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WELCOME TO ASCD EMPOWER19!

PRESS ROOM DETAILS AND HOURS OF OPERATION

SCHEDULE OF KEY SESSIONS

EXCLUSIVE PRESS ACCESS

GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS

FEATURED SPEAKERS

FEATURED ASCD AUTHORS

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WELCOME TO THE

PRESS ROOM

FRIDAY, MARCH 15 3:00–4:15 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 168:00–10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m.–4:15 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 178:00–10:00 a.m. 11:45 a.m.–4:15 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 188:00–11:00 a.m.

The Press Room will be closed during all general sessions.

HOURS:

Once you arrive on-site, visit the ASCD Communications Team in the Press Room to pick up your press pass, conference bag, and more materials and information to prepare you for a great experience at Empower19.

During your time covering the conference, we encourage you to take advantage of the numerous experts who will be on-site. If you have prescheduled interviews with ASCD leaders, authors, faculty members, exhibitors, presenters, or any other experts, please make use of the press room as your interview space. The ASCD Communications Team is happy to assist in setting up interviews or access at your request.

The Press Room will serve as your home base at the conference where you’ll be able to take advantage of the following benefits:

Coffee to get you through your day

Wireless internet and charging stations to support your technology needs so that you can write, tweet, and otherwise communicate your conference experience without interruption Wi-fi log-in: empower19 Password: empower19!

Ample space to conduct interviews with attending thought leaders and experts

Access to members of the ASCD Communications Team to answer your questions and facilitate interviews

Copies of recently released books from our top-selling authors, published by ASCD

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FRIDAY,MARCH 15

7:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m. On–Site Registration

3:00—4:15 p.m. Press Room Is Open

5:00—7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

SATURDAY,MARCH 16

7:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. On–Site Registration

8:15—9:45 a.m. Learning Sessions

8:00—10:00 a.m. Press Room Is Open

8:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m. Exhibit Show

10:00—11:30 a.m. Opening General Session with Ron Clark

11:45 a.m.—4:15 p.m. Press Room Is Open

1:45—6:30 p.m. Learning Sessions

7:00—10:00 p.m. President’s Networking Reception

SUNDAY,MARCH 17

7:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. On–Site Registration

8:00—10:00 a.m. Press Room Is Open

8:30—9:45 a.m. Learning Sessions

8:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m. Exhibit Show

10:00—11:30 a.m. Second General Session with Doris Kearns Goodwin

11:45 a.m.—4:15 p.m. Press Room Is Open

1:45—5:15 p.m. Learning Sessions

MONDAY,MARCH 18

7:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m. On–Site Registration

8:00—11:00 a.m. Press Room Is Open

8:15—10:30 a.m. Learning Sessions

8:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m. Exhibit Show

11:00 a.m.—12:00 noon Third General Session with Ashton Kutcher

12:00 noon—1:00 p.m. Closing Reception

Note: This schedule is subject to change; please refer to the conference app and online planner for the most up-to-date information.

SCHEDULEUse this schedule and refer to our online planner [Link TK] to guide your conference experience. We also encourage you to download our official conference app at www.ascd.org/eventsapp.

SESSIONMcCormick Place West 2301 S. Martin Luther King Drive Level 1, Room W191

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EXCLUSIVE PRESS ACCESS

OPENING GENERAL SESSION Teaching Through Adversity: Facing Challenges and Making a DifferenceSaturday, March 16, 10:00–11:30 a.m. Ron Clark is known as “America’s Educator.” In 2000, he was named Disney’s American Teacher of the Year. He is a New York Times best-selling author whose book The Essential 55 has sold more than 1 million copies and has been published in 25 different countries. He has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, and Oprah, and Ms. Winfrey even named him as her first “Phenomenal Man.” His classes have been honored at the White House on three separate occasions. Clark’s teaching experiences in New York City are the subject of the uplifting film The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry.

SECOND GENERAL SESSION Presidential Leadership Lessons: A Conversation with Doris Kearns Goodwin Sunday, March 17, 10:00–11:30 a.m.Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker, and Pulitzer Prize–winning and best-selling author. Well known for her appearances and commentary on television, Goodwin is seen frequently on major television and cable networks and shows, including Meet the Press, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and many others. She was featured as herself on the FX horror anthology American Horror Story and on The Simpsons in the role of Lisa Simpson’s teacher.

THIRD GENERAL SESSION Remarks from Ashton Kutcher Monday, March 18, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon Ashton Kutcher is an actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. He has been named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” as well as being honored by Vanity Fair magazine’s New Establishment List, which identifies the top 50 of an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies, and entrepreneurs. Twice, Kutcher was named one of Forbes magazine’s “World’s Most Powerful Celebrities,” as well as one of Fast Company magazine’s “Most Creative People.” Kutcher is also the cofounder of Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children (www.wearethorn.org). Thorn drives technology innovation to fight the sexual exploitation of children.

RON CLARK

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN

ASHTON KUTCHER

As a member of the media, you are provided with priority seating at general sessions.

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At the front of the general session hall

ALL THREE GENERAL SESSIONS: Saturday and Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. and Monday morning at 11:00 a.m.

GENERAL SESSION

SPEAKERS

FEATURED SPEAKERS

WHITNEY ALLGOOD @whitney_allgood Whitney Allgood is the CEO of the National School Climate Center. She has worked as a teacher, researcher, policy analyst, and leadership executive in her 20-year career and has worked with K–16 schools, public education systems, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit companies.

BROOK BELLO @BrookBello Brook Parker-Bello is the CEO and founder of More Too Life Inc. and Youthiasm and is an Open Doors Outreach Network provider. Bello is an international champion against human trafficking and sexual violence and is the author of several books.

BRIAN BOLDEN @BrianLBolden Brian Bolden is an award-winning educator, author, and motivational speaker. He is the former principal of R.E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Georgia, where in 2013 he received international recognition as the result of how the school responded when an active shooter entered the school and no one was injured.

SHERRY EARLE Sherry Earle has spent the past 13 years of her 30–year career as a teacher of the gifted with the Newtown Public Schools in Connecticut. The district is home to Sandy Hook Elementary, which experienced a mass shooting in 2012. She has a PhD in gifted education from Kent State University.

SHARIF EL-MEKKI @selmekki Sharif El-Mekki is the proud principal of Mastery Charter Schools–Shoemaker Campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has been working in schools for 25 years. He blogs at www.phillys7thward.org.

HUDA ESSA @culturelinksllc Huda Essa uses her extensive experience as a cultural competency consultant, former teacher, and English language development specialist to help organizations successfully meet their diversity and inclusion initiatives.

N. CHAUNTÉ GARRETT @drncgarrett N. Chaunté Garrett is chief academic officer at Rocky Mount Preparatory School in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and an ASCD emerging leader.

BASIL MARIN @basil_marin Basil Marin is currently in his first year serving as an assistant principal at Churchland High School in the Portsmouth (Virginia) Public Schools division. He is an ASCD emerging leader.

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WESTLEVEL 1E R I C J E N S E N

@EricJensenBrainEric Jensen has taught at all levels,

from elementary school through uni-versity. He has authored more than

30 brain-based books, including Engaging Students with Poverty

in Mind.

R O B Y N J A C K S O N@Robyn_Mindsteps

Robyn Jackson is the founder of MindSteps Inc., helping teachers

understand the principles of effective instruction and making a difference

in the lives of students. She is the author of Never Work Harder Than

Your Students.

M O N I C A B U R N S @ClassTechTips

Monica Burns is a curriculum and edu-cational technology consultant, founder

of ClassTechTips.com, and author of Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous

Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom.

B A R U T I K A F E L E@principalkafele

Baruti Kafele has been a highly regarded urban public school educator in New Jersey for nearly 30 years. He is the author of Is My School a Better

School BECAUSE I Lead It?

L E E A N N J U N G@leeannjung

Lee Ann Jung is the founder of Lead Inclusion, providing support to schools in the areas of inclusion, standards-based grading, and intervention planning and

progress monitoring. She is the author of From Goals to Growth: Intervention and

Support in Every Classroom.

E R I K F R A N C I S@Maverikedu12

Erik M. Francis is the founder of Maverik Education LLC, which

provides professional development and support in teaching and learning

for cognitive rigor. He is the author of Now That’s a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through

Classroom Questioning.

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