Pub. 1 2011-2012 Issue 2

29 S ng 6th Annual Charter School Conference Tuesday, June 12th, South Towne Expo Center 10:00 AM General Session: Arbinger Institute Mitch Warner Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Room Times 200A 200B 200C 200D 300A 300B 300C 300D 400 1:00 PM Strategic Thinking Exercises for School Boards Charles Dayton Action Strategy Boards Fundraising Beyond the Bake Sale (Grants) Lyman Millard Breakthrough Schools Boards/Directors Transitioning from Start Up Board to Governing Board Brian Carpenter Boards Building a Culture of Teacher Professionalism in High Performing Learning Environments: What it is. How it’s done. Michele Linch AAE Directors Interacting with your City Tyler Bodrero Planning Commissioner Pace Construction Management Boards Work as a Calling: The Promise and Perils of Passion Jeff Thompson Brigham Young University Boards/Directors Protecting your Assets Moreton & Company Boards/Directors/ Business Managers Specialized $ and Reporting (Title I, SpEd, Trust Lands) Paula Plant, Sandra Grant, Jennifer Howell Business Managers Panel Discussion Raj Thakker Founder and President of Charter School Business Management Inc. Boards 2:05 PM Fundraising Beyond the Bake Sale (Individuals) Lyman Millard Breakthrough Schools Boards/Directors Unions and Charter Schools: What all Administrators Need to Know Gary Beckner AAE Boards/Directors Understanding Revenue Streams Lincoln Fillmore (Charter Solutions) Brad Taylor (Academica West), Steve Finley (Red Apple Finance) Panel Discussion Boards/Directors Practical Advice on Social Media Mark Wagner Van Cott Boards/Directors Succession Planning in Charter Schools: An Interactive Tool Megan Rafferty EH Consulting Boards/Directors/ Business Managers Preparing for an Audit Robb Enger, CPA Providence Hall Business Managers Raj Thakker Founder and President of Charter School Business Management Inc. Boards 3:10 PM Getting on the Same Page - Improving Alignment and Collaboration Charles Dayton Action Strategy Boards Statewide Online Education Program Boards/Directors Top 10 Government Fundamentals Brian Carpenter Boards State Credit Enhancement Program - Overview Treasurer Richard Ellis Boards Smart School Classroom Boards/Directors The Bullying Policy Mark A. Flores Van Cott Boards/Directors Looking to Build or Expand Jennifer Perry (Endeavor Hall), Aaron Metcalfe (Hogan), Justin McMurtrey (Lewis & Young)) Boards Panel Discussion Administrator Succession and Training Scott Jackson, Nathan Cureton, Jamie Lewis Thomas Edison Charter School Boards/Directors Raj Thakker Founder and President of Charter School Business Management Inc. Boards 4:15 PM Creating Focus - Establishing Strategic Priorities and Learning to Say No Charles Dayton Action Strategy Boards How to Organize Your Parent Organization? Boards/Directors Confessions of a Recovering School Leader Brian Carpenter Directors To Amend or Not to Ammend. That’s the Question Marlies Burns/ Tim Beagley USOE Boards/Directors School Grading Judy Park USOE Boards/Directors An Hour with an Attorney Florence Vincent Van Cott Boards/Directors Round Table Understanding Revenue Streams Business Managers Putting Together Your School’s Bonding Team Boards/ Directors/ Business Managers Raj Thakker Founder and President of Charter School Business Management Inc. Boards 5:15 PM Reception 6:00 PM Awards Dinner Wednesday, June 13th, South Towne Expo Center 9:00 AM General Session: Tim Lake, CISCO 10:30 AM Dinosaurs Don’t Eat Broccoli Rebecca Peterson Spectrum Academy Teachers Fundraising Beyond the Bake Sale (Grants) Lyman Millard Breakthrough Schools Directors Manage your Digital Curriculum from One Simple Solution Rulon Crum Educational Technology Solutions Teachers/Directors How to Publish your Class Content? Chris Alldredge Teachers/Directors Building a Culture of Teacher Professionalism in High Performing Learning Environments: What it is. How it’s done. Michele Linch AAE Teachers Teacher Licensing Deborah Swensen (Hawthorn Academy), Mary Kimball (Weilenmann School of Discovery) Directors From Lower to Higher Order Thinking Skills Using Jacob’s Ladder Sheri Sorenson Utah Association for Gifted Children Teachers Formative Assessment Bob Jackman The Chariot Group Teachers/ Directors Creative Learning Activities and Principles Russ Johnson Training for Change Teachers 1:00 PM Saxon Math and the Common Core Emma Bullock Mountainville Academy Teachers Fundraising Beyond the Bake Sale (Individuals) Lyman Millard Breakthrough Schools Directors How to Develop a Schoolwide Technology Plan? Jacob Johnson ETS Directors Human Resources Aaron Call G&A Partner Directors Teacher Associations that Support Charter Schools Charity Smith AAE Teachers/Directors Accreditation Georgia Lutensock Accreditation Specialist Directors What Administrators Should Know about Gifted Children? Sheri Sorensen Utah Association for Gifted Children Directors Inquiry Based Learning Chris Crowe Brigham Young University Teachers Creating a High Trust Inspiring School Culture Carol Fetzer Quantum Learning Teachers/ Directors 2:05 PM The Latest in Reading Research Rachel Ahlstom Freedom Academy Teachers Mapping a School’s Chosen Curriculum and Programs to Utah’s Common Core Rick Kempton Noah Webster Academy Directors Effective Readers make Effective Students Jeffrey Flamm EyeQ Teachers/Directors Conflict Resolution Joe Heywood Moab Charter School Directors Top 10 Tech Tools OHSU Teachers Effective Schools Carolyn Sharette American Preparatory Academy Teacher/Directors Roundtable High School Teachers Love and Logic Classroom Management Alisha Walters Freedom Academy Teachers How to Create Meaningful Outdoor Experiences for Students James Ure Williamsburg Academy Teachers/ Directors 3:10 PM Do You Trust Me? Rick Veasey Lakeview Academy Teachers/Directors Tricks of the Trade - Classroom Management Echo M. Cunningham Academica West Teachers Utilizing Social Media Tools Ric Cantrell Utah State Senate Board Members/ Directors/Teachers The Listening Program Alex Doman Advanced Brain Technologies Teachers/Directors Instruction and Autism Christina Guevera Spectrum Charter School Teachers/Directors Investment Grade Rating: Credit Criteria Directors/Boards/ Business Managers Building a Better College and Career Ready Workforce Wendy & John Hawks Nevada State High School Teachers/Directors Fundraising Alan Anderson Great American Opportunities Directors Round Table Elementary School Teachers 4:15 PM Closing General Session Want to participate at the conference with a booth? For more information, contact Chris Bleak at chrisrbleak@utahcharters.org, 801-680-8141, or Carolin Jakobs at carolin@utahcharters.org, 801-654-2361.