Opening the Doors: Leading
the Way
February 20-21, 2003
An Equity Seminar
Sponsored by
Iowa Department of Education
Bureau of Community Colleges and Career and
Technical Education
Bureau of Instructional Services
Bureau of Children, Family & Community
Services
Bureau of Administration and School
Improvement Services
Midwest Equity Assistance Center
* This Equity Conference directly follows the 2003 Iowa Culture and Language Conference, held at the same conference facility, Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn, on February 19-20. To learn more about the Culture and Language Conference, check out http://www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/is/ell/index.html.
Important Information
Dates: February 20-21,
2003
Intended Audience:
Equity
Coordinators and other persons with leadership responsibilities for or interest
in activities related to:
** Title IX (Gender
Equity)**
** Title VI
(Race/National Origin Equity)**
** Section 504
(Disability Equity) **
**Non-traditional
enrollments in career and technical education programs**
The conference welcomes:
**Community College
Personnel**
**K-12 Personnel**
**AEA Personnel**
Starts: 2:30 p.m. Thursday, February 20, 2003 (Registration)
3:30 p.m.
Sessions begin
Ends: 2:30 p.m. Friday, February 21, 2003
Place: Holiday Inn
Conference Center Des Moines Airport
6111 Fleur
Drive
Des Moines,
IA 50321
Room Rates: (Make sure you tell them you are with the Equity
Seminar when making the reservation.)
Holiday Inn Airport
1-800-248-4013
515-287-2400
$69.00 + tax, single or $79.00 + tax, double
Registration: You can register using the
attached registration form, or E-mail CCSBarnes@msn.com
and request an electronic invitation to register on-line. Send payment or
purchase order with your electronic confirmation or registration form to:
Barnes
Management
5096
Sand Road SE
Iowa
City, Iowa 52240-8217
319-338-2036;
Fax: 319-337-8836
Conference Costs:
Early bird registration $
75.00/person
Must be postmarked by February 6, 2003
Registration $100.00/person
Postmarked after February 6, 2003
On-site Registration $125.00/person
No Meals Guaranteed for on-site registration
· Payment or PO must accompany the registration form.
· No refunds will be given after February 14, 2003.
· Registration fee includes one dinner, one breakfast, one lunch, breaks, and conference materials.
· A confirmation of the registration will be sent via a postcard.
For information or questions contact:
Jane Meyer
Phone: (515)
271-9476
e-mail: MeyerJ4300@aol.com
Print out and mail the registration form with payment
or PO to:
Opening the Doors: Leading the Way
Barnes Management
5096 Sand Road SE
Iowa City, IA 52240-8217
319-338-2036
Fax: 319-337-8836
Or E-mail CCSBarnes@msn.com
and request an electronic invitation to register on-line.
AGENDA
Thursday, February 20, 2003
2:30 p.m. Registration
3:30 General
Session
·
Welcome
·
Opening the Doors: Leading
the Way
Charles Rankin, Executive Director, Midwest Equity Assistance Center
Rose Kemp, Regional Administrator, Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor Region VII
·
General Session—The Next
Step Toward Inclusion
Back by popular demand, SST Communications joins us for a dramatic
presentation that focuses on personal action strategies to “interrupt” biased,
stereotypical or discriminatory behavior in a way that is teachable rather than
confrontational. We know that when it
comes to diversity, an event is NOT a process…. This piece takes the process
and keeps MOVING IT FORWARD. The Next Step Toward Inclusion builds on
the insight of other SST productions, including those scheduled for
presentation at the 2003 Iowa Culture and Language Conference.
5:30
Dinner
6:30 Remarks: Opening
the Doors: Leading the Way – From A Personal Perspective
Marcela Parra, Program
Planner, Midwest Equity Assistance Center
Dr. Ray Richardson,
Superintendent, Ames Community School District
Friday, February 21, 2003
7:00
a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8:15 Special Interest Sessions #1 Equity Process and Procedure
·
Opening the Doors through
School Board Policy
·
The Role of the Educational
Equity Coordinator
·
Being Safe Rather than Being
Sorry: Maintaining an Effective Grievance Process
·
Equity Policies and
Procedures for Community Colleges
9:30 Break
9:45
Special Interest Sessions
#2 Legislative Updates
·
Title VI – Race/National
Origin Equity
·
Title IX – Gender Equity
·
504/ADA/IDEA – Disability
Equity
·
The Nontraditional Component
of the Perkins Act
11:00 Break
11:15 Special Interest Sessions #3 State and Federal Initiatives
·
Assessment, Reporting &
Disaggregating Data, Data Driven Decision Making
·
Paving the Way: Leadership
in a Diverse World
·
The American Mosaic:
Multicultural, Gender Fair Curriculum
·
Faculty Development and Leadership
12:30
p.m. Lunch
A More Perfect Union
Brenda Welburn, National
Association of School Boards of Education
2:30 Adjournment
REGISTRATION
FORM*
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