CEASD 2008 Annual Conference Agenda

Holiday Inn Great Falls

 

Day 1: Friday May 2, 2008

  12:00pm-5:00pm........... Registration
  6:00pm-9:00pm..............

Reception and Opening Ceremony at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center – Transportation provided. Buses leaving at 5:30pm and 6pm.

 

Day 2: Saturday May 3, 2008

  7:00am-5:00pm.............. Registration
  7:00am-5:00pm.............. Exhibits
  8:00am- 4:00pm............. Silent Auction Items Available for Bidding
  7:30am-8:30am............. Breakfast
  8:30am-9:45am..............

Opening Keynote Session: Leadership: “The Challenge, Burden and Opportunity”

   
•  Dr. George Corrick
  9:45am- 10:00am......... Break
  10:00am-11:30am..........

Panel Presentation: “Meeting Critical Leadership Challenges and Lessons Learned in the Process"

•  School/Program Administrators

  11:45am- 12:45pm........ Lunch
  1:00pm-1:30pm.............

Keynote Session: “NCLB/IDEA Federal Update”

   

•  Barbara Raimondo,CEASD Government Liaison

  1:30pm- 2:15pm............

Panel Presentation: “ How Some Schools are Meeting the Challenges of New and Changing Regulations in Education”

   
•  School/Program Administrators
  2:15pm- 2:30pm............ Break
  2:30pm- 3:45pm............. Plenary Session: “Tomorrow's Teachers: Who Are They, Where Are They?”
   

• Joe Fischgrund, Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
• Dr. Cindy Bailes, Gallaudet University

  4:00pm........................... Evening on your own or join in one of our planned activities – Preregistration and prepayment is necessary for participation in some of the activities. See the registration form for more information.
 

Day 3: Sunday May 4, 2008

  7:30am- 8:30am........... Breakfast
  8:00am-9:00am..............

Plenary Session: “Everything (and More) That You've Wanted to Know About the CEASD Accreditation Process!"

   

•  Claire Bugen , Texas School for the Deaf and Joe Finnegan, CEASD

  9:15am- 10:45am........... CEASD Business Meeting
  10:45am- 11:00am........ Break
  11:00am-12:15pm.......... Keynote Session: “Early Intervention Research”
   

•  Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, University of Colorado–Boulder

  12:30pm-1:30pm.......... Lunch
  2:00pm- 3:15pm.............

Plenary Session: “A Report from the CAEBER Early Childhood Task Force – Early Literacy Development”

   

•  Dr. Laurene Simms, Gallaudet University

  3:15pm- 3:30pm........... Break
  5:30pm-9:00pm.............. CEASD Banquet and Awards Presentations
 

Day 4: Monday May 5, 2008

  7:00am-12:30pm............ Exhibits
  7:30am- 8:30am............ Breakfast
  8:30am- 9:45am............ Plenary Session: “CEASD Strategic Planning – Review and Feedback”
   
•  Sydney Dickerson, Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind
•  Ron Stern, New Mexico School for the Deaf
  9:45am-10:00am.......... Break
  10:00am-11:15am.......... Closing Keynote: “ A Dialogue about the Past and. Future Directions in Deaf Education”
   
•  James E. Tucker , Maryland School for the Deaf
•  Joseph Finnegan, CEASD
CEASD Agenda (PDF format)

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