Photo by Betsy Varis

A thousand teachers and administrators from

all Salem-Keizer public high schools pack the Willamette Ballroom at the Salem Civic Center for Rick Stiggins address entitled "Rethinking Assessment Dynamics."

(L-R)

Kristine Durias, Assistant Principal from Lake

County, Florida presented a session on professional learning communities and teacher professional

growth.

Steve Barkley, Executive Vice-President of Performance Learning Systems, is based in New

Hope, Pennsylvania.  He is one of our most popular speakers.

Steve presented the following sessions:

• Peer Coaching for Teacher Success
• TEAM vs. FRANCHISE: Teacher Ownership     in Restructuring
• Deepening Teacher/Student Relationships:      Successful Advisor/Advisee Programs

For more information on Steve Barkley, click here.

Photo by Betsy Varis

Photo by Betsy Varis

Vicki Barnitt of the Florida Inclusion

Network provides lively training on

differentiated instruction and helping

special needs students excel.  Vicki

also works to support small learning communities in the Sunshine State

from her base of operations at the

University of South Florida in Tampa.

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The Salem-Keizer School District cooperated closely with the National Educator Program to

provide their educators the opportunity to have

a national conference in their own district.  Their decision to do so made their funding go farther, allowed them to have concurrent sessions target-

ing areas of specific need and let 1,000 of their teachers and administrators access to national experts on student achievement and school improvement. Some of their volunteers are shown above at the registration table. 

The NEP provided a similar conference to Hillsbor-ough County Schools in Florida in June 2005 and again in June 2006.

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Billie Donegan is a very popular NEP-contracted speaker.  She has extensive knowledge in career academies, 9th grade transition academies, and demanding rigor

from all learners.  Billie was a keynote

speaker at the NEP's 2006 SLC Success Conference in Boston.  She is currently

based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and

heads Keystone Education.

Steve Sassaman has been with Performance Learning Systems for more than twenty years. 

Based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Sassaman

is a highly sought-after speaker.  His sessions in Salem were:

• Motivating the Unmotivated Student
• Brain-Based Strategies for Instruction
• Teaching Students to Accept Responsibility  for Their Own Learning

For more information on Steve Sassaman, click here.

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Wayne Zako heads Human Options in

Rapid City, South Dakota.  He gave the

keynote presentation at the NEP's 2004

SLC Success Conference in Orlando. 

A perennial favorite form the NEP's

slate of experts, Wayne gave sessions

in Salem on "Contextual and Integrated Learning" and "Teaching Critical Thinking

Skills for Life."