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KSDE Annual Conference
Preconference: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Main Conference: Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1, 2009
Wichita, Kansas
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Conference General Information
The Kansas State Department of Education's Annual Conference focuses on school improvement and the continuous improvement of academic performance for all students. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency and Century II Convention Complex in Wichita, Kansas.
2009 Featured Presenters include:
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Dr. Willard Daggett -- Main Conference
Willard R. Daggett, Ed.D., President of the International Center for Leadership in Education, is recognized worldwide for his proven ability to move education systems towards more rigorous and relevant skills and knowledge for all students. He has assisted a number of states and hundreds of school districts with their school improvement initiatives, many in response to No Child Left Behind and its demanding adequate yearly progress (AYP) provisions. Dr. Daggett has also collaborated with education ministries in several countries and with the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Governors Association, and many other national organizations.
Before founding the International Center for Leadership in Education in 1991, Dr. Daggett was a teacher and administrator at the secondary and postsecondary levels and a director with the New York State Education Department, where he spearheaded restructuring initiatives to focus the state's education system on the skills and knowledge students need in a technological, information-based society.
Dr. Daggett is the creator of the Application Model and Rigor/Relevance Framework, a practical planning and instructional tool for determining the relevance of curriculum and assessment to real-world situations. Dr. Daggett’s Rigor/Relevance Framework has become a cornerstone of many school reform efforts throughout the United States.
Dr. Daggett has a special commitment to individuals with disabilities. He and his wife, Bonnie, volunteer their time and lend their support to Wildwood Programs in upstate New York. Wildwood serves the needs of people of all ages who, like their daughter Audrey, have neurological impairments/learning disabilities or autism, by enabling them to become the best that they can be.
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Paul Sandrock -- Main Conference
Paul Sandrock is Assistant Director for the Content and Learning Team at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (Madison, WI), working directly with DPI’s consultants in English language arts, mathematics, international education, and world languages. Prior to this position, Paul taught Spanish for 16 years, grades 7-12 in Appleton, WI, and was the DPI consultant for world languages education.
Paul served as president of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in 2006. He also has served as president of the National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NCSSFL) and on the boards of the Wisconsin Association For Language Teachers (WAFLT), Central States Conference, Joint National Committee for Languages, and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
Recent work on assessment includes the standing committee for the Foreign Language National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and ACTFL’s Integrated Performance Assessment project. These continue to influence Paul’s current leadership of Wisconsin’s initiatives with the American Diploma Project and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
Paul is the chief author of Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages (2002) and co-author of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s Essentials of World Languages, Grades K-12 (2007). He received the Prentice Hall/NCSSFL State Supervisor of the Year Award (2003).
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Don Lambert -- Closing Speaker, Friday, May 1, 2009
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Don Lambert receiving the Distinguished Service to the Arts' Artistic Support Award from former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (current U.S. Homeland Security Secretary) and Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
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Nominated by Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Don Lambert received the annual arts promotion award from the National Governors Association at its 2007 meeting in Traverse City, Michigan.
The award capped a career promoting the arts in Kansas which began while he attended a one-room country school between Clyde and Concordia from which he graduated in 1964.
Art exhibits he has organized have been in nearly 500 art museums and libraries across the country, including the Smithsonian and the Capitol in Washington, D.C. He has authored six books about Kansas artists, the most recent being "Homage to the Flint Hills." His "discovery" of the artist Elizabeth Layton brought her national attention, including features in Life, People and Parade. His more than 200 performances as John Steuart Curry, best known for his mural of John Brown in the Kansas Statehouse, led to a friendship with the artist's widow and her bequest of 950 Curry works to K-State's Beach Museum.
His other awards include two Golden Quill awards for coverage of education while a newspaper reporter in Ottawa and designation as a Point of Light from the National Service Corporation in 2000.
Lambert received an MA in American Studies from KU in 1996, a BA in journalism from K-State in 1972 and an AA from Cloud County Community College, Concordia, which named him its Outstanding Alumni in 2008.
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Wednesday's Preconference Sessions:
Know Your Strengths
Knowing what you do best matters. Learn more about your strengths and how they apply to teaching, classroom management, and relationships with others. Well-being fosters achievement. Teachers who are thriving are better able to succeed in the classroom and promote learning. Take the Clifton Strengths Finder (with free code prior to workshop) and the Well-Being Index and learn how to capitalize on the strengths and well-being of your students.
Technology Rich Classrooms
Come join us for the annual Kansas Technology Rich Classrooms Celebration Event! Join KS Technology Rich Classroom (TRC) Grant Schools as they reflect and share about their year as part of the KS TRC project. The event provides an opportunity to catch a glimpse of what it is like for TRC teams consisting of 4 teachers (Gr 3-6), and their coach/facilitator as they undertake adding a variety of 21st Century Learning Tools in their classrooms! Computers/Laptops, Smartboards, Digital Cameras, Projectors, and more are incorporated into these project classrooms, and TRC teachers gather at this event to share highlights of their TRC experience--which includes sharing student projects, artifacts, lesson plans and advice from these courageous, adventurous and creative classroom teachers!
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Sponsor Opportunities -- Coming Soon!
Facilities Layout -- Coming Soon!
For more information, please contact Janice Craft at jcraft@ksde.org. For Program information, please contact either Jessica Hellmer, jhellmer@ksde.org, or Mark Frehe, mfrehe@ksde.org. For Registration information, please contact Theresa Cote, tcote@ksde.org, or (785) 296-2303.