Tenth Annual 2017 WCRIS Leadership Conference

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Keynote Speaker: Susan Patrick, Technology Expert

Can Technology Save Private K-12 Schools?

Susan Patrick’s vision for education is for all students to have access to a world-class education and robust opportunities to engage in powerful, personalized learning experiences to prepare them for future successes in college, careers and as global citizens.

Susan Patrick is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). The nonprofit provides policy advocacy, research, and development of quality standards, and is driving the transition to personalized, competency-based, blended and online learning.

She is the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education and wrote the National Educational Technology Plan in 2005 for Congress. She served as legislative liaison for Governor Hull in Arizona, ran a distance learning campus as a Site Director for Old Dominion University, and served as legislative staff on Capitol Hill.

Susan was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship in 2016. In 2011, she was named to the International Advisory Board for the European Union program for lifelong learning.

She holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College.

Food For Thought: Mike McGowan, Motivational Speaker

The Good, The Bad and the Digital

In a time when the average child spends more time daily in front of a screen than sleeping, and parents have to be pried away from their own devices, the culture has become increasingly less personal and full of toxic choices.

Children cannot become proficient at skills they don’t practice or see modeled. It is critical that children interact with the adults in their life with respect and that those adults model skills for the children they will need as they mature.

Mike McGowan is a nationally known trainer, consultant and motivational speaker. Michael McGowan is president of McGowan and Associates, a training and consultation firm specializing in alcohol, drug, conflict resolution, workplace and family issues. His seminars are uniquely educational and entertaining.

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