Southern Methodist University
James M. Collins Executive Education Center
3150 Binkley Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75205  

Conference Agenda
Friday, February 24, 2012

8:30 9:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome
Leanne Ketterlin Geller, Ph.D.
The Meadows Foundation

9:00 10:15
Plenary Session: Importance, Value and Use of School Mathematics
Yolette Garcia, M.A.
Jamai Blivin, MBA
Tammy Richards, P.E.
Alejandra Sorto, Ph.D.

10:15 10:30
Break

10:30 11:45
Break out 1: Systems-Level Content Development: Establishing Learning Progressions
Janie Schielack, Ph.D.
Nick Wasserman, Ph.D.

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"Break out 2: Using Data to Improve Teaching and Learning: Practical Approaches
Les Black, Ph.D.
Leanne Ketterlin Geller, Ph.D.

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11:45 12:15
Lunch

12:15 1:15

Keynote Address
Working Towards a Professional Mathematics Teaching Community

Sybilla Beckman, Ph.D.

1:15 2:30
Break out 3: Elementary Instructional Design Considerations for Differentiation for Intervention and Extension
Diane Bryant, Ph.D.
Kathleen Jungjohan M.A.

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Break out 4: Middle School Instructional Design Considerations for Differentiation for Intervention and Extension
Sharon Benson, Ed.D.
Lindy Crawford, Ph.D.

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2:45 3:45
Leadership Panel: Prioritizing Initiatives to Support Mathematics Achievement
Everly Broadway, Ed.D.
Lindy Crawford, Ph.D.
Rosemary Perlmeter
Sharri Zachary, M.A.

3:45 4:00
Adjournment, Prize Drawing and Closing Remarks
Leanne Ketterlin Geller, Ph.D.