Schedule

Download the PDK/PLT Conference program book for a full description of each session.

(All times are subject to change.)

Registration hours
Wednesday, February 15
Thursday, February 16
Friday, February 17
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

February 15 – Wednesday

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PDK International Board Meeting (open to all registrants)

February 16 – Thursday

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PDK International Board Meeting (open to all registrants)
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. PDK/PLT Networking Luncheon (open to all registrants)
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. The Changing Role of State Education Agencies: What Does District-School Support Really Mean? — Lillian Lowery
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. New Times Demand New Partnerships: Innovation for Next Generation Learners and Leaders — Mary John O’Hair
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Welcome Reception (registered guests welcome)

February 17 – Friday

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The How of Hope … and Why It Matters to Education — Shane Lopez
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Featured Speakers
Driving Feedback to the Core: Improving Learning through Informed Teaching— Eric HouganRecruiting and Retaining Generation Y Teachers — Angela Walmsley and Ronald Rebore
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDK/PLT Foundation Luncheon (registered guests welcome)
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Featured SpeakersTeaching the Neoindigenous— Chris Emdin One Great Big Backpack — The Critical Skills Program — Laura Thomas
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. The New Common Core Standards: Hope and Possibilities, Limits and Liabilities — Doug Christensen
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m PDK International Family of Associations — Bill Bushaw
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Education: Changing Lives, Changing the World— America Ferrera Dinner with Future Educator Association members (registered guests welcome)Note: This event will take place at the Hilton Baltimore’s Key Ballroom