2012 Winter Institute and Lobby Day / Developing a World Class System in a New Economic Reality

March 4 - 6, 2012 / The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, Albany, NY

• Read 2012 New York Superintendent of the Year Henry L. Grishman's acceptance speech below from Monday, March 5, 2012. Hank is the Superintendent of the Jericho UFSD.
• View Bob Lowry's Budget Presentation presented on Monday evening, March 5.

Keynote Presentations

• Select Marc Tucker's, President and CEO for the National Center for Education and the Economy, presentation, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Sponsored by Premier Diamond Partner C&S Companies.
• Link to Commissioner of Education John King's Presentation. Sponsored by Premier Silver Partner Cisco Systems.
• Select Charlotte Danielson's,  Partner of the Danielson Group, presentation Assessing Effective Teaching Practices here. Sponsored by Premier Gold Partner Teachscape.

Featured Presentations

• Select APPR: Lessons Learned and Preparing for the Future. Sponsored by LEAF, Inc.
• Link to Donna Scanlon's, Professor, University at Albany, presentation titled Consider the "I" in RtI.
• Link to Legal Briefing #2 Presentation by Colleen W. Heinrich, Esq. & Charles E. Symons, Esq., Signature Partner Ferrara, Fiorenza, Larrison, Barrett & Reitz, P.C.

Select the following Skill Building Session Presentations here:

Monday, March 5, 2012 / 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

• How Continuous Improvement Methodologies Can Help Save Dollars - Al Hammonds, Director of Outreach, UB TCIE
• An Overview and Steps to Prepare for the Implementation of the NYS Dignity for All Students Act (Dignity Act) - Robert Libby, Cohoes City; Laura Sahr, NYSED; and Bryan Wood, Cohoes City. Sponsored by New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal (NYSIR)

Monday, March 5, 2012 / 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

• Making Grateful Kids:  A Practical Approach to Education - Jeff Froh, Assistant Professor, Hofstra University & Giacomo Bono, Adjunct Professor, California State University

Monday, March 5, 2012 / 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

• Career and Technical Education: Rigorous and Relevant Education for College and Career Readiness - Carol Zygo and Tim Ott, CTE Technical Assistance Center of New York

2011 Fall Leadership Summit - Reimagining Learning for the 21st Century: Technology, Collaboration, and Innovation

September 25-27, 2011 / Saratoga Springs, NY

Engaging Keynote Sessions!

We hope to have our keynote speakers presentations posted in early October.

Our National Keynote speakers included: Dr. Don Shalvey, Deputy Director of Education, College Ready, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Catalyzing Success; Dr. John B. King, Jr., Commissioner of Education and Mary Cullinane, Director US Partners of Learning, Microsoft Corporation on The Changing Face of Education.

Don's presentation was sponsored by Signature Partner Sussman Sales Company, Inc. 

Other Presentations Included!

• Sean Patrick Corcoran on Getting Value out of Value-Added

See their attached presentations with the .pdfs below.

Other Presentations and Speeches

See attached presentations and speeches.

• Robert J. Reidy, Jr., Executive Director, The Council, Tuesday, September 27, 2011
• President Marilyn C. Terranova, Eastchester, Acceptance Presentation, Sunday, September 25, 2011
• ECG Engineering's Skill Building Session on Sunday, September 25 - Save Programs - Cut Wasted Energy