Update
The State Superintendent's High School Summit 2004 has reached capacity. Registrations will no longer be accepted. Superintendent O'Connell is most appreciative to everyone who has responded and will be part of this remarkable event.
Program: High Expectations for All Students (PDF; 382KB; 43pp.)
Sponsored by
Jack O'Connell
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Co-sponsored by
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In collaboration with
California State Board of Education
California Teachers Association
California County Superintendents Education Services Association
California School Boards Association
California State University
California School Employees Association
California Federation of Teachers
Community Colleges
University of California
WestEd
Purpose
The State Superintendent's High School Summit is an opportunity for participants to discuss how to raise expectations for all students by providing a rigorous and relevant standards-based curriculum. On leaving the summit, participants will have received information about and had the opportunity to discuss:
- State Superintendent Jack O'Connell's High Performing High Schools Initiative.
- The most recent research about high-achieving high schools.
- Promising practices of high schools that have obtained excellent results.
Keynote speakers
Bill Daggett, founder of the International Center for Leaders in Education, will discuss raising expectations for all students by combining the concepts of rigor and relevance.
Kati Haycock, Director of the Education Trust (Washington, D.C.), will focus on closing the achievement gap and will feature California-specific achievement data.
Featured speakers
Kylene Beers, Senior Reading Researcher at Yale University's Comer School Development Program, will focus on strategies to help struggling readers in the secondary grades.
Gene Bottoms, founding director of the Southern Regional Education Board's High Schools That Work, will discuss proven strategies to promote secondary school improvement.
Larry Gloeckler, former New York State Deputy Commission of Vocational and Special Education, will address improving high school outcomes, including graduation rates, for students with disabilities.
Joe Johnson, former director of Student Achievement and School Accountability in the U.S. Department of Education and now special assistant to the Ohio Superintendent of Schools, will focus on key high school leadership issues.
Hilda Quiroz, Program Developer and Trainer for the National School Safety Center, will focus on important high school safety topics, including bullying, hate-bias crimes, team building, and respect for cultural diversity.
Doug Reeves, chairman and founder of the Center for Performance Assessment, will address the importance of professional learning communities and their impact on achievement and equity.
Mary Catherine Swanson, founder and executive director of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), will discuss strategies to prepare educationally disadvantaged high school students for college.
Chauncey Veatch, 2002 California and National Teacher of the Year, will emphasize the critical role of literacy in students' academic and career success and commitment to lifetime learning.
Focus
The focus of the summit is on raising expectations for all high school students. Sessions and speakers will provide high school information organized generally around five strands: Leadership; Curriculum; Instruction and Assessment; Professional Learning Communities; Intervention and Support Services for Students; and Structure, Size, and Time.
Anticipated starting time, October 25, 2004, at 9:30 a.m.; ending October 26, 2004, at 3:00 p.m.
Target Audience
The target audience for the summit is superintendents, school board members, administrators, teachers, counselors, support staff, county office personnel, university and community college faculty, and business leaders.
Registration, Confirmation and Cancellations
Registration. Please register early by mail or fax. Space is limited; onsite registration may not be possible. No meals are included in the registration fee.
Confirmation. A confirmation notice will be sent by e-mail.
Cancellations. Cancellations must be received in writing by October 11, 2004, and are subject to a $25 fee. Substitutions, but no refunds, are allowed after October 11, 2004.
Call for further information: Charu Khopkar, Executive Office, 916-319-0554, or Curriculum and Instruction Branch Office, 916-319-0806, California Department of Education.
For the registration form, please see the Attachment (PDF; 158KB; 4pp.).
Hotel Information
The following hotels listed below still have availability. To
get the conference rate, callers must say they are attending the
California Department of Education/State Superintendent's High
School Summit. This rate will be available until the hotel
sells-out.
Doubletree Hotel
2001 Point West Way
1-800-222-TREE
Rate: $84 per room, per night plus tax
Inn Off Capitol Park
1530 N Street
916-447-8100
Rate: $84 per room, per night plus tax
La Quinta Inn
200 Jibboom Street
916-448-8100
Rate: $80 per room, per night plus tax
Red Lion Hotel
1401 Arden Way
916-922-8041
Rate: $84 per room, per night
Transportation
Airport transportation may be made via Super Shuttle, which departs approximately every 15 to 20 minutes from the airport. Call 1-800-BLUEVAN for details.
The Yolobus is available between the airport and downtown Sacramento for $1.50 each way. For details see http://www.yolobus.com/m3.html (Outside Source) or call 1-800-371-2877.
Note: The Hawthorn Suites has a complimentary airport shuttle.
Car Rental. Call for discounted car rental rates, please call Budget Rent A Car at 1-800-772-3773 and request corporate discount ID#U063606. Or visit the Web site https://rent.drivebudget.com//Main.jsp (Outside Source). Under "Rate Preference" enter the discount code in the "Discount/Corp Code" box. These rates include unlimited mileage and are available up to one week prior to and one week after the State Superintendent's High School Summit.
Reasonable Accommodation
Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Unruh Civil Rights Act, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this summit, may request assistance by October 8, 2004, by contacting Charu Khopkar, Executive Office, California Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Suite 5602, Sacramento, CA 95814; telephone, 916-319-0554; fax, 916-319-0100.
Attachment
Brochure (PDF; 158KB; 4pp.)
