National Institute on Early Childhood Development and
Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Conference Agenda
November 5, 1997
9:30 - 9:45 |
Welcome |
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Naomi Karp, Director, National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education |
9:45 -10:15 |
Setting the State: Parent and Grandparent Perspectives |
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Paquin School and Family Health Center, Baltimore, Maryland Wilde Lake High School Teen Parenting Program, Columbia, Maryland Moderator: Evelyn Moore, Director, National Black Child Development Institute |
10:15-11:00 |
Framing the Issues |
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Wendy Wolf, Center for Assessment and Policy Development |
11:00-11:15 |
Break |
11:15-12:15 |
Community and Society Issues |
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Brian Theiler, Gundersen Lutheran Teen Health Service, La Crosse, Wisconsin |
12:15-1:20 |
Lunch |
1:20 - 1:30 |
Overview of Response Groups |
1:30 - 2:30 |
Response Groups: Next Steps in Tackling Community and Society Issues |
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Participants will work in small groups to respond to issues raised and to suggest next steps for schools, organizations, colleges and universities, and governments. Next steps will include policy development and implementation, research questions, school and program practices, and professional development. |
2:30 - 2:45 |
Break |
2:45 - 4:00 |
Systemic Reform in Welfare and Education |
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Nancye Campbell, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
4:00 - 5:00 |
Response Groups: Next Steps in Systemic Reform |
8:30 - 8:45 |
Verbal Reports from Response Groups |
8:45 - 9:45 |
Education Options |
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Sally Hodson, Florence Crittenton School, Denver, Colorado |
9:45 -10:00 |
Break |
10:00-11:00 |
Response Groups: Next Steps in Creating Education Options |
11:00-12:00 |
Comprehensive Case Management and Services for Adolescents and Their Children |
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Moderator: Susan Batten, Center for Assessment and Policy Development |
12:00- 1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 - 2:00 |
Response Groups: Next Steps in Creating Comprehensive Case Management and Services |
2:00 - 2:30 |
Verbal Reports from Response Groups |
2:30 - 2:45 |
Closing |
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Donna Hinkle, National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education |