs
• Educators licensure — what’s new?
• Making instruction relevant — life skills for all students
• BASA — now and in the future
• Protecting innocent targets — a tactical approach to school safety
• How will the Ohio Core impact overall student achievement?
• An iPod in every classroom — innovative ways to reach students
• Today’s technology challenges — management, finances and results

9 a.m. Other session

• Ohio’s school-funding challenge — the next steps

10:30 a.m. School Law Workshop: The board of tax appeals demystified
11:15 a.m. School Law Workshop: Case law update
2 p.m. School Law Workshop: Unlocking 2007 legislative enactments — what’s behind door no. 2?
2 p.m. Learning track sessions

• Essentials of Ohio school finance
• Essential policies for 2008
• What is the P-16 paradigm all about?
• Articulating your board’s collective voice in written communication
• Use it to improve it!
• The preacher and the dairy farmer
• Understanding the culture of poverty
• The art of hiring — putting the right people in the right place
• Rx for student achievement
• School funding — now what?
• Hair-pulling to handguns — research about preventing school violence
• Developing a data-driven CIP through teamwork
• Task force can help you protect your kids from Internet predators
• Don’t get ‘blogged’ down with legal implications of Internet posts

2 p.m. Spotlight session:

• Raising the bar — zap the gap

3:30 p.m. School Law Workshop: Cops and schools
3:30 p.m. Learning track sessions

• The 7-12 schedule — more opportunities, less cost
• School bus transportation — at a critical crossroads
• Construction program planning for your career-tech facility
• Are parents really involved?
• High schools that work in southwest Ohio — the basics
• Twenty steps to fiscal health
• 2007-08 state and local report cards
• Interviewing administrators — identifying dimensions of successful leadership
• Designing staff development with data — it’s not rocket science
• The future of Ohio school funding
• ImPACT — concussion management for high school athletes
• Building partnerships to address nonacademic learning barriers
• RTI — two years into the process — successes and unexpected challenges
• Using technology to improve student success

Spotlight session:

• Legislative update and training

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
9 a.m. Learning track sessions

• Mock hearing involving teacher termination and student discipline
• Improving your communication skills
• Closing school buildings while maintaining community support
• The state of ESCs — a state and national perspective
• OSFC — another year of success
• Collective bargaining developments
• Ohio Core — curriculum, graduation requirements and more
• Treasurers’ contracts – a whole new system
• OASBO — who we are and what we do!
• Bullying — when school districts pay the price
• How to develop and start a successful service learning class
• Drawing a line in the sand — bringing success to at-risk students