Add Short Course, Field Tour and Sound of Music to your Conference Experience.
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Then you need to join us at the CSTA Pre-Conference for Coaches, Science Leaders and TOSAs as we…
Focus on supporting you in leading change and building your leadership skills to help teachers align their practice with NGSS shifts, building leadership skills for supporting teachers and the integration of CCSS and NGSS, advice for making district decisions, techniques for leading K-12 professional learning, and networking opportunities with colleagues from across the state. This event is also recommended for those who may be serving small schools, in an informal role doing the same work.
The $135 fee includes breakfast, lunch and supplies. Registration is limited to county office of education, district, school, charter, and private school employees. This event is likely to sell out. Registration for the Year 2 track is limited to those who participated in the 2016 Pre-Conference and those that attended will receive and invitation email to register.
Presenters include:
Schedule (subject to change)
This is a full day event and your complete participation is encouraged in order to fully benefit from the learning.
7:45 am - 8:15 am | Check-in and Breakfast | 3rd Floor Meeting Rooms, Sheraton Grand |
8:15 am - 8:30 am | Welcome CSTA President Jill Grace, K12 Alliance WestEd and CSTA Region 1 Director Marian Murphy-Shaw, Siskiyou COE |
3rd Floor Meeting Rooms, Sheraton Grand |
8:30 am - 8:45 am | Transition from 3rd Floor to 2nd Floor Breakout Rooms | |
8:45 am - 11:45 am | Year 1 Cohort: Breakout Session Leading Change: Building Leadership Skills to Help Teachers Align Practice with CA-NGSS Shifts and Integration of CCSS and CA-NGSS Year 2 Cohort: Breakout Session: Game of Changes: Further Developing Leadership Abilities | Beavis and Bondi Falor |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Transition from 2nd Floor to 3rd Floor | |
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm | Lunch and Presentation What Is the Current Work from Achieve Helping Science Leadership Vanessa Wolbrink, Program Associate, Science, Policy & Practice, Achieve, Inc. |
3rd Floor Meeting Rooms, Sheraton Grand |
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Year 1: Resume Morning Breakouts | Beavis and Bondi |
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Year 2: Resume Morning Breakouts | Falor |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Year 2: Table Talks | Falor |
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Year 1: Table Talks Year 2: Presentation & Consultation Sign-Ups The Art of Effective Communication with Achieve, Inc.: Increasing capacity of leaders to utilize communication practices in the service of NGSS Implementation, Problems of Practice, and Policy Michael Gilligan, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives Chad Colby, Vice President, Strategic Communications & Outreach, and Vanessa Wolbrink, Program Associate, Science, Policy & Practice, Achieve, Inc. |
Beavis and Bondi Falor |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Networking Reception | Morgan's - 2nd Floor, Sheraton |