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6:30am PST

Malia means calm: Movements w/ a VoiceFULL Beach Near Windsor LawnJohn Noah P. Ho'omanawanui Morning (slow and easy) RunLIMITED LobbyKhizer Husain Morning run - 6 Miles at 6:30LIMITED LobbyLaurie Gagnon Play Your Way to Wellness!LIMITED Windsor LawnEsther Soliman

7:00am PST

Breakfast On Own Various Local Restaurants

8:00am PST

Conference Information Booth Garden Patio

8:30am PST

General Session: Launching Our Learning Crown RoomSarah Lench • Tony Siddall

8:50am PST

Networking Break and Transition to Learning Session Garden Patio & Grande Hall

9:15am PST

It’s Their Conference! Why and how to have students lead their own conferencesLIMITED Regent RoomVictoria Goh • Jess Kunz • Robin Souza Let Us Count the Ways: Creatively Tackling the Logistics of Portfolio DefenseLIMITED Empress RoomNancy Le • Suzanne Malek • MaryAnn Suhl Getting to Agency: What We're Learning about LearningFULL Coronet RoomNancy Gerzon • Barbara Jones Local Wisdom as the Lever for ChangeFILLING Stuart RoomTony Monfiletto Portrait of a Graduate Overview: Engaging the Community to Find & Define Your WhyLIMITED Hanover RoomShannon King Five (+1) Ways to do Performance Assessment Badly (aka, How to Do it Well)FULL Viceroy RoomGary Chapin • Rita Harvey Weaving Together an Equitable Assessment System Reflective of Unique CommunitiesFULL Edison IJ RoomAllyson Tamura • Tia Koerte • Kuuleianuhea Awo-Chun

10:15am PST

Networking Break Garden Patio

10:40am PST

Empowering Adults in the Same Way we Hope to Empower Youth, through Action ResearchLIMITED Coronet RoomAlvin Rosales • Gabe De La Cruz • Lauren Daus Exhibitions 101: How to take any project or performance task to a higher level with authentic audienceFILLING Stuart RoomSuzanne Malek • Ruth Chung Wei It’s Elementary, My Dear!: Exhibition at the Elementary LevelLIMITED Edison IJ RoomMorgan Vien Where do We Go from Here? New Ways of Thinking in VA and Nationally about Evidence of Learning in Systems of AssessmentLIMITED Crown RoomKatie Hovanec • Paul Leather • Beth Blankenship • Gena Keller • Erich Heckel • Eliot Waxman • Sana Azem Professional Learning Design that Supports Formative Assessment and Teacher AgencyFILLING Empress RoomBob Montgomery • Amy Epstein • Kate Levitt The Triple Crown of Formative Practices: Eliciting, Interpreting and Using Evidence of LearningFILLING Viceroy RoomSamantha Fernandez • Kasie Betten Bringing Your Portrait to Practice: Navigating Toward Your North StarLIMITED Regent RoomShannon King Best. PD. Ever! Calibration, PLCs, and how performance assessment can transform professional learning.FILLING Hanover RoomJonathan Vander Els • Jennifer Manning • Graeme Crowther

12:15pm PST

1:30pm PST

Creating Culminating Assessments Where ALL Students ThriveFILLING Edison IJ RoomAbby Benedetto • Alcine Mumby Show Don’t Tell: How to design capstone experiences that embody your learning outcomesFILLING Empress RoomCamrin Fredrick • Jennifer Nikopoulos • Young Whan Choi • Nancy Le • Justin Wells Identity Safe Formative Assessment: An Equity SuperpowerLIMITED Regent RoomAmy Epstein • Kate Levitt • Becki Cohn-Vargas Students Use Evidence of Learning, Too: A Case Study of Teachers and Students as Partners in LearningLIMITED Coronet RoomJoe Nelson • Brian Antunez • Hannah Hoff • Jack Hernandez • Warnett Waldon Starting Tiny: From Classroom to SystemLIMITED Stuart RoomCarissa Duran • Jennifer Perez The Power of Networks: How district collaboration can bridge state and local efforts.LIMITED Hanover RoomCrystal Beshears • Beth Blankenship Are Your Students Really Thinking? Creating Assessments of Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving SkillsFULL Viceroy RoomJeff Heyck-Williams • Nicole Clark • Katherine Dunn

3:00pm PST

Networking Break Garden Patio

3:20pm PST

unConference Launch Crown RoomSarah Lench • Tony Siddall

3:35pm PST

Ola Ka Honua: Long Live the Ecosystem! An unKeynoteFILLING Coronet RoomGary Chapin • Cheryl Kaʻuhane Lupenui UnConference, Provocations, and Ignite Talks Various

3:40pm PST

CONSULTANCY: As we work to improve the current assessment systems we have in place; how do we lead at the state level to look to the future of developing a way to measure an ROI for our legislators' investments...FULL Crown RoomKirsten Baesler CONSULTANCY: Time Management from an Indigenous PerspectiveLIMITED Crown RoomJohn Noah P. Ho'omanawanui CONSULTANCY: We are trying to build a district-wide assessment system around our graduate profile. What to hold? Where to start?FULL Crown RoomJulie Kessler • Jesch Reyes AfL & Equity - Creating Culturally Competent ClassroomsFILLING Edison IJ RoomJamie Lomax Are we actually measuring learning? BallroomDavid Cook Assessment of Learning vs. Assessment for LearningLIMITED Hanover RoomJeff Heyck-Williams Do current standardized assessments help eliminate the learning equity gap or add to the problem?LIMITED Stuart RoomKirsten Baesler Do we need a new word for assessment? Beach Near Windsor LawnLouisa Rosenheck How do we Overcome Bias Toward Assessment OF Learning: Shifting the Value to Assessment FOR or AS Learning Beach Near Windsor LawnDenise Airola Innovation in the Rural Delta Garden PatioCassie King Join the Share Your Learning Movement! Garden PatioMichelle Pledger Maslow before Assessment for Learning: Investing in student with Love and Social Emotional LearningLIMITED Hanover Room Shared Learning, Collective Knowledge (and selfies!) Garden Patio Using Formative Practices with a Blended Learning Model BallroomJeni McIntyre What Do Students Do When They Are Only Learning Formative Assessment in One Classroom? BallroomJoe Nelson

5:00pm PST

A Body (of Evidence) Washes Up on the Beach Beach Near Windsor LawnGary P Chapin

6:00pm PST

OPTIONAL: Dine Arounds Various Local Restaurants MetaRubric: Dinner Party EditionLIMITED TBALouisa Rosenheck