Florida Public School Choice Consortium Tentative Agenda

Conference Mission and Vision: To provide opportunity for district management teams, college and university faculty, parent advisory councils and school choice community members to learn about the latest research on school choice, collaborate with colleagues from across the state, and participate in professional development sessions on current topics that involve school choice.

AGENDA

Tuesday November 18, 2008
Time Room Event
11:00 – 1:00 pm   Registration Desk Open
1:00 – 1:30 pm 334 Opening Session
FPSCC President’s Welcome
Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice Welcome
1:30 – 2:00 am 334 Critical Conversations and Chances for Active Participation of Conferees
2:00 – 2:45 pm 334 Panel Presentation/discussion on Promising Practices on Parental Empowerment
2:45 – 3:00 pm   Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm    Concurrent Sessions:
  • Developing and Implementing Parent Resource Centers (This session is repeated on  November 19th)
  • Data Tracking, Reporting, and Evaluating the VPSC grant
  • Equity Issues when Planning and Implementing Career Academies
4:00 – 5:00 pm 334 Panel Presentation:  Inter Choice Panel
(VPSC Inter District Agreement Models)
5:00 – 7:00 pm   Networking Reception at the Doubletree Hotel
Wednesday November 19, 2008
7:30 - 10:30 am   Registration Desk Open
8:00 - 8:30 am   Continental Breakfast and Networking
8:30 - 8:45 am 111 Opening Remarks from the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice
8:45 - 10:15 am 111 Round Tables - “Critical Conversations”
  • Sharing the vision and impacting leadership and policy makers
  • Securing resources and building the capacity to offer appropriate Choices to equalize school enrollments
  • Relationship between School Choice Research and Practice
8:45 – 10:15 am TBA School Choice Parent Advisory Council Board Meeting
(Attendance by special invitation only and not open to the general public)
10:15 - 11:15 am   Concurrent Sessions:
  • Florida’s Differentiated Accountability Program
  • Florida School Choice History
  • Developing and Implementing Parent Resource Centers (This session is repeated from November 18th)
11:15 - 11:30 am   Break
11:30 - 1:30 pm 111 Seated Luncheon
11:30 – 12:00 pm - Florida PIRCs “The Power of Collaboration”
12:30 – 1:30 pm - Edvance Research:  A Walk through BuildingChoice.org
1:45 – 2:45 pm 334 Round Tables - Parent Power “Promising Practices”
(FPSCC members sharing strategies, materials, resources and advice)
  • Marketing District Choice Options
  • Marketing Parent Resource Centers
  • Parent Advisory Council Ideas
  • Collaborative Partnerships
2:45 – 3:00 pm   Break
3:00 - 4:30 pm 111 “Public School Choice:  From Research to Practice” Web Broadcast
Adjourn for Florida Annual Charter School Conference at Doubletree Hotel for Reception (5:00- 7:00 pm) if registered to attend the conference.

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