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2006 APA Education Leadership Conference

Promoting Excellence: Using Assessment to Enhance Teaching and Learning


Saturday, September 16, 2006
4:00 Check-In Table Opens Empire
Foyer
5:00-7:30  Reception (Program begins at 6:00 pm)

How Do We Know What We Think We Know?
Cynthia D. Belar, PhD
Executive Director, APA Education Directorate
Kenneth Norris, Consultant
Empire
Sunday, September 17, 2006  
7:00   Breakfast Available, Check-In Table Opens  Empire
Foyer
 
8:30-9:50  Introduction and Keynote Address
Chair, Nadya Fouad, PhD,
Chair, APA Board of Educational Affairs

Accreditation: Demystifying the Process
Belle Wheelan, PhD
President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) 
Palladian 
9:50-10:00Break
10:00-12:00Using Assessment to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Chair, Nadya Fouad, PhD, Chair, APA Board of Educational Affairs

Bill Hill, PhD: Undergraduate Education in Psychology
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Kennesaw State University


Joe Martinez, PhD: Scientific Research Training in Psychology
Director, Cajal Neuroscience Institute,
University of Texas at San Antonio


Catherine Grus, PhD: Professional Education and Training in Psychology
Associate Executive Director for Professional Education and Training
APA Education Directorate
Palladian
12:00-1:00 pmLunchEmpire
1:00-2:00 Legal Issues
Chair, Nathalie Gilfoyle, JD, APA General Counsel

Making Defensible Decisions on Student Competence:
Classes, Clinics, and Academic Dismissal

Ann Franke, Esq
President, Wise Results, LLC
Palladian
2:00–3:50Ethical Issues and Issues of Diversity
Chair, Mary Brabeck, PhD, Member, APA Board of Educational Affairs

Gerald P. Koocher, PhD: Sum or Substance? The Ethics of

Student Assessments
APA President & Dean, Graduate School for Health Studies, Simmons College

Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD: Issues of Diversity
Director of Training in Psychology at Children's Hospital, Boston & Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School

Palladian
3:50–4:00Break
4:00-5:00Education Advocacy Trust Program
Chair, Nadya Fouad, PhD, Chair, EdAT Board of Trustees

Assessing Our Competence in Political Advocacy
Peter Newbould
Director of Congressional & Political Affairs, APA Practice Organization
Palladian
Monday, September 18, 2006
7:00Breakfast Available, Check-In Table OpensEmpire
8:30-9:50Using Technology to Enhance Assessment
Chair, Randy Smith, PhD, Chair, Psychology Department, Kennesaw State University

Presenters: Randy Smith, PhD, Kennesaw State University
Katie Kalmus, Livetext
Mike Kasun, Landro Technology
Palladian
9:50-10:00

10:00-12:00
Break

Breakout Groups
9:50-10:001. Assessment to Enhance Clinical Competence
Catherine Grus, PhD
Associate Executive Director for Professional Education and Training
APA Education Directorate
Palladian
2. Assessment to Enhance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Daniel Bernstein, PhD
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
University of Kansas
Congressional A & B
3. Assessing Student Growth to Foster School Excellence
Jeff Braden, PhD
Professor of Educational Psychology
North Carolina State University
Sam Ortiz, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
St. John’s University

Gary Stoner, PhD
Associate Professor of School Psychology
University of Massachusetts
Cabinet
12:00-1:30 Education Advocacy Awards Lunch
Chair, Mary Brabeck, PhD
Member, APA Board of Educational Affairs
Empire
1:30–2:45 State Trends and Issues in Higher Education:
Accessing State Funds for Psychology

Chair, Nina Levitt, EdD, Associate Executive Director for Education Public Policy, APA Education Directorate

Melissa Markowitz
Senior Research and Policy Analyst
American Association of State Colleges and Universities


State Representative Elaine Makas (D-ME)
Maine State House of Representatives Education Committee
Palladian
2:45-3:15Legislative Issues Overview: FY2007 Appropriations
  • BHPr/Graduate Psychology Education Program (Nina Levitt, EdD)
  • SAMHSA/Suicide Prevention Programs (Jenny Smulson)
Palladian
3:15-3:30Break
3:30-5:002006 Interactive Hill Strategy Session
Christopher Kush, MPP
President, Soapbox Consulting
  • Last Ditch Efforts to Save the GPE Program
  • Overcoming Resistance to College Campus Counseling Services
Palladian
5:00-5:30 Distribution and Review of Hill
Appointments and Schedule
Palladian
5:30-6:00Break
6:00-7:30Reception for Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)Bird Cage
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
8:00Breakfast Available

Hill Visit Preparation and Questions
Palladian

Palladian
9:00 - Hill visits
Upon Return
from Hill Visits
DebriefingSenate
Monitor articles on the ELC
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Monitor articles on the ELC
Improving student performance - November 2006

Assessment for excellence - November 2006

Educators advised to use evidence-based assessment - November 2006

Competency benchmarks for professional training forthcoming - November 2006

New technology allows for instant, in-class surveys - November 2006

How to avoid the courtroom during academic disputes - November 2006

Archive of ELC in the Monitor

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