2016 Convention Program Book - National Council on Educating

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30
Annual
National Council on
Educating Black Children
April 20-23, 2016
Baltimore, Maryland
K-20 INTROSPECT ON URBAN EDUCATION:
BLACK
BLACK MINDS
MINDS MATTER
MATTER
National Council on Educating Black Children - Celebrating Thirty Years of Educational, Advocacy, and Programs!
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FOUNDERS’ LEGACY
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Congressman Augustus Freeman Hawkins
“The leadership belongs not to the loudest, not to those who beat the drums
or blow the trumpets, but to those who day in and day out, in all seasons,
work for the practical realization of a better world–those who have the
stamina to persist and remain dedicated. To those belong the leadership.”
— NCEBC Founder 1907 - 2007
National Council on Educating
Welcome to the 30th Annual NCEBC Convention!
Black Children Convention
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Table of Contents
Black Minds Matter 2!
2016 NCEBC Convention Planning Committees.................................................. 2
Letters of Welcome.......................................................................................................3-10
Founders and Board of Directors................................................................................12
NCEBC Core Values & Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.................................................13
General Convention Information................................................................................ 14
2016 School Tours...............................................................................................................15
Pre-Convention At-A Glance - Wednesday ..........................................................17
Pre-Convention Leadership Academy Agenda...................................................18
Pre-Convention Agenda - Wednesday....................................................................19
The History of NCEBC....................................................................................................23
NCEBC Historic Presidential Review................................................................ 24-25
2016 Convention Sponsors........................................................................................... 26
2016 NCEBC Convention At-A Glance - Thursday ...........................................27
2016 NCEBC Convention Agenda - Thursday.....................................................28
Dr. Joyce E. King Seminar............................................................................................. 29
2016 NCEBC Convention Agenda - Thursday (continued)...........................30-32
Concurrent Workshop Sessions.......................................................................... 33-36
2016 NCEBC Convention At-A Glance - Friday .................................................37
2016 NCEBC Convention Agenda - Friday....................................................38-40
Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III Seminar........................................................................................ 41
Concurrent Workshop Sessions..........................................................................42-46
2016 NCEBC Convention At-A Glance - Saturday .......................................... 47
2016 NCEBC Convention Agenda - Saturday .............................................48-49
2016 NCEBC Convention Certificate ........................................................................51
2016 NCEBC Convention Map ....................................................................................52
This event is sponsored by the National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC), in Indianapolis,
Indiana, in support of Black males enrolled in American schools. Special thanks to all of the 2016 convention
activity sponsors, as referenced throughout the program.
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2016 Convention Planning Committees
Mrs. Chenai Okammor,
NCEBC 1st Vice President
and Convention Chair
Mr. Nehemiah Thomas,
NCEBC 2nd Vice President
Black Male Action Planning
Mr. Nehemiah Thomas, Chair
Mr. Gene McCallum
Mr. Robert Murphy
Mrs. Monroe Galloway, Esq.
Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood
Dr. Nicole Walters
Mr. Kamau Jywanza
Mrs. Chenai Okammor
Mr. Kenneth Fells
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National Education
Advisory Committee
Ms. Lisa Harvin
Dr. Betty Rosa
Dr. Shelley Jallow
Ms. Zipporah Miller
Workshop Selection
Dr. Jeffery Robinson
Dr. Francena Cummings
Dr. Greta Peay
Dr. Carol Henry Turner
Mrs. Deborah Crawford
Dr. Pamela Powell
Ms. Augusta Mann
NCEBC Office Staff
Mrs. Diana Daniels, Exec. Dir.
Ms. Kimberly Clay
Mrs. Lynnette Troutman
Youth Summit
Mrs. Chenai Okammor
Mr. Thurman Jones
Mrs. Lola Crawford
Mrs. Monroe Galloway, Esq.
Council of Elders
NCEBC Elders
Queen Mother
Dr. Adelaide Sanford-Elder
Dr. Ray Winbush-Elder
Dr. Tony Browder-Elder
Mrs. Diana Daniels-Elder
Program Committee
Dr. Faustine Jones-Wilson
Dr. Francena Cummings
Mr. Harry Lawson
Mr. Robert Murphy
Dr. Pamela Short-Powell
Parent Summit
Mrs. Lola Crawford
Mrs. Monroe Galloway,Esq.
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Dear Friends!
I would like to welcome you to the 30th Annual Convention for the National Council on
Educating Black Children, hosted this year in Baltimore, Maryland.
Since its founding in 1986, the National Council on Educating Black Children has grown
to include more than 5,000 educators, all focused on increasing educational opportunities and
outcomes for African American students. All my life, and certainly in my role as governor, I have
come to respect the work of our state’s many passionate and skillful educators, whose tireless
dedication provides our children with the education they deserve and need to be successful. At
this year’s conference, I hope you take advantage of the many informational and networking
sessions offered, and leave with a better understanding of how to increasing graduation rates,
4-year college attendance, and employment rates for our students.
Larry Hogan
Governor
Baltimore, Maryland
I want to thank all of the educators, event organizers, and everyone else whose hard work
and participation has made this year’s conference such a success. Education is a top priority
for my administration, and I appreciate your efforts to ensuring that all children have the
opportunity to reach their academic potential..
Sincerely,
Larry Hogan
Governor
Baltimore, Maryland
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Greetings All!
As Mayor, it gives me great pleasure to welcome the attendees of the 30th Annual Convention
of the National Council on Educating Black Children to Baltimore.
We are honored to welcome the NCEBC – an organization founded to improve educational
opportunities and outcomes for African American children – here to Charm City. I applaud all of
your hard work in fostering student achievement, and I wish you a successful 2016 convention.
I also encourage you to explore all that our city has to offer during your visit. The Hilton
Baltimore Hotel is just steps away from our world renowned Harborplace, unique shopping,
exceptional dining, and much more. Those venues and their employees are ready to welcome
you.
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Mayor
Baltimore, Maryland
Please enjoy your stay. I am excited that you are here, and I look forward to welcoming you
back soon.
Best Regards,
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Mayor,
City of Baltimore
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Greetings All!
Welcome to Baltimore! I hope you have time during your stay to enjoy some of Charm City’s
many offerings.
During this dynamic conference, you will have the opportunity to hear from experts in multiple
educational areas, including academic, behavioral, and cultural. Topics touch on the full span
of a child’s formal educational years from prekindergarten through higher education. You will
have stimulating conversations on race, equity and accountability. Your contributions have
the potential to help our African American children achieve at higher rates, entering higher
education and the workforce ready to compete and succeed. Our common goal is to ensure that
our African American children graduate with options and choices, allowing them to pursue
their dreams, be successful, and lead fulfilling lives.
Jack R. Smith, Ph.D.
Interim State Superintendent
of Schools
Maryland State Department
Thank you for joining in this important work. Together we can make a difference on behalf of
our children.
Sincerely,
Jack R. Smith, Ph.D
Interim State Superintendent of Schools
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Dear Colleagues!
On behalf of the students, families and staff of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools), I
am very pleased to welcome you to our city, and to thank you for 30 years of service by your
organization to our nation’s young men and women of color. Our city is indeed honored to
host the 30th Annual Convention of the National Council on Educating Black Children, “Black
Minds Matter 2.”
Like the NCEBC, City Schools believes that literacy, and particularly literacy within the
STEM fields, is an essential element in preparing our students for success in college and career.
Our Career and Technology Education programs reach more than 9,000 middle and high school
students in Baltimore City through more than a dozen career pathways – many of which are
related to STEM fields and all of which offer our graduates the promise of a well-paying career
in a high-demand occupation.
Gregory E. Thornton, Ed.D.
Chief Executive Officer,
Baltimore Public Schools
Like you, our focus is firmly fixed on providing our students with the knowledge and tools
they need to be successful in postsecondary education and in life. I look forward to visiting
with you at the convention and sharing our knowledge and experience, in our mutual efforts
on behalf of the students in our care.
Thank you again for choosing Baltimore, and for inviting us to share in this important
celebration of the promise of our youth.
Sincerely,
Gregory E. Thornton, Ed.D
Superintendent
Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore Public School
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Dear Guests!
On behalf of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), our students, staff, families, and
community, I would like to welcome you to the 30th Annual Convention for the National
Council on Education Black Children (NCEBC), which is being hosted by our neighboring
school system, Baltimore City Public Schools.
The theme of your conference, “Black Minds Matter 2,” is one that resonates with all of us.
In BCPS, close to 60% of our student population are students of color with 39% African American
BCPS strongly supports NCEBC’s mission to increase academic rigor and outcomes for African
American students. We agree that the focus on literacy, especially within the STEM fields, along
with culturally relevant teaching and learning are essential to continued advancement and
excellence in education.
S. Dallas Dance
Superintendent,
Baltimore County Public Schools
In BCPS, we are developing a visual guide that will highlight key milestones starting in the
seventh grade toward four high school pathways, whether a student is interested in additional
career and technical education courses, early college access, field-based experiences, or early
graduation. Our Theory of Action is to graduate all students to be globally competitive.
I applaud your commitment and know that you will leave this convention with a plan of action
to improve the educational outcomes of our African-American students.
Best Regards,
S. Dallas Dance
Superintendent,
Baltimore County Public School
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Greetings All!
On behalf of the Maryland State Board of Education (State Board), I am pleased to welcome you to Baltimore
for the 30th Annual Convention of the National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC)! The State
Board takes great pride in our public education system and shares NCEBC’s commitment to improving
student achievement and advancing equitable outcomes for students.
The NCEBC is a premier non-profit and civil rights organization with a distinguished focus on improving
educational opportunities and outcomes for African American children and preparing them to compete in a
global society. Baltimore provides the ideal backdrop for the important conversations that will take place
around these critical issues, not only because of its rich history and cultural diversity but also given the recent
events that have placed the city in the national spotlight.
Guffrie M. Smith, Jr.
President,
Maryland State Board
of Education
Over the next several days you will hear from dynamic speakers, network with colleagues and reflect
on and celebrate NCEBC’s successful 30-year history. The conference also offers exciting opportunities to
engage in stimulating dialogue, foster and exchange innovative ideas and develop a plan of action to further
NCEBC’s mission and ensure that African American children throughout the nation are equipped to reach
their fullest potential in a globally competitive environment.
I hope you enjoy your conference and your time in Baltimore, and that you will leave more enlightened,
invigorated and inspired to continue the great work you are doing on behalf of our children!
Best wishes!
Sincerely,
Guffrie
M. Smith, Jr.
President,
Maryland State Board of Education
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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS: “Looking back, looking forward”
On behalf of the National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC), let me take this opportunity
to welcome you to the 2016 Annual Convention. This year’s convention theme, K-20 Introspection on
Urban Education: “Black Minds Matter”, provides cutting edge theoretical and empirical research-based
strategies that exam and offer solutions to issues, challenges and obstacles impacting successful academic
achievement and development of children of color. You will gain increased awareness and knowledge of
initiatives and programs that foster positive outcomes. The seminars, symposiums and workshops will
stimulate, enlighten and provide opportunities for meaningful discussion.
President,
NCEBC
The thirty-year history of NCEBC is characterized with significant milestones. From it’s 1986
commencement, guided and led by the late Honorable Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins, to the present,
NCEBC continues to be recognized for its steadfast unswerving commitment to educational excellence.
NCEBC collaborates with community partners, educational and civic organizations, municipalities,
and state and federal agencies, to provide broader dialogue through their Blog Talk Radio and annual
conventions. These milestones are attributed in great part to those who serve on the NCEBC Board. Let me
take this opportunity to recognize and congratulate the NCEBC Founders for their vision and inspiration,
past presidents and current Board of Directors and Emeritus Board members for their incredible dedication
and commitment. Our jobs have been made much easier by the hard work of those who came before us, and
by the dedicated staff that serves the organization today. Without the dedicated hard work, the love of and
for children and youth, there would be no reason to celebrate.
Finally, allow me to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to the 2016 Convention Planning
Committee, the Maryland State Department of Education, the City of Maryland and Baltimore City and
County Public Schools for their support and partnership with this year’s convention. Baltimore offers
something for almost everyone: rich culture, incredible music, unbelievable nightlife, fine cuisine and
phenomenal museums.
We are excited about being here!
President,
National Council on Educating Black Children
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Greetings All!
On behalf of the National Council on Educating Black Children (NCEBC) Board of Directors, and the mighty
Local Planning Committee, I welcome you to the 30th Anniversary of the birth of the organization and the
2016 Annual National Convention.
If there ever was a time for the Village to critically look inside-out and equip ourselves accordingly, it
is now. From policy to practice, we are charged with educating a generation of children who are expected
to become architects of faster paced economies across the world. In addition, our children are now
educationally competing with students from across every global time zone, and the stakes are higher than
ever before.
Within the Village: all attending teachers, leaders, parents, community members, and policymakers
must insure our children are exposed to and immersed in realistic hands-on experiences. Our young adults
in colleges and universities must be equipped with real world practical immersion studies.
Mrs. Chenai Okammor
1st-Vice President,
NCEBC
During the convention: teachers and principals will share sound pedagogy and practices, while we
equip our parents with STEM based education resources and support during the Parent Summit - to guide
their own children from elementary grades to university levels. Most important middle and high school
students will have a blast with the hands-on STEM Carnival during the Youth Summit.
I must gracefully thank attendees from across the country, Baltimore County School District, Baltimore
City School district, private organizations, the Maryland State Board of Education, the Baltimore City
Mayor’s Office, the Baltimore City Police Department, National Education Association, the American
federation of Teachers, administrators, support staff, service providers and faith-based organizations across
Maryland – for their support.
Sincerely
Chenai
J.
Okammor
NCEBC 1st Vice President 10
National Council on Educating Black Children Membership Drive
Supporting Bright Minds...
Building Bright Futures:
Invest Now!
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“If not you then who?”
One membership can change the life of a child!
Join Us online: NCEBC.org or
Contact Deborah Crawford, NCEBC Membership Chairperson @ (317) 283-9081
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2016 NCEBC Board of Directors
NCEBC Founders
Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins (CA), (deceased)
Dr. Faustine Jones-Wilson (D.C.), Retired
Dr. Owen Knox (CA), Retired
NCEBC Convener
Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D, VA),
Representing the Third District of Virginia
Executive Director
Mrs. Diana Daniels (IN), Retired, Indianapolis
Public Schools Administrator
NCEBC Officers
Dr. Pamela Powell (CA), President, Retired
Superintendent of Inglewood Unified School
District
Mrs. Chenai Okammor (IL), 1st Vice President,
Founder and CEO of Woman4Woman.net
Mr. Nehemiah Thomas (MO), 2nd Vice President,
Principal, Sumner High School
Dr. Charles Coleman (IL), Treasurer, Superintendent
Joliet Public Schools District 86
Mrs. Carol Raines Brown (CA), Secretary, Executive
Director, Board Member, Making Difference
Foundation
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Board of Directors
Mr. Dwight Bonds (CA), CEO, California Association
of African American Superintendents and
Administrators
Dr. Eric Cooper (NY), President, National Urban
Alliance
Mrs. Deborah Crawford (GA), Retired Teacher
Mrs. Lola Crawford (MD), Independent Education
Consultant
Dr. Francena Cummings (FL), Retired, University of
North Carolina Greensboro
Mr. Michael Dennis (CA), Educational Consultant,
Inglewood California
Mr. William Douthit (MO), Esquire
Dr. Kenneth Fells (NS CAN), Principal, Cole Harbour
High School
Mrs. Monroe Galloway (MD), Esquire
Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore (MD), Emeritus, Professor,
George Washington University
Mr. Michael “Chappie” Grice (OR), Retired, Portland
School Administrator
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond (CA), Professor of
Education, Stanford University
Dr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn (NY), Retired, New York
State Dept. of Education
Dr. June Harris (MD), Emeritus, Education Professor,
Norfolk State University
Mr. Harry Lawson (MD), Associate Director, Human
and Civil Rights Department, Center for
Advocacy and Outreach, National Education
Association
Mr. Gene McCallum (LA), Retired, Cluster
Administrator Los Angeles Unified School
District
Mr. Aubrey McCutcheon, Jr., Esquire, (MI), Emeritus,
Attorney
Dr. Larry Moore (CA), Emeritus, Retired, Los
Angeles Unified Schools
Mr. Robert Murphy (MD), Education Program
Specialist, Maryland State Department of
Education
Mr. Steve Neiderman (MD), Executive Consultant
Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood (CA), Retired, Assistant
Superintendent, Inglewood Unified Schools
Mrs. Minnie Pearce (MI), Emeritus, Parent Advocate,
National Coalition of Title I Parents, Detroit
Schools
Dr. Greta Peay (NV), Director of Equity and
Diversity Education Department, Clarke County
School System
Dr. Deborah Jewell-Sherman (MA), Professor of Practice at Harvard University Graduate School
of Education
Dr. Sheila Simmons (D.C.), Emeritus, NEA Director,
Civil Rights Division
Dr. John Smith (MD), Emeritus, Former Chief of
Staff, U.S. Congress
Mrs. Grace Strauther (AZ), Emeritus, Superintendent
Los Angeles Unified Schools
Dr. Jeffrey Robinson (MI), Principal, Paul Robeson
Malcolm X Academy
Mrs. Billie Sanders (GA), Retired, Middle School
Teacher
Dr. Ivory Toldson (D.C.), Deputy Director, White
House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges
and Universities
Dr. Carol Turner (LA), Retired, Jefferson Parish
School District
Dr. Nicole Walters (TX), Associate Dean of Graduate
Programs, University of St. Thomas
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Core Values
“The Village Takes Responsibility”
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All stakeholders in a community must be involved
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All stakeholders have a vested wealth in the social,
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All stakeholders must participate in implementing
in improving teaching and learning.
cultural and intellectual development of all
children, but especially those children that
historically are on the bottom of the educational
realm.
the research that evidence the growth in
achievement of historically under served
populations.
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All stakeholders must examine the politics,
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Accountability must be
practices, and policies in their communities that
accelerate or impede the academic performances
of children of color.
community driven, with
NCEBC stakeholders
reviewing, monitoring and
collaborating with public
and charter schools that
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
VERSE I
Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the
present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
VERSE II
Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through
the blood of the slaughtered;
Out from the gloomy past,till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
VERSE III
God of our weary years,God of our silent tears,
Thou Who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou Who hast by Thy might,led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places,
our God, where we met Thee.
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine
of the world, we forget Thee.
Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand,
True to our God, true to our native land.
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NCEBC Convention General Information
Convention Information
C
onvention information may be
obtained from the Convention
Registration Desk.
Team Meetings
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CEBC Black Male Action Planning
(BMAP) teams are encouraged to meet
and turn their plans in by Friday, close
of day.
Evaluation
Y
ou will be given an evaluation form
in each workshop. Please fill it out and
return it to the workshop facilitator.
Your comments are very important to
us.
Exhibitors
P
lease visit the Exhibitor Area. Exhibits
NCEBC Board of Directors
Meetings:
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 (6:00pm)
Thursday, April 21, 2016 (7:00pm)
Pre-Convention Timeline
WEDNESDAY
April 20, 2016 8:00am – 5:00pm
(registration opens)
Convention Timeline
THURSDAY
April 21, 2016 7:00am – 6:00pm
FRIDAY
April 22, 2016 7:00am – 3:30pm
SATURDAY
April 23, 2016 9:00am – 12:00pm
are open daily.
Messages & Announcements
A
nnouncements about meetings or
events not listed in the Convention
Program are posted on bulletin boards
throughout the convention hall for your
convenience. You may leave personal
messages for other attendees at the
Convention Registration Desk.
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Admission to Sessions
Your name badge is your
TICKET to all sessions and
meals. Please wear
it at all times.
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Pre-Convention Event
Baltimore City Schools Welcomes
NCEBC 2016 Convention Participants!
Northwood Elementary School
Principal: Ms. Erita Adams
Northwood Elementary School is located in the Northeast District
of Baltimore City. The school was built in 1950 and currently has an
enrollment of 688 students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through fifth. It
is a Title I school with a 98% African American population. There are
34 teachers on staff including teachers for Art, Vocal Music, Library,
Technology and Physical Education. The school also has a full-time social
worker, speech and language pathologist, and a school psychologist.
The Vision of Northwood Elementary School is to provide rigorous and
diverse learning experiences which prepare students for success in
college and careers. The Mission is to provide quality research-based
instruction to meet the unique needs of our students to prepare them for
the next academic level. Northwood Elementary School is proud of its partnerships with Morgan State
University School of Education, Notre Dame College of Maryland, the Northwood Recreation Center,
and Therapeutic Living for Families, Faith Presbyterian Church, and The Maryland Food Bank.
NCEBC
lack Minds Matter 2!
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School
Tours
Wednesday
April 20,
2016
Bus Tour
will leave
the hotel at
8:30am
and return
at 12:30pm.
Excel Academy @ Francis M. Wood High School
Principal: Ms. Tammatha Woodhouse, M. Ed.
The Excel Academy is an alternative high school that provides unique
educational opportunities for students who are disengaged from their
current school programs. The Academy provides strong academic
curriculum and instruction support and a focus on attendance, social
and emotional growth, and career exploration.
The overarching goal of the Academy is to deliver a high-quality
academic and career readiness programs within a student-centered
alternative environment that will lead to a high school diploma, college
readiness and /or employment opportunities. The curriculum includes the critical “soft skills” necessary
for student success and utilizes the Usher New Look Program which focuses on reading literacy and
career skills, all while emphasizing the many careers connected to the music industry.
Cost of $25
payable
before
boarding.
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Pre-Convention
Event
NCEBC Leadership Academy Training
Open to All Aspiring
Superintendents, Principals and
Early Childhood Administrators
Wednesday
This electrifying session will leave
attendees with knowledge of how to
close the gap between aspirations and
performance and overcome barriers
to achieving key level educational
leadership positions.
April 20, 2016
Theme:
Courageous,
Competent, Clear
& Resilient:
A Formula
for Success!
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Pre-Convention
Pre-Convention
Agenda
Events
| Wednesday,
| Wednesday,
April
April
20,20,
2016
2016
Wednesday’s | Day
at-a-Glance
Event
Time
Location
Registration
7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
Exhibits Open
10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
Membership Table
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
Leadership Academy
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Tubman A
School Tours
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Buses Leave
at 8:30 am
Pre-Convention Plenary
Session
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Key Ballroom 9-10
Executive Board Meeting
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Paca
FOUNDERS’ LEGACY
Dean of NCEBC
Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, (D, VA.)
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“It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been
inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its
highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”—President Nelson Mandela
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Pre-Convention
Welcome to the
Leadership
30th Annual
| Wednesday,
NCEBC Convention!
April 20, 2016
Academy Training Agenda
Courageous, Competent, Clear & Resilient: A Formula for Success!
8:00am
Welcome & Charge of the Day TUBMAN A
Presiding
Dr. Pamela Short-Powell, Retired
Superintendent of Inglewood Unified School
District, Inglewood, California
8:15 - 9:00am NCEBC Breakfast
Keynote Address:
“Leadership: Administration in an Urban School District”
, Keynote Speaker
9:00-11:45am r. Betty Rosa, New York State Regent,
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12th Judicial District, Bronx, New York
Panel Discussion
Topic I: “Leadership and the Role and Challenges of
the Administrator: Site, District & Superintendent”
Instructional Leadership, Curriculum, Assessment & Alignment
to Improving Instructional.
Topic IV: “Landing the Job”
Interviewing Skills. Negotiating the Superintendent Contract
PanelistsDr. Charles Coleman, Superintendent,
Joliet Public School District 86, Joliet, Illinois
Dr. Betty Rosa, New York State Regent,
12th Judicial District, Bronx
Dr. Rolf Grafwallner, Assistant
Superintendent, Maryland State
Department of Education
Mr. Nathaniel Jones, Superintendent,
Metropolitan School District of Pike Township,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Dr. Shawn Smith, Superintendent,
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence
Township, Indianapolis, Indiana
12:00 - 1:45pm Topic II: “Accountability, Accountability”
Financial Responsibility. Negotiations/Collective Bargaining
NCEBC Lunch TUBMAN A
Keynote Address:
“ “So you Want to Be A Superintendent””
Topic III: “Human Relations”
Shared Decision Making. Team Building. Establishing and
Sustaining Effective District, Community, Political and
Statewide Relationships. Effective Board Relationships.
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, Keynote Speaker
r. Nathaniel Jones, Superintendent,
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Metropolitan School District of Pike Township,
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Pre-Convention Agenda | Wednesday, April 20, 2016
2:00 - 5:00pm Pre-Convention Plenary KEY BALLROOM
Session
9-10
PresidingMr. Steve Niederman, Business Consultant,
NCEBC Board Member
Welcome
Mr. Marnell Cooper, Baltimore City School
Board President
Mrs. Chenai Okammor, NCEBC,
1st Vice President, NCEBC Convention
Planning Committee Chair, Chicago, Illinois
Remarks and Introduction of Speaker
Keynote Address:
“Black Minds Matter 2”
, Keynote Speaker
s. Gigi Crowder, L. E., Ethnic Services
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Manager for Alameda County, California
Behavioral Health Care Services
Panel Discussion
Thinking Linking and Inking Practices, Policies and
Programs for Social Justice
Panel ModeratorMr. Michael Dennis, Consultant for CAAASA
(California of Association African American
Superintendents and Administrators),
NCEBC Board Member
PanelistsMs. Gigi Crowder,L. E., Ethnic Services
Dr. Gloria Davis, Superintendent, Illinois District Juvenile Justice, School District #428,
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Shelley Jallow, School Administrator,
Trenton Public Schools, Trenton, New Jersey
Dr. Betty Rosa, New York State Regent,
12th Judicial District, Bronx
Dr. Raymond Winbush, Director of Urban
Research Morgan State University
Closing Remarks Mrs. Chenai Okammor, NCEBC
1st Vice President, Convention Planning Committee Chair, Chicago, Illinois
6:00 - 8:00pm NCEBC Board of
Directors Meeting
PACA
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Pre-Convention
Welcome to theSpeakers
30th Annual
| Wednesday,
NCEBC Convention!
April 20, 2016
Born in New York City but
raised for the first ten years of
her life in Puerto Rico, Dr. Betty
Rosa attended public elementary
and junior high schools in the
Bronx (Districts 9 and 10) before
graduating from St. Helena’s
High School, now Monsignor
Scanlon High School.
Dr. Betty Rosa
She received a B.A. in
psychology from the City College of New York and
holds two Master of Science in Education degrees, one
in Administration and Supervision and the other in
Bilingual Education. She also received an Ed. M. and
Ed. D. in Administration, Planning and Social Policy
from Harvard University.
Dr. Rosa worked in the N.Y.C. Department of
Education as a bilingual paraprofessional, teacher and
reading coordinator, served as an assistant principal,
principal in special education and introduced an
integrated linguistic model in developing a multilingual
and multicultural school for general and special
education populations.
Chancellor Rudy Crew appointed Dr. Rosa
to the position of Superintendent of Community
School District 8 in the Bronx. District 8 consisted
of approximately 25,000 students and 30 schools
encompassing neighborhoods of the South Bronx.
She was elected to a four-year term to the Alumni
Council of Harvard University’s Graduate School of
Education and also appointed to a three-year term to
the Principal/Site Administrator Advisory Committee
of the American Association of School Administrators.
Dr. Rosa was elected to a five-year term (April 1,
2008 – March 31, 2013) and re-elected (April 1, 2013 –
March 31, 2018) as the Regent for the Twelfth Judicial
District (Bronx County).
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Meet Our Wednesday Keynote Speakers
Superintendent Nathaniel
(Nate) Jones is a native of
Indianapolis, IN. He received
his formal education from the
Indianapolis
Public
School
system (IPS). In pursuit of a
college degree, his passion for
educating students evolved. He
taught in IPS as a classroom
Dr. Nathaniel Jones teacher.
In 1978, he left IPS to begin his administrative career
in the Metropolitan School District of Washington
Township in Indianapolis, Indiana; he was one of the
youngest principals (27 years of age) in the state of
Indiana. In the Washington Township School system
he served over 25 years in numerous positions such
as, Principal, Director of Elementary Education and
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum/Instruction.
All schools where Mr. Jones served as principal reached
state and national recognition for academic achievement
and exceptional leadership.
In 2003, he became the first African American
Superintendent to accept the awesome responsibility to
lead the Metropolitan School District of Pike Township
in Indianapolis, IN. In addition, he was the first
African American Superintendent who graduated from
the Indianapolis Public School system and serves in
this role in Indiana. Superintendent Jones has over 42
years of experience in the field of education.
Superintendent Jones has received several awards
including, “Distinguished Alumni Award” from
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN., the prestigious
Milken Educator Award (a $25,000.00 award), the
Center for Leadership (CLD) Achiever Award, State of
Indiana Sagamore of the Wabash Recipient, and he was
selected as one of the 100 top administrators in North
America by the Executive Educator.
Ms. Gigi R. Crowder, L. E.,
is the Ethnic Services Manager
for Alameda County Behavioral
Health Care Services and has
worked in the behavioral health
care field for more than 25 years.
As a family member of several
loved ones who have received
private and public mental health
Ms. Gigi Crowder services she is a strong advocate
for promoting culturally responsive behavioral health
services for all clients, consumers and family members.
Gigi is committed to promoting the use of
community defined strategies for unserved,
underserved and inappropriately served ethnic and
cultural communities. Her current focus is addressing
the needs of “at promise” African-American males by
utilizing upstream approaches such as the resources
offered in faith/spirituality communities. Gigi is a
pioneer in developing curriculum to train faith leaders
to better support those with mental health challenges
and their families and loved ones.
Gigi serves in leadership roles on several statewide
committees. She was inducted into the Alameda County
Women Hall of Fame for her work in developing
programs to enhance employment opportunities
for individuals with psychiatric challenges and is
the recipient of the 2013 MHAAC Mental Health
Achievement Award.
Gig received her degree from the University of
California, Berkeley.
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On behalf of the children and grandchildren of
Mrs. Diana Daniels,
we would like to Congratulate the
on their 30th Year Anniversary.
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Mrs. Diana Daniels
Executive Director,
NCEBC
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The History of NCEBC
NCEBC Founders: Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins (CA),
Dr. Faustine Jones-Wilson | Dr. Owen Knox
“Black children are the proxy for
what ails American education in general.
And so, as we fashion solutions which help
Black children, we fashion solutions
which help all children.”
— Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins
Founder of NCEBC
schools. He made the assumption that we could get access to
teachers and principals through these organizations.
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Pulling together all of the Black organizations with educational
components to support the common purpose of formulating a
plan to ensure that Black youth were being properly educated in
this nation’s public schools; unify their efforts; end fragmentation
of their educational goals.
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Advocating/encouraging all constituencies to work together to
become a powerfulforce for social change – parents, teachers,
administrators, students, churches, businesses, etc. – a real village.
(“It takes a village to raise a child.”)
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Providing evidence that Black children were achieving in schools
that had adopted Dr. Ron Edmonds’ “Effective Schools” methods
and system, thereby attacking the pervasive stereotype that Black
children/youth were mentally inferior and therefore incapable of
mastering the knowledge being taught in schools.
THE BEGINNINGS: THE HUNT VALLEY
INVITATIONAL CONFERENCES
ON FEBRUARY 26, 1986 a significant cross-section of representatives
from Black organizations, other national organizations, associations, local grass-roots communities, local and national institutions, along with
other concerned educators and individuals was convened in Washington, DC by Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins (D., CA) to discuss
the status and future of the African-American child. The focus was
education in general, and urban education in particular. The strategy
was to consolidate ideas and information from all the stakeholders in
Black students’ education: students, parents, teachers, administrators,
policymakers, as well as business and community leaders.
Congressman Hawkins had in mind:
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Attaining support from the National Education Association and
the American Federation of Teachers, as the leading national
educational organizations, to spread information that Black
children could and did master knowledge taught in public
All parties present were equal in terms of sharing ideas and hope. This
was a democratic process. It was felt that if we could organize and
meet annually, the village could plan and assess what had been done,
gain strength and momentum. It was recommended that the annual
meetings be held at Hunt Valley, MD to get away from the distractions of
everyday living, and away from the attractions of Washington, DC. This
was intended to be relative isolation in order to get serious planning
and assessment done in a few days annually. The product of this effort
was the establishment of an organization, the National Conference (now
Council) on Educating Black Children (NCEBC), which sponsored an
annual working conference and a framework for change, A Blueprint for
Action.
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Educating
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Celebrating Thirty Years of Leadership
Black Minds Matter!
1986
FOUNDER
Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins
issues call to action, urging organizations
and individuals to unite and find solutions
to educational problems facing Black
children, February 26, 1986.
1986-1992
ORGANIZERS
Dr. Faustine Jones - Wilson,
(MD) and Dr. Owen Knox,
(CA) formed East and West
Coast branches to establish
the national organization that
would later become NCEBC,
March 1986.
• Brought together diverse
organizations,associations,
local grass-roots
communities, and
individuals to formulate an
achievable action plan.
• Held first national conference
at Hunt Valley, MD to consolidate ideas
and information into a framework
for change, A Blueprint for Action I,
September 5-7, 1986.
The Blueprint for Action
• Produced a revised and enlarged
Blueprint II in 1987; more than 100,000
copies distributed nationally.
1989-1992
Dr. Claude Mayberry, (MD)
• With a directive from
Congressman Hawkins, he
established six regional
subdivisions to carry out
NCEBC’s mission across the
U.S.A.
• Wrote Conference Proceedings for
1990-1991
• Provided vision to the regions.
1992-1994
Dr. Francena D. Cummings, (FL)
1st president of NCEBC
• 1993 convention held in
Washington, DC
• Southeast conference held
in Jackson, Ms; Orlando FL
• Established the Constitution
and Bylaws and the 501c3 Status of the
group
• First Revision of the Blue Print for Action
responsibility
1994-1998
Mr. Michael Grice, (OR)
2nd President of NCEBC
• Third Revision of the
Blueprint adding additional
stakeholder groups
• 1995 Convention held in Washington DC
• 1998 National Convention held in
• Distribution of the Blueprint
1998-2000
Dr. Eric Cooper, (CT)
3rd President of NCEBC
• NCEBC First Radio Talk
Host
• $250,000 Pledge to NCEBC
• Provided Staff Development
and other resources to build
regions through his affiliation with
the National Urban Alliance
• Distribution of the Blueprint
• Supported a strong national office
and presence
Core Values
achievement
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Celebrating Thirty Years of Leadership
advocacy
Call to Action
Focus on Black Males
2000-2005
Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood, (CA)
4th President of NCEBC
• 2 000 National Convention held
in Los Angeles, CA
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egion Building Activities
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stablished the National Website
2009-2016
Mrs. Diana Daniels, (IN)
NCEBC First Executive Director
• Established NCEBC Talk Radio
Each Monday
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versight of 1.5 million Federal
and State grant
• NCEBC Education Chair for
Selma Alabama, 50th Year Jubilee Bridge
Crossing Education Conference
2005-2009
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stablished National Office in
Indianapolis 2007
empowerment
Black Minds Matter!
• Four consecutive years of Conventions
held: Chicago 2006, Norfolk 2007, New
Orleans 2008, and Washington DC 2009
• Established NCEBC Programs: Literacy
Centers, Black Male Action Plans, Parent
University Curriculum, Dr. Asa G.
Hilliard III Mentoring Program
• Fourth Revision of the Blue Print for
Action in 2006
• Branding of the organization, established
NCEBC Core Values and “The Village
Takes Responsibility: Focus on Black
Males
2011-2015
Dr. Shelia Evans - Tranumn, (NY)
• NCEBC Talk Radio Established
• 2014 Interview at Elder’s
House with Dr. William Barber,
Fred Hampton Jr., Dr. Adelaide Sanford
• 2015 50th Year Selma, Alabama Jubilee
Bridge Crossing Education Conference
• 4 years of consecutive conventions:
Kansas City 2012, Chicago 2013, New
Orleans 2014 and Indianapolis
2015
2009-2011
Dr. Claude Mayberry, (MD)
• 1.5 Million in Federal and State
grants
• Supported a strong national
office and presence
• Collaboration with other
national organizations to address
national issues
• 2 years of consecutive conventions
2010 and 2011 held in Las Vegas
2015Dr. Pamela Short - Powell, (CA)
• 2016 30th Year Anniversary
Convention in Baltimore, MD
• Expansion of Board of
Directors from 26 to 31
Augustus F. Hawkins
leadership
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Top Row: Mr. William Douthit, Dr. Nicole Walters, Mrs. Carol Raines-Brown, Dr. Jeffery Robinson, Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood,
Mr. Michael Grice, Mrs. Chenai Okammor
2nd Row: Dr. Kenneth Fells, Mrs. Monroe Galloway, Mrs. Billie Sanders, Dr. Eric Cooper, Dr. Lorretta Johnson, Mr. Nehemiah
Thomas, Dr. Shelia Evans-Tranumn, Mrs. Lola Crawford
3rd Row: Mrs. Diana Daniels, Mr. Robert Murphy, Mr. Tony Lee, Dr. Francena Cummings, Mr. Dwight Bonds, Dr. Deborah
Jewell-Sherman, Mr. Gene McCallum, Dr. Linda Darling Hammond
4th Row: Mr. Harry Lawson, Dr. Charles Coleman, Dr. Ivory Toldson, Mr. Steve Neiderman, Mrs. Deborah Crawford,
Mr. Michael Dennis, Dr. Carol Turner
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NCEBC
Pre-Convention
Convention Agenda
Events || Wednesday,
Thursday, April
April
21,20,
2016
2016
Thursday’s |
Day at-a-Glance
Event
Time
Location
Registration
7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Key Ballroom East Foyer
Exhibits Open
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
Membership Table
7:00 am- 6:00 pm
Continental Breakfast
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Key Ballroom 9-12
Opening Session
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Key Ballroom 9-12
Dr. Joyce E. King Seminar
10:15 am - 11:45 am
Paca
Concurrent Workshops
10:15 am - 11:45 am
See descriptions
on pages 33-34
Luncheon
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Key Ballroom 9-12
FOUNDERS’ LEGACY
Plenary Session
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Key Ballroom 9-12
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
See descriptions
on pages 35-36
Founders' Reception
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Key Ballroom 6
General Membership
Meeting
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Tubman AB
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Paca
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“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow
belongs to those who prepare for it today.” —Malcolm X
Executive Board Meeting
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NCEBC Convention Agenda | Thursday, April 21, 2016
8:00 - 10:00am Opening Session
KEY BALLROOM 9-12
Presiding
Mr. Robert Murphy, NCEBC Board Member
Color Guard Claremont High School, Baltimore City Public
School
Lift Ev’ry Voice Asia Young, Celia Spence & Shaikiara Taylor
Sing Excel Academy Students, Baltimore City
Schools (group participation)
Welcome Dr. Pamela Short Powell, President NCEBC
Welcome Mr. Guffrie M. Smith Jr., President of
Maryland State Board of Education
Welcome Dr. Gregory Thornton, CEO, Baltimore City
Public Schools, Baltimore, Maryland
Introduction of Keynote Speaker Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator
Ms. Elizabeth Norwood, NCEBC
Founding Board Member and
Fourth President of NCEBC, 2000-2005
PanelistsCaptain Barrington Irving, Pilot and Educator,
Experience Aviation, Inc.
Dr. Ulyessis Gilbert, USGS Diversity Equal
Employment Opportunity Office
Ms. Joeletta Patrick, NASA Minority University Research and Education Project
Ms. Zipporah Miller, National Science Teachers Association
Audience Questions and Answers
Ms. Chenai Okammor, 1st Vice President,
NCEBC Convention Committee Chair
Keynote Address:
“PreK-20 Preparation for Employability in the 21st Century”
, Keynote Speaker
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r. Bernard Harris, National Aeronautics
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and Space Administration Astronaut
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The Joyce E. King Seminar | Thursday, April 21, 2016
ROOM: PACA
10:15 - 11:45am
Connecting The Cartel Public Education
Privatization Surrogates
Featuring Two Great Scholars:
Dr. Joyce E. King
Dr. Joyce E. King and Dr. Walter C. Farrell are two
of the most quoted, researchers and celebrated urban
scholars in America. They will fill in the “gaps” for
who, what, when, and why the current privatization of
public education is occurring in 38 Urban Communities
of Brown and Black Children. The No Excuses education
movement is changing communities and affecting
millions of families.
Since 2004, Joyce E. King has served as the Benjamin E.
Mays Endowed Chair for Urban Teaching, Learning and
Leadership and Professor of Educational Policy Studies
in the College of Education & Human Development at
Georgia State University. Previously, King held senior
academic affairs positions as Provost at Spelman
College, Associate Provost at Medgar Evers College,
CUNY and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs and Diversity Programs at the University of New Orleans. She was
director of teacher education for twelve years at Santa Clara University
and the first head of the Ethnic Studies Department at Mills College. She
completed two prestigious leadership programs: the American Council on
Education Fellowship at Stanford University with the President, the Vice
President for Planning and Management, and the Office for Multicultural
Development. As a W.K. Kellogg National Fellowship recipient, King also
studied women’s leadership and grassroots participation in social change in
China, Brazil, France, Kenya, Japan, Mali and Peru.
, Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr., is professor of social work
and a fellow in the Center for Urban and Regional
Studies (CURS) at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. His research interests include the
study of minority economic development issues,
demographic change and inter-ethnic conflict
in contemporary society, the privatization and
“charterization” of public education, workforce
diversity, and urban social policy.
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10:15 - 11:45am The Joyce E. King Seminar
PACA
Presiding and
Dr. Carol Henry Turner
Speaker IntroductionNCEBC Board Member,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Keynote Address:
“Connecting The Cartel Public Education
Privatization Surrogates”
Invocation Rev. Dr. Jeffery Robinson, Principal, Robeson/
Malcolm X Academy, NCEBC Board Member,
Detroit, Michigan
Music Living Proof - Shaikiara Taylor
Student, Excel Academy,
Baltimore City Public Schools
Remarks Dr. Jack Smith, Interim State
Superintendent of Schools, Baltimore, MD
, Keynote Speakers
Walter C. Farrell, Jr., Ph.D., M.S.P.H. Fellow,
National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
University of Colorado-Boulder
Head, Affective Management, Education,
and Litigation Consultant Group
Introduction of
Ms. Diana Daniels, Founding Board Member
NCEBC Board of NCEBC, Fifth President of NCEBC, 2005-09
and Foundersand First Executive Director, 2009-2016,
Introduction of Presenter
Concurrent Workshops See pages 33-34 for detail descriptions!
Noon - 1:45pm NCEBC Luncheon KEY BALLROOM 9-12
Presiding Dr. Francena Cummings, Founding NCEBC
Board Member, First President of NCEBC,
1992-94, Tallahassee, Florida
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Mr. Michael Carmona, Sophomore at
Claremont High School, Baltimore
City Public Schools
Keynote Address:
“The Quest For Excellence: Supporting the Academic Success
of Minority Males in the Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics(STEM) Discipline”
, Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ivory Toldson, Executive Director
of White House Initiative on HBCU’s,
NCEBC Board Member, Washington, DC
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2:15 - 3:30pm Plenary Session
KEY BALLROOM 9-12
Black Male Action Plan Committee Presents:
Black Lives Matter And Black Minds Matter 2!
How has the Black Lives Matter and Black Minds Matter 2
Movements impacted your actions as leaders in reacting
to community, social justice, and education agendas.
Presiding
Mr. Nehemiah Thomas, NCEBC
Board Member, BMAP Coordinator,
St. Louis, Missouri
History of
NCEBC BMAP Mr. Kamau Jywanza, Community
Organizer, Indianapolis, Indiana
Panel Discussion
Panel ModeratorDr. Nicole Walters, Graduate Dean of
Education, St. Thomas University,
NCEBC Board Member, Houston, Texas
Panelists Ms. Ganesha Martin, Esq., Deputy Chief,
Department of Justice Compliance and
Accountability Division, Baltimore, Maryland
Ms. Gigi Crowder, L. E., Ethnic Services
r. Raymond Winbush, Director of Urban
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Research Morgan State University,
Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Shawn Smith, Superintendent,
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence
Township, Indianapolis, Indiana
Mr. Robert Jackson, Author, Educational
Consultant, Indianapolis, Indiana
Dr. Antwan Wilson, Superintendent, Oakland
Unified School District, Oakland, California
3:45 – 5:00pm Concurrent Workshops See pages 35-36 for detail descriptions!
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5:00 – 6:00pm Annual Founders’
Reception
KEY BALLROOM 6
“Honoring NCEBC Founders”
Presiding Mr. Gene McCallum, NCEBC Founding Board
Member, New Orleans, Louisiana
6:30 - 7:00pmGeneral Membership Meeting
TUBMAN AB
Presiding Ms. Elizabeth Norwood, NCEBC
Founding Board Member and
Fourth President of NCEBC, 2000-2005
7:00 - 8:30pm NCEBC Executive Board Meeting PACA
Meet Our Thursday Keynote Speakers
Dr. Bernard Harris graduated from Sam Houston High
School in San Antonio, Texas, in 1974, where he was actively
involved in science fairs, book clubs and other school activities. He received a B.S. degree in biology from University
of Houston in 1978. He earned his MD degree from Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
in 1982. Harris completed a residency in internal medicine at
the Mayo Clinic in 1985
Harris completed a National Research Council Fellowship
Dr. Bernard Harris at NASA’s Ames Research Center in 1987. While at Ames,
he conducted research in musculature physiology and disuse.
He also trained as a flight surgeon at the Aerospace School of Medicine at Brooks Air
Force Base in San Antonio in 1988. Dr. Harris received a master’s degree in biomedical
science from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 1996. Harris is also a licensed
private pilot and certified scuba diver.
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After completing his fellowship at NASA Ames, he joined NASA’s Johnson Space
Center as a clinical scientist and flight surgeon, where he conducted clinical investigations of space adaptation and developed countermeasures for extended duration space
flight.
On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extravehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights. He
was the first African American man to go in space as one of NASA’s research teams and
he was involved in the construction of the space rovers. He now has a school dedicated
to him. The school’s name is Dr. Bernard A. Harris Middle School. He is also the
Founder of the Harris Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports math/science
education and crime prevention programs for America’s youth.
Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is the Director for the White House
Initiative on HBCU’s, Dr. Toldson served as an associate
professor at Howard University, senior research analyst for the
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and editor-in-chief
of The Journal of Negro Education. He was also contributing
education editor for The Root, where he debunked some of the
most pervasive myths about African-Americans in his Show
Me the Numbers column.
Dr. Toldson has more than 60 publications and more than
150 research presentations. He has been featured on MSNBC,
Dr. Ivory Toldson
C-SPAN2 Books, NPR News, POTUS on XM Satellite Radio,
and numerous local radio stations. His research has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Root, The National Journal,
Essence Magazine, and Ebony Magazine. Dr. Toldson was named in the 2013 The Root
100, an annual ranking of the most influential African-American leaders.
After completing coursework for a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Temple
University, Dr. Toldson became a correctional and forensic psychology resident at the
United States Penitentiary. There, he completed his dissertation on Black Men in the
Criminal Justice System. Upon completion, Dr. Toldson joined the faculty of Southern
University and became the fourth recipient of the prestigious DuBois Fellowship from
the US Department of Justice. He also served as the clinical director of the Manhood
Training Village. He has received formal training in applied statistics from the University of Michigan, and held visiting research and teacher appointments at Emory,
Drexel, and Morehouse School of Medicine.
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Concurrent Workshops | Thursday, April 21, 2016
Morning Sessions
10:15 - 11:45am
PRESENTERS
Ms. Cassi
Barker- Carr
ROOMS
Underserved Learners: Are African American and Hispanic High School Students
Becoming More College and Career Ready? CARROLL A
Focusing on achievement results for African American and Hispanic Youth, participants will review the findings of the newly
released ACT report: The Condition of College and Career Readiness, 2015. Working together, they will compare the 2014 and
2015 scores and generate practical strategies for elementary and middle grade teachers and administrators to better prepare
these students for high school success.
Mr. Juan Garcia
A Literate City is a Safer Community
KEY BALLROOM 3
What would it mean for your truancy rates, incarceration rates, and graduation rates, if on the first day of school, ALL of
your students could read and were ready to learn? We will explore a research-based community & district-wide approach to
eliminating illiteracy for early learners and African American children.
Mr. Gregory Spencer
The Early Childhood Family Engagement Framework: Maryland’s
Vision for Engaging Families with Young Children KEY BALLROOM 4
As participants work in groups and share successful family engagement strategies, they will learn about Maryland’s Early
Childhood Family Engagement Framework; the Kellogg Grant the Maryland State Department of Education received; and the
Effective Practices Toolkit which highlights supported strategies, processes, and techniques for explicitly implementing the
goals within the Framework.
Ms. Cyndi La Marca
Ms. Wendy
Baysmore
Edward Coles Language Academy: From Dysfunctional to Dynamic - “Our Story” TUBMAN B
Led by dynamic leaders and dedicated staff, this Chicago school has sustained above average student performance and
moved from 48% to 77% of students meeting or exceeding state standards in five years time. Come and be actively guided
through strategies and practices such as “Lucky 7 Parental Involvement Signature Cards”, “Attendance Battles”, “Gender
Specific Practices”, and the annual standing room only “BET (Boosting Educational Talents) Awards Event”.
Mr. Jeff Dase
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Concurrent
to the
Workshops
30th Annual
| Thursday,
NCEBCApril
Convention!
21, 2016
10:15 - 11:45am
Morning Sessions
PRESENTERS
ROOMS
There’s a Bright Light at the End of the Journey:
Let the Data Speak for Itself
CARROLL B
In this workshop an urban superintendent and a team of educators will tell a success story. Come and learn about the systemic
approach--proven strategies that resulted in African American and Hispanic student success. Introduced by this superintendent
starting 13 years ago and involving the entire school system, these strands of changes have resulted in increases in graduation
rates, dual credits earned, number of students enrolled in post-secondary schools, and reduced suspensions/expulsions.
Mr. Nathaniel Jones
“Touching the Spirit” Seven Quick, Powerful Culture-Centered Literacy Teaching Strategies BRENT
A noted master teacher of African American students will lead participants in an active and fun demonstration of a group of
powerful and original literacy strategies that engage and teach K-6 students toward mastery levels. Learn how these strategies
are truly culture-centered—why they work. Learn how easy they are to infuse into existing, jam-packed curriculum and pacing
guides.
Ms. Augusta Mann
Mr. Kevin
Johnson
Ms. Rosalie
White
Ms. Kyria Joseph
Promoting College Bound Cultures through STEM Education &
Single Gender Classrooms for Students of Color
TUBMAN A
Participants will explore one middle school’s journey of implementing gender specific support courses to reverse achievement
and gender gaps of children of color. Specific strategies discussed will include an AVID (Advancing Via Individual Determination)
focus, infusing STEM related activities with careers in that field to boost their capacity to learn, teach them relevant and rigorous
content highlighting 21st century skills, and developing skills that will encourage them to enroll in higher level courses in high
school and eventually a 4 year college/university.
[ “Education is a precondition to survival in America today.” ]
— Marian Wright Edelman
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Concurrent Workshops | Thursday, April 21, 2016
Afternoon Sessions
3:45 - 5:00pm
PRESENTERS
ROOMS
Black Girls Matter Too!
Shifting our Consciousness Toward Inclusion of Black Girls in the Struggle
TUBMAN B
In this experiential and courageous workshop, we will probe the question: H
ave Black girls been left out of the focus as we
have sought to support and uplift Black boys? Specific strategies, videos, images, and spoken word will be included as we
explore the marginalization of Black girls within schools and communities and how this has impacted their access to supports,
funding, and inclusionary practices.
Dr. Darlene Sampson
Ms. Christina
Byers
Learner-Centered Classrooms in a Digital Environment
One Urban School District’s Conversions to Transform Teaching and Learning CARROLL A
Come and learn about Baltimore County Public Schools’ (BCPS) eight exciting learning-centered instructional and digital
conversions. Hear how they have begun to transform classrooms and provide equitable access and opportunities for all
students. Videos, images, and blog posts from our 17 Lighthouse (pilot) schools will be presented, along with discussions of the
intersection of digital access and equity.
Mr. David Robb
Ms. Candy Miller
Ms. Robin Hopkins
An Evaluation of the Early Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
(STEM) Program for Preschoolers in Early Learning and Development
Programs in the State of Maryland BRENT
We all know how interesting it is to watch young children as they explore nature, guided by their innate intellectual curiosity
about the world around them. In 2010-2011, The Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood realized
the importance of a focus on scientific thinking and piloted the animated curriculum series, Peep and the Big Wide World
in selected pre-kindergarten classrooms. PEEP uses visual humor, charming plotlines, and lovable characters to attract and
engage children three-to-five years old as they learn science and math. Workshop participants will share the PEEP materials as
they learn about Maryland’s evaluation design and the results of preliminary analyses of data collected from implementation
classrooms.
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Concurrent
to the
Workshops
30th Annual
| Thursday,
NCEBCApril
Convention!
21, 2016
3:45 - 5:00pm
Afternoon Sessions
PRESENTERS
Dr. Kathryn
Szwed-Thompson
Mr. J. Eric Steele
ROOMS
Pathways to Success: The Road to Restructuring One District’s
Emotional Disability Classrooms
TUBMAN A
This workshop will explore the steps in restructuring a district’s self-contained classrooms for students with emotional
disabilities. Participants will learn how the restructuring led to teamwork, creative and collaborative problem solving, a decrease
in school suspensions, alternative school placement, and an increase in student access to the general education classroom.
Attendees will leave with creative problem solving strategies, staffing solutions, and a collaborative approach for educating
students with emotional disabilities.
Strategies for Building Cultural Awareness and Effective Communication with Black Males
PACA
The dismal statistics that the media promotes lead many to believe that there is no hope for the majority of black males. Come
and participate in this interactive session where we dispel that belief. The focus will be on strategies and solutions to retaining
black males in schools, while helping them build positive character traits and effective communication skills. Participants will
leave with strategies that can be used immediately.
Mr Robert Jackson
A Complete Mentoring Guide for Developing Successful Young Men
CARROLL B
This workshop will focus on strategies for effectively mentoring male students from all levels of education. The participants
will receive a comprehensive view of how the guidebook, “A Complete Mentoring Guide for Developing Young Men”, is utilized
to engage students in mentoring conversations in the classroom setting, establish a school-based male mentoring program, and
build a life skills class to meet the needs of male students.
Mr. Roy Dobbs
[ “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,
tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” ]
— Dr. Martin Luther King
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Pre-Convention
ConventionEvents
Agenda| Wednesday,
| Friday, AprilApril
22, 2016
20, 2016
Friday’s |
Day at-a-Glance
Event
Time
Registration
7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Exhibits Open
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
Membership Table
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Continental Breakfast
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Key Ballroom 9-12
Plenary Session
8:00 am - 10:30 am
Key Ballroom 9-12
Asa G. Hilliard Seminar pt. I
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Paca
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
See descriptions
on pages 41-46
FOUNDERS’ LEGACY
Luncheon
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Key Ballroom 9-12
Dr. Eric Cooper
Asa G. Hilliard Seminar pt. II
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Paca
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
See descriptions
on pages 41-46
30th Anniversary Celebration
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Key Ballroom 6
E
“It is not who you attend school with but
who controls the school you attend.”— Nikki Giovanni
Location
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
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NCEBC Convention Agenda | Friday, April 22, 2016
8:00 - 10:15am Plenary Session
KEY BALLROOM 9-12
Dr. Shelia Evans Tranumn, Immediate Past
Presiding
and Sixth President of NCEBC, 2011-15,
New York, New York
WelcomeDr. Dallas Dance, Superintendent,
Baltimore County Public School District
Welcome Mr. Tony Lee, Dickerson Employee Benefits,
NCEBC Board Member, Los Angeles,
California
Introduction of Guest Speaker and
Panel/Commentator/
Moderator
Dr. John Jackson, CEO Schott Foundation
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Panel Discussion
PanelistsMs. Jadine Johnson, Esq, The Advancement
Project, Washington, DC
Mr. Jitu Brown, Community Activist Journey
for Justice, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Lorretta Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer,
American Federation of Teachers,
Washington, DC
Dr. William Bell, President and CEO,
Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington
10:45 - 12:00pm Concurrent Workshops & Seminars
See pages 41-46 for detail descriptions!
Keynote Address:
“The Decaying Infrastructure of Urban Communities:
Impact on Children and Families of Color”
, Keynote SpeakersCongressman Elijah E. Cummings, (D, MD)
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NCEBC Convention Agenda | Friday, April 22, 2016
10:15 - 11:45am & 2:15 - 3:30pm
Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III
Seminar
PACA
PresidingDr. Eric J. Cooper, Founding Board Member of
NCEBC, Third President of NCEBC 1998-2000,
CEO of the National Urban Alliance,
Stamford, Connecticut
Morning Session:
“There Are No Throw Aways! Bringing Pop Culture
and Education Together”
, Presenters Ms Tammatha Woodhouse, Principal, Excel
Academy @ Francis M. Wood High School
r. Gavin McGuire, Chief Operations
M
Officer for Usher’s New Look,
Atlanta, Georgia
Afternoon Session:
“The Maroon Within Us: Youth Voices...
Imperative to Building Real Social Change”
, Presenters
Mr. Kevin Davis, Commissioner of Baltimore
Police and Panel of Four High School Youth
Voices on Black Lives Matter
PresidingMs. Carol Raines Brown, NCEBC Board
Member, Los Angeles, California
Mr. Dorian Talley - NCEBC RAP
Excel Academy Student
Music
Speaker IntroductionMrs. Deborah Crawford, NCEBC Board
Member, Stone Mountain, Georgia
, Keynote SpeakerDr. Eddie Fergus, Deputy Director of the
Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
at New York University, New York, New York
Award PresentationMr. Michael Grice, NCEBC Founding
Board Member, Second President of
NCEBC 1996-98, Portland, Oregon
Remarks Dr. Eric J. Cooper, Founding Board Member of
NCEBC, Third President of NCEBC 1998-2000,
CEO of the National Urban Alliance,
Stamford, Connecticut
2:15 - 3:30pm Concurrent Workshops
See pages 41-46 for detail descriptions!
Noon - 2:00pm The Dr. Eric J. Cooper KEY BALLROOM 9-12
Luncheon In honor of one of our Founding Board Members, Dr. Eric J. Cooper
6:00 - 8:00 pm 30th Anniversary
Celebration
KEY BALLROOM 6
Everyone Welcome!
Food, Music, Fun, Door Prizes!
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NCEBC
Concurrent
Convention
Workshops
Agenda| Friday,
| Friday,
April
April
22,22,
2016
2016
Meet Our Friday Keynote Speakers
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings was born and
raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where he still resides today.
He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science
from Howard University, serving as Student Government
President and graduating Phi Beta Kappa, and then
graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law.
Congressman Cummings has also received 11 honorary
doctoral degrees from Universities throughout the nation.
Congressman Cummings has dedicated his life of service to
Congressman
uplifting and empowering the people he is sworn to represent.
Elijah E. Cummings, He began his career of public service in the Maryland House
(D, MD)
of Delegates, where he served for 14 years and became the
first African American in Maryland history to be named
Speaker Pro Tem. Since 1996, Congressman Cummings has proudly represented
Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Congressman Cummings currently serves as the Ranking Member of the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. As the main investigative
committee in the House of Representatives, Oversight and Government Reform has
jurisdiction to investigate any federal program and any matter with federal policy
implications. As the Committee’s Ranking Member, Congressman Cummings
fights to hold the Presidential Administration to a high standard of excellence and
to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the actions of the government of the United
States. He also seeks to identify appropriate reforms that prevent waste, fraud and
abuse and that ensure government programs meet the needs of the American people.
Congressman Cummings often says that our children are the living messages
that we send to a future we will never see. In that vein, he is committed to ensuring
that our next generation has access to quality healthcare and education, clean air
and water, and a strong economy defined by fiscal responsibility.
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Dr. Edward Fergus, Ph.D., is Deputy Director of
the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education at New
York University. A former high school teacher, Dr.
Fergus has and continues to provide technical assistance
and analysis on education policy and research to school
districts. His expertise are in the theory and practice of
youth development programming, out-of-school time
opportunities, program evaluation and needs assessment,
community and school partnerships, academic resilience,
adaptation processes of immigrant youth, race/ethnic
Dr. Edward Fergus
identity formation, and qualitative research methods.
Dr. Fergus has published various articles on
disproportionality in special education, race/ethnicity in schools, and is the author
of Skin Color and Identity Formation: Perceptions of Opportunity and Academic
Orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican Youth (Routledge Press, 2004). He
is on the board of various organizations, including the Campaign for Fiscal Equity
and Yonkers Partners in Education. Fergus was an Education and Research
Analyst at the National Technical Assistance Center for Community Schools at
The Children’s Aid Society and a program evaluator with Metis Associates. He is
currently the Co-Principal Investigator of a study of single-sex schools for boys of
color (funded by the Gates Foundation), the New York State Technical Assistance
Center on Disproportionality, and various other research and programmatic
endeavors focused on disproportionality and educational opportunity.
Dr. Fergus received his doctorate and masters in Social Foundations and
Educational Policy from the University of Michigan. He earned his bachelors in
political science and teaching certificate from Beloit College.
The Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, Research Seminar
Learn. Grow. Lead.
Dr. Asa G.
Hilliard III
Also known as Nana Baffour Amankwatia II, was an AfricanAmerican professor of educational psychology who worked on
indigenous ancient African history (ancient Egyptian), culture,
education and society.
The professional career of Dr. Hilliard spans the globe. He was
on the faculty at San Francisco State University; consultant to the
Peace Corp in Liberia, West Africa; superintendent of schools
in Monrovia, Liberia; and returned to San Francisco State as
department chair and Dean of Education. Dr. Hilliard was a Board
Certified Forensic Examiner and Diplomate of both the American
Board of Forensic Examiners and the American Board of Forensic
Medicine. He served as lead expert witness in several landmark
federal cases on test validity and bias, including Larry P. v. Wilson
Riles in California, Mattie T. v. Holliday in Mississippi, Deborah P. v.
Turlington in Florida, and also in two Supreme Court cases, Ayers
v. Fordice in Mississippi, and Marino v. Ortiz in New York City. Dr.
Hilliard has lectured at leading universities and other institutions
throughout the world, including the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA), the Smithsonian Institution, and the
National Geographic Society.
In 2001, Dr. Hilliard was enstooled as Development Chief for
Mankranso, Ghana and given the name Nana Baffour Amankwatia,
II, which means “generous one.” Dr. Hilliard spent more than thirty
years leading study groups to Egypt and Ghana, as part of his
mission of teaching the truth about the history of Africa and the
African Diaspora.
10:15 - 11:45am | ROOM: PACA
Morning Session
Friday
April 22,
2016
PRESENTERS
There Are No Throw Aways!
Bringing Pop Culture &
Education Together
Ms. Tammatha
Woodhouse
Full Day
Session
Don’t
Miss It!
Mr. Gavin McGuire
How One Alternative High School Connects Literacy Skills with Career Opportunities in the Music Industry
Alternative high schools challenge educators to provide unique educational opportunities for students who are
disengaged from their current school programs. Come and hear how the Excel Academy in Baltimore, MD engages
their students in high-quality academic and career readiness programs situated in a student-centered environment
that includes the critical “soft skills” necessary for students to be successful in school and beyond. Learn how they
utilize the Usher New Look Program with Mr. Gavin McGuire, COO of the Usher’s New Look Foundation, which
focuses on reading literacy and career skills all while emphasizing the many careers connected to the music industry.
Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:30pm
MODERATOR
The Maroon Within Us: Youth Voices...
Imperative to Building Real Social Change
Mr. Kevin Davis, Commissioner of Baltimore Police and Panel of Four High School Youth Voices on Black Lives Matter
Seminar
Conveners
Dr. Eric J. Cooper
MORNING
Dr. Ray Winbush
Mrs. Billie Sanders
AFTERNOON
The youth voice is vital to any conversation regarding progress toward reform. However, it seems to be a struggle to
try and create a forum in which they feel they are being heard other than in the streets protesting. Conversely, how
do we ensure that the protest and other forms of activism translate into real conversations that bring about real and
sustainable change. Come and hear the Police Commisiner of Baltimore and members of his youth advisory board
discuss these issues and their ideas on how to create the space where real change can take place.
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Innovative Solutions to Educational Achievement
10:45 - 12:00pm
| Friday, April 22, 2016
Workshop
PRESENTERS
ROOMS
School Tech Supply
TUBMAN B
STS (School Tech Supply) is a technology solutions company located in Southern California with distribution facilities
throughout the United States and United Kingdom. For more than 15 years STS has been providing The Right Technology
For Less Money to K-12 schools and has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing privatelyheld companies since 2012. From Second-Life Hardware™ with a lifetime parts warranty to complete IT management
solutions, STS is an upcoming industry leader with a foundation built on legendary customer service.
Mr. Rob Fiancé
Mr. Conor Davey
STEPtoday
Our vision is of a world where all children with learning differences can access STEPToday in order to develop the
skills needed to fully participate, learn and achieve within the classroom. It is often stated that if the 20% of pupils with
learning differences were able to access the right support at the right age, the classroom environment and the remaining
80% would benefit. Through our personal experiences we share a drive and desire to help schools and parents support
children differently by providing an intervention which doesn’t require extra desk based work which we know many
already find difficult. Visit our website, www.STEPToday.com, to learn more
GradeResults: Drop Out Recovery
Recovering students, MFP, graduation rates with this high profile program. Students that have been left behind can
increase economic development, and will actually pay for this program and others. Suzanne McElyea, CEO of Grade
Results shows how Drop Out Recovery has been used by Birmingham City Schools and other districts in alternative
settings to recover lives and so much more. Come hear the stories and learn how the program can pay for itself.
Ms. Suzanne McElyea
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Concurrent Workshops | Friday, April 22, 2016
Morning Sessions
10:45 - 12:00pm
PRESENTERS
ROOMS
Supercharge and Flip Your Professional Development: Technology Tips, Tools, and Tricks Series
CARROLL B
This upbeat workshop will explore web-based, social media, and app resources that you can immediately implement within
your Professional Learning Communities. To learn more about differentiated professional development, bring your own devices
for game-based and social interactions as well as tech tool exploration.
Ms. Chappel Billings
Delivering More Value to Our Students in K-12 Public Education
Using LEAN Six Sigma Thinking, Systems, and Tools
CARROLL A
Participants will be involved in hands-on activities, games, and worksheets as they learn how LEAN Six Sigma principles (e.g.
systems thinking, waste, value-add activities) help public schools succeed through increasing the value they deliver to students,
parents, and communities while fully engaging employees, reducing costs, and building a spirit of continuous improvements.
The group will be guided in taking an honest look at how behaviors we engage in or tolerate are negatively impacting our
children and their performance.
Ms. Sherri Headrick
An Interactive Session with Members of the National Community Engagement in State Courts Advisory Board:
Engaging Disenfranchised And Marginalized Communities In The State Courts
BRENT
Join the Honorable Jimmie Edwards, Circuit Judge, 22nd Judicial Circuit, St Louis, Missouri and Dr. Lorretta Johnson of the
American Federation of Teachers. Together, they serve on the National Community Engagement in State Courts Advisory
Board. Gain insight into how state court leaders are reaching out to marginalized and disenfranchised communities to ensure
equal access to justice. Discuss and create effective tools and resources to help make the panel’s work successful.
Circuit Court Judge
Jimmie Edwards
Dr. Lorretta
Johnson
Ms Candice
LoganWashington
Ms Jennifer Audlin
From Theory to Practice: Developing Cultural Competence: A School/University Partnership
Moving In-Service Teachers from Theory to Practice
KEY BALLROOM 3
Discussion delineates universities and local school system’s pilot efforts to address academic and professional development
needs of in-service teachers that educate large numbers of native students and students of color. Participants will examine how
to align the goals of the K-12 system with those of the local college or university to support the development of teachers; how
to evaluate the effectiveness of coordination efforts; and how to scale efforts to increasingly impact the preparation of teachers
serving a diverse population.
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10:45 - 12:00pm
Morning Sessions
PRESENTERS
ROOMS
The Forgotten Half: Education for Our Girls to Embrace Our Heritage
TUBMAN A
This is a hands-on session where participants will have an opportunity to complete three journal activities from the guide,
A 90-Day Empowerment Journal for Young Women: Learn to Affirm Daily Self-Love, Self-Confidence, and Self-Brilliance for
girls ages 13 to 21. Time commitment and strategies to optimize success with journal writing and student adoption of a positive
mental attitude, e.g., that they have rights and responsibilities – will be presented. Participants will discuss strategies to foster
parental involvement for journal writing and the 90-day time commitment.
Dr. Gwendolyn Cooke
Making a Way in a System of Inequality: A District’s Journey
in Building a Success Model for African American Males KEY BALLROOM 4
Come and participate in hands-on activities as you learn how one school district reversed the achievement gap.
Explore their current projects and real-world applications. Discover how they created a “space” for success from
a macro (district level) to the micro (program level) perspective and how these changes directly affected the
academic achievement for African American students, especially African American males.
Mr. Rodney Smith
Ms. Sherman
Woodard
Dr. Denita Harris
Where There’s Culture-Rich Learning, There’s Achievement!
KEY BALLROOM 2
Join past NCEBC president, M. Chappie Grice as he explains his work with students using culture-rich practices, mentoring,
applied mathematics, art, and writing to elevate and accelerate academic outcomes. You will learn how he and colleagues
integrated the excellent “180 Degree” program and its African American Male Engagement (AAME) curriculum to help them
meet goals related to building community and character, strong personal values, reflective and critical thinking skills, and social
awareness and responsibility.
Mr. Michael Grice
[ “When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.” ]
— Arthur Ashe
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Concurrent
ConcurrentWorkshops
Workshops| |Thursday,
Friday, April
April22,
22,2016
2016
Afternoon
Afternoon Sessions
Sessions
2:15 - 3:30pm
3:00pm
PRESENTERS
ROOMS
Maryland’s Judy Centers – Achieving School Readiness through Collaboration
KEY BALLROOM 3
Participants attending this workshop will learn about Maryland’s Judy Centers, the state’s model program serving the children
of low-income families (birth-kindergarten) to ensure school readiness. Hear how Judy Centers engage and collaborate with
community agencies, organizations and businesses to form highly effective partnerships that deliver high quality early education
and comprehensive support services. Learn about the positive outcomes and how results are measured.
Ms. Cheryl DeAtley
Ms. Danielle
Tidline
Dr. Tracey Durant
Building Capacity for Race Conscious Decision Making
TUBMAN A
Demographic shifts are creating the necessity for K-12 systems to actively engage the challenge of school transformation.
Policies, practices, and procedures that are largely predicated on a white, middle class, monolingual population are no longer
sufficient to serve the range of diversity that constitutes the growing student groups comprising many large systems across the
country. Baltimore County Public Schools has been engaging in systemic equity training for the past three years in response to
changes in its student and community demographic, specifically challenging staff to consider how race impacts the schooling
process. This presentation will describe the process, lessons learned, and next steps in this systemic work.
New Ways of Looking at School Discipline Issues Related to African American Youth
CARROLL B
Lately, the statistics on the disproportionate suspension and general disciplinary practices for African American students
have received much publicity and analysis. This session will examine some of the issues related to school suspensions policies
and examine new ideas as to how schools and district disciplinary systems can be changed to eliminate disparities based on
race and gender.
Dr. Robert Murphy
Mr. Timthony
Hurt
Problem-based Learning as a Tool to Engage African American Students
CARROLL A
Too many African American high school students are underachieving, bored, and resentful. Not so at Problem-Based Academy
of Critical Thinking (PACT) @ Cleveland’s JFK High School. There our students eagerly respond to learning that is relevant,
engaging, and rigorous. Come and take part in problem-based learning first hand and learn how we create critical thinkers with
a focus on math and science.
Mr. Richard Reynolds
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2:15 - 3:30pm
Afternoon Sessions
PRESENTERS
ROOMS
Creating a Positive School Culture with Positive Teacher Language
KEY BALLROOM 4
Think about how pleased students are when teachers compliment their work, behavior, or character, and how angry, hurt, or
disappointed they often are after teachers’ verbal disapprovals. The goal of this workshop is to show how creating a positive
school culture using positive teacher language has a huge impact on how students think, act, and ultimately learn. Come and
participate in exercises that include humor to demonstrate the effects that our tone, body language, and selection of words can
have on our relationships. We will also address the importance of having personal mission/vision statements.
Mr. Anthony
Bronaugh, Sr
Critical Race Theory and Academic Achievement Gaps: A Crucial Conversation
BRENT
When studying the disparities in academic achievement of various ethnic groups in the U.S., it is necessary for educators to
examine the role of racism and effectively address it. Working collaboratively, participants will use the Critical Race Theory
Framework and examine best practices to mitigate racism in education and close achievement gaps. Research and practical
strategies used by districts to understand and address the impact of racism will be introduced and discussed.
Dr. N. Chaunte’
Garrett, Ed.D
Ms. Tymisha Sweet
Engaging Families through the Shared Reading Experience
TUBMAN B
We know that the practice of families interactively reading books together — often referred to as Shared Reading—is a
powerful component in children’s literacy skills development. This workshop positions Shared Reading as an evidence-based
family engagement and early literacy strategy. Raising a Reader, a family engagement program, is featured as a case study.
Using hands-on strategies, we will demonstrate successful ways to build all parent and caregivers’ skills in sharing books with
their children, including English language learners.
Mr. Robert Wagner
[ “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ]
— Dr. Martin Luther King
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Concurrent
Pre-Convention
Convention
Workshops
Agenda
Events |||Thursday,
Wednesday,
Saturday,April
April
April
22,
23,2016
20,
2016
2016
Saturday’s | Day
FOUNDERS’ LEGACY
at-a-Glance
Event
Time
Location
Exhibits Open
7:00 am - 12:00 pm
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
Membership Table
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Key Ballroom
East Foyer
Plenary Session
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Key Ballroom 9-12
Youth Summit
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Key Ballroom
South Foyer
Parent Summit
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Key Ballroom 4
Bruch
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Key Ballroom 9-12
Plenary Session
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Key Ballroom 9-12
E
Dr. Owen Knox
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively
and to think critically. Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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NCEBC Convention Agenda | Saturday, April 23, 2016
9:00 - 10:30am Plenary Session
KEY BALLROOM 9-12
Presiding
Mr. Harry Lawson, NCEBC Board Member,
NEA Staff
WelcomeDr. Jeffery Robinson, NCEBC Board Member,
Principal Paul Robeson Malcom X Academy,
Detroit, Michigan
Introduction of Speaker
Dr. Al Tony Gilmore, NCEBC Founding
Board Member
Introduction of AFT Speaker Mr. William Douthit, Esq,
NCEBC Board Member
Introduction of Speaker Mr. Ken Fell, Principal, Cole Harbour High
School, NCEBC Board Member
Keynote Address:
“White House Initiatives Supporting African
American Children”
, Keynote Speaker
r. David Johns, Executive Director of
M
the White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence for African Americans
Closing Remarks Dr. Pamela Short Powell, President NCEBC
and Mrs. Chenai Okammor, 1st Vice President
NCEBC
Meet Our Saturday Keynote Speaker
Ms. Rebecca Pringle, Vice president of the
National Education Association
Every Student Succeed Act Dr. Loretta Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer of
the American Federation of Teachers
10:30 - 11:00am NCEBC Brunch
11:00 - 12:00pm Plenary Session
Presiding Mr. Michael Dennis, NCEBC Board Member
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KEY BALLROOM 9-12
Mr. David J. Johns is the Executive Director of the White
House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African
Americans. The Initiative works across federal agencies and
with partners and communities nationwide to produce a
more effective continuum of education programs for African
American students. Prior to joining the Department, Johns
was a senior education policy advisor to the Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) under the
leadership of Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. Before working for
Mr. David Johns
the Senate HELP committee under Chairman Harkin, Johns
served under the leadership of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy,
D-Mass. Johns also was a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellow in the
office of Congressman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Johns has worked on issues affecting
low-income and minority students, neglected youth and early childhood education
and with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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NCEBC Summit Agenda | Saturday, April 23, 2016
9:00 - 12:00pm
Youth Summit
KEY BALLROOM
SOUTH FOYER
Mission Critical: Securing The Pipeline In STEM Careers
Featuring: Patriot Technology Training Center (PTTC) –
Featuring the Traveling Hands-on Carnival
Students from Baltimore City and Baltimore County Schools will
have the opportunity to engage with various technology
applications and concepts.
Parent Summit Panel Discussion
PanelistsDr. Tawnya C. McKee, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD
Dr. Denise Simmons Graves, Counselor,
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
KEY BALLROOM 4
Highlighting Academic STEM Preparation and Resources
for K-12 parents of students
From outstanding speakers and panelist the Parent Summit will
enlighten parents with information to encourage
STEM preparation with their children.
SpeakersDr. Carla Easter, Chief of the Education and
Community Involvement Branch, National
Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Bethesda, MD
Dr. Yvette Butler, Executive Director,
GapBuster Learning Center Inc.,
Riverdale, MD
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National Council on Educating Black Children - Celebrating Thirty Years of Educating Excellence!
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Certificate of Attendance
Presented to
For participation in the
30th NCEBC National Convention
April 20 - 23, 2016
Baltimore, Maryland
“THE VILLAGE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY”
Mrs. Chenai Okammor
Dr. Pamela Short-Powell, President, NCEBC
Mrs. Chenai Okammor, 1st Vice President, NCEBC
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