Schedule

Thank you to the New York State School Board Association for their generous support of the Conference!

New York State School Boards Association

  April 26-28, 2015
Relevance: Designing Schools That Inspire Teachers, Engage Students & Embrace Communities
The Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY

Subject to change

Sunday, April 26, 2014
10:30-1:30 pm ALEP Testing  
10:00-1:30 pm Leadership Meeting  
3:30-5:30 pm Feature Presentation – MacConnell Award Finalist  
5:30-7:00 pm Opening Reception  
Monday, April 27, 2015
7:30 am Registration Foyer/Pavillion
7:30 am Planning and Design Award Displays  
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Saratoga Ballroom
8:30-10:00 am Opening Session: Designing 21st Century Learning Environments for Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships Saratoga Ballroom
10:00-10:15 am Break  
10:15-11:30 am Breakout Session 1A: Bringing Relevance to Education – Business Partnerships Travers
10:15-11:30 am Breakout Session 1B: Culture Shock – How culture informs learning environment planning and design Alabama
10:15-11:30 am Breakout Session 1C: Concrete Ideas: Re-Inventing Unloved Public Schools from the 1960s and 1970s Part 1 City Center
10:15-11:30 am Breakout Session 1D: Engaged students and inspired teachers helping design schools that embrace their community Saratoga 1
10:15-11:30 am Breakout Session 1E: Developing a new International Baccalaureate School that embraces the neighborhood and community, and supports 21st century learning Saratoga 2
10:15-11:30 am Breakout Session 1F: The Replacement of Frederick High School – Embracing Partnerships and the Community Saratoga 3
11:30-1:00 pm Lunch Saratoga Ballroom
1:15-2:30 pm Breakout Session 2A: Building S.T.E.A.M – "easy" as 1-2-3 Travers
1:15-2:30 pm Breakout Session 2B: Evolution of the Learning Commons: Creating a continuum of learning and social spaces Alabama
1:15-2:30 pm Breakout Session 2C: Concrete Ideas: Re-Inventing Unloved Public Schools from the 1960s and 1970s Part 2 City Center
1:15-2:30 pm Breakout Session 2D: Building a new model for Urban Career Education Saratoga 1
1:15-2:30 pm Breakout Session 2E: Open Saratoga 2
1:15-2:30 pm Breakout Session 2F: Engaging the Community for a successful school Project – a perspective from public and charter schools in Washington DC Saratoga 3
2:30-2:45 pm Break  
2:45-4:00 pm Breakout Session 3A: Mergers & Acquisitions Travers
2:45-4:00 pm Breakout Session 3B: Lessons learned when design a STEM ecology Alabama
2:45-4:00 pm Breakout Session 3C: Concrete Ideas: Re-Inventing Unloved Public Schools from the 1960s and 1970s Part 3 City Center
2:45-4:00 pm Breakout Session 3D: Envisioning Integrated Education: Where Career Technical Education, Academics and Community Meet Saratoga 1
2:45-4:00 pm Breakout Session 3E: Not Your Daddy's Shop Class: How Career Technical Education engages students and contributes to college and career readiness. Saratoga 2
2:45-4:00 pm Breakout Session 3F: Designing for Optimal Student Health and Performance: The Case of an Urban High School Saratoga 3
4:00-5:30 pm Exhibitor Reception Prefunction
5:30-8:00 pm Offsite Event – Networking Social Village Pizzeria and Ristorante
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
7:30-8:00 am Registration  
7:30 am Planning and Design Award Displays  
7:30-8:00 am Breakfast Saratoga Ballroom
8:00-9:45 am Opening Session: Student Engagement and School Building Quality Saratoga Ballroom
9:45-10:00 am Board Buses Hotel Entrance
10:30-4:00 pm School Tour A  
10:30-4:00 pm School Tour B  
10:30-4:00 pm School Tour C  
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch/Panel Discussion At the Schools
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