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Save
the Date
“Leading the Way to Better
High Schools”
State, Community, District and School Level Strategies
for Reform
Please
Join Us At The…
COLORADO
SMALL SCHOOLS FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE APRIL 14TH-15TH, 2005
Where:
The
Denver School of Science and Technology
New state of the art wireless lap top high school designed
to prepare urban students for academic success in college
2000 Valentia St.
Denver, CO 80238
Who: School administrators, faculty, staff,
education organizations, government organizations, foundations,
education reformers, etc.
Keynote
speakers will include Alan
Bersin, Superintendent of San Diego Public Schools, Tom
Vander Ark, Executive Director of Education, Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, and Larry
Rosenstock, CEO and Principal of High Tech High.
There
will be over 20 sessions focused on a variety of practical
leadership and instructional improvement strategies from Colorado
and national experts such as:
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Joe DiMartino and Patty Smith, Brown Educational Lab
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John Larmer, Buck Institute for Education
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Charlotte Scarpella, Mapleton Public Schools,
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Lawrence Hernandez, Dolores Huerta Preparatory High School
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Greg Ferrell, Outward Bound USA
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Mike Kromrey, Metro Organizations for People
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Van Schoales, Colorado Small Schools Initiative
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Bill Kurtz, Denver School of Science and Technology
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Tim Westerberg, Littleton High School and Colorado Association
of School Executives
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Mariah Dickson, CSSI and the Public Education and Business
Coalition
Sessions
will also focus on effective school designs like New Tech, High
Tech High, Big Picture, Expeditionary Learning, and Cristo Rey
high schools.
Registration
will be available online at www.coloradosmallschools.org
beginning in February. Please contact Sari Levy at sari@coloradokids.org
or 303-839-1580 ext. 234 if you have any questions
or would like to submit a proposal for a plenary session presentation
or workshop. School visits will be offered on Wednesday, April
13th. Thank you.
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