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3rd Annual FACE Symposium
Sept. 29-October 1, 2013
Fort Lauderdale, FL

High Expectations and its Relationship to Family and Community:
Focus on Literacy

Featured Speaker: Robert Green Ph.D. Author

Dual Capacity Building and Student Achievement

Featured Speaker: Karen Mapp Ed.D, Senior Lecturer on Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Getting to the Heart of It: Helping Families Understand the Common Core

Featured Speaker: Pam Allyn, Executive Director and Co-Founder of LitWorld

Being Prepared to Drive Literacy Improvement for All Children

Featured Speaker: Sam Howe, Vice President, Academic Planning & Analysis, Scholastic Inc.

The Campaign for Grade Level Reading

Featured Speaker: Ralph Smith, SVP of the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Summer Reading and the Achievement Gap

Featured Speaker: Dr. Richard Allington, Professor of Education, University of Tennessee

K-12 Family Involvement Survey

Featured Speaker: Karen Mapp Ed.D, Senior Lecturer on Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Meaningful Family Engagement

Featured Speaker: Byron Garret, Chairman of the National Family Engagement Alliance

Panel Discussion: Challenges, Actions and Outcomes: Reflections From the Field

Michelle Brooks, Assistant Superintendent, Boston Public Schools
Bernie Kemp, Past Chairman, Broward County PTA
Teecy Mathews, Barbara Bush Foundation
Ann Hart, Deputy Superintendent in Arizona
David Lawrence, President, Children's Movement of Florida
Karen Mapp, Ed.D., Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Improving Your Family and Community Engagement Efforts with Professional Development

Randell Bynum, LMSW, Scholastic Inc
Byron Garrett, National Family Engagement Alliance

Access to Books is the Key to Successful Reading Development

Kelli Cedo, Title I Coordinator, Virginia Beach Public Schools
Michele Stansbury, Title I Supervisor, Baltimore County Schools

Creating a Process for Systematic Family and Community Engagement

Janice Chu-Zhu and Myrna Torres, Senior and Deputy Directors, Children's Aid Society
Windy Lopez, Director of Community Affairs, Scholastic Inc.

Putting Family and Community Engagement into Practice

Michelle Brooks, Assistant Superintendent, Boston Public Schools