Educational Sessions - At-A-Glance

Visit the Education Session Scheduler to access full session descriptions and organize your own Convention schedule in advance!

Convention attendees can choose from a full range of programs that address their special needs and interests. NASSP knows what topics are of most interest to middle level and high school leaders because we asked. NASSP’s Convention programming reflects members’ expressed interests, needs, and wants. In addition, the Convention Program Review Panel includes practitioners who represent principals and assistant principals in suburban, rural, urban, large, and small schools across the United States.

Saturday Sessions — February 26

• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• 3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Sunday Sessions — February 27

• 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
• 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Monday Sessions — February 28

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
• 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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Saturday Sessions February 26
Room(s)	1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
120/123	Bridging the Learning/Assessment Gap: Showcase Teaching (PSL)
121/124	Joint Presentation by 2005 MetLife/NASSP National Principals of the Year for High School and Middle Level (CES)
122/125	Using Professional Learning Communities to Promote Collaborative Leadership (LSL)
130/131	Create a Team For Success! (LSL)
132/133	So Many Struggle to Read and Write: What’s A School To Do? (CES)
301	Teaching Parents What They Need to Know (BSR)
302	Standing Up To Bullying Behavior (PSL)
303	Breaking Ranks II/Turning Points 2000: Point/Counterpoint (LSL)
304	Books on Trial: Critical Thinking and Authentic Assessment in the English Classroom (ALA)
305	Renaissance Climate Control for Your School (LSL)
306	The Promise of the High School Senior Year (PSL)
307	Breaking Ranks II: Global Perspectives from Three Continents (LSL)
308	How Can a Walk Through Give You Information for School Improvement? (LSL)
309	Using Palm and Pocket PC Technology for Staff Evaluation (LSL)
310	Improving Teachers’ Assessment of Students Special Learning Needs (ALA)

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Saturday Sessions February 26
Room(s)	3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
120/123	Designing a Brain Compatible Learning Community (LSL)
121/124	Teaming, The First Step Toward a Successful High School Redesign (LSL)
122/125	Student Random Drug-Testing Programs (BSR)
130/131	Classroom Assessments That Raise Achievement (ALA)
132/133	Student-Centered Accountability: Linking Teacher Practice Directly to Student Achievement Through Timely, Diagnostic, “Local” Data, Feedback Loops (ALA)
301	Seven Literacy Strategies That Work: Schoolwide Curricular Reform (LSL)
302	GoObserve®: Using Technology to Simplify Classroom Observations (ALA)
303	The Leadership-Change Connection: A Professional Development Approach for School Leaders (LSL)
304	Hosted by 2005 Official Convention Sponsor (LSL)
305	Character Education and Service Learning: The Community Connection (BSR)
306	Closing the Achievement Gap Through Paying Attention to Students’ Schedules (CES)
307	Why Principals Need to Know More About Bullying at School (PSL)
308	Learning for All: Changing Systems Through School Leadership (LSL)
309	Charged with Meeting the Transitional Needs of the Ninth Grade Student: Our Journey Towards Smaller Learning Communities (PSL)
310	Taking the Mystery Out of High Achievement or “It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson” (LSL)

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Sunday Sessions February 27
Room(s)	9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
120/123	Converting to Smaller Learning Communities (PSL)
121/124	A Comprehensive Supervision of Instruction Program (LSL)
122/125	Leadership Levers: Tools That Improve Student Learning (LSL)
130/131	A Coffee Cup Named DOFPIC (LSL)
132/133	Ensuring Successful Students 21 Critical Components of Effective Instruction (CES)
301	Living a Mission for School Improvement (LSL)
302	NASSP’s National Study of Middle Level Schools: Leadership for Highly Successful Middle Level Schools (LSL)
303	Turning Assessment into Action (CES)
304	The Three Rs for School Leadership: Recruit, Retain, and Revitalize (EI)
305	No Principal Left Behind (ALA)
306	The Importance of the Principal’s Role in the Induction of New Teachers (LSL)
307	What Effect Will the New SAT Have on Your School? (CES)
308	NASSP Session
309	Action Learning for Principals: A Practical Process for Creating a Collaborative School Culture Focused on Student Achievement (LSL)
310	Transition: A Process, Not an Event (LSL)

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Sunday Sessions February 27
Room(s)	12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
120/123	Successful Memory Raises Student Achievement (CES)
121/124	Challenges That Face the Beginning Principal: A Panel and Discussion (LSL)
122/125	Becoming an Instructional Leader (LSL)
130/131	Brain-Based Learning: Making Connections for Classroom Applications (PSL)
132/133	J. Lloyd Trump Lecture Getting Accountability Right (CES)
301	Breakthrough High Schools You Can Do It Too! Strategies That Work (CES)
302	A Collaborative Project to Improve Student Behavior and Academic Performance (PSL)
303	A Professional Learning Community on the Move (PSL)
304	One Kid at a Time (PSL)
305	Ensure the Pieces to the Financial-Planning Puzzle Fit for Retirement and Beyond (EI)
306	Building a “Grading for Learning” Culture: Linking Grades to Standards (ALA)
307	Sent to the Principal: Student Perspectives on School Leadership (LSL)
308	Leading in the Swampy Lowlands of No Child Left Behind (LSL)
309	Rebels With Applause: Brain Compatible Approaches for Motivating Reluctant Learners (LSL)
310	If Graduation Were Today...A Longitudinal Look at Palmetto High School’s Freshman Academy (PSL)

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Sunday Sessions February 27
Room(s)	2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
120/123	Leading the Way for Student Voice: Involving Students in High School Reform (LSL)
121/124	Assessing the Impact of Professional Development on Student Achievement (LSL)
122/125	Transforming a Middle School from the Inside Out (LSL)
130/131	Get A Life! Survival Skills for the Principalship (LSL)
132/133	Dealing With Difficult Teachers (LSL)
301	Is Law Undermining Public Education? (EI)
302	Raise the Roof Data Elevates (ALA)
303	Writing for Publication (BSR)
304	Bridge Builders: Establishing Effective School-Community Relationships (BSR)
305	Individual Leadership Development Through the Nebraska Education Leadership Institute (LSL)
306	How to Build Smaller Learning Communities from the Ground Up (PSL)
307	The Student Advisory Program at Haverford High School (PSL)
308	Rethinking the Administrative Internship: Creating a Meaningful Experience for the Next Generation (EI)
309	Words Hurt the Heart (BSR)
310	Proactive School Security and Emergency Preparedness Post 9/11 (PSL)

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Monday Sessions February 28
Room(s)	8:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
120/123	Growing Capacity for Challenge and Change (LSL)
121/124	Raising the Bar for All Students: Expanding Your School’s AP Program (CES)
122/125	Make the S.T.A.R.s Come Out (Students+ Teachers+Administrators=Results) (ALA)
130	Succeeding with Repeaters: Teaching Them Well and Spreading the News (PSL)
131	Academic Literacy: A Plan for Achievement and Unity in Departmentalized Schools (LSL)
132	Creating a Web of Community Support for Your School: Internal and External Relationships to Optimize Your School’s Performance (BSR)
133	The California Exit Exam: What Have We Learned? Where Are We Going? (ALA)

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Monday Sessions February 28
Room(s)	10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
120/123	Creating an Annual Interdisciplinary Event (LSL)
121/124	Conscious Classroom Management: Bringing Out the Best in Students and Teachers (LSL)
122/125	Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Strategies That Engage the Brain (PSL)
130	Learning to Serve Something Greater Than Yourself: Practices to Adopt and Adapt (PSL)
131	Are You Data Rich and Decision-Making Poor? (ALA)
132	Implementing and Deepening Small Learning Community Practices (PSL)

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Please note that the following sessions and their related dates and times may be subject to change or adjustment by NASSP. For the most up-to-date programming information visit this page.

Legend

Session Content Applies To:

All Others: Both High School & Middle Level

First published in 1996, Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution presented a vision of a dramatically different high school of the 21st Century. Its 83 recommendations provided direction for high school principals around the country in making schools more student-centered by personalizing programs, providing support services and increasing intellectual rigor for all students. Breaking Ranks II: Strategies for Leading High School Reform, published in 2004, is a field guide to help principals and school leadership teams implement the best practices outlined in Breaking Ranks. The program for the 2005 NASSP Annual Convention has been designed to address the topic areas presented in both Breaking Ranks publications and Turning Points 2000, which recommends similar strategies for middle level schools. The codes which follow indicate the topic area a presentation addresses.

Topic Areas:

Leading for Student Learning (LSL)
Gaining the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to create high-performing learning communities.

Personalizing Student Learning (PSL)
Implementing strategies for personalizing the learning environment to promote student success.

Building Supportive Relationships (BSR)
Leveraging the resources of all stakeholders to create a web of support for staff and students.

Assessing Learning for Accountability (ALA)
Fulfilling the assessment and accountability expectations that have accompanied the standards movement.

Challenging Every Student (CES)
Identifying the underserved populations and discovering ways to serve them with proven practices and new approaches to curriculum and instruction.

Emerging Issues (EI)
Addressing some of the most prominent features of the evolving education landscape.

Please note that while presenters specified the suggested category for their session, NASSP cannot guarantee the content of the session presented directly concurs with the ideas carried in either Breaking Ranks publication or Turning Points 2000 recommendations.

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Set Your Session Schedule Early for San Francisco!

Beginning October 1, 2004, visit NASSP’s Convention Web site at www.nasspconvention.org to access full session descriptions and organize and print your own Convention schedule in advance of your arrival in the City by the Bay!

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