Secondary School Success... Sharpening Our Focus 2006 Conference

On June 20, 2006, Partners for Rigor through Relevancy sponsored the second annual conference, Secondary School Success ~ Sharpening Our Focus, at Northwest High School in Germantown.  More than 575 leaders representing education, business, and the community attended.  Conference highlights are posted below including remarks by keynote, Willard R. Daggett, and information provided by featured presenters.  Check this website in the future for video clips, photos, PowerPoint presentations and materials. 

2007 Conference information will become available starting Fall 2006.



2006 Conference Highlights

Conference Program:  PDF
Photo Gallery: Slide Show

Morning Plenary Session

Freeman Hrabowski III

Jerry Weast

Willard Daggett




• Plenary Session: PPT
• Welcoming Remark Opening Session:
• Academic Leadership...
  Creating a Climate of SuccessStudent Panel:
• Sharing Success
• 2006 AwardsKeynote Address: From Good to Great PPT
• Summation
  

Networking Lunch

Afternoon Forums

Strand A: Setting High Expectations and Accountability for Results

• Breaking Through: From Condemned to Commended
• Breaking Ranks in the Middle:
  Strategies for Leading Middle Level Reform
• Wall-to-Wall Academies: Growing Pains
• MCPS Middle School Reform: Past , Present, Future
• Raising the Bar: Creating Systems to Increase
  Advanced Placement Enrollment and Achievement PPT
• Making Data Work for High School
• Making Data Work for Middle School
• Using Data and Intervention to Monitor
  Individual Student Performance
• Scheduling Small Learning Communities

Strand B: Promoting Rigor, Relevancy, and Relationships

• Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships: A National Perspective PPT
• Creating Literacy-Rich Schools for Adolescents
• Student Advisory Programs: Part I - Vision and Design PPT
• Student Advisory Programs: Part II - Nuts and Bolts PPT
• Putting the PiecesTogether to Meet the Needs of
  Our English Language Learners PPT / Handouts
• Rigorous Arts Education: The Road to Learning
• Increasing Staff Capacity through Professional Growth Systems
• Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships - Gap Closers
• Promoting Achievement for Immigrant Youth
• Technology Academies: Sharpening Our Students' Competitive Edge



Strand C:

Fostering Key Transitions through Secondary Education to College and Careers



• Freshman Transitions that Work PPT
• Connecting the Dots: Transitioning Students To and Through College
• Helping Students with Disabilities Make the Transition to College
• Making Senior Year Count - College Institute PPT
• Addressing Racial and Ethnic Barriers to Paretn Involvement Through Dialogue and Action

Contact:
Laura R. Grace
Laura_R_Grace@mcpsmd.org
301-279-3169



2005 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Designing High Schools for the Next Generation