[YEP-DC] Less than 2 weeks left to register for the June 23 YEP-DC conference! New info inside

BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF YEP-DC'S RESEARCH TO PRACTICE & PRACTICE TO POLICY CONFERENCE

WHAT: Research to Practice & Practice to Policy Conference
WHERE: Microsoft, 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20815 (accessible via Friendship Heights Metro)
WHEN: Saturday, June 23, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
REGISTER: http://yepdcpolicyandpractice.eventbrite.com/ 
COST: $15 (plus eventbrite fees; cost includes lunch)

This is not your average education conference. This is a conference for YEP-DC members by YEP-DC members, designed to foster cross-sector solutions to challenges our education system facts. Rather than listen to a panel, we are inviting you to engage in (and lead) focused, strategy sessions around the problems that most concern you.

Interested in playing a leadership role at the conference and facilitating a session? If you'd like to showcase your sector research, policy, or practice expertise by facilitating a session, please let us know by filling out a facilitator form. You can see which sessions we still need co-facilitators for by checking out the current session facilitators page. Please note that all facilitators should also register for the conference!

Change happens when diverse people with diverse opinions join together to create it. Come to the YEP-DC conference to interact and participate with other young professionals in DC who are driven to improve education.

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Clifford B. Janey, Former DC Public Schools (DCPS) Superintendent

Confirmed facilitators include:

• Angel McNeil, Curriculum Specialist, AppleTree Institute
• John Seelke, Secondary Math Professional Development Schools (PDS) Coordinator, University of Maryland College Park
• Joseph Kitchen, Director of Extended Day Programs & External Affairs, Washington Middle School for Girls
• Rhonda E. Baylor, Education Research Associate
• Crystal A. Moore, Instructional Coach, Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary Schools, DCPS
• Dakarai Aarons, Director, Education Outreach and Policy, CommunicationWorks LLC
• Amanda Borden, Director Human Capital and Strategic Initiatives, KIPP DC
• Molly Abend, Research Associate, American Institutes of Research
• Fahad Hassan, Founder/CEO, Always Prepped

For more information, including the conference schedule, see http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc-2012-conference.html

For the most up-to-date list of facilitators, see http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/yep-dc-2012-conference-facilitators.html  (Please check back often as this list is still evolving!)

 

 

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