7:30 pm

Introduction

7:45 pm

Keynote Address 1
Madeline Levine, Ph.D., psychologist and author of The Price of Privilege, which explores the reasons why suburban teenagers are experiencing epidemic rates of emotional problems.

8:15 pm

Student Panel
Three students at different stages in their academic careers.

8:45 pm

Commentary and SOS overview
Denise Pope, Ph.D., Founder and Director, SOS: Stressed-Out Students Project and author of “Doing School”: How we are creating a generation of stressed-out, materialistic, and miseducated students.

9:00 pm

Keynote Address 2
Wendy Mogel, Ph.D., psychologist and author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, which explores strategies for raising self-reliant children, and author of upcoming book on what parents can learn from teenagers:  The Blessing of a B- (Scribner 2008).

8:30 – 9:00

9:00 – 9:10

10:30 – 11:50

 Workshop Session 1:

1A.  How To Be An Effective Facilitator for School Reform

        Presenter:  Katherine Simon, Ph.D.,
        Former Director, Coalition of Essential Schools

        Suggested audience: Team members who will play key leadership roles

        Presenter:  Denise Pope, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Education

        Suggested audience: Administrators, teachers, school staff

        Presenter: Mollie Galloway, Ph.D., Director of Research,
        Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Lewis and Clark College

        Suggested audience: All

1D.  A Parent’s Guide to Reducing Academic Stress

        Presenter: Jim Lobdell, M.A., Education consultant and
        Co-founder of Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

        Suggested audience: Parents

        Suggested audience: All

11:55 – 12:45

Workshop Session 2:

        Presenter: Jerusha Osberg, Ph.D., John W. Gardner Center

        Suggested audience: Students

        Presenter:  Denise Pope, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Education

        Suggested audience: Administrators, teachers, school staff

2C.  Are We Reducing the Stress? Collecting Data and Benchmarking

       Presenter: Mollie Galloway, Ph.D., Director of Research,
       Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Lewis and Clark College

       Suggested audience:  Administrators, teachers, school staff

2D.  College Admissions: What Really Matters

        Presenters:  Panel of college admission officers and college counselors

        Suggested audience: All

2E. This Works!  Sharing Best Practices in SOS Schools       
       (reserved for returning team members only)

       Facilitator:  Jim Lobdell, M.A., Education consultant and
       Co-founder of Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

       Suggested audience: Returning team members