National High School Center’s 2007 Summer Institute
“Advancing High School Student Success:
Building Systems of Support”
Held Monday, June 11, 2007–Wednesday, June 13, 2007
L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C.
The National High School Center’s Summer Institute, Advancing High School Student Success: Building Systems of Support, was held on June 11-13, 2007, in Washington, DC. Designed specifically for the Regional Comprehensive Centers (RCCs) and the states they serve, our conference provided the latest research and useful practices regarding pressing issues in high school improvement. The conference was attended by representatives from 15 of the 16 RCCs and had representation from 20 states. Two of the other four Content Centers were also in attendance.
The agenda for the Institute was based on the expressed needs of the Regional Comprehensive Centers, incorporated the National High School Center’s three focus strands (High School Readiness, Rigorous Content Mastery, and Post-Secondary Pathways), and represented the priority topic areas on which we have focused during Years 1 and 2. Requested topics that were covered included: developing effective systems of support; high school literacy; dropout prevention; transition into high school; and strategies to serve students with disabilities. Ample time was also made available for RCCs and states to have an opportunity to learn from one another.
We are pleased to offer videos, PowerPoint slides, and resources for each large group session offered at the National High School Center Summer Institute. For each general session, viewers have the opportunity to view the presentation in either high-bandwidth or low-bandwidth formats. In addition, viewers have the opportunity to view the presentation in its entirety, or view each individual presenter's portion separately.
Welcome
Joseph R. Harris, Interim Director, National High School Center, and Principal Research Analyst at the American Institutes for Research, welcomes participants to the first annual National High School Center Summer Institute. Within his remarks, Dr. Harris also outlines the goals and objectives of the three-day Institute.
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Keynote
Keynote Address I
Jill Martin, 2007 National Association of Secondary School Principals/Met Life National High School Principal of the Year
Keynote Address II
Alexa Posny, Former Director, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education and current Commissioner of Education for the State of Kansas
Individual Presentations
Framing the National High School Conversation
Braden Goetz, High School Group Leader, Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
Joseph R. Harris, Interim Director, National High School Center
Locating and Preventing the Dropout Crisis: How to Target and Transform High Schools Which Produce The Nation’s Dropouts
Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters, Research Scientists, The Center for Social Organization of Schools at The Johns Hopkins University
Panel Discussions
Panel Discussion on Systems of Support for High School Improvement
Governor Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education
Jason Snipes, Director of Research, Council of the Great City Schools
Rose Owens-West, Associate Director, California Comprehensive Center, WestEd
Moderator: Steve Fleischman, Vice President, American Institutes for Research
Panel Discussion on High School Literacy
Don Deshler, Director, Center for Research on Learning
James Kemple, Director, K–12 Education Policy, MDRC
Aída Walqui, Director, Teacher Professional Development Program, WestEd
Lucy Trautman, NCLB Technical Assistance Coordinator, Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center
Sarah Thomas, Director, Improvement and Support Team, Kansas State Department of Education
Sharon Hoge, Language Arts Coordinator, K–5, Reading K–12, Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, Missouri
Moderator: Terry Salinger, Managing Director and Chief Scientist for Reading Research, American Institutes for Research
Panel Discussion on Dropout Prevention
Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Sandra Covington-Smith, Research Associate, National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
Ceri Dean, Director, North Central Comprehensive Center and Vice President, Field Services, McREL
Camilla Lehr, Coordinator, Dropout Prevention, Retention, and Graduation Initiative, Minnesota Department of Education
Moderator: David Osher, Managing Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research
Panel Discussion on Transitions into High School
John R. Nori, Director, Instructional Leadership Resources, National Association of Secondary School Principals
John Q. Easton, Executive Director, Consortium on Chicago School Research
Georgeanne Oxnam, Consultant, Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center, Edvantia, Inc.
Linda Creek, Middle Grade Coordinator, Tennessee Department of Education
Moderator: Monica Martinez, Vice President for Education Strategy, KnowledgeWorks Foundation
