Enabling High-Performing Learning Environments:
The Power of Technology and Data
SAS World Headquarters | Cary, NC |May 13 - 15
Conference Agenda
Note: This agenda is subject to change.
| Tuesday, May 13 | |
| Noon – 5:00 p.m. | (Optional) Golf at Prestonwood Country Club |
| Noon | Transportation to Prestonwood |
| 12:30 p.m. | Tee off |
| 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Transportation back to Embassy Suites |
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| 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | (Optional) Tour and Roundtable at Cary Academy |
| 1:15 p.m. | Transportation to Cary Academy |
| 3:30 p.m. | Transportation back to Embassy Suites |
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| 6:15 p.m. | Transportation from Embassy Suites to Prestonwood |
| 6:30 p.m. – Until | Welcome Reception and Dinner at Prestonwood Featuring Keith Krueger, CEO, CoSN; Kathy Lee, General Manager, SAS Education Practice; and Michael Schmedlen, Education Industry Executive in the Americas, Lenovo |
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Return transportation to the Embassy Suites will be provided. |
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| Wednesday, May 14 | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Transportation to SAS |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | The Power of Technology and Data in Education Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Imagining the High-Performance Learning Environment Marsha Rhea, Senior Futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | The Power of Technology and Data: Empowering Teachers, Administrators, Students and Parents Case study with Doug Otto, PhD, Superintendent of Schools, Plano Independent School District (ISD), Plano, TX; and Jim Hirsch, Associate Superintendent for Academic and Technology Services, Plano ISD |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Starting the Process for High-Performing Learning Environments: Panel Discussion
Moderator: Michael Schmedlen. Panel includes: Robert Runcie, Chief Information Officer, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Sharnell Jackson, Chief eLearning Officer, CPS; Holly Jobe, Project Manager of Classrooms for the Future at the Pennsylvania Department of Education |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m | Instructions for Lunch Discussion Marsha Rhea |
| Noon | Transportation to Lunch in Building F |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch with District Teams Facilitators: Cambridge Strategic Services and Marsha Rhea |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Transportation to Building V |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | College Board and EXCELerator Schools:
Putting a College Readiness System Into Practice
Lori Mei, Executive Director of Research and Accountability for College Readiness, The College Board |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Technology Leadership in Education 2012 Bill Rust, Gartner Group |
| 5:00 p.m. | Transportation to Hotel |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Networking Dinner at the Embassy Suites |
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| Thursday, May 15 | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Transportation to SAS |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Education and Commerce in a 'World-Sourced' Economy Thomas Looney, Vice President and General Manager, Lenovo North America |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Metrics for Your District: Scorecards, Dashboards and KPIs Moderator: Phil Strand, General Manager, Performance Management Practice, SAS. Panel includes: Jim Hirsch, Plano ISD; Travis Willard, Deputy Superintendent for Technology Services and Chief Information Officer, Georgia Department of Education; and Rick Rozzelle, President and Chief Technology Officer, Center for Education Leadership and Technology (CELT) |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Myths and Realities About Technology in K-12 Schools
Glenn Kleiman, Executive Director, The William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University |
| 11:45 a.m.– Noon | Transportation to Lunch in Building F |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch with Community of Practice Teams Topic: What are the Skills That We and Our Community Value, and How Do We Embed the Assessment of These Skills into a Meaningful Measurement System? |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Transportation to Building V |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Planning Strategically: Next Steps to Implementing and Sustaining High-Performance Learning Environments Cambridge Strategic Services |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks Keith Krueger, Kathy Lee and Michael Schmedlen |
| 3:00 p.m. | Transportation to Airport |
