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Moving the Needle 2014

Inspirational keynotes, workshops and networking opportunities for educators, administrators, board members and stakeholders of network member schools will engage participants around design thinking, school change, board development, educational leadership, innovative technologies, contemporary ideas of Jewish pluralism, Israel curricula, modes of prayer education, special needs inclusion, early childhood education and more.

*Schedule subject to change.

11:00am PST

Registration Opens Hotel Lobby

11:30am PST

Light Lunch- Day 1 Grand Ballroom D

1:00pm PST

Beit Midrash on Jewish Education Ballroom B/C Opening Keynote: Beyond Continuity, Identity and Literacy: Making a More Compelling Case for Jewish Day Schools to 21st Century American Jews Ballroom B/C

3:00pm PST

Break and Mincha Sea-Tac Room

3:30pm PST

Small Schools and a Sustainable Future Opening: Thinking Big About Small Schools Grand Ballroom A Being Jewish and Being Human: Particularism and universalism in Jewish ethics, theology and identity Orly Room Boys, Girls and the Rest of Us: Creating a truly inclusive community of B'Tzelem Elohim National Room Diverse Learners: Making It Work No Matter the Budget O’hare Room Hands-on, Minds-on: Making the case for making in the classroom LaGuardia Room How schools can make a difference to students’ thoughts and feelings about Israel…without breaking the bank Midway Room Is Your School Ready to Launch an Endowment Effort? Westchester B Jews in the Pew Westchester A Make it Personal: Building relevance, engagement and effectiveness through blended learning Sea-Tac Room My Community: Define the concept of "Community" in your day school Kennedy Room Want Better Marketing for Admissions and Development? It’s Simple, Just Add Grok Logan Room Board Leadership Institute: Opening Grand Ballroom D

5:00pm PST

Board Leadership Institute: Sunday Workshops Various- see description

5:15pm PST

Dialogue with the Community: How day schools can become centers for Jewish life and learning Orly Room Big Schools Conversation Braniff Room Engaging Pluralism Westchester A Forget Marketing, Dump the Branding- It’s all About Loyalty Now; an NPS Primer for JDS’s National Room Imagining a Seamless Transition from ECE to Day School for Our Children and Their Families O’hare Room JEDLAB Live: How to Spark Your Network By Creating Superlative Informal Events (on a Very, Very, Very Small Budget) Sea-Tac Room Nurturing the Talent Already in Your School: Getting good teachers to stay (and become even better!) Westchester B Relational Jewish Day Schools Room 329 The Importance of Jewish Value Proposition Room 344 Pardes Alumni Network Meeting Room 315 Small Schools and a Sustainable Future Workshop: Plumb the Data Grand Ballroom A

7:00pm PST

Board Leadership Institute: Wine Reception (by invitation) Concourse Ballroom A Dinner- Day 1 Ballroom B/C

8:30pm PST

Board Leadership Institute: Dinner and Discussion (by invitation) Concourse Ballroom B

9:00pm PST

Small Schools and a Sustainable Future: Networking Hour Westchester A

7:00am PST

Shacharit Various- see description

8:00am PST

Breakfast- Day 2 Ballroom B/C

9:00am PST

Keynote: "The Human Side of School Change" Ballroom B/C Board Leadership Institute: The Dynamic Duo: Board/Head Relations Concourse B

10:30am PST

Board Leadership Institute: Break Westin LAX Effective Technology, Effective Education (in partnership with The DigitalJLearning Network of The Jewish Education Project) Various- see description Design Thinking and Adaptive Leadership (in partnership with Upstart Bay) Westchester A New Paradigms for Israel Education (in partnership with the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America) Westchester B Small Schools and a Sustainable Future (in partnership with JFNA and in cooperation with PEJE) Various- see description Special Needs and the Diverse Classroom (in partnership with Rosh Pina) Various- see description Tefillah: New Paradigms (in partnership with Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies) Various- see description

11:00am PST

Board Leadership Institute Workshops: Block 1 Various- see description

12:30pm PST

Lunch- Day 2 (with Deep Dive) Various- see description

1:30pm PST

Board Leadership Institute Workshops: Block 2 Various- see description

3:15pm PST

Board Leadership Institute: Why a School Doesn’t Run Or Change Like a Business Concourse B

5:00pm PST

Board Leadership Institute Concludes Westin LAX

5:15pm PST

Pardes Alumni Network Meeting Room 315

6:30pm PST

Wine Reception and Dinner (Day 2) Ballroom B/C

8:00pm PST

Dessert Reception Ballroom B/C PARDES Annual Meeting, Elections and Installation Concourse A

9:00pm PST

Reshet JD Hangout LaGuardia Room

7:00am PST

Shacharit Various- see description

8:00am PST

Breakfast- Day 3 Ballroom B/C

9:15am PST

Building the School’s Board - Does the Head Have a Role? Midway Room Connected Learning: Making Education Relevant and Accessible Kennedy Room Jewish Geography Goes Digital: Using social media to build relationships and solidify networks LaGuardia Room Pluralism: Principles, policy and practice Logan Room From Play to Practice: Investigating the transformative power of play for our schools and society Concourse Ballroom Head of School Professional Excellence Project (PEP)! Fellows Intensive National Room Measuring Our Success: Creating and maintaining standards in Hebrew and Judaic studies Westchester B Recruiting and Retaining 21st Century Jewish Families Westchester A Classroom Smoothies: How Blended Learning Can Work for Teachers (LA-area Teachers) Sea-Tac Room Who is wise?: Collaborative Teacher Learning and Leadership (LA-area Teachers) O’hare Room

10:45am PST

Articulating Goals for Your Schools’ Hebrew Program Midway Room Harnessing a Volatile School Culture to Advance Specific School Goals Midway Room Jewish Learning By Design: How a school prioritizes on-going professional development for its Jewish studies teachers LaGuardia Room Middle Income Families: Can we adjust tuition to ease the squeeze? Kennedy Room

12:30pm PST

Lunch- Day 3 Ballroom B/C

1:00pm PST

Closing Keynote: "Rest is not idleness: Neurobiological perspectives on social emotions, moral development and academic learning" Ballroom B/C

2:00pm PST

Close of Main Conference Westin LAX How Do We Know That Our Students Are Getting It? (Formative Assessment) (LA-area Teachers) Sea-Tac Room JSTEM: Connecting Jewish Values and 21st Century Thinking (LA-area Teachers) Orly Room