National High School Center News and Events
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Past National High School Center Events Include:
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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