Questions? Contact Us

Convention and Media questions:
Dorreen Dembski, director of communication
Exhibits:
Alison Huber, exhibit show manager
Registration:
Hannah Voung
General questions:
convention@wasb.org
Convention web site:
Patti Welch, webmaster

Schedule At-A-Glance

All events take place at the Midwest Airlines Center unless otherwise indicated. Registration is on the third floor of the Midwest Airlines Center, outside the exhibit hall.

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010

8:00 am-5:00 pm	Registration Open
1:00-5:00 pm	Pre-Convention Workshop Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Hotel (pre-registration required, $45) Materials provided (Networking Opportunity included) Creativity Reaching All Learners: Teaching with 21st Century Learning Technologies Paul Musegades and Helen Hoffenberg Apple Education Team, presenters
2:00-5:00 pm	Pre-Convention Workshops Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Hotel (pre-registration required, $45) Materials provided, Networking Opportunity included Community The School Finance Puzzle: How the Pieces Fit Together DPI School Finance Team and Practicing School Business Officials, presenters Courage The New Collective Bargaining Law: Bargaining in a Post QEO World Barry Forbes and Bob Butler, WASB Employment and Labor Law Services Tom Wohlleber, Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Character Relationships, Roles and Respect: Defining the Board/Superintendent Governance Model Peggy Hinckley, Ed.D., superintendent Metropolitan School District of Warren Township, Indiana
5:00-6:00 pm	Networking Opportunity for paid Workshop participants Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atrium immediately following pre-convention workshops
7:00-8:00 pm	Pre-Delegate Assembly Discussion Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Crystal Ballroom

Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010

8:00-8:45 am	Complimentary Light Breakfast Refreshments with the Exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 am-5:00 pm	Registration/WASB Bookstore open
8:00 am-5:00 pm	Student Work Exhibit Student Art Exhibit Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book Display
8:00 am-4:00 pm	Exhibit Show School Fair Cafeteria Internet Café Visit the Photo Booth for your complimentary convention photo.
8:45 am	New Delegate Orientation, Ballroom AB, Midwest Airlines Center
8:45-9:45 am	Idea Exchanges/Meet the Experts Power Hour Sessions Various Locations
10:00 am-noon	General Session Daniel Pink, speaker Superintendent Tony Evers, speaker (invited) Student Music Performance, Eau Claire Memorial High School Jazz 1, Eau Claire Area School District, under the direction of Bruce Hering Presentation of Awards Teachers, principals, superintendent and business official of the year Wisconsin Student Art Award, sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Noon-1:30 pm	Visit the Exhibit Hall
12:15-1:00 pm	Book Signing with Daniel Pink, Exhibit Hall
1:00-2:15 pm	Idea Exchange/Meet the Experts Sessions Various Locations
1:00-2:30 pm	Special Issues Forum Walking the Talk: Implementing a Comprehensive Pk-12 Response to Intervention (Rtl) Framework Marshall Public Schools, presenters
1:00-4:30 pm	Delegate Assembly Ballroom AB, Midwest Airlines Center
2:45-4:00 pm	Idea Exchange/Meet the Experts Sessions Various Locations
2:45-4:30 pm	Special Issues Forum Character Education: It Starts At The Top Mike Swartz, superintendent, School District of Jefferson Sandy Swartz, character education coordinator and consultant
4:30-6:00 pm	Special Event Elections 2010: Gubernatorial Candidates Forum

Thursday, Jan.21, 2010

School Colors Day - Don't forget to wear your school colors!
Attendees are encouraged to wear their school colors or school apparel to demonstrate pride in their school district and make their district stand out!

7:30-9 am	WASB Breakfast Program Ballroom AB (pre-registration required, $30) From Wheelchair to the Lambeau Leap, LeRoy Butler, speaker
8:00-9:15 am	Idea Exchanges/Meet the Experts Sessions Various Locations
8:00 am-4:00 pm	Registration/WASB Bookstore open
8:00 am-4:00 pm	Student Work Exhibit Student Art Exhibit Write and Illustrate Your Own Picture Book Display
8:00 am-12:30 pm	Exhibit Show School Fair Cafeteria Internet Café Visit the Photo Booth for your complimentary convention photo.
9-9:45 am	Meet and Greet with LeRoy Butler, Ballroom AB
9:30-11:30 am	Special Event Milwaukee Public Schools Tour Meet at the 4th and Wells Street Entrance at 9:20 am
10:00-11:30 am	Special Issue Forum A Common Vision: School Districts and Municipal Governments Working Together Greendale School District, presenters Special Issue Forum Achieving Phenomenal Results in Reading with Response to Intervention (Rtl) Randy Poe, superintendent and Karen Cheser, assistant superintendent, Boone County Schools, Florence, Kentucky Idea Exchanges/Meet the Experts Sessions Various Locations
10:00-11:00 am	Idea Exchanges/Meet the Expert Power Hour Sessions Various Locations
11am-Noon	Meet the WASB Directors at the Commons, Exhibit Hall
11:15 am-Noon	Book Signing with Margaret Wheatley, Exhibit Hall
Noon-1:15 pm	WASDA Luncheon (pre-registration required, $30) WASBO Luncheon (pre-registration required, $30)
1:30-3:30 pm	General Session Margaret Wheatley, speaker Sonny Savoie, NSBA president, speaker Student Music Performance, Manitowoc Lincoln Chamber Choir, Manitowoc School District, under the direction of David Bowman Presentation of Awards School Board Service Awards
3:45-5:00 pm	Idea Exchanges/Meet the Experts Sessions Various Locations
3:45-5:15 pm	Special Event The Future of Wisconsin's 'Knowledge Economy' and The Role of K-Gray Education Tom Still, president, Wisconsin Technology Council presented jointly by District Boards Association and Wisconsin Association of School Boards
5:30-7:00 pm	WASB Networking Reception Crystal Ballroom, Hilton Milwaukee City Center
7:00-8:00 pm	Connect with Higher Education Dinner Monarch Ballroom, Hilton Milwaukee City Center

Friday, Jan. 22, 2010

All events take place at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center

8:00-9:00 am	Special Issue Forum Greening of Wisconsin Schools Begins with Educating Our Children Presented by TRANE joined by guest speaker Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton
9:15-10:15	Idea Exchanges Power Hours Various Locations
10:30 am-Noon	General Session Hilton Milwaukee City Center Richard Picciotto, speaker Governor Jim Doyle, speaker Student Music Performance, The Dynamics, Somerset High School, Somerset School District, under the direction of Rachel Erickson
Noon-12:45 pm	Richard Picciotto Book Signing, Regency Room, Hilton Milwaukee City Center

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