Concurrent Presentations

Thursday, April 28, 2011 - Morning Breakout Sessions

Educating African American Males in the Era of Opportunity Gaps

Presentation by: Peter Murrell, Jr., Founding Dean, School of Education, Loyola University Maryland and Robert Simmons, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Loyola University Maryland

Innovation Configurations: Helping Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers Implement Effective Classroom Practices in Urban Schools

Presentation by: Daniel J. Reschly, Professor of Education, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Miami University's Urban Teacher Cohort - Connecting Teacher Preparation to Urban Communities

Presentation by: Tammy A. Schwartz, Director, Urban Teacher Cohort, Miami University, Ohio; Thomas Dunton, Director, Center for Community Engagement, Over the Rhine; Bonnie Neumeier, Community Educator and Activist, Over the Rhine; Brittany Webb, Urban Teacher Cohort Student

Interpreting English Language Learner (ELL) Instructional Models: Using Data to Move Towards a Common Language

Presentation by: Sheila Arens, Senior Director, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL); Jane Barker, Research Associate, McREL; Susan Shebby, Researcher, McREL

Integrating Technology for Professional Learning in Urban Schools

Presentation by: Gwendolyn Benson, Associate Dean of Partnerships, Georgia State University and Susan Ogletree, Director, Educational Bureau, Georgia State University

Presentation by: Belinda Gimbert, Associate Professor, Educational Administration, The Ohio State University; Rebecca Parker, Project Manager and Team Lead for e-Coaching in Project KNOTtT and Judith Hayes, Consultant, Project KNOTtT

Models of Urban Teacher Residency Programs

Presentation by: Wendy Gardiner, Assistant Professor, Elementary Middle Level Teacher Education, National-Louis University, Chicago

Presentation by: Karen Lowenstein, Director, Boettcher Teachers Program, Denver; Rebecca Marques-Guerro, Clinical Professor, Boettcher Teachers Program, Denver; Allyson Sudborough, Clinical Professor, Boettcher Teachers Program, Denver

Presentation by: Thalia Nawi, Director, Denver Teacher Residency; Jill Harvieux Pitner, Manager of Program and Curriculum, Denver Teacher Residency

Presentation by: Imelda Nava, Interim Director, Teacher Education Program, Center X, University of California, Los Angeles; Jaime Park, Faculty Advisor, Center X, University of California, Los Angeles

Thursday, April 28, 2011 - Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Engaging Student Learning Through Technology: Urban Computing Collaborative

Presentation by: Haiyun Bian, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Metropolitan State College of Denver;Gerald Shultz, Professor, Computer Science, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Don Gilmore, Professor, Mathematics, Metropolitan State College of Denver and Jennifer Moriarty, Teacher, Mathematics and Computer Science, CEC Middle College of Denver

Strategies for Evaluating Urban Teacher Effectiveness

Presentation by: Helen Davis, Faculty Advisor, Center X, University of California, Los Angeles; Jaime Park, Faculty Advisor, Center X, University of California, Los Angeles; Imelda Nava, Interim Director, Teacher Education Program, Center X, University of California, Los Angeles

Learning Together: What Urban High Schools Can Do to Help Students Navigate the Path to College

Presentation by: Shannon Madsen, Research Associate, American Institutes for Research

Integrating the Involvement of Urban Communities, Families and Parents into Teacher Education Programs

Presentation by: Jennifer O’Malley, Project Manager, Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline, Illinois State University and Dakota Pawlicki, Program Coordinator, Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline, Illinois State University

Presentation by: Elizabeth Grassi, Associate Professor, Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Education, Regis University, Denver; Obdulia Castro, Associate Professor, Spanish, Regis University, Denver and Paul Burson, Co-Director, Regis College Center for Service Learning, Regis University, Denver

Increasing the Achievement of English Language Learners through Teacher and Student Voices

Presentation by: Amy Strage, Professor, Child and Adolescent Development, San Jose State University

Presentation by: Dana Walker, Professor, Linguistically Diverse Education, University of Northern Colorado; Vic Jimenez, ESL Teacher, Boulder High School and Jennifer Douglas-Larsson, Academic Support Specialist, Boulder High School

Student Teaching: Guiding the Development of Effective Urban Teachers

Presentation by: Beth Giles, Director, University of Wisconsin System Institute for Urban Education

Presentation by: Myron Anderson, Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Miri Chung, Professor, Educational Technology, Metropolitan State College of Denver and Peter M. Vigil, Professor, Elementary and Linguistically Diverse Education, Metropolitan State College of Denver