9:00 to 9:50 a.m. – Opening Plenary Session Room 401-403 AERO at 30: Past, Present and Future David Berliner, Cindy Bochna, Tom Haladyna, Ildiko Lazco-Kerr, Joe O’Reilly, Jeanne M. Powers, and John Wilson, Arizona State University, Center for Student Achievement, Mesa Public Schools, Tempe Elementary School District.
10:00 to 10:50 a.m. – Concurrent Sessions Room 404 Symposium: Policy and Politics How to Practically Influence Policy: Advice from Current and Former Education Policy Leaders Sarah Polasky, Edward F. Sloat, and Robert Vagi, Arizona State University
Room 407 Papers: STEM Education Taking the STEM Pulse of Title I Middle School Students: Assessing Attitudes, Interests, Competencies, and Needs in 21st Century Skills to Guide School-Wide STEM Enrichment Opportunities on a Comprehensive Public Middle School Campus Shalae Clemens, Alper Gel, Walid Mohammed, Lainey Warriner, Melissa Hake, Ricardo Preciado, and Dr. Gerald Taylor, Connolly Middle School, Tempe Elementary School District
Improving Science and Engineering Instruction through Diverse Groupings in a Research Experience for Teachers Wendy Wakefield, Arizona State University
Room 410 Papers: School Choice and Student Enrollment Student Enrollment and Migration Patterns in Arizona Public Schools Kelly Powell, Eric Berschback, Center for Student Achievement
Does School Choice Promote Racial/Ethnic Segregation? Evidence from Arizona Matthew Hom, Yale University
11:00 to 11:20: Concurrent Sessions Room 404 Paper: College Access Designing with Autonomy: Charter High School Counselors Helping Underrepresented Student Access to Higher Education Margarita Landeros, Pepperdine University, Camino Nuevo High School No. 2
Room 407 Paper: English Language Learners Grade-Level Content for Students Learning English in Arizona: The Potential of Complex Texts Laura Beth Kelly, Arizona State University
Room 410 Paper: The Teacher Workforce ABC's from Overseas: An Exploratory Analysis of Non- Citizen K-12 Teachers in Arizona Dan Hunting and Robert Vagi, Morrison Institute for Public Policy
Room 416 Paper: Teaching and Learning in Post-Secondary Settings How Student Demographics, Interests, and Perception of Prior Teacher Effectiveness Impacts Self-Efficacy in College Composition Parvati (Paris) Ryan, San Diego Community College District, Southwestern Community College District, and Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
Room 418 Paper: Social Context of Education Cultural Identity and Third Space: An Exploration of their Connection in a Title I School Brittani K. Roy, Arizona State University
12:00 to 12:50 – Luncheon Plenary Session Room 401-403 Critical Tipping Points in Gathering, Understanding, and Using Formative Data Sarah Estrada, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, ATI and Susan Jacobs, School Improvement Facilitator, WestEd
1:00 to 1:50 – Concurrent Sessions Room 404 Papers: Teachers’ Careers Are Pension Benefits Important to Newer Teachers? Joe O’Reilly, Mesa Public Schools
Teachers' Career Paths in Arizona: Retention, Mobility and Attrition Jeanne M. Powers and Margarita Pivovarova, Arizona State University
Room 407 Papers: New Perspectives on Parent Involvement Changes Experienced by Latino Parents of Adolescents Through a Parent Training Program in an Urban Community Julie Jhun, Camino Nuevo School
Across Generations: Successful Professional Latina Mothers’ Narratives of Familial Ethnic Socialization, Parenting, and Schooling Anne Marie Mulligan, Arizona State University
Room 410 Papers: Measurement/Research Examining the Factor Structure Underlying the TAP System for Teacher and Student Advancement Edward F. Sloat, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Kent E. Sabo, Arizona State University
Estimating Population Overlaps When You Do Not Have Access To Confidential Data Sherman Dorn, Heather Fauland, Arizona State University
Room 416 Symposium: Arts Education Strengthening the Schools Through Art Partnerships Alex Nelson, Carrie Giovannone-Jordan, Arts Commission on the Arts and PEDLS: Program Evaluation and Data Literacy Services
2:00 to 2:30 – Poster Session and Refreshment Break Room 417 Poster 1: The Promise and Future of Public Education for Arizona’s English Learners Karen Guerrero, Dawn Lambson, Norma Jimenez Hernandez, Margarita Jimenez-Silva, Arizona State University
Poster 2: Becoming One in the Fitness Segment: Physical Education and Mathematics Janelle Griffo, Pamela Kulinna, Leslie Hicks, Connie Pangrazi, Arizona State University
Poster 3: Perceptual Gaps: Parental Knowledge of In-School Health Initiatives Shannon C. Mulhearn, Pamela Kulinna-Hodges, Michalis Stylianou; Arizona State University
Poster 4: Increased Support for Teachers affects Emotional Intelligence, Stress, and Recruitment and Retention Carrie Lloyd, Pamela Harris, Patricia Cruz, and Handrea Logis, Arizona State University, and the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching
2:30 to 3:20 – Concurrent Sessions Room 404 Papers: Learning and Instruction in Higher Education Settings Microlearning with Mobile Devices: Effects of Distributed Presentation Learning and the Testing Effect on Mobile Devices Elaine Rettger, Arizona State University
Progressive Pedagogy Supports University Students on Academic Probation Rory Schmitt and Hongxia Fu, Arizona State University
Room 407 Interactive Session: Data Visualization Visualizations and Consequences of Arizona's New Accountability Grading System Eric Berschback and Kelly Powell, Center for Student Achievement Room 410 Papers: College Persistence Who Stays, Who Leaves And Why? Investigating Community College Students' Persistence and Success at a Hispanic-Serving Institution Norma Jimenez Hernandez, Estrella Mountain Community College
"I just need a grade": Does Mastery Learning Exist in College? Laura Fry, Stephanie Arce, Hannah Campbell, Ammy Hurtado, Jessica Martinez, Adam Sanchez, and Sarah Timothy, Maricopa County Community College District
3:30 – Award Presentations and AERO Board Meeting Room 401-403 Award Presentations
AERO Board Meeting immediately to follow – new members always welcome!
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