Topics and themes of conference 2018

The theme of the 2018 Conference is:
“Communities Working Together to Achieve Equity, Empowerment, and Engagement in Our Schools.”

Additional conference themes include:

• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices Evaluating and Rewarding Effective Teachers
• Wrap-Around Support Systems for Vulnerable Communities
• Pre-K Education, Parent and Community Engagement
• Teacher and Leader Evaluation and Support Systems
• Interventions and Supports for Struggling Students
• Working with Immigrant/Refugee Students 
• Trauma-Informed Care Practices
• College and Career Readiness
• Accountability

Additionally, Presentations, Proposals and Exhibitors have been solicited in the following areas:

• Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
• Transformative Education
• MESC ID&R
• ESSA
• Ed Challenges of Immigrant/Refugee Students
• Parent Leadership 
• Foster Care and Education
• McKinney-Vento Act
• Knowing your Rights for Interpretation  
• Understanding the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Health Navigotors Embedded in the School System
• Pre-School
• What Every Parent should Know About NAEP
• HEP/CAMP
• Reconnecting Disengaged Youth through Family Partnerships
• Creating Cultures of Success for Gang Culture and Impacted Youth