SMHC-CPRE Invitational Conference - Agenda

2008 SMHC National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

12:00 – 12:30 Registration/ Lunch - West Lobby

Salons ABG
12:30 – 12:45 Welcome and Introductions
James A. Kelly and Allan R. Odden, Co-Directors of SMHC

12:45 – 1:30 Key Note Presentation:

Tim Pawlenty, Governor, Minnesota; Chair, SMHC National Task Force; Chair, Education Commission of the States;Board of Directors, James B. Hunt Jr. Institute; Vice Chair, Achieve, Inc.; Immediate past Chair, National Governors Association, 2007-08
“Putting Strategic Management of Human Capital on the National Education Reform Agenda”
Questions and Responses

1:30 – 2:30 James A. Kelly and Allan R. Odden, Co-Directors of SMHC “Strategic Management of Human Capital”
Carl Cohn, Co-chair, SMHC National Task Force “Talent Development Around Instruction to Increase Student Learning”
Questions and Responses

2:30 – 3:00 Break - West Lobby

3:00 – 4:30 Breakout Sessions (5)

Acquiring Top Talent for Urban Schools: Recruitment, Selection, Placement, Support

1. Boston - Carol Johnson, Superintendent; Craig Chin, HR Office; and SMHC case researcher Sarah Archibald, Salon C
2. Chicago - Hill Hammock, Chief Administrative Officer; Connee R. Fitch-Blanks, Coordinator of the Chicago Teachers Union Quest Center; Monica Santana Rosen, Talent Management Officer; and CPRE/SMHC case study researcher Steve Kimball, Conference Room 5 & 6
3. New York City - Chris Cerf, Deputy Chancellor; Amy McIntosh, Chief Talent Officer; Aminda Gentile and Michael Mendel, United Federation of Teachers; and CPRE/SMHC case study researcher Margaret (Peg) Goertz, Salon F
4. Creating Urban School Principals - Kathy Augustine, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Atlanta Public Schools; LaVerne Srinivasan, President, New Leaders for New Schools; CPRE/SMHC facilitator Anthony Milanowski, Salon E
5. The Broad Strategy for Developing Central Office Talent - Dan Katzir, The Broad Foundation; CPRE/ SMHC facilitator, Julia Koppich, Salon D

4:45 – 5:00 Break

Salons ABG
5:00 – 6:00 General Session Panel: Talent and Human Capital as a Foundation for
Urban School Reform
Moderator, Michele Cahill, Vice President, National Programs and Director of Urban Education, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Public Schools
Tim Daly, President, The New Teacher Project
LaVerne Srinivasan, President, New Leaders for New Schools

6:00 – 7:00 Reception, Cash Bar, South Gallery

Salons CHF
7:00 – 9:00 Dinner and After Dinner Presentation:

Introduction:  James Kelly, SMHC Co-Director
Sharon Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
“Accreditation and Quality Issues for New Teacher Talent Pipeline Organizations”

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

8:00 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast and Registration - West Lobby

8:30 – 9:45 Keynote Presentation:

Introduction:  James Kelly, SMHC Co-Director
Sir Michael Barber, Vice-Chair, SMHC National Task Force; Expert Principal, McKinsey & Company; Former Chief Advisor on Delivery to the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair
“Talent, Management and Instruction: British Lessons for Improving Student Achievement”
Questions and Responses.

9:45 – 10:15 Break - West Lobby

10:15 – 11:45 Breakout Sessions (5) Managing and Developing Talent to Improve
Student Achievement

1. Fairfax County - Jack Dale, Superintendent; Kevin North, Assistant Superintendent for HR; Leslie Butz, Assistant Superintendent, Cluster VI; and Tony Milanowski, CPRE/SMHC Case Researcher, Conference Room 5 & 6
2. Long Beach - Carl Cohn, former Superintendent of Long Beach; and CPRE/SMHC case study researcher Julia Koppich, Salon E
3. Minnesota’s Q-Comp Program - Alice Seagren, Minnesota Commissioner of Education; Bill Gibbs, Minneapolis QComp Coordinator and Randall Keillor, St. Francis QComp Coordinator – both are former union negotiators; and CPRE/SMHC case study researcher  Herbert Heneman, Salon D
4. How Urban Districts are Acquiring Top Teacher Talent - Findings and conclusions from CPRE Research and Cases, Allan Odden, CPRE/SMHC; Matt Kramer, President, Teach For America, Salon C
5. The Human Capital Side of Urban School Improvement - Robert Schwartz and Stacey Childress, Public Educational Leadership Project at Harvard University; CPRE/SMHC facilitator Steve Kimball, Salon F

Salons ABG
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch and Final Keynote Presentation:

Introduction:  Allan R. Odden, SMHC Co-Director
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor, Washington, DC Public Schools; Founder, The New Teacher Project
“SMHC Strategies for Dramatically Improving Student Achievement in a Low Performing Urban District”