NASDTEC

16th Professional Practices Institute

Accountability: It’s All About the Kids

Hilton Netherland Plaza

Cincinnati, Ohio * October 17-19, 2012

Tuesday, October 16
3:00 – 6:00 PM CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Wednesday, October 17
7:30 AM – 3:30 PM / Conference Registration
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM / Welcome from NASDTEC / Brian Devine, NASDTEC President
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM / Welcome from Ohio / Debe Terhar, President,
Ohio Board of Education
9:00 AM– 9:30 AM / Our Challenges - Our Opportunities / Tim Dove, 2011 Ohio Teacher of the Year
9:30 AM – 9:45AM / BREAK
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM / GENERAL SESSION 1
Elements of a Self-Audit: Resources, Vulnerabilities and Scrutiny / Nanette Rufo, Director, Division of Professional Practices, California
Marian Lambeth, Chief, Professional Practices Services, Florida
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM / GENERAL SESSION 2
Aftermath of Victimization:
A Parent’s Perspective of Educator Misconduct / Teri Miller, SESAME (Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation)
12:00 PM– 1:00 PM / BUFFET LUNCH
1:00 PM – 2:45 PM / GENERAL SESSION 3
Cybertraps for Educators / Frederick S. Lane, Author, Attorney, Lecturer & Expert Witness
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM / BREAK
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM / GENERAL SESSION 4
NASDTEC: New Resources
and Future Vision / Phillip Rogers, NASDTEC Executive Director
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM / GENERAL SESSION 5
Tackling the Tricks of High Stakes Testing: Investigating and Prosecuting a Cheating Scandal / Paul Shaw, Director, Ethics Division, Georgia Professional Standards Commission
John Grant, Chief Investigator, Georgia Professional Standards Commission
6:00 PM Reception sponsored by ETS
Thursday, October 18
7:30 AM – 3:30 PM / Conference Registration
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 AM –9:30 AM / GENERAL SESSION 6
Building an Ethical Profession: Findings and Initiatives from an Educator Ethics Symposium / Kathleen Swann, Product Director, Educational Testing Service
Troy Hutchings, Research Chair - Education, University of Phoenix
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM / GENERAL SESSION 7
Prosecution of Educator Misconduct: A Case Study with Perspectives of a Prosecutor and Hearing Officer / Lori Kelly, Director, Office of Professional Conduct, Ohio
Howard Silver, Hearing Officer
Holly LeClair Welch, Asst. Attorney General, Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Lindsay Sestile, Asst. Attorney General, Ohio Attorney General’s Office
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM / BUFFET LUNCH
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM / GENERAL SESSION 8
Systemic Approaches to the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct with Students / Glenn Scott Lipson, Associate Professor, Alliant International University, California
Dan Shinoff, Shareholder, Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz, San Diego, California
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM / GENERAL SESSION 9
Effects of Educator Misconduct:
A Case Study with Perspectives of a Teacher and University Dean / Mark Wasicko, Dean, College of Education, Northern Kentucky University
Tom Stull, National Board Certified Teacher, Dixie Heights High School, Kenton County, Kentucky
Alicia Sneed, Acting Director, Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Friday, October 19
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM / Conference Registration
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM / BREAKFAST
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM / GENERAL SESSION 10
Through a Child’s Eyes:
Sensitive Interview Techniques / Cindy Kuhr, Victim Specialist, Consultant
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM / GENERAL SESSION 11
Creating a Portfolio of Available Ethics Training and Misconduct Prevention Programs / Professional Practices Committee
INSTITUTE CLOSING AND ADJOURNMENT

“It’s All About the Kids” ~ Doug Bates

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