Wednesday, July 11
GWU School of Media & Public Affairs,
Room 310, 805 21 st NW
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30
Welcome & Introductions
Michael Feuer, Dean of GSEHD
Amy Smith, 2012-13 NASP President
Overview of the Institute
Carol Kochhar-Bryant, GW
Stacy Skalski, NASP
 Introductions of leaders and instructors
 Class introductions
 Basic overview for the institute
FEATURED SESSION:
9:30-10:30 FOUNDATIONS: Historical and Evolving Federal Role in
Education: ESEA, NCLB, and Beyond
Michael Usdan, Senior Fellow and Past
President, Institute for Educational
Leadership
10:30-10:45 BREAK
10:45-11:45 FOUNDATIONS: Hidden
Legal Levers and Lenses for Fostering
Positive Conditions for Learning
Paul Weckstein
Director
Center for Law and Education
GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 11-13 & July 16-17, 2012, COMBINED AGENDA
Creating Safe Supportive Conditions for Learning: Policy Directions for the Nation
Thursday, July 12
GWU School of Media & Public Affairs,
Room 310, 805 21 st NW
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
FOUNDATIONS: FEDERAL
INITIATIVES & PROGRAMS
8:30-11:45: U.S. Department of
Education Learning Supports
Programs and Priorities
8:30-9:30 Office of Safe & Healthy
Students
Kristen Harper
Policy Advisor to the Acting Assistant
Deputy Secretary, ESE
9:30-10:30 FOUNDATIONS: Powerful
Change: Building Communities of
Practice and Resources for Children and
Youth (COP, the collections, and the
“Learning Port”)
Joanne Cashman, Director, IDEA
Partnership
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Office of Special Education
Programs
Renee Bradley
Deputy Director
11:45-12:15: FACILITATED DIALOGUE
SESSION: What is the role of the
Department of Education in promoting state and local policies and practices?
Friday, July 13
7:45 Arrive on Capitol Hill
8:15-2:30 Field Trip to Capitol Hill (ALL)
3:00-4:00 Debriefing at GWU
8:00-8:15 Continental Breakfast on Capitol
Hill
8:15-3:00 Capitol Hill Experience
LOCATION: Rayburn House Office Building,
B-339 (See map in notebook.)
8:15-8:30 Introductions and Brief Overview of the Hill Day
8:30-9:20
Legislative Hill Panel
Invited Capitol Hill Staff:
Kara Marchione, House Ed & Workforce
Comm.
Christopher Toppings, Senator Byrd (NC)
Lindsay Fryer, House Ed & Workforce
Committee
Maria Worthen, Senate HELP Committee
9:30-3:00
 Capitol Hill visits
 Observe hearings
 Tour the Capitol
 Lunch on your own
3:00- 4:00 Capitol Hill Debriefing and
Distribution of Certificates of Completion for 3-Day PPI Participants
(All participants)
LOCATION: GWU School of Media and Public
Affairs, Room 310
4:00-5:00 5-Day Participants.
Team Planning for Portfolios and Final
Presentations—Meet at Location
Determined by Your Team
Monday, July 16
GWU School of Media & Public Affairs,
Room 310, 805 21 st NW
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:45 State Spotlight: Making
Learning Supports a Priority in State
Education Policy and Practice: The
Restructuring of the Colorado
Department of Education Programs and
Priorities
Daphne Pereles,
Executive Director of Learning Supports
Colorado Department of Education
9:45-10:15 Dialogue Guide Session:
A Whole Child Approach to Education and the Common Core State Standards
Initiative
Facilitator:
Stacy Skalski
Director of Professional Policy & Practice
NASP
Final 7/3/2012(3)
Tuesday, July 17
GWU School of Media & Public Affairs, Room
310, 805 21 st NW
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-11:45 FEATURED SESSION:
Education Revolution: Creating Conditions for Learning for ALL Students
Session Facilitated by:
Mary Beth Klotz, NASP Director of IDEA
Projects and Technical Assistance
8:30-9:45: View film, “Who Cares About
Kelsey?”
9:45-10:45: Project RENEW
Jonathon Drake, MSW
University of New Hampshire
Institute on Disability
Project Training Coordinator
10:45-11:45: How the NH Community of
Practice Prioritizes Safe Supportive
Conditions for Learning
Deb Grabill, M.Ed. CAGS,
American Institute of Research, Education
Content Specialist
Facilitator, NH Community of Practice
11:45-11:50: Quick Break

GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 11-13 & July 16-17, 2012, COMBINED AGENDA
Creating Safe Supportive Conditions for Learning: Policy Directions for the Nation
Wednesday, July 11
11:45-12:15 FACILITATED DIALOGUE
SESSION: Who really controls education policy and what are the potential conflicts created by our system?
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 FOUNDATIONS: The 2012
Children’s Budget: How do our nation’s children fare in the federal budget?
Jared Solomon
Senior Director of Budget Policy
First Focus
Washington, DC
Thursday, July 12
12:15-1:00pm Lunch: Preparing for the Capitol Hill Experience (Lunch at
GW)
 Team Planning for Capitol Hill
Visits
 Q & A: Generate questions for the whole group
1:00-2:30 FEATURED SESSION I: How
Bullying Effects Student and School
Success: Policy and Practices to
Improve Student Outcomes
Susan Swearer
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Founder, Bullying Research Network
Friday, July 13 Monday, July 16
10:15-11:30 Building Safe and
Supportive Schools: Measuring and
Promoting Conditions for Learning and
School Success
David Osher
VP American Institute for Research
Principal Investigator, Safe and Supportive
Schools Technical Assistance Center
11:30-12:30 When the ‘Street’ Meets the
‘Schoolhouse’: Reaching out to
Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth
Jenee Littrell, Director Wellness and
Guidance, Safe Schools Healthy Students,
Grossmont Union High, CA
2:00—3:00 FOUNDATIONS
Demographics: Kids Count: The Status of America’s Children Today and
Tomorrow
Florencia Gutierrez
National KIDS COUNT
Research Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation
3:00-3:15 BREAK 12:30-1:30 Lunch 2:30-2:45 Break
Tuesday, July 17
11:50-12:30 FEATURED SESSION:
Reflections on a Half-Century of School
Reform: Why Have We Fallen Short and
Where Do We Go From Here?
Jack Jennings
Founder of the Center on Education Policy
Washington, DC
12:30-1:45 Working Lunch
1:45-4:45 Sharing What We’ve Learned:
Team Presentations
Final 7/3/2012(3)

Wednesday, July 11
3:15-4:30 Overview of the Capitol Hill
Experience
Kelly Vaillancourt & the GPR Committee
NASP Director of Government Relations
 Basics of grassroots advocacy
 Presentation of talking points
 Organization of hill teams
 Fishbowl experience
GW/NASP Public Policy Institute
July 11-13 & July 16-17, 2012, COMBINED AGENDA
Creating Safe Supportive Conditions for Learning: Policy Directions for the Nation
Friday, July 13 Thursday, July 12
2:45-4:00 FEATURED SESSION II:
The National School Climate Center:
Setting Standards and Measuring the
Success of Safe and Successful
Schools
Jo Ann Freiberg,
Consultant to the National School
Climate Council
CT State Department of Education
National School Climate Center
New York, NY
4:00-5:00 GW Teamwork Session
Monday, July 16
1:30-3:30 State and District Spotlight:
Pocono Mountain School District, PA--
Scaling Up and Monitoring Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(PBIS) From Policy to Practice
Betsy Gustafson, Asst. Superintendent for
Special Education
Deanna Moerer, LSW, Program
Coordinator, for Project One to Won
Mindy Keefer, School Psychologist
3:30-5:00pm Teamwork Session 4:30-5:30 Regional Networking and
Teamwork Session
GWU Credit Students: Syllabus Intro and
Course Expectations
NASP: Regional meetings
5:45-8:00 NETWORKING RECEPTION:
All PPI Participants Invited.
(Food and Beverages Provided)
TONIC at Quigley’s Pharmacy
 2036 G Street NW, Washington DC
4:00-7:00 NASP Breakout Session
Sponsored by the GPR Committee ( 3day Participants, School
Psychologists Only) DINNER
PROVIDED
Location: GWU School of Media &
Public Affairs, Room 310
Presenters:
Stacy Skalski, NASP, Director of
Professional Policy and Practice
Kelly Vaillancourt, Director of
Government Relations
Kathy Cowan, NASP, Director of
Communications
John Kelly, GPR Co-Chair
GPR Committee Members
Tuesday, July 17
4:45-5:00 Wrap Up & Evaluations
Final 7/3/2012(3)