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2008

September 10, 2008
Friends of the National High School Center Call
National High School Center
Washington, DC
Please note: This meeting is for the Friends of the National High School Center and National High School Center staff.
July 28, 2008
2008 OSEP Project Directors’ Conference
Poster Presentation: "Drop Out Prevention for Students with Disabilities"
Washington, DC
Presenters: Jessica Heppen, Deputy Director, National High School Center; Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center; Ayse Ikizler, Research Assistant, National High School Center
July 24, 2008
Strengthening Transition Partnerships: Building Federal TA Capacity Meeting
Paper Presentation: "Improving Graduation Rates and Decreasing Drop-Out Rates Panel"
Washington, DC
Presenters: Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center; Loujeania Bost, Director, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities; Joan Willis, Senior Policy Fellow, Institution for Educational Leadership
July 23, 2008
2008 OSEP Project Directors’ Conference
Paper Presentation: "Tiered Intervention: Considerations on the High School Level"
Washington, DC
Presenters: Joeseph Harris, Director, National High School Center; Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
June 25, 2008
National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk (NDTAC)
Webinar Presentation: "Developing Ninth Grade Early Warning Systems to Identify Students At-Risk for Dropping Out of High School"
Washington, DC
Presenters: Jessica Heppen, Deputy Director, National High School Center; Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
June 18-20, 2008
National High School Center's 2008 Summer Institute
National High School Center
Washington, DC
http://www.betterhighschools.org/SI08/agenda.asp
May 17 - 19, 2008
Deputies Leadership Commission Spring Academy: Redesigning our Nation’s Secondary Schools
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
St. Louis, Missouri
Presenter: Joe Harris, Director, National High School Center
May 7 - 9, 2008
Secondary Transition State Planning Institute: Building for the Future
National Post-School Outcomes Center, National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC), and The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Presenters: Joe Harris, Director, National High School Center and Margaret Monrad, Research Associate, National High School Center
http://www.nsttac.org/Default.aspx?FileName=institute_description
April 23, 2008
Friends of the National High School Center Meeting
National High School Center
Washington, DC
Please note: This meeting is for the Friends of the National High School Center and National High School Center staff.
April 2 - 5, 2008
Council for Exceptional Children’s 2008 Convention & Expo
Strand: Dropout Prevention for Students with Disabilities
Strand Co-Leaders: Joe Harris, Director, National High School Center; and Loujeania Bost, Director, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
Sessions: Early Warning Systems for All Students; Best Practices Shared by Proven Dropout Prevention Programs; and State Initiatives Focused on Dropout Prevention
Session Leaders: Joe Harris, Director, National High School Center; Louise Kennelly, Director of Tools and Products, National High School Center; and Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ProfessionalDevelopment/
ConventionExpo/default.htm
April 2 - 4, 2008
Regional High School Summit
Southwest Comprehensive Center
Session: Plenary Dialogue II: Integrating Approaches to Tiered Intervention Into High School Redesign Initiatives
Presenter: Helen Duffy, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
Session: Jigsaw Dialogue: How States Can Utilize Adolescent Literacy Approaches to Support High School Redesign Goals
Facilitator: Helen Duffy, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
Santa Fe, New Mexico
www.swcompcenter.org/
March 31, 2008
Kansas Department of Education
Event: Conference, "Multi-Tiered Systems of Support at the Secondary Level: A National Perspective"
Presenter: Helen M. Duffy, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
Topeka, Kansas
February 13, 2008
Leveraging Resources: 3rd Annual Joint Meeting of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Comprehensive and Equity Assistance Centers & the Office of Special Education Programs Technical Assistance and Dissemination Projects
Poster Session
Academy for Educational Development
Washington, DC
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/513/450/
January 30, 2008
Friends of the National High School Center Meeting
National High School Center
Washington, DC
Please note: This meeting is for the Friends of the National High School Center and National High School Center staff
January 28, 2008
National High School Center Advisory Board Meeting
National High School Center
Washington, DC
Please note: This meeting is for the National High School Center Advisory Board and National High School Center staff

2007

November 5 - 6, 2007
The North Dakota Curriculum Initiative
Event: Conference, "North Dakota Curriculum Initiative Conference on Tiered Intervention at the Secondary Level"
Presenter: Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
Bismarck, North Dakota
October 17, 2007, 9:30 to 11:00am (PDT)
Organization: Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center
Event: Webinar, "RTI Learning Community: Meeting the Needs of Significantly Struggling Learners in High Schools"
Speaker: Helen M. Duffy, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
http://www.nwrel.org/nwrcc/rti-webinar/
October 15, 2007
Organization: Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Event: RTI Community of Practice Call
Speakers: Helen M. Duffy, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center, and Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
September 20, 2007
Organization: National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center For the Education of Children and Youth Who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk (NDTAC)
Event: 2007 National Meeting Poster Session
Location: Washington, DC
August 29, 2007
Friends of the National High School Center Meeting
July 10 - 11, 2007
Organizations: Hawai‘i Department of Education, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa College of Education (UHCOE), and Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL).
Event: Pacific Educational Conference (PEC 2007)
Sessions: Developing systems of support for transitions into high school; Developing systems for early identification: Dropout prevention; and Linking High School Reform and Maximum Student Attainment: A Call to Action
Speakers: Joseph R. Harris, Interim Director, National High School Center, and Helen M. Duffy, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
http://www.prel.org/pec2007/
June 11 - 13, 2007
National High School Center's 2007 Summer Institute, Advancing High School Student Success: Building Systems of Support
Archived information and all presentations are available here.
April 3, 2007
Organizations: Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Centers
Event: SEA Leadership Forum for the Middle Grades to High School Transition 2007
Session: Preventing High School Dropout: Understanding the Research and Useful Strategies to Address the Problem
Speakers: Becky Powell, Director of Outreach, National High School Center, and Mindee O’Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center

2006

March 24, 2006, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Organizations: Center for Education at the National Academies, Education Sector, National Education Knowledge Industry Association
Event: Policy Forum: High School Reform - How Can Evidence Guide Policy and Practice?
Speaker: Becky Smerdon, Co-Director, National High School Center
Location: Washington, D.C.
See the Agenda.
April 20, 2006, 9:30 AM - 10:25 AM
Organizations: Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center (MACC), Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC)
Event: Middle Grades to High School Transition: Research to Practice Forum
Session: Voices From Successful Transition Programs: Identifying the Policies, Resources and Flexibility Needed to Address Transition Issues
Speakers: Becky Smerdon, Co-Director of the National High School Center, Corinne Herlihy, MDRC
Location: Richmond, Virginia
http://www.macc.ceee.gwu.edu/MACCprojects/MHSForum06.asp
April 28, 2006, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
National High School Center Webinar: "Leading the Way to a Smooth Ninth Grade Transition"
Archived Webinar
August 1, 2006, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Organization: Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
Event: 2006 Project Directors' Conference Program
Session: Poster Presentation: High School Reform: What Are the Implications for Special Education?
Speaker: Mindee O'Cummings, Technical Assistance Liaison, National High School Center
Location: Washington, D.C.
November 6 - Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Organization: Grantmakers for Education
Event: Grantmaking Strategies for Student Success
Speakers: Rob Ivry, Communications Specialist, National High School Center, and Becky Smerdon, The Urban Institute
Location: San Francisco, California
http://www.edfunders.org/programs/conference/index.asp
December 13, 2006, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
National High School Center Webinar: "Preventing High School Dropout"
Archived Webinar

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