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8:00am EDT

CLOSED GROUP: LIS Principals' PLG Room 105/106Tony Lamair Burks II • Jean Haeger Exploring the Elements of Effective Instruction Room 205/206Courtney Jacobs • Andi Weisman Summers • Great Schools Partnership (ME) Walking the Talk: The Whats, Whys, Hows, and Woes of the Proficiency-Based Learning Journey Room 203Mark Kostin • Carrie Young-McWilliams • Great Schools Partnership (ME) What Does it Look Like to be Proficient at Problem Solving? Teaching and Assessing the Transferable Skills Room 204Kate Gardoqui • Dan Liebert • Great Schools Partnership (ME) What’s in it for the Students? Tiffany BallroomHeather Taylor • Reed Dyer • Aaron Townsend • Jennifer Brooks • Bridget Erlandson • Great Schools Partnership (ME) Equity Design 101: Co-Creation for Equity in Education Room 103Brooke Staton • Reflex Design Collective (CA) • Julia Kong High School ReDesign for Student-Centered Learning: Bringing Students, Teachers, Principals, and District Leaders Together Room 104The Highlander Institute (RI) • Christina Corser • Nicholas Vockerodt Building a District-Wide Culture of Successful, Engaged Learners Through High-Impact Instructional Strategies Room 201Marcy Duhamel • MSAD 6 (ME) • Kirsten Gould • Michael Roy Students Learning to Ask Better Questions: An Easier Path to Inquiry in the Classroom Room 202Kathy Shay • Katy Connolly • Andrew Minigan • The Right Question Institute (MA)

1:00pm EDT

Community Engagement 101: Lift Every Voice Room 201Kate Theriault • Christina Horner • Glennys Sánchez • Great Schools Partnership (ME) How Partnership Councils Can Support Shared Decision Making in Schools Room 208/209Denise Snyder • Nelson Butten • Michael Sirmaian • Lawrence Public Schools (MA) How Putting Students at the Center Helped to Spark the Raising of a Black Lives Matter Flag in Montpelier, Vermont Room 202Mandinso Abu Aziz • Hope Petraro • Maryann Songhurst • Michael McRaith • Juna Nagle • Montpelier High School (VT) Reimagining Family Engagement as a Tool for Harnessing the Power of Community and Improving Outcomes for Students Room 204Erin Duarte • Maria Spears • Kimberly Soto-Hurtado • New Bedford Public Schools (MA) • Julie Mador • Jariel Vergne Leveraging High School PLCs and Organizational Structures to Support Mastery-Based Learning Room 115Joseph Maselli • Kathryn Desrosiers • Abbey Sacco • Jennifer Carvalho • Bolton High School (CT) Next Steps: Constructing a Proficiency-Based Learning Transcript that Works Room 104Sam Krotinger • Harwood Union High School (VT) Navigate the Future by Starting Now: Sustaining Innovation via Networks Room 213Big Picture Learning • Stacia Snow • Andrew Frishman • New Tech Network (CA) • Tom Vander Ark • Getting Smart Using a Theory of Action to Make and Measure Change in Your School or District Room 203Katie Thompson • Aaron Townsend • Hayley Didriksen • Great Schools Partnership (ME) Increasing Engagement in Science and Mathematics Through Student Voice and Choice Room 108/109Laurie Greenwood • Suzanne Troy • Jared Sawyer • Robert Jackson • Melrose Public Schools (MA) Owning the Room: Student Voice, Choice, and Ownership of Their Learning Room 101Tony Lamair Burks II • Don Weafer • Great Schools Partnership (ME) Student Ownership of their Education in ACE, a Competency-Based Program at Brookline High School Room 103ACE (Alternative Choices in Education) Program at Brookline High School (MA) This Is Us: Small Town, Big Outcomes Room 114Bryce Lindsell-Kraus • Shelby Martel • Karen Thompson • Jodie Holmquist • Peter Hughes • Hinsdale High School (NH) "Does this Assignment Count?" Focus on Formative Instruction and Assessment, A Critical Component in a Proficiency-Based System Room 212Lori Napolitano • Erin Maguire • Katelyn Dumont • Bonny Eagle High School (ME) Doing More for More Kids: Shifting from Culture of Teaching to a Culture of Learning Room 117Patricia Ainsworth • Molly Campbell • White Mountains Regional School (NH) • Mike Berry • Melissa Jellison • Abby Roy Embedding Social and Emotional Learning in Secondary Classrooms Room 205/206Larry Dieringer • Engaging Schools (MA) Teaching in Two Worlds: Building and Maintaining a Standards-Based Curriculum in a Conventional Grading World Room 105/106Tammy Koller • Steve DeCurtis • Vin Zibelli • Tom Lynch • Derek Snow • Smithfield High School (RI)

2:45pm EDT

Get Parents on Board with School Transformation Through Authentic Engagement Room 202Michael Livingston • Mary Newman • Ellen Bagnato • Brian Tonks • The Sharon Academy (VT) Try Everything and Include Everyone: Community Meetings to Promote Student Voice and Engagement Room 204Emily Whalen • Joseph Crawford • Next Charter School (NH) Who Belongs? The Role of Racism in Schools Not Used to Addressing It Room 203Kate Gardoqui • Christina Horner • Mo Nuñez • Great Schools Partnership (ME) • Carrie Young-McWilliams Designing Schedules that Help Mission Statements Come Alive Room 105/106Carly Rivard • Champlain Valley Union High School (VT) • Abbie Bowker • Peter Langella Failing Forward Together: Lessons Learned in Transformation from Traditional to Learner-Centered Practices in a Large Open-Enrollment Public School Room 208/209Nora Vernazza • Jennifer Nicol • TechBoston Academy (MA) In the Classroom, Advisory, and Through Restorative Justice: Circle Process is an Essential Ingredient of the Trauma-Informed, Democratic School Room 114Angela Bauer • Lisa Floyd • Randolph Union High School (VT) Eliminating Structural Inequities through Systems Thinking Room 108/109Jessica Blitzer • West Hartford Public Schools (CT) Let Students Lead the Way to Transform Classroom Practice Room 104Lili Platt • Kaia Levey • Carlton Cummiskey • Winter Haberle • Harwood Union High School (VT) • Katherine Cadwell Owning the Room: Student Voice, Choice, and Ownership of Their Learning Room 101Tony Lamair Burks II • Don Weafer • Great Schools Partnership (ME) Student Ownership of their Education in ACE, a Competency-Based Program at Brookline High School Room 103ACE (Alternative Choices in Education) Program at Brookline High School (MA) "Does this Assignment Count?" Focus on Formative Instruction and Assessment, A Critical Component in a Proficiency-Based System Room 212Lori Napolitano • Erin Maguire • Katelyn Dumont • Bonny Eagle High School (ME) Aligning Best Practices from Special Education and General Education in Dynamic Unit Design Room 201Ted Hall • Nicole Bradeen • Great Schools Partnership (ME) Designing Tasks For ALL: Opportunity, Choice, and Equity Room 115Caroline Messenger • Naugatuck Public Schools (CT) • Heather Burke • Beth Lancaster Doing More for More Kids: Shifting from Culture of Teaching to a Culture of Learning Room 117Patricia Ainsworth • Molly Campbell • White Mountains Regional School (NH) • Mike Berry • Melissa Jellison • Abby Roy Embedding Social and Emotional Learning in Secondary Classrooms Room 205/206Larry Dieringer • Engaging Schools (MA) Open Educational Resources (OER): For the Teachers By the Teachers Room 213The Highlander Institute (RI) • RI Office of Innovation (RI) • East Providence High School (RI) • Blackstone Valley Prep (RI) • Heather Coughlin • Daniela Fairchild • Mia Palombo • Shawn Rubin

4:15pm EDT

Equity by Design: Designing Ideal Schools Room 101Creative Reaction Lab (MO) • Antionette Carroll • Hilary Sedovic How Partnership Councils Can Support Shared Decision Making in Schools Room 205/206Denise Snyder • Nelson Butten • Michael Sirmaian • Lawrence Public Schools (MA) Leading Change: Harnessing Key Principles and Practices of Community Engagement Room 203Mo Nuñez • Steve Sell • Great Schools Partnership (ME) Manchester Proud: The Power—and Reality—of Authentic Community Engagement in a District Strategic Plan Room 204Evelyn Aissa • Barry Brensinger • Elizabeth Canada • Reaching Higher NH (NH) Reimagining Family Engagement as a Tool for Harnessing the Power of Community and Improving Outcomes for Students Room 103Erin Duarte • Maria Spears • Kimberly Soto-Hurtado • New Bedford Public Schools (MA) • Julie Mador • Jariel Vergne Creating a More Equitable Learning Environment with Open Enrollment and Detracking Policies Room 202Danbury Public Schools (CT) • Meghan Martins Failing Forward Together: Lessons Learned in Transformation from Traditional to Learner-Centered Practices in a Large Open-Enrollment Public School Room 208/209Nora Vernazza • Jennifer Nicol • TechBoston Academy (MA) Implementing a Meaningful, Integrated Individual Learning Plan (ILP) Room 212Cali Cornell • Stephanie Geller • Onna Mechanic-Holland • Rhode Island KIDS COUNT (RI) In the Classroom, Advisory, and Through Restorative Justice: Circle Process is an Essential Ingredient of the Trauma-Informed, Democratic School Room 114Angela Bauer • Lisa Floyd • Randolph Union High School (VT) Leveraging High School PLCs and Organizational Structures to Support Mastery-Based Learning Room 213Joseph Maselli • Kathryn Desrosiers • Abbey Sacco • Jennifer Carvalho • Bolton High School (CT) Increasing Engagement in Science and Mathematics Through Student Voice and Choice Room 108/109Laurie Greenwood • Suzanne Troy • Jared Sawyer • Robert Jackson • Melrose Public Schools (MA) Let Students Lead the Way to Transform Classroom Practice Room 104Lili Platt • Kaia Levey • Carlton Cummiskey • Winter Haberle • Harwood Union High School (VT) • Katherine Cadwell Aligning Best Practices from Special Education and General Education in Dynamic Unit Design Room 201Ted Hall • Nicole Bradeen • Great Schools Partnership (ME) It’s Time We Talked: PK–16 Approaches to Effective Teacher Preparation Room 105/106Lilly Friars • Kyle Greene • Jocelyn L’Italien • Thomas College (ME) • University of Maine Presque Isle (ME) • Alana Margeson Teaching in Two Worlds: Building and Maintaining a Standards-Based Curriculum in a Conventional Grading World Room 115Tammy Koller • Vin Zibelli • Tom Lynch • Derek Snow • Steve DeCurtis • Smithfield High School (RI) Work It! Deeper Learning, Statewide Assessment, and Research-Based Guardrails in New Hampshire Room 117Felicia Sullivan • Ashley Harbel • Julia Ryan • Jonathan Vander Els • Jobs for the Future (MA) • Sanborn Regional High School (NH) • New Hampshire Learning Initiative (NH)

5:30pm EDT

Networking: Hors d'oeuvres + Cash bar Tiffany Ballroom