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WASDA/Viterbo University Graduate Credit Validation Form You must complete both parts of the assignment to receive credit.

1. Attendance at the Conference - Please check the appropriate box to validate your attendance at each session of the WASB-WASDA-WASBO 94th State Education Convention. We have included the location of each session, the session track and ISSLC Standard(s) for each session. Use the space below the session to indicate what you have learned from the session and how it will benefit your professional development or your district. You may attach additional pages if necessary. Sufficient attendance to receive one credit is required. Those attending the Tuesday session may substitute it for attendance time later in the convention.

2. Required Assignment - As a component of the credit for the WASB-WASDA-WASBO 94th State Education Convention, participants are to view the Ted Talk: The Economic Case for Preschool by Timothy Bartik found at: http://www.ted.com/talks/timothy_bartik_the_economic_case_for_preschool. After watching this video, write and attach to this validation form, a one page essay addressing the following question: What strikes you about the comments Bartik uses in his Ted Talk presentation?

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Pre-convention Workshops (Pre-Registration is required) (Hyatt Regency) School Boards' Legal and Financial Roles and Responsibilities – 1 p.m. (Regency A) School

Law (Standard #6) The Secret to School Board Member Success – 1 p.m. (Regency D) Leadership (Standard #2) Leading for Learning in the Digital Age – 1 p.m. (Regency C) Student Achievement (Standard #1) School Finance Puzzle – 1 p.m. (Regency B) School Finance (Standard #3)

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Exhibit Show, Internet Café, Photo Booth – 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

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Early Bird Break-Out Sessions – 8:00-9:00 a.m. (Wisconsin Center)

Putting Panache into Your Gifted and Talented Policy (102C) Leadership (Standard #2) Mother Nature Tests VASD’s Crisis Management Plan (101B) Leadership (Standard #2) Convention/Delegate Orientation (Ballroom AB) Leadership (Standard #2) We Did It and You Can Too – A Successful Building Referendum (201CD) Community

Engagement (Standard #4) Community and Family Engagement (102AB) Community Engagement (Standard #4) Plan for Success: Systemic Approach to Professional Development (201A) Student

Achievement (Standards #1 and #3) How to Effectively Implement a K-12 One-to-One Initiative (101CD) Student Achievement

(Standards #1 and #3) Have You Had Your Vision Checked Lately? (101A) Student Achievement (Standards #1 and #3) Strategic Planning – Compensation and Benefits (202AB) Human Resources (Standard #3) Impact of Voucher/Charters on Wisconsin Public Schools (201B) School Law (Standard #6) Long-Range Planning for Facilities – Case Study of Northside Elementary School in La

Crosse (102DE) Facilities (Standard #3) Fund 80 Emergency Rules (103AB) School Finance (Standard #3)

General Session – 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Kevin Honeycutt; Speaker: State School Superintendent Tony Evers; Student Music Performance: Westby Area High School Concert Band (Wisconsin Center Ballroom CD) Leadership (Standard #2)

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Break-Out Sessions – 1:30-2:30 p.m. (Wisconsin Center) RtI? Easy as PIE! (102AB) Student Achievement (Standards #1 and #3) Telepresence – An Alternative Classroom Environment Solution for Rural Schools (201B)

Student Achievement (Standard #3) ACA Compliant Employee Benefit Planning Techniques (101B) Human Resources (Standard

#3) How Lockdown Failed Sandy Hook (103AB) Facilities (Standard #3) Why Master Planning Can Be a District’s Best Friend (202AB) Leadership (Standard #2) All Aboard! How to Get Your Board on Board (101CD) Leadership (Standard #2) The Key Work of School Boards (202C) Leadership (Standard #2) Challenging the Foundations of Appropriate Technology Use (102C) School Law (Standard #6) SAA Legislative Update (103C) School Law (Standard #6) Funds 41 and 46: Tools to Manage Your Budget and State Equalization Aid (201A) School

Finance (Standard #3) Risk Management Plan Development (102DE) School Finance (Standard #3) Engaging the Community around School Finance (101A) Community Engagement (Standard

#4)

Break-Out Sessions – 3:30-4:30 p.m. (Wisconsin Center) Community Education: The Path to Community Support and Engagement (102DE)

Community Engagement (Standard #4) Extended Learning Time and PBIS in the High School Setting (103AB) Student Achievement

(Standard #1 and #3) Engaging Students with Authentic Community STEM Experiences (101B) Student

Achievement (Standards #1 and #3) Healthy Students are Better Learners (202C) Student Achievement (Standard #3) Job-Embedded Collaborative Leadership and Learning (101A) Human Resources (Standard

#3) Shared Near-Site Employee Medical Clinic (201CD) Human Resources (Standard #3) Building a Mission-Driven Work Culture (102AB) Leadership (Standard #2) PREPaRE Your School for Crisis: With Trauma in Mind (102C) Leadership (Standard #2) Taking Your Board’s “Paperless Mission” to the Next Level (103C) Leadership (Standard #4) Legal and Policy Considerations for Responding to Public Records Requests (101CD) School

Law (Standard #6) Understanding Fund Balance Sustainability and School District Fiscal Health (201A) School

Finance (Standards #3 and #4)

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Economics for School Board Members (201B) School Finance (Standards #3 and #4) Everything you Wanted to Know About Construction Delivery Systems but Were Afraid to

Ask (202AB) Facilities (Standard #3)

Networking Reception, 4:30-5:30 p.m. (Crystal Ballroom Hilton Milwaukee City Center)

Thursday, January 22, 2015 WASB Breakfast Program – 7:00-8:30 a.m. (Hilton Milwaukee City Center) Keynote Speaker: Neil Willenson (Crystal Ballroom) Leadership (Standard #2)

Break-Out Sessions – 8:45-9:45 a.m. (Wisconsin Center) Alternatives to Exclusionary Discipline (103AB) Student Achievement (Standard #1) Building and Sustaining Quality Music Education Classrooms (105DE) Student Achievement

(Standards #1 and #3) Launching K-5 Learners into STEM (101B) Student Achievement (Standards #1 and #3) How 25 Schools are Changing Educator Practice (101A) Student Achievement (Standard #1) Leading the ‘Big Three’ in 2014-15 and Beyond: Part I (202AB) Student Achievement (Standard

#3) Aligning the Community, the Board and the Strategic Plan (202DE) Leadership (Standard #2)

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Leadership Transition and the Superintendent Search (202C) Leadership (Standard #2) Training and Realizing Results Using Lean/Six Sigma Quality Tools Across District

Divisions (102AB) Leadership (Standard #2) 20 Ways to Engage Your Staff in Healthy Lifestyles (203C) Human Resources (Standard #3) Containing OPEB Costs to Invest in Students (201A) Human Resources (Standard #3) Building Consensus with Community and School District Leaders (201B) Community

Engagement (Standard #4) Transportation: Contracting Versus In House (201CD School Finance (Standard #3) Revenue Limits (203AB) School Finance (Standard #3) Keeping Wisconsin Schools Safe: A Safe Schools Initiative (102C) Facilities (Standard #3) Labor, Employment and School Law Update (103C) School Law (Standard #6)

Education Tours– 8:45-11:45 a.m. Tour of Wisconsin’s House of School Finance (103 DE) School Finance (Standard #3) Language Immersion at Milwaukee Public Schools (Bus Departs WI Center) Leadership

(Standard #2)

Exhibit Show, Internet Café, Photo Booth –9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Break-Out Sessions – 10:45-11:45 a.m. (Wisconsin Center) Developing a K-12 STEM Pathway (101B) Student Achievement (Standard #3) Plan, Teach, Assess and Achieve Through Physical Education (203AB) Student Achievement

(Standards #1 and #3) Leading the ‘Big Three’ in 2014-15 and Beyond: Part II (202AB) Student Achievement (Standard #3) How Board Actions Impact Superintendent Effectiveness (202DE) Leadership (Standard #2) Developing Leaders in a Collaborative Model: Evidence-Based (103C) Leadership (Standard

#2) Master Planning and Strategic Thinking for School Board Members (202C) Leadership

(Standard #2) Visionary Leadership (201CD) Leadership (Standard #2) Effective Educator Initiative – Transitions Supporting Staff (201CD) Leadership (Standard

#2) Wellness Strategies to Reduce Cost and Increase Satisfaction (103AB) Human Resources

(Standard #3) Building Business Engagement with Your School (102C) Community Engagement (Standard

#4) Referendum Success through Community Engagement (201B) Community Engagement

(Standard #4) The Impact of Educational Technology Trends on Your School (201A) Facilities (Standard #3) What School Administrators Should Know About K-12 Security (201CD) Facilities (Standard

#3) Understanding State Equalization Aid (203AB) School Finance (Standards #3 and #4) Hot Topics for Policy-Minded School Leaders (101A) School Law (Standard #6) National Advocacy – NSBA/WASB Legislative Partnership (102AB) School Law (Standard #6)

WASDA Luncheon WASDA Luncheon (Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Crystal Ballroom) 12:00 – 1:15 p.m.

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Break-Out Sessions – 1:45-2:45 p.m. (Wisconsin Center) Invisible Factors Affecting Achievement at Your School Now (203AB) Facilities (Standard #3) Effective School Security and Emergency Preparedness (201B) Facilities (Standard #3) Navigating K-12 STEM Licensing and Training Barriers (101B) Student Achievement (Standard

#3) Value-Added: Overview and Uses for Educator Effectiveness and School Accountability

Systems (202AB) Student Achievement (Standard #3) Time to Transition into a 1:1Digital Learning Plan (201CD) Student Achievement (Standard #3) Creating a Culture of Achievement – Improving Student Learning Results in a Large

School District (102C) Student Achievement (Standards #1 and #3) Adult Bullying – How to Deal with it Effectively (103C) Leadership (Standard #2) The School Board’s Role in Superintendent Evaluations (102AB) Leadership (Standard #2) Board Governance: Ask the Experts Roundtable Discussions (101CD) Leadership (Standard

#2) Meeting the Legal Requirements of Educating English Learners (203C) School Law (Standard

#6) Open Session on School Law Issues (101A) School Law (Standard #6) Communication and Engagement Strategies for Facility Referenda (201A) Community

Engagement (Standard #4) How Redefining Health Care Value Will Change the Game (202DE) Human Resources

(Standard #3) How to Seek and Hire Student-Centered Teachers in the Educator Effectiveness World

(202C) Human Resources (Standard #3) The Basics of Financing Facility Projects (103AB) School Finance (Standard #3) School District Budget Cycle (103DE) School Finance (Standard #3) Baited Hooks and Trapdoors: Federal Funding Issues (102DE) School Finance (Standard #3)

General Session – 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Richard Gerver, Keynote Speaker; WASB President Mike Blecha, Speaker; Student Music

Performance by the Cedarburg High School Jazz; School Board Service Awards (Wisconsin Center Ballroom CD) Leadership (Standards #2)

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Friday, January 23, 2014 Break-Out Sessions – 8:00-9:00 a.m. (Hilton Milwaukee City Center) Teacher Compensation: Making Professional Growth the Priority (Juneau) Human Resources

(Standard #3) Listen to Your Employees to Learn (Wright A) Human Resources (Standards #2 and #3) Passing a Referendum (Wright C) Community Engagement (Standard #4) Customized Education: Pathways to College and Career Readiness (Mitchell) Student

Achievement (Standard #1) Closing the AP Gap – It Can Be Done! (MacArthur) Student Achievement (Standards #1 and #3) Business Partnerships Leading to K-12 STEM Curriculum (Wright B) Student Achievement

(Standard #3) How to Make Your School Board Election Campaign a Success (Walker) Leadership (Standard

#2)

Break-Out Sessions – 9:15-10:15 a.m. (Hilton Milwaukee City Center) A Look at School Board Unity (MacArthur) Leadership (Standard #2) 21st Century Governance for 21st Century Schools (Walker) Leadership (Standard #2) Closing the Achievement Gap – “The Brown Deer Way” (Wright B) Student Achievement

(Standard #3) Community Engagement: Moving Away from the Traditional (Wright A) Community

Engagement (Standard #4) Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness: Building Commitment Rather Than Compliance

(Juneau) Human Resources (Standards #2 and #3) Innovative Compensation for Teaching Staff (Mitchell) Human Resources (Standard #3) WASB Legislative Update (Wright C) School Law (Standard #6)

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General Session – 10:30 -12:15 p.m. Rosalind Wiseman, Keynote Speaker; Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor (invited);

Student Music Performance by Out to Lunch (Prairie du Chien School District), (Hilton Milwaukee City Center Crystal Ballroom) Leadership (Standard #2)

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