WEDNESDAY, April 28, 2010
CONFERENCE
7:30 – 8:30 AM REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
3 Clan’s Prefunction
8:00 – 8:30 AM WELCOME
Wolf Ron Dunlap, CREATE Coordinator
Rick Hill, Chairman of the Onedia Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
8:45 – 10:45 AM SECTIONAL ONE
Bear Symbiotic, Serendipitous, Successful Schools: Positive Effects of Culturally
Responsive Family/Community Engagement
Dr. Gwendolyn Webb-Hasan, Carl A. Hasan
Turtle The Centrality of Trust in Positive School Change
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Amy Hilgendorf, Adrienne Duke, Jeremiah Jackson
Iroquois South Understanding Your Relationship with Students by Examining Your Cultural Lens
Dr. Lisa Bardon
Iroquois North Anti-racist Leaders: Building Capacity, Particularly in White Allies
Courtney Bauder, Mark Flottum, Nancy Graese, Dr. Donna Hart-Tervalon,
Courtney Reed Jenkins, J.D.
8:45 – 9:45 AM SECTIONAL TWO
Huron/Ontario Another Look at Eligibility Criteria for EBD and OHI
Lynn Boreson
Michigan African Americans and Standardized Tests: The Real Reason for Low Test Scores
Dr.Veda Jairrels, J.D.
10:00 – 11:00 AM SECTIONAL THREE
Huron/Ontario Cognitive Disabilities: Definition, Eligibility Criteria and IEP Team Determinations
Sandra Berndt
11:00 – 12:00 PM ROUND TABLE LUNCH
Wolf In response to district feedback the round table lunch will allow you an opportunity to
network with other districts and presenters. Please find a table with a topic in which you
are interested. The Professional Development Focus Area Form in your folders can help
to guide your decision.
12:00 – 1:00 PM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Wolf Carolyn Stanford Taylor, Assistant State Superintendant, Division for Learning Support
Equity and Advocacy
Ensuring the Success of All Students through Culturally Responsive Education
Dr. Samuel Betances
1:15 – 3:15 PM SECTIONAL FOUR
Bear Ensuring the Success of All Students through Culturally Responsive Education
Dr. Samuel Betances
Turtle Relationship Building at the Core: Working with African American Youth
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Amy Hilgendorf, Adrienne Duke, Jeremiah Jackson
Iroquois South Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms
Madison Metropolitan SD: Kathy Lyngaas, Andreal Davis, Lynn Winn, Amy Covey, Katie
Hank, Emily Farwell, Adam Zingsheim
Iroquois North Working with Students of Color and Students in Economically Disadvantaged
Areas: Perspectives from Higher Education that Will Stimulate Achievement
Dr. Florence Johnson, Dr. Lisa Poupart, Dr. Marguerite Parks, Dr. Bola Delano-
Oriaran, Clif Morton
Huron/Ontario Response to Intervention in Wisconsin and the Specific Learning Disabilities
Criteria
Vaunce Ashby
1:15 – 2:15 PM SECTIONAL FIVE
Michigan African Americans and Standardized Tests: The Real Reason for Low Test Scores
Dr.Veda Jairrels, J.D.
2:30 – 3:30 PM SECTIONAL SIX
Michigan Addressing the Challenges of Equity through Online Professional Development
(PD360)
Kyle Brown
3:30 – 4:00 PM CLOSING
Wolf Dr. Donna Hart-Tervalon, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction