Wednesday, January 16
Location:  Embassy Suites Hotel
1250 22nd Street
202-857-3388

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
HECSE  Executive Board Meeting  
(Main Floor in the Wine Room—back of Reception area)

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception (Refreshments in Hotel Reception area)

6:00 – 7:00 p.m.    
Opening Remarks/Overview  (Wine Room)- Chriss Walther-Thomas
Reflections of a Washington Insider- Jane West

7:30 p.m         
Optional Small-Group Dinner Discussions
NOTE: Dinner groups will be organized on both WED and  TH night based on interested participants.  Contact Katie Shepherd Katharine.Shepherd@uvm.edu or  Deborah Slaton Deborah.Slaton@uky.edu  if you’d like to lead a group, propose a topic, or suggest a good restaurant

DRAFT DINNER GROUPS
    Alternative Route Certification
    Doctoral Program Standards -  Barbara Ludlow
      Doctoral Student Recruitment
    Distance Learning: Doctoral Preparation
    Doctoral Program Innovations: Sharing Ideas
    Preparing Effective Teacher Educators—Idea Exchange
    Preparing Effective Researchers—Idea Exchange
    Preparing For Your First Hill Visit
    Preparing HQ Teachers
    Recruiting New Faculty
    Reviewing HECSE/TED Personnel Prep Profiles- Chriss Walther-Thomas
    Studying Special Education Faculty Shortage -  Deb Smith                                        
Thursday, January 17
Location: Embassy Suites Hotel
1250 22nd Street
202-857-3388

7:30-8:30        
Doctoral Student Breakfast: Topical Conversation

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.        
Opening Business
Chriss Walther Thomas, HECSE President
Board Members

9:00 a. m. – 10:00 a.m.    
New OSEP Special Education Faculty Study
Deb Smith, Claremont Graduate University

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.         
Briefing in preparation for Appointments on Capitol Hill
Jane West, HECSE Consultant

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.    
Lunch on the Hill (Hill cafeterias)        

1:00 – 5:00    
Individual/Small Group Meetings with Congressional Offices

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.        
Debriefing from Hill appointments

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.        
Reception in Hotel Reception Area
                
7:30 p.m.        
Optional Small Group Dinner Discussions
(See WED topics)
        
Friday, January 18
Location:  TBA On the Hill

7:30-8:30            
Doctoral Student Breakfast: Topical Conversation

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.        
Welcome/ HECSE Business
Chriss Walther-Thomas, HECSE President
Jane West, HECSE Consultant

9:30 a.m. – 10:30.m.        
Update from the Institute of Education Services
Russ Whitehurst, Director, Institute of Education Sciences (invited)
Chriss Walther-Thomas, University of Kansas,  Moderator

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.    
Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.    
The Second Half of the 110th Congress – Higher Education Act, NCLB, IDEA and Appropriations (participants invited, not yet confirmed)
Sharon Lewis, Office of Chairman George Miller, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor
Connie Garner, Office of Chairman Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Brad Thomas, Office of Ranking Minority Member Buck McKeon (R-CA), Committee on Education and Labor
Aaron Bishop, Office of Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY), Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Ivana Alexander, Office of Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Jane West, Moderator
                
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.       
Luncheon
Annual HECSE Leadership Award Presentation
Honorable George Miller (D-CA), Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor
U.S. House of Representatives (invited), Introduced by Honorable Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Award Presented by Stan Shaw, University of Connecticut, HECSE Past President
            
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.             
New Teacher Quality Centers
Bonnie Jones, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
Other presenters to be confirmed
Board Member: Moderator

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Break     

2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.        
Update on Personnel Preparation and Leadership
Lou Danielson, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
Bob Gilmore, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
Ben Lignugaris-Kraft, Utah State University:   Moderator

Dinner: On your own or more small groups (continuing dialogue)

Other: Field Trip Option: Capitol Steps Show (Political Comedy Group)
            
Saturday, January 19
Location: Embassy Suites Hotel

7:30-8:30            
Doctoral Student Breakfast with HECSE Officers

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.    
HECSE Business Meeting
    Dinner Group De-Briefing
    Financial Report
    Membership Report
    Website Discussion
    Election
    Next Steps/Future Plans
    Meeting Evaluation    
    
11:30 a.m. Adjourn