Sunday CPA Intensive Seminars

2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday, February 28

Presentation Room Presentation Category Capacity Presentation Description Presenter/s
Grant Writing and Resources: Sustaining your CPA
Garden 1
California Partnership Academy 90 In this time of fiscal insecurity, it is wise to learn the skills and processes involved in grant writing. There are funds and resources you can seek to sustain and improve your Academy program. Join this interactive workshop to develop your grant writing approach and learn possible sources of funding. Patricia Clark

Round Table Discussions - 20 Tables, 20 Topics of Interest
Garden 2
California Partnership Academy 100 Join facilitated conversations with a variety of educators and partners and share strategies, best practices, and resources. Each round will last 25 minutes, with the opportunty for six rotations during this session. Multiple School Site Teams

Round Table Discussions - 20 Tables, 20 Topics of Interest
Garden 3
California Partnership Academy 100 Join facilitated conversations with a variety of educators and partners and share strategies, best practices, and resources. Each round will last 25 minutes, with the opportunty for six rotations during this session. Multiple School Site Teams

Project-Based Learning II
Pacific
California Partnership Academy 120 Project-Based Learning (PBL) engages students in complex, real-world problem-solving that is academically rigorous; relevant to students, the community, and academy themes; and empowering. PBL is a highly effective means for developing and implementing interdisciplinary curriculum design. This workshop will engage participants in design activities and present PBL tools and resources. Arlene LaPlante

Career Technical Education - Live, from CDE
Regal Room
California Partnership Academy 90 This session will provide critical information pertaining to the Career Technical Education component of the California Partnership Academy model. Presented by Industry Sector Leads from the CDE, topics include CTE Standards alignment, CTE integration with core content, appropriate teacher preparation and certification, and eligibility for CTE funding (Perkins, ROP, etc.) Dennis Guido

Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies: Engaging and Challenging Curriculum for Career Academies (PREFERENCE: PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP)
Salon I – North Tower
Standards-Based Curriculum 80 High-quality career academies depend on high-quality teaching and learning. Ford PAS offers 20 modules aligned with national standards that engage students in critical thinking and teamwork. Themes include environmental sustainability, business and marketing. Experience a Ford PAS activity. Explore the modules. Discuss core elements of these inquiry- and project-based resources. Ilene Kantrov
Leslie Hergert
Developing and Retaining Gold Standard Internships
Terrace A & B
Work-Based Learning 90 An internship has been identified as the single most influential event in a student’s Academy experience. This workshop will focus on practical knowledge, and innovative tools, tips, ideas and methods for finding substantive internship positions for all Academy students that meet the newly develop national Internship Gold Standards. Bernie Sheridan
Deanna Hanson
Mentor Academies and New Mentee Academies Workshop
Terrace E & F
California Partnership Academy 90 This intensive seminar is for Mentor Academies and the newly funded, 2009-10, SB70 and AB519 Green Academies. Activities and resources will help in continued CPA development and success, and networking will facilitate an ongoing system of support. Jerry Winthrop