2018 ABEC Annual Conference

Name: 2018 ABEC Annual Conference

Date: October 19, 2018

Time: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM MST

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Event Description:

2018 ABEC Annual Conference
Student Equity: The Real School Choice

8:00 AM	REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 AM	WELCOME Corey Woods, Chief of staff, ASU Preparatory Academy
	Debra Raeder, Vice President, ABEC James K. Zaharis, Ed.D., Executive Vice President, ABEC

8:45 AM	Arizona demographic trends, economic change, and public school impacts.
	Jim Chang, Ph.D., State Demographer, Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity Alan McGuire, President and Principal Economist, The Maguire Company Jim Rounds, President, Rounds Consulting, Inc. Responder: Grady Gammage, Founding Member, Gammage & Burnham PLC Moderator: James K. Zaharis, Ed.D., Executive Vice President, ABEC

9:35 AM	VISIONARY SPEAKER Rita H. Cheng, Ph.D., President, Northern Arizona University
10:00 AM	BREAK

10:15 AM	PANEL: Arizona of today and tomorrow, a demographic shift and the impacts on Arizona?s public schools. Camille Casteel, Ed.D., Superintendent, Chandler Unified School District Paul A. Dale, Ed.D., President, Paradise Valley Community College Timothy Ogle, Ph.D., Executive Director, Arizona School Boards Association Scott Pierce, Vice President, Pierce Energy Planning Moderator Debra Raeder, Vice President, ABEC
11:00 AM	PANEL: Student Equity is a real issue in Arizona. Is it time we looked at changes to the school funding formula based on student equity issues? Ernest Calderon, Attorney at Law Richard Condit, Chief Administrative Officer, Sundt Construction (retired) Lupita Hightower Ed.D., Superintendent, Tolleson Elementary School District Gabriel Trujillo, Ed.D., Superintendent, Tucson Unified School District
11:45 AM 12:00 PM	TABLE DISCUSSION LUNCH

12:40 PM	Educational Equity: Working as One System for Our Future
1:20 PM 1:45 PM 2:00 PM	Rose Owens-West, Ed.D., Equity Policy Director, WestED Moderator: Dick Foreman, President & CEO, ABEC The Prickly Truth Roger Freeman, Ed.D., Superintendent, Littleton Elementary School District Hugh Hallman, Managing Director, Hallman & Affiliates, P.C. What I heard and What I think Don Budinger, Founding Director and Chairman, The Rodel Foundations ADJOURNMENT

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Location:

Black Canyon Conference Center.
Meeting Room: Black Canyon Ballroom
9440 N. 25^th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85021

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Date/Time Information:

Friday, October 19, 2018
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Check-in opens at 8:00 AM with continental breakfast available!
Luncheon Buffet at Noon.

Contact Information:

Karen Kehlenbach, ABEC Director of Business & Event Services

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Fees/Admission:

ABEC Members  $140
Non-Members    $185

After October 12, 2018:
Members $190
Non-Members $235
Not sure if your organization is a member? Contact Karen to see if your organization is a member.

Group Rates
Want to bring a group from your organization? Contact Karen in the ABEC offices (by phone @ 602-264-8396 or by email at karen@azbec.org) for group rates.

Substitutions
Contact Karen (602-264-8396 or karen@azbec.org) ASAP if you need to substitute for someone unable to make it.

Cancellation Policy
Any registrant unable to attend should contact the ABEC offices (Karen by email Karen@azbec.org or by phone 602-264-8396) as soon as possible. If the cancelation of a paid registration occurs before October 13, the registration fee minus the processing fee of $10 will be refunded within five (5) business days. If the cancelation of a paid registration occurs after October 12, the registration fee minus a $35.00 cancelation fee will be refunded within ten (10) business days. Registrations not canceled per these guidelines must be paid in full even if the registrant does not attend the conference. Conference materials, meals and breaks preparations are based on the number of registrants.

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