Conference to Launch the
New Hampshire Institutions of Higher Education Network
for 21st Century Education

November 8, 2010

Conference Agenda

[View pre-recorded video of this event]

4:00pm

Registration and Reception


4:45pm

Introduction of NH Department of Education Commissioner

Dr. Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University


Welcome Remarks

Dr. Virginia Barry, Commissioner, NH Department of Education

4:55pm

Goals of the Conference:

1.  Launch the NH IHE Network for 21st Century Education

2.  Engage participants in setting priorities and plans for the network

3.  Share updates on IHE's efforts to transform preparation and develop P20 partnerships

4.  Update teacher educators about key state policy development initiatives and seek suggested improvements

Dr. Kathryn Dodge, Executive Director, Post-Secondary Education Commission

5:05pm

Video Highlights from May 2010 Summit

Dr. Robert McLaughlin, Education Consultant, NH DOE Bureau of Credentialing

5:25pm

Dinner

 

6:00pm

ELO Video

Paul Leather, Deputy Commissioner, NH DOE

6:20pm

UMASS Donohue Institute presentation of(ELO study)

Paul Leather, Deputy Commissioner, NH DOE

6:40pm

Dialogue about messages from the Summit video and implications of ELO research report

Kim Carter, Executive Director, QED Foundation

6:55pm

State policy development initiatives underway at the NH Department of Education

 

Dr. Judith Fillion, Director, NH DOE Division of Program Support

Virginia Clifford, Education Consultant, NH DOE Bureau of Credentialing

Mary S. Heath, Dean, SNHU School of Education

Karen Soule, Superintendent, SAU 54

7:10pm

Roundtable Discussion: Suggestions for enhancing the 600

Mary S. Heath Dean, SNHU School of Education

7:30pm

Open mike report out on suggested enhancements to state policy

 

Dr. Irv Richardson, Coordinator of Public Education and School Support, NEA-New Hampshire

Dr. Mary Ford, Associate Dean of Education, Granite State College

8:00pm

Roundtable Discussion: Best next steps the IHE Network should undertake

Kim Carter, Executive Director, QED Foundation

8:15pm

Open mike report out on suggested next steps for the IHE network

Laura Thomas, Director, The Antioch Center for School Renewal, Antioch University New England

8:30pm

How is 21st C Educator Development Defined? Starting the conversation among IHEs about the components of 21st C educator development - inservice and preservice desired outcomes

Audrey Rogers, Assistant Professor, SNHU School of Education

Dr. Denise Littlefield, Assistant Professor, SNHU School of Education

Fred Bramante, Member, NH State Board of Education

8:50pm

Wrap-up and next steps

 

Dr. Robert McLaughlin, Education Consultant, NH DOE Bureau of Credentialing