2008 Events
- 04/24/08
- Building Afterschool Capacity at the Local Level: Spotlight on the NYC City-Wide Out-of-School Time Initiative. Under the current mayor’s leadership, NYC is investing in numerous capacity-building techniques in their OST system, such as evaluation, data systems, and professional development—and the city’s youth are already experiencing positive results because of it. Speakers: Jeanne B. Mullgrav, Commissioner, NYC Department of Youth & Community Development; Susan Matloff-Nieves, Assistant Executive Director, Queens Community House; and Elizabeth Reisner, Principal, Policy Studies Associates, Inc. MOTT OST Forum Series (Forum) (Rescheduled Forum from Feb. 22)
- 04/11/08
- Improving the Transition from Middle Grades to High Schools: Promising State Initiatives in Literacy and Mathematics with Sherrill Parris, Assistant State Superintendent for Reading, Alabama Department of Education Linda M. Wallinger, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Virginia Department of Education (Forum)
- 03/31/08
- Building Afterschool Capacity at the State Level This forum will look at how three state-level entities are effectively building the capacity of the field at that level. Speakers: Jill Riemer, Executive Director, Georgia Afterschool Investment Council; Karyl Resnick, 21stCCLC Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; Debra McLaughlin, Consultant, The Kunnusta Group; and Lauren Sterling, Staff, Maine Governor’s Children’s Cabinet. MOTT OST Forum Series (Forum)
- 03/14/08
- Improving Transition to Higher Education for Out-of-School Youth. This forum, co-sponsored by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) and the National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC), will highlight factors influencing the success of youth programs that provide support for formerly out-of-school youth as they transition to postsecondary education and employment. The session will feature NYEC’s policy recommendations intended to inform federal higher education and workforce development policy and representatives from local and national youth-serving organizations. (Forum)
- 03/12/2008-
03/13/2008 -
State Policy Trip to Providence, Rhode Island: Proficiency-based High School Diploma System. Highlights from this trip include meetings with Robert Flanders, Chair of the Board of Regents; Peter McWalters, Commissioner of Education; Jack Warner, Commissioner of Higher Education; and Janet Durfee-Hidalgo, Education Policy Advisor of Governor Donald Carcieri, as well as other state and district education leaders. In addition, the group visited high schools around the state to see how the diploma system has been implemented at the school level. (Trip Report)
- 01/29/08
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American Youth Policy Forum Meeting on Federal and State Policies to Support Career and Technical Education with Betsy Brand, Director, AYPF; Anne Stanton, Program Director, Irvine Foundation; Gary Hoachlander, Executive Director, ConnectEd; Domenic Giandomenico, Director of Government Relations, National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium and Scott Hess, Chief, College and Career Transitions, U.S. Department of Education; (Discussion Group)
- 01/25/08
- Improving the Transition from Middle Grades to High Schools: The Role of Early Warning Indicators with Robert Balfanz, Associate Research Scientist, Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University; Elaine Allensworth, Co-Director for Statistical Analysis, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago; Craig Jerald, Independent Consultant, Break the Curve Consulting (Forum Brief)