Texas Hearing Agenda


Tuesday, February 26

  8:30 – 10:00 Task force talks about the questions
  10:15 – 12:00 Sharnell Jackson, Chief eLearning Officer, Chicago Public Schools
Mike Smith, Superintendent, New Braunfels ISD
Robert Duron, Superintendent, San Antonio ISD
  12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
  1:00 – 3:00 Cathy Poplin, Arizona Department of Education
Sally Wilkinson, New Mexico Department of Education
Sharon Jackson, Texas Education Agency
  3:15 – 5:00 Anita Givens, Texas Education Agency

Wednesday, February 27

  8:00 – 9:45 Ed Ziontz, Chief Information Officer, Round Rock ISD
Jennifer Bergland, Director of Technology, Bryan ISD
Brian Squyres, Director of Textbooks, Northside ISD and President of Textbook Directors of Texas
  10:00 – 11:45 Micha Villarreal, Director of Technology, Ysleta ISD
Ralph Draper, Superintendent, Spring ISD
  12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
  1:00 – 3:00 Task force summarizes work and offers suggestions for Florida hearings in March and Congress in May

Orlando Hearing Agenda


Monday, March 17

  9:30 – 11:30 Task Force reviews Texas meeting
  11:30 – 1:00 Lunch
  1:00 – 3:00 Bailey Mitchell, Forsyth County, Georgia
Jeanine Gendron, Broward County, Florida
Sheryl Abshire, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
  3:15 – 5:00 Peggy Finch, Marion County, Florida, and President of Florida Association of District Instructional Materials Administrators (FATIMA)
Don Manderson, Escambia County, Florida and Past President of Florida Council of Instructional Technology Leaders
George Perreault, Orange County, Florida
  6:30 Dinner at the hotel for all who want to attend

Tuesday, March 18

  8:30 – 10:15 Bill Thomas, Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, Georgia
Bill Romond, Vermont Department of Education
  10:30 – 11:30 Kate Kemker, Florida Department of Education
  11:30 – 1:00 Lunch
  1:00 – 3:00 Task Force summarizes Florida hearings and discusses the white paper and the Congress on the Future of Content in May

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Who Should Attend

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  • Supplemental Publishers
  • Technology Publishers
  • Editorial Directors
  • Textbook Directors
  • Technology Directors
  • Materials Developers
  • Policymakers
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