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Table ofContents2 ............2014 NCEBC Convention Planning Committees3-4.........Letters of Welcome5 ............Board of Directors6 ............NCEBC Core Values & Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing 7 ............ General Information9 ............ Pre-Convention Activities11-19 .... 2014 Convention Agenda20-21 .... Special Events21 .......... Convention Sponsors22-24 .... NCEBC Educational Matrix26-29 .... 2014 Convention Agenda 30-38 .... Concurrent Workshop Sessions40 .......... Glossary of Terms41 ......... 2014 Convention Map43 ......... Certificate of Attendance

28th NCEBC NatioNalCoNvENtioN

This event is sponsored by the National Council On Educating Black Children (NCEBC), in New Orleans, Louisiana, in support of Black males enrolled in American schools. Sponsorship of this event has been provided by the American Federation of Teachers.

april 15 - 18, 2014 • New orleans, la

Black Male action PlanningMr. Richard Bonds Mr. Michael DennisMr. Kamau Jywanza Mr. Gene McCallum, Chr. Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood Dr. Greta PeayMrs. Diana Daniels Mr. Nehemiah Thomas

New orleans local Planning Committee

Dr. Carol Henry, Chr.Rev. Lester Alan ShawMr. Joe PeychauvMr. Gene McCallum Ms. Cynthia Butler-McIntyreMs. Daisy Augillard-LeeMs. Barbara DoubletMs. Pat Smith Dr. Myrtis Tate

New orleans School toursSt. Charles Parish Public Schools

College FairMrs. Billie Sanders, Chr.Dr. Myrtis TateDr. Ivory Toldson

Common Core: implication for african american Students

Mrs. Chennai Okammor, Chr. Ms. Pat Smith

NCEBC office Staff Mrs. Diana Daniels, Exec. Dir.

Mrs. Lynnette TroutmanMrs. Alexis SmithMrs. Virinia Valle

Youth SummitMr. Michael Dennis, Chr.Mr. Stedman Graham, Chr.Mr. Robert JacksonDr. Ivory Toldson

Council of EldersQueen Mother Dr. Adelaide Sanford Baba Useni Perkins Baba Dr. Ray Winbush Queen Mother Dr. Iva Carruthers Baba Dr. Tony Browde Queen Mother Dr. Faustine Jones-Wilson Baba Dr. Owen Knox

Program CommitteeDr. Pamela Short-Powell, Chr.Dr. Faustine Jones-Wilson, FounderMr. Dwight BondsDr. Charles ColemanMr. Michael DennisMr. Gene McCallumMr. Steve NeidermanMrs. Billie SandersDr. Francena CummingsDr. Eric CooperDr. Greta PeayMr. Williams DouthitMrs. Chenai OkammorMrs. Elizabeth NorwoodMrs. Diana Daniels

Workshop SelectionDr. Eric CooperMrs. Lola CrawfordDr. Francena Cummings-Jones, Chr.

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Dearest Friends and Supporters of NCEBC: New Orleans, Louisiana… we thank you.

Thank you for welcoming the NCEBC for our 28th Annual Convention! NCEBC is here to sup-port the work confirmed by President Barack Obama and the White House Initiative on Edu-cational Excellence for African-American Students and the latest initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities!

Over the next several days, you will be formally introduced to the NCEBC Blueprint for Action, our Black Male Action Planning process, and detailed information on “School Reform in the Era of the New Jim Crow”. While you are with us, I encourage you to take full advantage of the special sessions and workshop offerings. Our honored keynote speakers and presenters are excited and ready to engage. Among others, you’ll hear from (and talk with) Leaders from our Nation’s capital who are working to fully implement and drive the success of the White House Education Initia-tives. Also, the NCEBC Workshop Selection Committee has done a fantastic job aligning this year’s workshops with our collective interests in research-based programs and proven successful resourc-es that will empower your work upon your return to your schools and communities.

This is truly a historic convening and we encourage you to immerse yourself in this opportunity to provide input into the policy direction that the organization is undertaking. Together, we can save our children and in particular our African American males from the “cradle to prison” pipeline; using effective education as our most direct approach. As President of this fine organization, I do believe that education has been and will continue to be the most effective road out of poverty and distress.

Again, I thank you for joining us for this event and I urge you now to be a part of the transforma-tion that is taking place in America.

May your work continue to be a blessing to your community.

Sincerely,

Dr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn President, National Council on Educating Black Children

dr. Shelia Evans-tranumnPresident, NCEBC

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Dear Educators and Visitors:

I extend a warm welcome to the National Council on Educating Black Children! I am so glad you have chosen New Orleans for this year’s conference. This year’s conference theme, “Elevating the Education of African American Males,” is one that is particularly relevant to our community and is a shared focus of local government, non-profit organizations, community groups and education leaders.

I commend you for your dedication to elevating the education of African American students, both in our city and around the country. Since Katrina, New Orleans educators, administrators and policy makers have been laser-focused on transforming our local school system.

It is through the devotion and enthusiasm of educators like you that our students and families are receiving a high-quality education, and in many cases, in world-class facilities. We have dedicated significant recovery dollars to rebuilding our schools and facilities, and our students are reaping those benefits. New Orleans students, regardless of their race, zip code, or tax bracket, are preparing for top colleges and impressive careers, and you are now a part of their journey.

I hope that your time in New Orleans is full of inspiration and that you will return again soon! Sincerely,

Stacy S. HeadNew Orleans City Councilmember-at-Large

Ms. Stacy S. headNew Orleans City

Councilmember-at-Large

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Greetings Convention Attendees and Guests:

On behalf of the St. Charles Parish Public School System, I would like to welcome you to the 2014 National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC) Convention and to the wonderful city of New Orleans, a city rich in culture and diversity.

The NCEBC Convention is an opportunity to commit to building an infrastructure in our communities and schools that facilitate a preK-12 education that prepares students to be “college and career ready.” Participants will take advantage of seminars, panel discussions and workshops that will introduce, showcase and provide access to proven programs, materials and strategies that are successfully increasing the achievement and development of African American students.

We invite participants to the St. Charles Parish Public School System during the school tours. St. Charles Parish is one of the smallest parishes in Louisiana, but rich in economic growth and resources. Located just 20 miles up-river from New Orleans, St. Charles Parish Public Schools has earned the distinction of being rated an “A” school system by the Louisiana Department of Education. Mimosa Park Elementary and St. Rose Elementary Schools will host the visits and showcase the best practices that promote the success of students in St. Charles Parish.

Welcome to our parish, community and state!

Sincerely,

Felecia Gomez-Walker Superintendent

Ms. Felecia gomez-Walker Superintendent

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NCEBC Board of Directors

Ms. diana danielsExecutive Director,

NCEBC

Greetings Convention Attendees and Guests: As Executive Director of the National Council on Educating Black Children I want to start by thanking you for joining us here in Chicago, IL for the 27th Annual Convention of the NCEBC. Your decision to allow NCEBC the honor of providing professional development and community mobilization training, means a great deal.

Since 1986, NCEBC has embraced the African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” As we convene here, almost 30 years later, I am all the more confident that our diaspora ancestors and community elders had the right idea. Our country’s education crisis, particularly the “cradle-to-prison pipeline” and other ailments disproportionally impacting African American students (males in particular), will require that we all step to the plate. Not just to be “counted” but to make a difference in the life and educational outcomes of children in our community.

As I listen to the NCEBCTalkRadio channel, view our Facebook page, read your emails, and visit with children, parents, and educators in our programs across the country, it is plain to see that many aspects of our “villages” have changed. Despite the changes we wish weren’t so and in support of the changes that work for our good; it is still a “village responsibility” that our next generation be properly educated to lead.

Therefore it is my pledge to you, that you will leave this place newly empowered and positively charged to be successful in your part of our collective mission to increase educational outcomes for African American children; and by proxy all children.

May the work of your hands continue to provide positive change for our nation’s future.

Diana Daniels Executive Director, National Council on Educating Black Children

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NCEBC Board of Directors

Founder NCEBCCongressman Augustus F. Hawkins (CA), (deceased)Dr. Faustine Jones-WilsonDr. Owen Knox

Executive directorMrs. Diana Daniels (IN), Retired Indianapolis Public Schools Administrator

NCEBC National deanCongressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D, VA), Representing the Third District of Virginia

NCEBC officersDr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn, PresidentDr. Pamela Powell (CA), 1st Vice President, Retired Superintendent of Inglewood Unified School District Mr. Gene McCallum (LA), 2nd Vice President, Retired, Cluster Administrator Los Angeles Unified School DistrictDr. Charles Coleman (MI), Treasurer, Retired, Superintendent Battle Creek Public Schools Mrs. Billie Sanders (GA), Secretary, Retired, Middle School Teacher

Board of directorsMr. Dwight Bonds (CA), CEO, California Association of African American Superintendents and AdministratorsMrs. Carol Raines Brown (CA), School Board Member, Inglewood Unified Schools Dr. Eric Cooper (NY), President, National Urban AllianceMrs. Deborah Crawford (GA), Retired Teacher Mrs. Lola Crawford (MD), Independent Education ConsultantDr. Francena Cummings (FL), Retired, University of North Carolina GreensboroMr. Michael Dennis (CA), Educational Consultant, Inglewood CaliforniaMr. William Douthit (MO), Esquire Mr. Michael “Chappie” Grice (OR), Retired, Portland School AdministratorDr. Linda Darling-Hammond (CA), Professor of Education, Stanford UniversityDr. June Harris (VA), Education Professor, Norfolk UniversityMr. Aubrey McCutcheon, Jr., Esquire, (MI), AttorneyMr. Steve Neiderman (MD), Executive Consultant

Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood (CA), Retired, Assistant Superintendent, Inglewood Unified SchoolsMrs. Chenai Okammor (IL), Account General Manager Illinois/Indiana, Pearson Mrs. Minnie Pearce (MI), Parent Advocate, National Coalition of Title I Parents, Detroit SchoolsDr. Greta Peay (NV), Director of Equity and Diversity Education Department, Clarke County School System Dr. Deborah Jewell-Sherman (MA), Co-Director, Urban Superintendents Program, Harvard UniversityDr. John Smith (MD), Emeritus, Former Chief of Staff, U.S. CongressDr. Jeffrey Robinson (MI), Principal, Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy Mr. Nehemiah Thomas (MO), Principal, Derrick Thomas Academy Dr. Ivory Toldson (D.C.), Editor of Journal of Negro Education

Board of directors (Emeritus)Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore (MD), Professor, George Washington University Dr. Faustine Jones-WilsonDr. John Smith (MD), Former Chief of Staff, U.S. CongressMrs. Grace Strauther (AZ), Superintendent Los Angeles Unified SchoolsDr. Owen KnoxDr. Larry Moore (CA), Retired, Los Angeles Unified SchoolsDr. Sheila Simmons (D.C.), NEA Director, Civil Rights Division

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“lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”VErSE i

Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of liberty;

Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,

Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,Let us march on till victory is won.

VErSE iiStony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,

Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;Yet with a steady beat,have not our weary feet,Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,

We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered;

Out from the gloomy past,till now we stand at lastWhere the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

VErSE iiiGod of our weary years,God of our silent tears,Thou Who hast brought us thus far on the way;

Thou Who hast by Thy might,led us into the light,Keep us forever in the path, we pray.Lest our feet stray from the places,

our God, where we met Thee.Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine

of the world, we forget Thee.Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand,

True to our God, true to our native land.

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Core Values

“The VillageTakes Responsibility”

All stakeholders in a community must be involved in improving teaching and learning.

All stakeholders have a vested wealth in the social, cultural and intellectual development of all children, but especially those children that historically are on the bottom of the educational realm.

All stakeholders must participate in implementing the research that evidence the growth in achievement of historically underserved populations.

All stakeholders must examine the politics, practices, and policies in their communities that accelerate or impede the academic performances of children of color.

Accountability must be community driven, with NCEBC stakeholders reviewing, monitoring and collaborating with public and charter schools that receive local tax dollars.

National Council on Educating Black Children

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Convention informationConvention information may be obtained from the Convention Registration Desk.

EvaluationYou will be given an evaluation form in each workshop. Please fill it out and return it to the workshop facilitator. Your comments are very important to us.

ExhibitorsPlease visit the Exhibitor Area.

Exhibits open daily: tuesday (pm) - Friday

Messages & announcements

Announcements about meetings or events not listed in the Convention Program are posted on bulletin boards throughout the convention hall for your convenience. You may leave personal messages for other attendees at the Convention Registration Desk.

team MeetingsNCEBC Black Male Action Planning (BMAP) teams are encouraged to meet and turn their plans in by Friday close of day.

NCEBC Meetings

President’s Welcome Reception and NCebC Membership Meeting - NCEBC Members get your Membership Card and 2013 Financial Report: 4:15pm-5:30pm (River Room)

The NCEBC Board of Directors Meeting: 5:30 pm -9:00pm (BellChase 3rd Floor)

General information

Convention timeline

tuESdaY April 15, 2014 3:00pm – 8:00pm (registration opens) WEdNESdaY April 16, 2014 8:00am – 6:00pm

thurSdaYApril 17, 2014 7:00am – 6:00pm

FridaYApril 18, 2014 8:00am – 3:00pm

Admission to sessions: Your name badge is your

TICKET to all sessions and meals. Please

wear it at all times.


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Wednesday 16, 2014

8:00 - 11:30am

Pre-registration RequiRed:

Registered participants assemble by second

set of doors across from shoe shine stand.

SChool tourS

Mimosa Park Elementary (St. Charles Parish Public Schools)Principal: Michelle deBruler

Mimosa Park Elementary is a 1st through 2nd grade school that serves approximately 400 students, of which 42% are economically disadvantaged.

School Highlights:Readers’ WorkshopThrough Readers’ Workshop at MPE we emphasize the importance of providing time for readers to engage in authentic talk about their books.

Writers’ WorkshopThrough the writers’ workshop, we have created supportive classroom environments that, with well-established routines, foster independence and celebrate student initiative.

St. rose Elementary School (St. Charles Parish Public Schools)Principal: Lisa Perrin

St. Rose Elementary is a Pre-K through 5th grade school that serves approximately 669 students. Approximately 75% of the students are economically disadvantaged.

Special Programs: Responsive Classroom is a social curriculum utilized throughout all elementary schools in St. Charles Parish Public Schools, is the foundation for a positive learning climate and consists of the following components: “Morning Meeting” ,“Class Rules and Logical Consequences”, and “Responsive Language”

Student Engagement focuses on listening, speaking, viewing and writing. Our students pay attention to each other’s comments, challenge each other’s thinking, build on one another’s ideas, ask questions, and defend individual opinions during book talks, literature circles and accountable talk sessions.

High Expectations are evident through shared leadership. Our message inspires our students to believe that success is attainable through hard work and perseverance.

Reading Recovery is an intense intervention to support struggling readers. The goal of Reading Recovery is to dramatically reduce the number of first-grade students who have extreme difficulty learning to read and write.

Mimosa Park Elementary

St. rose Elementary

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Convention agenda: 28th NCEBC National Convention • New Orleans

Breakfast on Your own Exhibits open 8:00am - 6:00pmSchool tours (see descriptions on pg. 11) 8:30am - 11:30am Melrose Room Level 3Youth Summit 8:15am - 1:15pm Melrose Room Level 3opening Plenary Session 8:30 - 11:15am Grand Ballroom B and C College Fair 9:30am - 12:30pm Magnolia Level 3luncheon 12:00 - 2:00pm Grand Ballroom B and CParent Summit 2:00 - 4:00 pm Rosedown Level 3Concurrent Workshops 2:30 - 4:00pm TBABlack Male Planning Sessions 2:30 - 5:30pm Grand Ballroom B and CCommunity open Forum 7:00 - 9:00pm Payne Memorial AME Church

DAY-AT-A-GLANCE

oPeNiNg geNeRal SeSSioN Grand Ballroom B and C

8:30 - 11:15am ELDERS CALL FOR ACTION

The elders call for unifying, planning, and elevating the education of African American students by all stakeholder groups listed in the Blueprint for Action. Elders will discuss the history and culture that have brought us to this point in the socialization and education of our children.

Call to order Dr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn, NCEBC President

invocation Rev. Dr. Tom Watson, Senior Pastor, Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries

Color guard Pledge of Allegiance

WedNeSday APril 16, 2014

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Negro National Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing anthem Mr. David Militell, 9th Grade, Louisiana Connection Academy, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

drums Entry of Elders: Queen Mother Dr. Adelaide Sanford, Baba Useni Perkins, Baba Dr. Ray Winbush, Queen Mother Dr. Iva Carruthers, Baba Dr. Tony Browder, Queen Mother Dr. Faustine Jones-Wilson, Baba Dr. Owen Knox

libations Mr. Kamau Jywanza, NCEBC Staff, Indianapolis, Indiana

the Elders Words Mrs. Billie Sanders, NCEBC Board Member, Atlanta, Georgiaof Wisdom

Q and a Response from Audience

9:30am-12:30pm COLLEGE FAIR (see descriptions on pgs. 24-25)

12:00 - 2:00pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

presented by Dr. Iva Carruthers

Presiding Dr. Pamela Short-Powell, 1st Vice President NCEBC

invocation Elder Terry Gullage, Senior Pastor, Greater Mt, Calvary Church, Marrelo, Louisiana

Music Tribute to President Nelson Mandela, Elenore McMain High School, Orleans Parish Schools, New Orleans, Louisiana

introduction Ms. Najah Nicholas, 6th Grade, Kenner Discovery Health Science Academy, Jefferson Parish, of Speaker New Orleans, Louisiana

NCebC oPeNiNg luNCheoN Grand Ballroom B and C

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dr. iva CarruthersSocial justice and policy advocate, educator and activist. She is the general secretary of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference. Noted educator and social advocate Iva A. Carruthers was born on April 5, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. Carruthers attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, graduating in 1967 with B.A. degrees in sociology and French. After completing her undergraduate studies, Carruthers enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, receiving both an M.A. in counselor education and a Ph.D. in sociology in 1972.After finishing graduate school, Carruthers became a professor of sociology at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. In 1979, while still teaching, Carruthers founded Nexus Unlimited, an information and educational technology firm, and served as the company’s president. Carruthers has also become well known for using her ministry as a vehicle for addressing social issues, particularly those involving people of African descent both here and abroad. She authored The Church and Reparations - An African American Perspective , which was distributed at the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance,


WedNeSday APril 16, 2014 (continued)

2:00 - 4:00pm PARENT SUMMIT (see descriptions on pg. 25) Rosedown Level 3

2:30 - 4:00pm CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (see descriptions on pgs. 28)


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7:00 - 9:00pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “School reform in the Era of the New Jim Crow” presented by Dr. Warren Simmons

EvERYONE IS INvITED TO ATTEND!

dr. Warren Simmons, director of annenberg institute Warren Simmons directs the work of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) at Brown University and team-teaches a course in Urban Systems and Structure in Brown University’s Urban Education Policy Master’s Program. AISR’s mission is to improve outcomes and practices in urban schools, especially those serving economically disadvantaged students. Before joining the Institute in 1998, he was founding director of the Philadelphia Education Fund, a reform support organization that helped the School District of Philadelphia to fund, develop, and implement new academic standards, content-based professional development, standards-based curriculum resources, and comprehensive school reform, as part of the Children Achieving reform agenda. Previously, at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, he developed and funded initiatives on community development and urban school reform. He also served as director of equity initiatives for the New Standards Project, a coalition of 17 states and 6 school districts piloting the development of shared standards and assessments, and as special assistant to the superintendent of schools in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where he planned and/or implemented district-wide initiatives on improving the achievement of traditionally underserved students.Keynote Speaker

2:30 - 5:30pm NCEBC BLACK MALE ACTION PLANNING Grand Ballroom B and C

Presiding Mr. Gene McCallum, 2nd Vice President, NCEBC, New Orleans, Louisiana

interview Freedom Riders: Mr. Leo Washington and Mr. Aaron Palmer, New Orleans, Louisiana

BMaP Successful Mr. Richard Bonds, Indianapolis, Indiana Models Framework for Mr. Kamau Jywanza, Indianapolis, IndianWriting a BMaP

Breakout Sessions Locations: Melrose, Oak Alley, Jasperwood, Magnolia, Rosedown

CoMMuNiTy oPeN foRuM Payne Memorial AME Church (3306 South Liberty Street | New Orleans, LA 70115)

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oPeNiNg PleNaRy SeSSioN Grand Ballroom B and C

8:00 - 10:00am DR. ASA G. HILLIARD III RESEARCH SEMINAR presented by Dr. Candy Boyd

Moderator Dr. Eric Cooper, NCEBC Board Member, Past President

invocation Rev. Torrin Sanders

Music Mr. Rodney Carey, McMain High School, Orleans Parish

introduction Ms. Lacy Lewis, 4th Grader, St. Charles Parishof Speaker

DAY-AT-A-GLANCEThuRSday APril 17, 2014

Breakfast on Your own

Exhibits open 8:00 - 6:00pm

dr. asa g. hilliard iii research Seminar 8:00 - 10:00am Grand Ballroom B and C

Concurrent Workshops 10:15 - 11:45am TBA

luncheon ii 12:00 - 1:45pm Grand Ballroom B and C

Concurrent Workshops 2:30 - 4:00pm TBA

New orleans Style gala 5:00 - 9:00pm Grand Ballroom B and Cawards Banquet

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10:15 - 11:45pm CONCURRENT WORSHOPS (see descriptions on pgs. 28-29)

dr. Candy BoydDr. Candy Dawson Boyd, founder of Common Literacy Culture, is a Professor in the School of Education at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California. Dr. Boyd holds a B.A. in Education from Northeastern Illinois University, a M.A. in Reading Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of California, Berkeley. She founded, and currently directs, the Masters and Specialist Credential and Certificate Programs in Reading/Language Arts. Dr. Boyd has lectured nationwide as both an award-winning children’s author and a K-12 reading educator, emphasizing literature and culturally diverse learning. She has been a national keynote speaker for the California Reading Association, the International Reading Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Boyd specializes in working with low performing urban schools. She is dedicated to improving the teaching of reading and writing for urban children, and has successfully worked with schools in crisis across the nation. Her award-winning books for young people include Circle of Gold, Charlie Pippin, and Chevrolet Saturdays.

Keynote Speaker


12:00 - 1:45pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS presented by Mrs. Michelle Obama

Presiding Dr. Carol Henry, Local Convention Chair, New Orleans, Louisana

invocation Rev. Freddie Davis III, Senior Pastor, New Generation Faith Church, Houston, Texas

Words from Dr. Useni Perkinsour Elder

Music Boys Choir

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ThuRSday APril 17, 2014 (continued)

Mrs. Michelle obamaWarren Simmons directs the work of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) at Brown University and team-teaches a course in Urban Systems and Structure in Brown University’s Urban Education Policy Master’s Program. AISR’s mission is to improve outcomes and practices in urban schools, especially those serving economically disadvantaged students. Before joining the Institute in 1998, he was founding director of the Philadelphia Education Fund, a reform support organization that helped the School District of Philadelphia to fund, develop, and implement new academic standards, content-based professional development, standards-based curriculum resources, and comprehensive school reform, as part of the Children Achieving reform agenda. Previously, at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, he developed and funded initiatives on community development and urban school reform. He also served as director of equity initiatives for the New Standards Project, a coalition of 17 states and 6 school districts piloting the development of shared standards and assessments, and as special assistant to the superintendent of schools in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where he planned and/or implemented district-wide initiatives on improving the achievement of traditionally underserved students.Keynote Speaker

PANEL DISCUSSION: “Disportionality and School Discipline: Disciplinary Disparities Briefing Paper”

Panelists Dr. Eddie Ferges, Dr. Ivory Toldson, and Mr. Karega Rausch


CONCURRENT WORSHOPS (see descriptions on pgs. 29-33)

DR. ASA G. HILLIARD III RESEARCH SEMINAR (PART II) (see descriptions on pg. 26)

introduction Dr. Myrtis Tate, Local College Fair Chairof Speaker

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4:15 - 5:30pm EvERYONE IS WELCOME!

Presiding Dr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn, NCEBC President

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Continental Breakfast

Exhibits open 8:00 - 3:00pm

general Session ii 8:00 - 9:00am Grand Ballroom B and C

Concurrent Workshops 9:00 - 10:30am TBA

Plenary Session ii 8:00 - 10:00am Grand Ballroom B and C

luncheon iii 12:00 - 1:45pm Grand Ballroom B and C

NCEBC Planning Session 2:30 - 5:00pm TBA

DAY-AT-A-GLANCE

geNeRal SeSSioN ii Grand Ballroom B and C

8:00 - 9:00am TRUTH TO THE POWER

Presiding Dr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn, NCEBC President

9:00 - 10:30am CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (see descriptions on pgs. 35-38)

10:30am - 11:45am DISCUSSION: “???????”

Presiding Dr. Ivory Toldson and HBCU’s Presidents, Congressman Cedric Richmond

fRiday APril 18, 2014

PleNaRy SeSSioN ii Grand Ballroom B and C

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12:00 - 1:45pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS presented by US Congressman Robert C. Bobby Scott(D,VA)

Presiding Dr. Adelaide Sanford

invocation

Music

Entertainment Daniel Beatty, Knock Knock

introduction Ms. Najah Nicholas, 6th Grade, Kenner Discovery Health Science Academy, Jefferson Parish, of Speaker New Orleans, Louisiana

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awards Congressman Robert “C” Bobby Scottsh

Closure Boys Choir

2:30 - 5:00pm NCEBC STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION

Congressman robert C. Bobby ScottCongressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott is currently serving his eleventh term in Congress. Prior to serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Scott served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1978 to 1983 and in the Senate of Virginia from 1983 to 1993. During his 15-year tenure in the Virginia General Assembly, Rep. Scott successfully sponsored laws that are critical to Virginians in healthcare, education, employment, economic development, crime prevention, social services and consumer protection. His legislative successes included laws that improved healthcare benefits for women, infants and children, increased the Virginia minimum wage and created the Governor’s Employment and Training Council. He also sponsored the Neighborhood Assistance Act, which provides tax credits to businesses for donations made to approved social service and crime prevention programs.

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Is Jim Crow Dead Or Has It Been Reinvented Through Practices, Policies, Programs And Laws?

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Is Jim Crow Dead Or Has It Been Reinvented Through Practices, Policies, Programs And Laws?

PoliCieSPRogRaMS• Zero Tolerance • Segregation to Chartered Schools

• Special Education • Choice School Performance • Alternative Schools

• Stand Your Grand• Three Strike You’re Out• Brown vs. The Board of Education • Stop and Frisk

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Special Events: 28th NCEBC National Convention • New Orleans

YouTh AND PArENT SummiTSWedNeSday APril 16, 2014

8:15 - 10:00am youTh SuMMiT geNeRal SeSSioN Melrose Room Level 3

Presenters Mr. Stedman Graham, Stedman Graham & Associates Dr. Ivory Toldson, Deputy Director White House Initiative on HBCU’s

The Summit will provide your students an opportunity to dialogue with educators and motivational speakers from throughout the state and the nation. “If you’re not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.” This message challenges teenagers and encourages them to make positive choices in their lives.

The BOYS summit will also include:• A college fair• Restorative Justice Workshops aligned to

Common Core• Motivational/Inspirational Keynote speakers

10:15am - 1:15pm Girls Session Jasperwood Room

Presenters Ms. Cynthia Butler McIntrye and Mrs. Toni Rice

10:15am - 1:15pm Boys Session Oak Ally and Melrose Rooms

Presenters Mr. Michael Dennis and Mr. Robert Jackson

Stedman graham ivory Toldson

Cynthia Butler McIntrye

Toni Rice

Michael Dennis Robert Jackson

The GIRLS summit will also include:• Making Good Decisions and Choices

that will Impact Your Life. • First Impressions: How You Dress,

Speak and Behave• Preparing for College or the Workforce

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2:00 - 4:00 pm PaReNT SuMMiT geNeRal SeSSioN Melrose Room Level 3

Presenter Mrs. Zakayia Answari

“Rethinking African American Parenting as a Civil Right”

The difficulty in explaining why so many African American students do so poorly in school is in peeling back the layers of why their parents let them. What’s even more difficult to explain is how the 1954 US Supreme Court case Brown, which was intended to bring educational equality, actually has contributed to the phenomenon.

THE EDUCATIONAL CONTRACT is a peek into the moral dilemma of a history that has shaped a cultural pattern of failure for more than sixty years in inner-city schools. Drawing on her own childhood experiences in high-poverty schools, and her work to transform some of the worst per-forming schools in the US, Dr. Sharon Washington presents a look at this pattern of failure through what she calls an educational contract; and she puts forward solutions that can set inner-city schools on a dramatically different course. THE EDUCATIONAL CONTRACT is a penetrating and power-ful call to action that takes the conversation of failing urban public schools to the masses.

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Special Events: 28th NCEBC National Convention • New Orleans

Dr. ASA G. hiLLiArD iii rESEArCh SEmiNAr

ThuRSday APril 17, 2014

A 2-PArT Full DAy SESSioN Melrose Room Level 3

The Asa G. HiIliard III Research Seminar is the legacy of the late Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III. It is a conceptual river which runs deeps and wide in African American and Urban Education. SEMiNAr PArT i: (morning)

• Embraces the socio-cultural context of learning, • Draws of the urban/suburban pedagogy, and • Provides guidance from social science and neuroscience

Convening: Dr. Eric Cooper, President and Founder, National Urban Alliance

Keynote Address: Dr. Candy Boyd

Scholars In Residence: Dr. Adelaide Sanford, Dr. Yvette Jackson

SEMiNAr PArT ii: (afternoon) The Asa Restoration Project was established in 2008 to honor the work of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III. With the generous support of the Hilliard family, Kemetologist Anthony Browder (Director for the Asa Restoration Project and an NCEBC Elder) established the project as a fitting tribute to a man who was loved worldwide and taken from us too soon. Dr. Hilliard was an Educational Psychologist, Master Teacher, Author and Historian who was internationally recognized for his outstanding scholarship.

Presenter: Dr. Anthony “Tony” Browder

dr. asa g. hilliard iii

Eric Cooper Candy Boyd

Adelaide Sanford Yvette Jackson

Anthony “Tony” Browder

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Hear the Call to Action for Educating Black Males!

Please contact NCEBC if you

need assistance in developing,

writing or implementing

your Black Male Action Plan!

National Council on

Educating Black Children

3737 N. Meridian St, Suite 102 Indianapolis, IN 46208

317-283-9081 Fax 317-283-9080

[email protected]

www.ncebc.org

A Process for Developing and Implementing Community-based Plans to ImproveEducational and Life Outcomes for African American Male Children and Youth

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ExTENDiNg THE ClASSrooM: uSiNg A HoME ViSiT FrAMEwork To ENgAgE FAMiliES

Presenter: Mr. david heiber Facilitator: Lola Crawford, NCEBC Board Member OakAlley Room Level 3Participants will be grouped by risk factors (attendance, behavior, and academics) to determine indicators/benchmarks that would prompt a home visit. Participants will then draft a home visit strategy that can be implemented at the district and school level. Students and families face a variety of challenges that impact achievement that are not just academic. Educators must use innovative and specific strategies to engage students and families in an authentic and meaningful way. Using home visits as an instructional strategy has proven successful if linked to specific indicators and a school’s culture. Concentric’s home visit model is an integrated approach to connect students and families to schools by incorporating social and emotional supports to academic outcomes. Participants will be grouped by risk factors (attendance, behavior, and academics) to determine indicators/benchmarks that would prompt a home visit. Participants will then draft a home visit strategy that can be implemented at the district and school level. school level.

eMPoWeRiNg ouR youTh ThRough PoSiTive Self ideNTiTy

Presenter: Robert Jackson Facilitator: Mr, Steve Neiderman, NCEBC Board Member

Magnolia Room level 3 Educating Black and Latino Males is one of the biggest problems in our school system today. Currently, over 60% of our Black and Latino Males nationally drop out of high school. There are a number of factors that have contributed to these ongoing issues and they will be discussed in this workshop along with solutions to reverse these staggering statistics. Educators will be equipped with the Strategies and Tools needed to retain our Black and Latino Males in School and reverse the Drop Out Rates. Educators will also be challenged to focus on their own self-development? Examples are mapped out in this workshop. Finally examples of how to bridge the gap between parents, teachers and students will be discussed. Educators will leave with Solutions to take back to their prospective school districts.

Concurrent workshops: 28th NCEBC National Convention • New Orleans

WedNeSday APril 16, 20142:30 - 4:00pm

AFTERNOON

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ThuRSday APril 17, 201410:15am-11:45am 2:30-4:00pm

CoMMoN CoRe STaTe STaNdaRdS

Presenters: Dr. Candy Boyd, Ms. Pat Smith, and Ms. la’keisha Mckinney Facilitator: Mrs, Chennai Okmmor

Grand Salon A: Section 3, 6This session will bring to light the negative narrative found throughout society regarding students of color and give research based solutions that provide a counter-narrative. Attendees will have the oppor-tunity to work independently and in small groups to examine best practice for positive student identity.

SChool RefoRM iN The eRa of The NeW JiM CRoW

Presenters: dr. Richard grey and Zakahari ansari Facilitator: Dr. Greta Peay, Las vegas Nv. NCEBC Board Member

Grand Salon A: Section 4To come

diSPRoPoRTioNaliTy aNd CulTuRally ReSPoNSive leadiNg, TeaChiNg, aNd leaRNiN

Presenter: Dr. Edward Arcia Ferges Facilitator:

Salon D: Section 7 To come

Edward Arcia Ferges

Candy Boyd Pat Smith La’Keisha McKinney

Richard Grey Zakahari Ansari

MORNING AND AFTERNOON

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ThuRSday APril 17, 2014MORNING AND AFTERNOON

The iMPaCT of lead PoiSoN uPoN The PhySiologiCal, SoCial, aNd eMoTioNal NeedS of STudeNTS of ColoR.

Presenter: dr. Raymond Winbush Facilitator: Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood, Los Angeles, CA, NCEBC Board Member, Past President

Salon C: Section 10 To come

THE iMPACT oF k-3 liTErACy AND iDENTiTy DEVEloPMENT iN AFriCAN AMEriCAN CHilDrEN

Presenter: Ms. augusta Mann Facilitator: Dr. Pamela Powell, NCEBC Board Member, 1st vP

Salon C: Section 9 and 12 To come

(STEM) THE rigorouS MATHEMATiCAl THiNkiNg lABorATory For STuDENTS.

Presenter: Dr. James and Sylvia kinard Facilitator: Dr, Francena Cummings, NCEBC Board Member, Past President, Tallahassee, FL.

Salon B: Section 15 To come

Raymond Winbush

. Augusta Mann

. Augusta Mann

10:15am-11:45am 2:30-4:00pm

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rEkiNDliNg THE FirE: ToolS For ENgAgiNg AFriCAN AMEriCAN STuDENTS wiTH MATHEMATiCS

Presenter: Jelani Jabari SFacilitator: Mr. Michael Dennis, NCEBC Board Member, Los Angeles, CA

Salon D: Section 21Diminishing student engagement remains a challenge for all students, and even more for African Americans. In this highly interactive session, participants will explore techniques, tools, and strategies for engaging students with common core mathematics.

BEyoND THE ABCS: iDENTiFyiNg AT-riSk STuDENTS BEForE THEy BECoME ProBlEM STuDENTS

Presenter: Melissa Schlinger Facilitator: Mrs. Lola Crawford, NCEBC Board Member, Maryland

Salon C : Section 18This session will examine how combining resiliency data with academic and behavior data will enable schools to ob-tain a more comprehensive view of their students. By better understanding students’ resiliency profiles, educators can more effectively address underlying and unseen issues that lead to academic difficulty. Participants will be involved in analyzing mock data to determine appropriate intervention strategies for students based on their analysis. The par-ticipants will leave the session with actionable strategies for assessing students’ resiliency skills and using that data along with ABC data to create a picture of the “whole child”.

Jelani Jabari

Melissa Schlinger

ThuRSday APril 17, 2014MORNING AND AFTERNOON

10:15am-11:45am 2:30-4:00pm

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eMPoWeRiNg ouR youTh ThRough PoSiTive Self ideNTiTy

Presenter: Mr. Rodney Smith and Mr. Sherman WoodardFacilitator: Michael Grice, NCEBC Board Member,Past President Portland Oregon, PSalon D: Section 7 This session will bring to light the negative narrative found throughout society regarding students of color and give research based solutions that provide a counter-narrative. Attendees will have the opportunity to work independently and in small groups to examine best practice for positive student identity. The session will offer strategies for developing a school-wide “Young Men’s Empowerment Program” for all of the male students in the school. Topics will include curriculum, best practices for cultural equity in the classroom, and sustaining a positive student identity that raises academic achievement.

HoPE uNHiNgED: ProliFiC iNSTruCTioNAl STrATEgiES To iNCrEASE STuDENTS’ ACADEMiC ACHiEVEMENT

Presenters: erick Witherspoon & alice Stabbner Facilitator: Ms. Deborah Crawford, NCEBC Board Member, Atlanta, GA Salon C: Section 10 The Middle School Literacy Initiative is an on-going project in New York City that succeeded in increasing the literacy rates for students in low performing schools. This session examines the meth-ods used to support schools in bringing about instructional and infrastructural changes. The audi-ence will be engaged in role playing some of the strategies that support this quality instruction program.

Rodney Smith Sherman Woodard

Erick Witherspoon Alice Stabbner

2:30 - 4:00pm

AFTERNOONThuRSday APril 17, 2014

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aN afRoCeNTRiC PaRadigM To diveRT youTh fRoM The CRiMiNal JuSTiCe SySTeM

Presenter: eugene Perkins Facilitator: Facilitator: Dr. Ivory Toldson, NCEBC Board MemberSalon C: Section 9 and 12The Juvenile Justice System is fast becoming the major institution for the maintenance and socialization of a disproportionate number of young Black males. This workshop will provide empirical strategies, based on Afrocentric principles, to help divert Black youth from entering the Juvenile Justice system. Appropriate material will be presented and participants will engage in several hands on surveys that focus on Afrocentricity.

iNTeRRuPTiNg The CyCle of PoveRTy by iNCReaSiNg The NuMbeR of high PeRfoRMiNg SChoolS

Presenters: Rosiline floyd & Marcus Robinson Facilitator: Facilitator: Dr. Ivory Toldson, NCEBC Board MemberSalon C: Section 9 and 12 This interactive workshop will examine effective school models and discuss the tenets of high performing urban schools which primarily serve low income populations. The workshop will investigate the culture of these schools and how culture impacts social and academic outcomes. Participants will identify strategies for implementing these systems in their schools. A chalk talk will be conducted to offer support on how to implement systems within a school environment.

Eugene Perkins

Rosiline Floyd Marcus Robinson

2:30 - 4:00pm

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wHAT’S kEEPiNg PriNCiPAlS uP AT NigHT?

Presenters: Janet Schulze, barnaby Payne, Marcus blacksher, Bill kappenhagen, Ericka lovrin & Eric guthertz

Facilitator: Dr. Jeffrey Robinson Salon C: Section 13-16

School and district leaders from San Francisco Unified School District will share information about their efforts to transform its existing principal meeting structure to prioritize transformative and equity- centered learning for an entire cohort of high school leaders who plan to close the opportunity gap. Participants will be guided through sample ECPLC (Equity Centered Professional Learning Communities) tools and structures to explore doing similar work in their own contexts.

No MoRe dRoPouTS!

Presenters: Sarena Shivers & Monique uzelac Facilitator: Dwight Bonds, NCEBC Board MemberSalon A section 4The epidemic of high school drop-outs and the statistics of African American youth, particularly males that find themselves as part of these statistics continue to be staggering. WAY (Widening Advancements for Youth) Washtenaw is an innovative, blended online-face to face program offering high school students a flexible, student-centered, project-based option. What makes this particular model unique is that it’s a county-wide collaboration between multiple school districts and high schools. Participants will be given real-life scenarios of at-risk youth and the variables that brought them to programs like WAY. Participants will be asked (with a partner or group) to identify how these students are traditionally serviced in a comprehensive high school. The WAY facilitators will then demonstrate how these needs (affective and academic) are met vastly different in the WAY program. In addition, we will go LIVE into the online WAY classroom.

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MORNING

Janet Schulze Barnaby Payne

Bill Kappenhagen Ericka Lovrin

Marcus Blacksher

Eric Guthertz

Sarena Shivers Monique Uzelac


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MANAgiNg your ClASSrooM: EFFECTiVE ClASSrooM MANAgEMENT For SuCCESSFul STuDENT ENgAgEMENT™

Presenter: delores McCollum Facilitator: Michael GriceSalon A: section 3 and 6Managing Your Classroom: Effective Classroom Management for Successful Student Engagement” bridges the gap between educational theory and 21st century classroom reality by demonstrating how to create a healthy learning community in which students are actively engaged in their own education in a culture of academic excellence. Participants will engage in Ice Breaker and Graphic Organizer activities, and learn how to use the student empowerment/review activity Handy History, and the teacher empowerment activity Soft Tissue issues.

CulTuRally ReSPoNSive TeaChiNg aNd leadiNg foR SigNifiCaNT iMPRoveMeNTS iN iNSTRuCTioN aNd STudeNT aChieveMeNT

Presenter: Sonya Whitaker Facilitator: SalonOur students are more diverse in terms of their ethnic backgrounds as well as their access to financial and technological resources. Educators are striving to respond but may lack the cultural proficiency needed to address the needs of a diverse student population (Nelson and Guerra 2007). Throughout this presentation there will be an integration of unique approaches to supporting teachers and administrators in achieving common core standards and other curricular goals by focusing on culturally responsive teaching behaviors and instructional practices. One interactive activity will be the completion and discussion of the Knowledge of Self Culture Framework (Sonya Whitaker).

hoW To ReduCe SuSPeNSioNS aNd ReigNiTe leaRNiNg foR afRiCaN aMeRiCaN STudeNTS

Presenters: Zachary Robbins & leon SenegarFacilitator: Dr. Greta Peay, NCEBC Board Member, Las vegas, Nv SalonThis presentation will demonstrate how to systematically provide academic and psycho-social supports to African-American students at risk of suspension and academic failure. Participants will design an academic and psychosocial intervention protocol that is tailored to their populations. Participants will be actively involved through the use of video and small group activities. Successful intervention strategies implemented at Sedway Middle School will be shared.

Delores McCollum

Sonya Whitaker

Zachary Robbins Leon Senegar

9:00 - 10:30am

MORNINGfRiday APril 18, 2014

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CReaTiNg a CulTuRe of aCadeMiC aChieveMeNT aMoNg afRiCaN aMeRiCaN STudeNTS iN a SubuRbaN SChool SeTTiNg

Presenters: dana Whittaker, levar ammons, Curtis Tate & iridia Neveraz Niewinski (not pictured)

Facilitator: Mrs. Billie Sanders, NCEBC Board Secretary, Atlanta GaSalon D: Section 19 and 22 We are aware of the large achievement gap that exists between African American students and their peers. This gap can be lessened with strategic interventions and programs. During this workshop, par-ticipants will learn how one suburban school changed its culture and has made tremendous progress toward increasing achievement for African American students. Specific interventions and programs will be discussed and participants will be engaged in sample lessons.

ExPANDED SuCCESS iNiTiATiVE (ESi) - CollEgE AND CArEEr rEADiNESS For BlACk AND lATiNo youNg MEN

Presenters: Paul forbes & Natalie ferrell Facilitator: Shelia Evans Tranumn, NCEBC Board President, Brooklyn, NYSalon C: Section 10Learn how NYC’s Expanded Success Initiative, a research and development project targeting 40 high schools, is helping to increase the number of Black and Latino young men who will graduate from high school and college, career ready. Hear and see the strategies that are being implemented in these urban high schools. This will be an interactive presentation with hands-on activities such as small group discussion and the use of video clips.

ProViDiNg STuDENTS oF Color wiTH iNSTruCTioNAl EquiTy THrougH A STrENgTH-BASED APProACH

Presenters: Cederrall Petties & khalid oluewu Facilitator: Carol raines Brown, NCEBC Board Member, inglewood CASalon C; Section 9 and 12Developing significant and enduring relationships between students and school staff personnel is the road-map to instructional equity and the elimination of the devastating effects of the achievement gap among students of color. Experience Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences research-based strategies that address the social-emotional and cognitive developmental needs of students who have experienced challenging situations.

9:00 - 10:30am

MORNING

Dana Whittaker Levar Ammons

Paul Forbes Natalie Ferrell

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SuPPoRTiNg eduCaTioN foR PReviouSly iNCaRCeRaTed afRiCaN aMeRiCaN MaleS

Presenter: James Wallace Facilitator: Mr. Nehemiah Thomas, NCEBC Board Member, gary, iNSalon B: Section 15African American males comprise a significant portion of our nation’s prison population. This presentation will explore educational options and outcomes for previously incarcerated African American males who seek to enroll in and graduate from college. The focus will be on the kinds of support required post-incarceration to achieve this objective. Through the use of critical questions and dialogue, the audience will have the opportunity to generate ideas that might lead to recommendations to enhance the level of support these individuals need to successfully.

ExTENDiNg THE ClASSrooM: uSiNg A HoME ViSiT FrAMEwork To ENgAgE FAMiliES

Presenter: Steve brown Facilitator: Michael Dennis, NCEBC Board Member, Los Angeles, CASalon D: Section 7As educators seek ways to increase parental involvement and student achievement, an effective digital learning community can provide a means to accomplish this goal. This session focuses on the impact of parental involvement on student success through the benefits of collaboration and establishing a professional learning community and provides educators with a blue print for using digital media and 21st Century Technology to affect positive outcomes in these areas. Participants will have the opportunity to build a blog and examine other tools that will

James Wallace

Steve Brown

9:00 - 10:30am

MORNING

Cultural Audits Help Promote

The Future Development Of Our Youth!

We would like to thank our sponsors!


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Cultural Audits Help Promote

The Future Development Of Our Youth!

Auditing a School’s Culture takes a clear perspective to see the soul of a school. NCEBC offers Cultural Auditing focused on addressing:

• The overall educational success of students matriculating in each school, including information on school demographics.

• Administrative arrangements that create environments where all diversity is appreciated, respected, and evident.

• Teaching pedagogies that are culturally relevant and respon-sive to the cultural connotations a student brings to the classroom setting.

• Equitable outreach to students’ parents, as well as the involvement of commu-nity stakeholders.

For more information: National Council on Educating Black Children

3737 N.Meridian St, Suite 102 Indianapolis, IN 46208317-283-9081 • Fax 317-283-9080 [email protected]

We would like to thank our sponsors!

the White house initiative NCEBC Blueprint for action NCEBC Black Male action Plan

• Support enhanced educational outcomes for African Americans at every level of the educational system, (early childhood education, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; career and technical education; and adult education).

• Develop a strategic and tactical plan for achieving academic excellence at the school site.

• Develop an effective system for career awareness and planning for all students.

• Assist all students and parents in coordinating academic skills, course selection, careers, and related areas.

• Collect and disseminate to administrators, parents, students, and teachers up-to-date information on global occupational trends and education and training, particularly, in science and technology-related fields.

• Develop strategies and actions for Black Male students’ academic achievement that encourage and support Black Males to reach education excellence at all stages of their academic career and throughout life, especially in STEM academic areas and including technical and skilled trade options.

• Provide Black Males and their families access to career education and opportunities.

• Increase kindergarten readiness by improving access to high-quality programs and services that enable early learning and development of children from birth to age 5.

• Create a home environment that communicates and builds respect for and interest in learning/education.

• Research and share successful models of activities for parents and families for home environments that support creating a “yearning for life long learning” and successful academic achievement of Black Males.

• Identify evidence-based best practices that can provide African American students a rigorous and well-rounded education in safe and healthy environments, as well as access to support services, which will prepare them for college, a career, and civic participation, including for those identified as most at risk.

• Keep abreast of trends in education (philosophy, methods, curriculum, assessment, restructuring, etc.).

• Educators will collaborate in the presentation of exemplary lessons and the use of effective classroom management strategies.

• Emphasize reading in all content areas, emphasizing analytical and critical-thinking skills that are essential to improving comprehension in all core disciplines.

• Use test data as diagnostic and prescriptive tools for improving student achievement and modifying teaching practices, but not as sole criteria for promotion, retention, or access to academic programs.

• Encourage school-based personnel, parents and community to attend NCEBC annual convention to receive updated best practice information, data and evidence that support Black Male student academic achievement and excellence.

We proudly share the alignment of the NCEBC Blueprint for Action and the NCEBC

Black Male Action Plan with The White House Initiative on Educational

Excellence for African Americans!


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the White house initiative NCEBC Blueprint for action NCEBC Black Male action Plan

• Improve the recruitment, preparation, development, and retention of successful African American teachers and school leaders and hold all effective teachers and school leaders responsible for the education of African American students.

• Recognize the need to recruit and retain Black teachers. • Utilize personal contact with Historical Black Colleges

& Universities (HBCU) through the admissions office, fraternities & sororities, or student services programs on campus.

• Assist in designing a mentor program that assigns faculty members to new Black teachers to provide guidance, plan and implement instructional strategies, and management techniques.

• Create partnerships with colleges, universities, etc. to encourage Black Males to enter the teaching profession.

• Organize “Black College” tours. Research and share early college programs.

• Reduce the dropout rate of African American students by supporting successful and innovative dropout prevention and recovery strategies that better engage African American youths in their learning.

• Help them catch up academically, and provide those who have left the educational system with pathways to reentry.

• Identify agencies and organizations linking home, school and community services and share these resources to the school staff, students, and families.

• Demonstrate and promote a productive environment where ongoing comprehensive support services to students and their family are delivered.

• Provide teams to deliver comprehensive services in small and large group settings.

• Utilize school data and research to be aware of and develop initiatives to reduce drop out rates of Black Males.

• Collaborate to create community-based academic and family support systems that focus on providing resources, support services, academic services, etc. to promote dropout prevention, re-entry access and assure academic success for Black Male students.

• Promoting a positive school climate that does not rely on methods that result in disparate use of disciplinary tools.

• Work actively with staff, parents, students, and the community to ensure a school climate that fosters a safe environment.

• Make sure support services providers are given opportunities to offer a full range of services (e.g., school psychologists should not be limited to testing for special placement or in-class intervention strategies

• Become involved in or create school programs (in-school, after school, evenings and weekends) that result in a positive, culturally sensitive learning atmosphere and encourage Black Male student involvement in education experiences at school, home and in the community.

We proudly share the alignment of the NCEBC Blueprint for Action and the NCEBC Black Male Action Plan with The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans!

National Council on Educating Black Children National Council on Educating Black Children

1. Allies: People we’d like to engage in the campaign but are not constituents. Allies are asked to take part but not to control the campaign at the same level as those most affected. Some of the potential ally groups identified include: African American teachers, technology experts, civil rights organizations, immigrant rights groups, superintendents, principals, schools for teacher education, elected officials, unions, budget analysts and other African American professionals. (Schott Foundation for Public Education)

2. Blueprint for Action: This is a guide written and published by the National Council on Educating Black Children. It is based on the “effective schools” research of the late Dr. Ron Edmonds, and the concept that “all children can learn.” It provides a time-tested framework for collaborative actions that schools, literacy centers, parents, communities and businesses, higher education institutions, support service providers, paraprofessionals, and churches can use to collaboratively solve educational problems and accelerate achievement for all children, particularly those who are Black males.

3. Building The Public Will: Building the public will is the act of strengthening the desire of the people in your neighborhoods and communities to act through civic participation, i.e., activism, organizing, exercising leadership, making demands, protesting, marching, speaking out, voting, proposing new policy, etc., on issues that are of concern to them.

4. Campaigns: Very tightly planned activities that have organizational leadership. Decision-making is centralized in one organizational body, such as a campaign committee or Board of Directors. Leadership task are divided among different people but there is one primary decision-maker with multiple secondary and tertiary decision makers. Each campaign has its own set of demands. (Schott Foundation for Public Education)

5. Constituents: A constituency is always comprised of the people most directly affected by the institutional problems. In this case, the critical and too often ignored constituencies are the young Black males themselves along with their parents, guardians, and other concerned adults who bear

the burden of dealing with the failures of public and charter schools systems. For more information, go to: www.schottfoundation.org.

a. Where Are They? Many can be identified by geography or demographics. The highest rates of “drop off”, students that do not graduate in four years from 9th grade, regardless of the reason, are found within 2,000 schools across the country with a drop off rate of 40% or higher, that have a least 300 students. These schools are concentrated in a small number of urban districts.

b. Who Are They? We believe that those with the most to gain will drive a campaign to be both more ambitious and more pragmatic than anyone else can make it. The Black youth can contribute to the vision of a high quality education. (Schott Foundation for Public Education)

6. Lumina Foundation: The Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the number of graduates entering and completing colleges in America. There is a quick learning curve needed for American students to be competitive in a global society. For more information, go to: www.luminafoundation.org.

7. Movements: Movements are often spontaneous and leadership is often diffuse. Organizations participating in a movement may be less formal and less established. Movements emerge when there is: 1) a constituency making a visible demand on the larger society, 2) an array of public tactics that are easily replicated from place to place, and 3) a proactive policy demand that expands rights rather than simply defends the constituency from attack. (Schott Foundation for Public Education)

8. NCEBC Board of Directors: The elected governing body of the National Council on Educating Black Children. The Board’s members broadly reflect the roles and content areas of the Blueprint.

9. Public Policy: The laws, regulations, and funding priorities as set forth by governmental bodies at the local, state, or federal level. According to Wikipedia, “shaping public policy is a complex and multifaceted process that involves

the interplay of numerous individuals and interest groups competing and collaborating to influence policymakers to act in a particular way. These individuals and groups use a variety of tactics and tools to advance their aims, including advocating their positions publicly, attempting to educate supporters and opponents, and mobilizing allies on a particular issue. In this context, advocacy can be defined as attempting to influence public policy through education, lobbying, or political pressure. Advocacy groups often attempt to educate the general public as well as public policy makers about the nature of problems, what legislation is needed to address problems, and the funding required providing services or conducting research. Sound research data can be used to educate the public as well as policy makers, thereby improving the public policy process.”

10. Schott Foundation: The Schott Foundation for Public Education is a 501C3 public charity located in Cambridge, MA, who focuses their grant making on improving public education for low-income children and children of color. They are currently organizing the Opportunity to Learn Campaign to highlight the inequities in public education resources and to build a national movement to bring a high quality public education to all of America’s children.

11. Stakeholder: A stakeholder can be anyone who has an interest in the issue: teachers, school administrators, business leaders, politicians, taxpayers, etc. But these groups of stakeholders do not suffer the direct effects of a system that fails to educate Black youth. They do not have as much to gain as Black youth and their families.

12. State Black Male Action Plans: Delegates from 22 States have attended the National Council On Educating Black Children National Conventions in ‘06, ‘07, ’08, ’09; they wrote Black Male Action Plans for their states. These plans are on-line at www.ncebc.org.

13. Community Faculty: Localized leadership that provide a service to the community (beauty shops, barber shops, etc.) as well as role models and advocates of the youth.

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