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 ATE 2008 Summer Conference
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
August 2-6, 2008
The Global Imperative: Educating and Assessing the Whole Child, Teachers, and Community
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Come to Washington this summer!
ATE's 2008 Summer Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., August 2-6, 2008. Theme for the Summer Conference will be "The Global Imperative: Educating and Assessing the Whole Child, Teachers, and Community."
The Hyatt Regency Washington is a fantastic location for a Summer Conference, right on Capitol Hill within site of the U.S. Capitol and within easy walking distance of a Metro stop at Union Station. Using Metro, visitors will be able to tour Washington easily. Museums and other attractions on the Mall are convenient and within walking distance as well.
The 2008 Summer Conference seeks to appeal to all professionals involved in the education of the whole child. We seek proposals that broaden the context for professional development of educators who are responsible for preparing our future citizens to function and live well in a global community. We have identified four strands that we believe are relevant to this global imperative: (1) Multiple Literacies/Integrated Learning; (2) Fitness and Health; (3) Culture and Community; (4) Policy and Advocacy. The planning committee recognizes that the strands are interrelated; proposals may address more than one strand. The essential questions which frame the strands are as follows:
I. Multiple Literacies/Integrated Learning
Multiple literacies include: language arts, reading, science, mathematics, performing arts, technology, social sciences. Multiple literacies are frequently addressed using models of integrated learning.
- As we view how individuals function in today’s world, what literacies are currently essential for global citizenship?
- What exemplars exist for educating and assessing the whole child (PK-12) in various literacies?
- What exemplars exist for preparing teachers to engage students in essential knowledge and skills in the various literacies?
II. Fitness and Health
This strand addresses physical fitness, mental health, and the promotion of general well-being.
- What is needed to address current fitness and health issues of children in the global community?
- What initiatives are underway to deal with the future health needs of PK-16 children, youth, and young adults?
- How are professional educators being prepared to address health and wellness issues of their PK-16 students?
- What is needed within teacher preparation to address the current fitness and health concerns of PK-12 children?
III. Culture and Community
- What is the current status of how well we understand or learn about cultures in our global community?
- What can we learn from different cultural perspectives for preparing the whole child for global citizenship?
- How can professional educators promote the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to address the rise of cultural divides within the global community?
IV. Policy and Advocacy
- What global and national policies promote the development of the whole child?
- What understandings and skills do professional educators need to support policies and initiatives for the whole child?
- How can professional educators create networks among parents, policy-makers, and others to promote the development of the whole child?
The 2008 ATE Summer Conference offers a variety of learning experiences for attendees. A special preconference workshop will be led by Carol Ann Tomlinson (click here for details). There are three general sessions (combined with meals) multiple thematic sessions, three featured panels, and a special conversation on accreditation with NCATE representatives. Conference Overview
| Saturday, August 2 |
| Pre-conference Workshops |
| Teaching Noah’s Ark |
9:00AM-3:30PM |
| NCATE Accountability |
9:00AM-4:00PM |
| PowerPoint A-Z |
9:00AM-12:00PM |
| Explore Technology Concepts |
1:00PM-4:00PM |
| Conference Registration |
12:00AM-4:00PM |
| Sunday, August 3 |
| Conference Registration |
9:00AM-3:00PM |
| Newcomers’ Reception |
5:30PM-6:15PM |
| Opening General Session |
| with meal |
6:30PM-8:15PM |
| President’s Reception |
8:30PM-9:30PM |
| Monday, August 4 |
| Conference Registration |
8:00AM-3:00PM |
| Thematic Session I |
8:00AM-8:50AM |
| Thematic Session II |
9:00AM-9:50AM |
| Thematic Session III |
10:00AM-10:50AM |
| Thematic Session IV |
11:00AM-11:50AM |
| Lunch and General Session |
12:15PM-1:45PM |
| Featured Panel |
2:00PM-3:30PM |
| Reception on Capitol Hill |
5:30-7:30PM |
| Tuesday, August 5 |
| Conference Registration |
8:00AM-3:00PM |
| Thematic Session I |
8:00AM-8:50AM |
| Thematic Session II |
9:00AM-9:50AM |
| Thematic Session III |
10:00AM-10:50AM |
| Thematic Session IV |
11:00AM-11:50AM |
| Lunch and General Session |
12:15PM-1:45PM |
| Featured Panel |
2:00PM-3:30PM |
| “The Lion King” |
8:00PM-11:00PM |
| Wednesday, August 6 |
| Conversation on Accreditation with NCATE |
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9:00AM-10:15AM |
| President’s Brunch |
10:30AM-12:00PM |
Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers for the Washington Summer Conference will include:
Opening General Session:
 Mary Futrell
Mary Hatwood Futrell, Ed.D., former president of the National Education Association (NEA), is Dean of The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD) and co-director of GW's Center for Curriculum, Standards, and Technology. She chairs the Holmes Partnership Board and is a member of the Boards of the National Society for the Study of Education, The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, The International Council on Education for Teaching, The Kettering Foundation, Lynchburg College and Virginia State University. A former president of the Virginia Education Association and Education International, Dr. Futrell has received 20 honorary degrees and won numerous awards.
Dr. Futrell specializes in education reform policy, professional development, and diversity issues. Prior to becoming dean of GSEHD in 1995, Dr. Futrell was president of the National Education Association (NEA) for an unprecedented six-year term. She also is the former president of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession and served on the UNESCO High Level Group for Education for All (2001-2006).
Monday General Session:
 Michelle Rhee
Chancellor Michelle Rhee was appointed by Mayor Adrian Fenty June 12, 2007. She leads D.C. Public Schools, a district numbering 50,000 students and 144 schools. In the Mayor’s search for a change agent for schools in the District, experts in education recommended Ms. Rhee, who had already transformed many urban public school systems through her work with The New Teacher Project (TNTP). Chancellor Joel Klein, whose work in New York City’s public schools is a model for effective change, said of her appointment that it was "the choice D.C. needs, given that, year in and year out, they have not gotten results." Results drive the Chancellor every day. Whether she is developing effective measurements to track student achievement and teacher quality; talking with principals and teachers in one-on-one meetings; developing new measures to hold herself and staff accountable for their roles in student achievement; traveling throughout the community to engage parents and other stakeholders in our schools; establishing partnerships with neighborhood organizations; meeting with business leaders as she transforms a broken organizational structure into one that works for students and families; or ensuring that needed repairs are completed to create physical learning environments serve students, Chancellor Rhee’s vision rests on results.
She had these results in mind when she founded The New Teacher Project (TNTP) in 1997, and it is now a nationally recognized leader in understanding and developing innovative solutions to the challenges of new teacher hiring. As Chief Executive Officer and President, she partnered with school districts, state education agencies, non-profit organizations, and unions, to transform the way schools and other organizations recruit, select, and train highly qualified teachers in difficult-to-staff schools. Her work implemented widespread reform in teacher hiring, improving teacher hiring in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Miami, New York, Oakland, and Philadelphia. Thanks to TNTP, 23,000 new, high-quality teachers were placed in these schools across the country.
Ms. Rhee’s commitment to excellence in education began in a Baltimore classroom in 1992, as a Teach-for-America teacher. The lesson she learned at Harlem Park Community School informs her mission today: with the right teacher, students in urban classrooms can meet teachers’ high expectations for achievement, and the driving force behind that achievement is the quality of the Educator who works inside it.
Chancellor Rhee currently serves on the Advisory Boards for the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ); the National Center for Alternative Certification (NCAC); Project REACH of the University of Phoenix’s School of Education. She is an Ex-Officio Member of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. Chancellor Rhee’s expertise on education is also informed by a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Cornell University, and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Tuesday General Session:
 Tom Carroll
Tom Carroll, Ph.D. was named President of NCTAF in November 2001, succeeding the organization's founding Executive Director, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond. In his role as NCTAF's President, Dr. Carroll leads the organization's efforts to raise standards for teaching and learning, improve professional development, and restructure school environments so that the needs of all students are met.
Dr. Carroll joined NCTAF from the U.S. Department of Education, where he was founding director of the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology ("PT3") grants program since 1999. Under his directorship, the program awarded a total of $275 million over three years to support more than 300 colleges, universities, school districts, and state education agencies to redesign teacher preparation using new learning technologies. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Carroll was Director of Technology Planning and Evaluation at the Schools and Libraries Corporation, the non-profit agency charged with implementing the "E-rate," which granted Internet access to schools at discounted prices. From 1994-1997, he served as the founding Director of the Technology Innovation Challenge Grants at the U.S. Department of Education.
In 1993-94, Dr. Carroll was the Secretary of Education's liaison to the Corporation for National Service during the start-up year of the AmeriCorps National Service Program. From 1986 through 1992, he was the Deputy Director of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) in the U. S. Department of Education. In 1979, Dr. Carroll managed research programs on non-formal education and lifelong learning at the National Institute of Education. He served as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Education at Clark University (Worcester, MA) from 1975 to 1979.
Dr. Carroll served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho from 1967 to 1969, where he collaborated with members of the Ministry of Interior on the design and construction of village water supply systems, and drought relief projects.
Dr. Carroll holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, from SUNY at Buffalo (1976).
Special Saturday Workshops
Five Workshops are offered on Saturday, August 2. Cost is $75 for all-day workshops, $40 for half-day workshops. Click here for details.
Click here for additional information on the special workshop "Teaching in Noah’s Ark: Principles and practices for academically diverse classrooms"
 A special preconference workshop, "Teaching in Noah’s Ark: Principles and practices for academically diverse classrooms," will be led by Carol Ann Tomlinson of the University of Virginia. A veteran educator, Tomlinson works with teachers across the U.S. and abroad to help them develop classroom lessons that are responsive to students with varied learning needs. She is the author of more than 150 articles, book chapters, books, and other professional development materials, including How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms, The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of all Learners, and Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching.
Extra Activities
ATE has arranged two optional extra activities for the 2008 Summer Conference:
 A reception on Capitol Hill, to be held in the Mansfield Room in the U.S. Capitol Building Monday, August 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets will be priced at $60. (Note: Because this is in the Capitol, advance registration will be required and we will have to provide a list of attendees one to two days in advance. ATE staff will work with reception attendees to invite their Senators, Representatives and staff.)
Special Session just added: Sharon Robinson, President and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and Jane West, AACTE's Vice President for Government and External Relations, will lead a special orientation session, open to all, to learn what you need to know to communicate and work with your Congressional Senators, Representatives, and the committees that affect you. (Congressional A in the Hyatt Regency.)
 A limited number of tickets to see The Lion King, a Broadway production at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, August 5. Performance is in the Kennedy Center Opera House, running time about 2 hours 45 minutes. Note: Tickets are in the Orchestra section and will be priced at $90. Ticket prices will not include transportation but the hotel is close to a Metro stop and the Kennedy Center has a shuttle running from the closest Metro stop.
(NOTE: The block of Lion King tickets we had is currently sold out. We are trying to get more tickets at this time, but we won't accept orders online. If you are interested in tickets and have not reserved them already, click here to send an email and indicate your interest.)
Conference Hotel
Online reservations at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill are now available. Click here to go to the online reservation site.
2008 ATE Summer Conference Planning Committee
Paul Paese, President
James L. Alouf , Co-Chair
Patricia S. Tate, Co-Chair
David Ritchey, Executive Director
Billy G. Dixon, Meetings Coordinator
Subcommittee Chairs
Program: Patricia B. Shoemaker, Chair
Hospitality: Winona Taylor, Chair
Special Functions: Sylvia Auton, Co-Chair; Alice Young, Co-Chair
Publicity: George Fero, Co-Chair; Marie Fero, Co-Chair.
Revenue Sponsorship: Bob Fisher
Program Book: John McIntyre
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