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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2007 NCTAF Symposium!

Schools Organized for Success:

The Future of Teaching

 

July 8-10, 2007

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The conference was an overwhelming success!

Meeting Agenda

Download a copy of the 2007 NCTAF Symposium final agenda.

Speaker Presentations and Handouts

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks, by Tom Carroll.

2. Presentation of the 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces Affecting Education by KnowledgeWorks Foundation/ Institute for the Future, by Monica Martinez. Link to the Map of Future Forces Affecting Education.

3. Teachers Learning in Networked Communities, by Sally Luttrell-Montes, Trey Martindale, David Young, and Cindy Gutierrez. Handout: Top Ten Lessons Learned.

4. Georgia BRIDGEs Teacher Growth: NCTAF/ GA Induction Project, by Linda Black, Gwen Benson, and Mable Hurtault.

5. Is Mentoring Worth the Money?, by Liam Goldrick and Michael Strong.

6. Great Schools By Design: Involving Teachers in the Creation of Schools for the Future with the American Architectural Foundation, by Jeanne Butler and Elizabeth Lodal. Video: Schools Designed for Learning.

7. Moving to Multigenerational Learning Teams, by Kathleen Fulton.

8. Lunch Session: Learning Teams Recognition Ceremony, by Beth Wray.

9. Master's Degrees and Master Teachers: Building Value into Advanced Teacher Preparation Programs, by Phillip Rogers.

10. Reducing the Achievement Gap Through Collaboration: A Tale of Two School Districts, by George Ann Rice and Rhonda Catanzaro.

11. Rewarding Teacher Careers via the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), by Kristan Van Hook and Marlene Magrino. For a video on TAP, click here and then on "TAP Video" on the upper right-hand corner of the website.

12. Chicago New Teacher Pipeline, by Deborah Curtis.

13. Going Further with the 2006-2016 KWF/IFTF Map of the Future, by Jillian Darwish.

14. Expanding District and School Improvement with Learning Teams, by Daniel Shamas.

15. Tennessee Exemplary Educators Program, by Steven Moats and Aaron Butler.

16. Closing Challenge: "Smell the Future" of American Education, by Richard W. Riley, Co-Chair of NCTAF.