5/28/2016
Sunday (Evening)
THEME: Collaboration
and Leadership for
Education: Program
Overview
Location: Marvin Center
3rd floor Grand
Ballroom, 800 21st St
NW
6:00-7:00 Welcome
Reception
Welcome and
Introductory
Leadership Remarks:
2007 Summer Public Policy Institute
National Association of School Psychologists/ George Washington University/ Institute for Educational Leadership
July 15-20, 2007
Final Agenda
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
THEME: Educational Policy THEMES: “Grassroots”
THEME: Capitol Hill Day:
THEME: Crisis as an opportunity
Foundations
Advocacy and the U.S.
Experiencing what it
for change. Examining
Department of Education Visit means to be an “Advocate
responses to school crises at
for Change.”
local, state and national levels,
Part I.
Location: Marvin Center
Location: Marvin Center, 800
Location: Capitol HillLocation: GWU, School of Media
3rd floor Grand Ballroom,
21st St NW
Russell Senate Office
and Public Affairs, Room 310,
800 21st St NW
(See room assignments.)
Building Rm. 325 (Room
805 21st NW
sponsored by Sen. Clinton)
7:45-8:15 Continental
7:45-8:15 Continental Breakfast 8:30-12:00
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast
Breakfast
Experiencing Capitol Hill
8:15-9:00: Overview of Team
(Continental Breakfast)
Process for the Comprehensive
Participants
8:30-9:00 Overview for the
Day
NASP: Susan Gorin,
Executive Director
GWU: Bob Ianacone,
Associate Dean,
Graduate School of
Education & Human
Development
IEL: Barbara McCloud,
Senior Associate,
Institute for Educational
Leadership
7-8:30 NASP Basic and
Comp Participants:
Introduction to NASP
9-10:00 NCLB Priorities
Legislative Staff Panel
8:15-9:00
Welcome/ Introductions:
GWU, IEL, and NASP Staff
NASP Breakout Sessions for
Basic and Comprehensive
PPI Participants 8:15-11:20
Greetings by NASP
President, Rhonda Armistead
Pick 2 sessions to attend:
8:15-9:45 and 9:50-11:20
9:00-9:45 Historical and
Evolving Federal Role in
Education
Speaker: Michael Usdan,
Senior Fellow, Institute for
Educational Leadership
Model Licensure Act
Revisions: Implications for
School Psychologists (Joan
Bohmann, NASP Dir of Prof
Standards and Jennifer Kitson,
NASP Advocacy Program
Manager) Room 301
Sen. Harkin (D-IA) Jill
Antonishak, Fellow
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9-9:45: Globalization, Economic
Competitiveness and Education
Reform Speaker: Marc Tucker,
The National Center on Education
and the Economy (NCEE)
Moderator: Mary Beth Klotz, NASP
Panelists
NASSP: David Vodila, PastPresident of NASSP
Sen. Enzi (R-WY) Lindsay
Hunsicker
10:00-10:30
Reflective Discussion
8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00: Debriefing
9:45-10:45 Panel: Administrative
Level Change (policies,
practices, budgets)
Participating Panelists
Rep. Hoyer (D-MD) Ivana
Alexander
Friday
THEME: Crisis as an opportunity
for change. Examining
responses to school crises at
local, state, national and
international levels, Part II.
GWU, School of Media and
Public Affaires, Room 310, 805
21st NW
9:00-9:45 Communities and
Schools: Addressing the Whole
Child
Speaker: Marty Blank, Director,
Coalition for Community Schools,
IEL
NAESSP: Elizabeth Martinez,
Principal, Lake Ridge Elementary
in Prince William County VA
CASE: Mary Kealy, Asst.
Superintendent for Pupil Ser. of
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Sunday (Evening)
Advocacy, Grand
Ballroom (Stacy Skalski,
NASP Public Policy
Director and Barry
Barbarasch, GPR
Chairperson)
7-8:30 GWU/IEL
Students, Room 302
(Doyle)
Introduction to the
Federal Public Policy
Institute. (Bob
Ianacone, Associate
Dean, GWU GSEHD;
Carol Kochhar-Bryant,
GWU Professor; Barbara
McCloud, Senior
Associate, IEL)
2007 Summer Public Policy Institute
National Association of School Psychologists/ George Washington University/ Institute for Educational Leadership
July 15-20, 2007
Final Agenda
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Advancing NCSP Licensure
10:30-3:00
9:45-10:20 Comprehensive
and Parity in Your State
Hill visits to elected officials
Systems Change: practitioner,
(Candis Hogan, Jeanne Pound,
offices and capitol hill tours.
administrator, organizational,
Nick Silvestri, GPR Committee
GWU and NASP teams.
governance levels
Members; Jennifer Coniglio and
Speakers: Stacy Skalski, NASP
Mara Egorin, Baltimore County
and Jon Miles, Searchlight
Public Schools) Room 302
Consulting
(Doyle Room)
Special Topic:
Communication and
Crisis as an opportunity for change
Advocacy Across Settings

School violence
(Kathy Cowan, NASP Dir of

Natural disasters
Communications; Stacy Skalski,

Suicide
NASP Dir of Public Policy;
9:45-10:30 A Perspective
10:30-12:00. Panel:
on the American Education Fulvia Franco, GPR Committee
Organizational Level Change
Member) Grand Ballroom
Enterprise
Obstacles and opportunities for
Speaker: Mary Futrell, Dean
public policy for school mental
Advancing Policy Through
of George Washington
health.
Research Grants
University, Graduate School
(Jackie Buckley, Assoc
of Education and Human
Moderator: Ted Feinberg, NASP
Research Scientist, National
Development
Asst. Executive Director
Center for Special Ed Research
10:30-11:00 Morning
(IES), Mary Beth Klotz, NASP
Speakers:
Networking (GWU/IEL and
Dir of IDEA Projects and
Regional Teams)
Technical Assistance) Room
Susan Keys, Chief, Prevention
308 (Parks Room)
Initiative & Priority Programs
Development Branch, Center for
Building Grassroots
Mental Health Services, SAMHSA
Advocacy In Your State (Barry
Barbarasch and Lynne Thies,
Jon Schlitt, Executive Director,
GPR Committee Members,
National Assembly on SchoolGene Cash, NASP PresidentBased Health Care
Elect) Room 309 (Morris Room)
Elizabeth Lind, Policy Associate,
11:00-11:45 Kids Count:
8:30-11:30 GWU STUDENTS:
Bazelon Center for Mental Health
Demographic Realities
U.S. Department of Education
Law
Speaker: William O’Hare,
Visit:: Conversations with
Senior Fellow, Annie E
Department Officials
Julio Abreu, Senior Director of
Casey Foundation
Speakers:
Government Affairs, Mental Health
Amanda Farris, Deputy Asst.
2007 NASP GWU IEL PPI Final Agenda
Friday
Loudoun County Public Schools,
VA
NSBA: Sharon Cox, Montgomery
County School Board, MD
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2007 Summer Public Policy Institute
National Association of School Psychologists/ George Washington University/ Institute for Educational Leadership
July 15-20, 2007
Final Agenda
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
11:45-12:15 Legislative
Secretary for Policy and
America
Advocacy Tools: Tools to
Strategic Initiatives Office of
help you locate, track and
Elementary and Secondary
Dana Carr, Program Specialist,
influence legislation (Stacy
Education
Department of Education, Safe
Skalski, NASP Public Policy
and Drug Free Schools
Director)
Deborah Price, Assistant
Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe
Michelle Sinkgraven, Department
and Drug Free Schools
of Education, Safe and Drug Free
Schools
Patty Guard, Acting Director,
Office of Special Education
Programs
Friday
11:00-12:00 Panel for
Governance Level Change:
Legislative Branch
Moderator: Stacy Skalski, NASP
Participating Panelists
Rep. Napolitano (D-CA) (Jeremy
Cogan)
Sen. Harkin (D-IA) (Jill Antonishak)
12:15-2:00 Lunch Speaker
From Cradle to Career:
Connecting American
Education from Birth
Through Adulthood.
Speaker: Lynn Olson,
Executive Project Editor,
Quality Counts/Education
Week
2:15-3:45 Major Education
Policy and Practice Issues
in Mental Health
Speaker: Kevin Dwyer,
School Psychologist
Consultant, former NASP
President and Associate for
the American Institutes for
Research (AIR)
12-2:00 Lunch & Speakers (All
Participants, 3rd floor Grand
Ballroom)
12:30-1:15 Equity and
Excellence for All Students:
Yes We Can!
Speaker: Stephanie Robinson,
Senior Fellow, The Education
Trust
1:15-2:00 Federal Education
Policy Making and NCLB
Speaker: Susan Sclafani,
Managing Director, Chartwell
Education Group (Former
Counselor to U.S. Secretary of
Ed, and Asst. Sec, Office of
Vocational and Adult Education)
2007 NASP GWU IEL PPI Final Agenda
12:00-1:30 Box Lunch
(working in teams)
12:00-1:30 Box Lunch
(working in teams)
1:30-2:45 Practitioner and
Program Level Change
1:30-4:30
Team Presentations
Moderator: Pat Schwallie-Giddis,
George Washington University
Speakers:
David Kaplan, Chief Professional
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Sunday (Evening)
2007 Summer Public Policy Institute
National Association of School Psychologists/ George Washington University/ Institute for Educational Leadership
July 15-20, 2007
Final Agenda
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
3:45-4:45: Assessing
2:15-4:00 Collaboration and
Officer, American Counseling
Students with Disabilities:
Communities of Practice,
Association
IDEA and NCLB Working
(Grand Ballroom)
Together.
Speaker: Joanne Cashman,
Beth Stroul, Vice-President,
Speaker: David Egnor,
Director, IDEA Partnership,
Management & Training
Education Program
National Association of State
Innovations, Inc.
Specialist, Department of
Directors of Special Education
Education, Office of Special
Myrna Mandlawitz, Co-Chair,
4:00-4:30 Preparing for
Education Programs
National Alliance of Pupil Services
Capitol Hill Visits, (Grand
Organizations
Ballroom)
Overview of the Capitol Hill
talking points and packet
materials. (Stacy Skalski,
NASP)
4:45-5:30 Breakouts
NASP State team planning
by region. GWU/IEL
collaborative team meetings.
4:30-5:30 Breakouts
NASP State team planning by
region. GWU/IEL collaborative
team meetings.
Breakout Rooms
Assignments:
GWU/IEL Room 301
Central Region: Room 302
Northeast Region: Room 307
Southeast Region: Room 308
Western Region: Room 309
Breakout Rooms Assignments:
GWU/IEL Room 301
Central Region: Room 302
Northeast Region: Grand
Ballroom
Southeast Region: Room 308
Western Region: Room 309
Friday
3:00-4:00 The Impact of Crisis
on Practitioner and
Organizational Policies and
Practices: The NASP Prepare
Curriculum
Speaker: Melissa Reeves, Chair,
NASP Crisis Prevention and
Intervention Workgroup
3:30-4:30
Debriefing Hill Visits:
NASP Participants to GWU,
School of Media and Public
Affairs, Rm 310, 805 21st NW
4:00-5:00 Debriefing and GW
collaborative team meetings.
4:30-5:00 Summary and
Adjournment
Collaborative Team
Meetings:
GWU/IEL participants to
GWU, Ivory Tower, 606 23rd
St. NW
Breakout Assignments:
GWU/IEL: Participants taking PPI for GWU graduate credit.
Central Region: IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, OK, SD, WI
Northeastern Region: CT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT
Southeastern Region: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
Western Region: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY
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