Leadership & Advocacy Conference Sunday - Tuesday, March 12-14, 2017 Liaison Capitol Hill, Washington, DC AGENDA SUNDAY, MARCH 12 7:30 am 5:00 pm Outside Registration Open – Metropolitan 7:30 8:30 am Continental Breakfast Metropolitan – East/West 8:30 8:45 am Morning Welcome Metropolitan – East/West George Betts, NAGC President M. René Islas, NAGC Executive Director 8:45 9:30 am Overview of Federal Grassroots Advocacy Strategy: 2017 and Beyond – Bill Knudsen, Director, Government & Affiliate Relations, NAGC 9:30 am Power of Affiliates to Shape Change Minds, Policies, and Practices –10:30 – Sally Krisel, NAGC President-Elect 10:30 10:45 am Break – 10:45 11:45 am Influence of Parents and Third-Party Validators to Drive Change – Kathleen Nilles, Parent Services & Communications Manager, NAGC 12:00 1:00 pm Lunch Keynote: Building, Supporting, and Implementing a Successful – Grassroots Culture John Forkenbrock, Former Executive Director, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) 1:15 2:15 pm (ESSA) and the New Administration Every Student Succeeds Act – Bill Knudsen, NAGC 2:15 2:45 pm Dessert Break – 2:45 3:30 pm Importance of Equity: Lessons Learned from Special Education and Delivering – Your Message to Elected Leaders Laura Schifter, Ed.D., Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education 3:30 4:15 pm Using Research to Inform Federal Advocacy – Lindsay Fryer, Vice-President, Penn Hill Group 4:15 4:45 pm Hill Advocacy: Best Practices – Bill Knudsen, NAGC 4:45 5:15 pm Wrap-Up, Questions, Feedback, and Congressional Packet Pick-Up – - Dinner and evening activities on your own -
Leadership & Advocacy Conference Sunday - Tuesday, March 12-14, 2017 Liaison Capitol Hill, Washington, DC AGENDA SUNDAY, MARCH 12 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open Outside Metropolitan 7:30 – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast Metropolitan East/West 8:30 – 8:45 am Morning Welcome Metropolitan East/West George Betts, NAGC President M. René Islas, NAGC Executive Director 8:45 – 9:30 am Overview of Federal Grassroots Advocacy Strategy: 2017 and Beyond Bill Knudsen, Director, Government & Affiliate Relations, NAGC 9:30 –10:30 am Power of Affiliates to Shape Change – Minds, Policies, and Practices Sally Krisel, NAGC President-Elect 10:30 – 10:45 am Break 10:45 – 11:45 am Influence of Parents and Third-Party Validators to Drive Change Kathleen Nilles, Parent Services & Communications Manager, NAGC 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Keynote: Building, Supporting, and Implementing a Successful Grassroots Culture John Forkenbrock, Former Executive Director, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) 1:15 – 2:15 pm Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the New Administration Bill Knudsen, NAGC 2:15 – 2:45 pm Dessert Break 2:45 – 3:30 pm Importance of Equity: Lessons Learned from Special Education and Delivering Your Message to Elected Leaders Laura Schifter, Ed.D., Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education 3:30 – 4:15 pm Using Research to Inform Federal Advocacy Lindsay Fryer, Vice-President, Penn Hill Group 4:15 – 4:45 pm Hill Advocacy: Best Practices Bill Knudsen, NAGC 4:45 – 5:15 pm Wrap-Up, Questions, Feedback, and Congressional Packet Pick-Up - Dinner and evening activities on your own -