Presentations - 2007


Leadership for Equity and Excellence: Transforming Education

The Role of Leadership in Promoting Equity and Excellence in Education
by Pedro Noguera(PPT 150KB)

Leadership for Change
by Elizabeth Kozleski and Seena Skelton(PPT 10.6MB)

A01: How to Determine if Racial Disproportionality is Based in Policy, Procedures, or Practice
by Sue Gamm, Esq. (PPT 1.5MB)

A08: Simple Structures to Reduce the Achievement Gap
by Spencer Kagan (PDF 2MB)

A11: Reducing System-wide Racial and Gender Disproportionality in the Prevalence of Students Identified as Mentally Retarded
by Robert Hull, Linda Gaskill, and Enid Amos (PPT 463KB)

B02: Diary of a Mad Black Teacher: Preventing Disproportionate Placement of African American Learners
by Tonika Duren Green and Ovetis Duren Cooper (PPT 1.3MB)

B08: How Do We Incorporate the Social and Cultural Contributions of Family and Community Into Schools?
by Ellen Chernoff (PPT 408KB)

B09: Zero Tolerance versus Positive Behavioral Supports: An Effective School-wide Accountability System for Student Behavior that Increases Equity and Decreases Disproportionality
by Howard M. Knoff (PDF 1.8MB)

B12: A Tale of Two Cities: Disproportionality As a Change Event: What We Know and the Challenges and Results of Applying that Knowledge and Learned Experiences in a Local School District and a Parish
by James Patton (PPT 316KB)

C09: Effective Early Intervention and Response-to-Intervention Approaches: Ensuring that IDEA '04 Increases Equity while Decreasing Disproportionality
by Howard M. Knoff (PDF 330KB)

C10: Successful Educators of Culturally, Economically, and Linguistically Diverse Students: An Overview of Research on Culturally Relevant Instruction
by Beth Eldridge and Michael Orosco (PPT 147KB)

C10: Understanding Teachers' Lived Experiences With Diverse Learners: Narrative Perspectives of a Novice, Experienced, and Veteran Teacher
by Romy M. Allen (PPT 99KB)

D01: Assisting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families to Become Advocates for Children with Disabilities
by Tisa Jimenez, Janeen Steel, Ines Kuperschmidt, and Victoria Graf (PPT 87KB)

D01: Empowering Families of Children with Health or Mental Health Needs to Partner with Schools
by Chandra Keller-Allen (PDF 145KB)

D01: College Bound San Diego
by Tonika Duren Green, Darlene Willis, Marsha Dodson, and Martha Parham (PPT 485KB)

D01: It Takes a Parent: Transforming Education in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act
by Edwin C. Darden (PPT 1.6MB)

D01: Helping Families through the Special Education Maze: Planning to Increase Non-mainstream Families Participation
by Elba I. Rohena and Anne Papalia-Berardi (PPT 96KB)

D03: Fixing a Broken Model: How to Use Significance Testing to Assess for Disproportional Representation
by Clifford Hatt and Jon Thompson (PPT 176KB) (XLS 75KB)

D04: Collaborative Planning in Middle School Mathematics: Meeting the Needs of ALL Students
by Anna McTigue (PPT 57KB)

D05: Connecting Policy, Programs, and Practice in Closing Achievement Gaps
by Linda Bacon and Denise Alston (PPT 1.9MB)

D05: Voices of Color: Using Student Voice to Transform Learning Environments and Achieve Educational Equity
by Cheryl Greene (PPT 1.2MB)

E09: Leadership to Promote Family Partnerships: Identifying and Reclaiming Lost Opportunities
by Gwen Beegle and Thomas Neuville (PPT 154KB)

E11: An Experiential Approach to Cultural Competence
by Shana Ritter (PPT 355KB)



Other Presentations

Professional Learning in a Changing World: Promises & Challenges for Teacher Education, 50th Teacher Education Division Annual Conference, Milwaukee, November 2007

Considerations When Using RTI Models with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Illinois Council for Exceptional Children Conference, November 2, 2007

Addressing Disproportionality through Culturally Responsive Early Intervening Services at ADE (Arizona Department of Education) Conference, September 2007

Culturally Responsive Educational Leadership at Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention, Louisville, KY, April 2007

Technical assistance as mediating structure: A cultural-historical cartography of minority placement in special education at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 9-13, 2007