[Dec-advocacy] National Call: Building Pre-K Accountability, 9/12/07

[Diana J. LaRocco, Ed.D.]

Please see forwarded message from Pre-K Now

Our 2007-2008 national call season has arrived! Pre-K Now has
lined up more top experts and on-the-ground leaders to tackle
the wide range of issues that we all face in securing
pre-kindergarten legislation and developing sound, high-quality
programs.

Up first on September 12th, our call topic will be "Building
Pre-K Accountability."

Click the link below to register for this free conference call:

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Please register by Friday, September 7th, to ensure that you
receive all supporting materials before the call. (The call
agenda and presenters are listed at the bottom of this message.)

As our pre-k movement advances, we need to develop mechanisms to
ensure that pre-k programs are providing the high-quality
services and school-readiness results advocates have promised.
Members of the National Early Childhood Accountability Task
Force will share with us their findings from a two-year study of
pre-k evaluation and assessment systems. Then, you can offer
your comments and questions on how we can best hold early
learning programs accountable.

This call is open to anyone who would like to participate. To
join the conversation, please sign up through the following link
by 5:00pm ET on Friday, September 7th.

http://www.preknowinfocenter.org/preknow/events/nationalcall_09_12_07/detail
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We will send registered listeners the full agenda and links to
supporting materials after September 7th. If you register and do
not receive this additional information by Tuesday, September
11th, please e-mail Tawanna Kane for assistance at
tkane at preknow.org.

Thank you for your interest in this issue. We hope that you will
be able to make the call.

Sincerely,
Libby Doggett, Ph.D.
Executive Director

WHAT:
Pre-K Now National Conference Call and Webinar

WHEN:
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 -- 2:00-3:00pm ET
(1:00 Central Time, 12:00 Mountain Time, 11:00 Pacific Time)

TOPIC:
Building Pre-K Accountability: An In-Depth Look at Evaluations
and Assessments

FACILITATOR:
Tom Schultz
Project Director
The Pew Charitable Trusts: Pre-K Education Initiative
http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/index.cfm?issue=26

AGENDA:
1. Welcome and introduction by Libby Doggett, Executive
Director, Pre-K Now

2. Introduction of topic and speakers by Tom Schultz

3. Presentations by:

   Eugene Garcia
   Vice President for University-School Partnerships
   Arizona State University
   http://www.coe.asu.edu/

   Sharon Lynn Kagan
   Professor and Associate Dean for Policy
   Teachers College, Columbia University
   http://www.tc.edu/

4. Question and answer session

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