2011 CSCOPE STATE CONFERENCE - San Antonio, Texas
August 2-4, 2011

Distinguished Speakers

Keynote Speaker - Rich Allen
As the 2011 CSCOPE State Conference keynote, Dr. Allen will speak to research-based strategies proven to promote student engagement in learning.
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Carolyn Chapman is the co-author of many books and has many multi-media sets on differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, motivation, and assessment. Carolyn's company, Creative Learning Connection, Inc. has also produced a CD, Carolyn Chapman's Making the Shoe Fit and published training manuals for Carolyn's publications. Ms. Chapman's sessions on Differentiated Instruction are: Differentiated Assessment Strategies: One Tool Doesn't Fit All with Carolyn Chapman and Differentiated Instructional Management: Work Smarter, Not Harder.
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Danny Brassel is a Professor in the Teacher Education Department at California State University-Dominguez Hills. He is an experienced classroom teacher who has worked with students ranging from preschoolers to rocket scientists, and he has published numerous articles and nine books, including A Baker's Dozen of Lessons Learned from the Teaching Trenches.

Mr. Brassell's session is Reading Essentials: Boosting Elementary Students' Vocabulary & Comprehension Skills. Read more.

Paula Steffen Moeller currently serves as the Director of College Readiness at the Institute for Public School Initiatives at the University of Texas at Austin. She manages technical assistance activities for TEA's Algebra Readiness, Student Success Initiative and DATE grant programs.

Dr. Moeller's sessions are: Preparing the Way in K-5: Ensuring all students are ready for Algebra and Preparing the Way in 6-12: Ensuring all students are ready for Algebra I and Beyond. Read more.

Gayle Gregory consults internationally with teachers, administrators and staff developers. She has been a teacher in elementary, middle and secondary schools, community colleges and universities. A few of her books focus on Differentiated Instruction include Differentiated Instructional Strategies One Size Doesn't Fit All and Differentiated Instuctional Strategies in Practice. Ms. Gregory sessions include Leading the Differentiated School and Differentiated Instructional Strategies K-12.
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Cris Tovani taught elementary school for ten years before becoming a high school reading specialist and English teacher. She is the author of I Read It But I Don't Get It, Do I Really Have To Teach Reading, and So, What Do They Really Know?

Ms. Tovani's sessions are: When Reading is Hard—Why Students Need Strategy Instruction and What Do They Really Know? Using Formative Assessment to Inform Instruction. Read more.