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School Board Training Seminar in San Diego
PRI Seminar
Start :
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 09:00 AM
End :
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 03:30 PM
Location : Hard Rock Hotel
207 5th Avenue
San Diego, CA
Print Invitation 
In order to be effective reformers in their school districts, school board members must have the best information about policy options, strategies, and what works. The Pacific Research Institute will be hosting a school board training session on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego located at 207 5th Avenue.
The seminar will address critical topics such as the impact of the federal education stimulus, the continuing crisis in the state budget, teacher evaluation and pay reforms, and U.S. military programs to improve student achievement.
Cost: No Cost for School Board Members.
$150 stipend provided to attendees
Please list your Title and School District (Organization) when you RSVP.
For questions or additional information contact:
Cindy Chin at (415) 955-6110 or cchin@pacificresearch.org
Location and Directions
Agenda
| I. | 9:00am | Continental Breakfast and Registration | | II. | 9:30am | Welcome
Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies; Senior Director, Education Studies, Pacific Research Institute | | III. | 9:50 am | Workshop 1: The Impact of the Federal Education Stimulus and “Race to the Top” Funding on School Districts
Andy Smarick, former U.S. Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Education
| | IV. | 10:50am | Workshop 2: How the State Budget Will Affect Local School Districts
Chris Kahn, former Legislative Secretary to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger | | V. | 12:00pm | Lunch and Film Screening of Not as Good as You Think: The Myth of the Middle Class School | | VI. | 1: 30pm | Workshop 3: What Can California Learn From Texas: Teacher Pay Systems and Evaluation of the Lone Star State
Brooke Terry, Education Policy Analyst,
Texas Public Policy Foundation | | VII. | 2:30pm | Workshop 4: How the U.S. Military Can Help
Improve Student Achievement
Tonja M. Ochonma, MAED Education Services
Specialist U.S. Army |
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