2008 NCTAF Symposium: Building a 21st Century Education System

The 2008 NCTAF Symposium

... a destination meeting for educators and policymakers working on

Building a 21st Century Education System

July 10-12, 2008

The Fairmont Hotel

2401 M Street NW

Washington, DC

See the agenda and press release!

July 10

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Tom Carroll, President, NCTAF

Opening Plenary: What Matters Most for 21st Century Teaching

• Creating New Opportunities for 21st Century Learning

Former U.S. Secretary of Education & NCTAF Co-Chair, Richard Riley

Concurrent Plenary Sessions:

Supporting Teachers' Rights and Changing Teachers' Roles

• Revamping the Teacher Workforce Jack Dale, Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools

Leading the Integration of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants

• Curriki - A Disruptive Idea! Bobbi Kurshan, Executive Director, Curriki

July 11

Plenary Session II:

Transforming Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century

• Preparing STEM Teachers for High-Need, Urban Schools, Jennifer Drake, Director, Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship Program, University of Indianapolis

Concurrent Sessions II: Innovative Strategies for Moving Systems Forward

Quality Teacher Preparation

• Support of New Teacher Development, Ronni Mann, New Teacher Center

Authentic Standards and Assessments

• Meaningful Teacher Assessment, Tom Toch, Co-Founder, Education Sector and Co-Author, "Rush to Judgment: Teacher Evaluation in Public Education"

Concurrent Sessions III: Levers for Change:

Professionally Rewarding Careers: Online Teacher Learning Communities

• The INTC Experience, Renee Clift & Lara Hebert, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative
• A Social Network for South Carolina Teachers, Mark Bounds, Deputy Superintendent, Educator Quality and Leadership, South Carolina