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= NCMS ﻿ A's 36th Annual Conference = = //Building Achievement in the Middle// =

March 1﻿3-15, 2011 at the Koury Convention Center =﻿This Year's Keynote Speakers at General Sessions=

//**ANTHONY MUHAMMAD**// - Anthony Muhammad is one of the most sought after speakers and educational consultants in North America. As a practitioner of nearly twenty years, Dr. Muhammad has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, middle school principal, and high school principal. His tenure as a practitioner has earned him several awards as both a teacher and a principal. Dr. Muhammad's most notable accomplishment came as principal at Levey Middle School in Michigan, where student proficiency on state assessments was more than doubled in five years. Dr. Muhammad and the staff at Levey used the Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLC) model of school improvement, and they have been recognized in several videos and articles as a model, high-performing PLC. Dr. Muhammad is a contributing author to the book The Collaborative Administrator: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community. He also authored Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division.
 * General Session II
 * Presentation 100: What Does Effective Leadership in a High Performing Middle School Look Like?

**// SHARON FABER // -** Sharon Faber is an internationally recognized speaker and consultant with more than 30 years of experience as a teacher, building and central office administrator, university professor, and staff development trainer. She has taught at every grade level, and she has been an assistant principal, principal, English and Reading Supervisor, Director of Leadership Training, Middle School Facilitator, and college professor. Sharon served as a Senior Literacy Advisor for Modern Red SchoolHouse and has been a featured literacy expert for the Connect for Kids video, Lost for Words: Literacy in America. Dr. Faber has written extensively in the areas of literacy and leadership and is the author of the best-selling book, //How to Teach Reading When You Are Not a Reading Teacher//. Her latest book is //How to Teach Academic Vocabulary//. Sharon is noted for her high energy level, practicality, and humorous delivery.
 * General Session I
 * Presentation 71: How to Teach Reading When You’re Not a Reading Teacher
 * Presentation 99: How to Teach Academic Vocabulary when You’re Not a Reading Teacher

=Special Guest Presenters= **//STEVE HOELSCHER//**
 * Presentation 39: Name- What Does a Grade Mean?
 * Presentation 106: Understanding Formative and Summative Assessments


 * // MELBA JOHNSON //**
 * Presentation 81: Don't Miss the Power of "Glue"
 * Presentation 120: The Effective Writing Process Begins with a WORD!


 * // KEN MCEWIN //**
 * Presentation 4: Middle School 101- Essential Components of Successful Middle Schools
 * Presentation 65: Legacy of the Middle School Movement: Lessons Learned and Actions Needed


 * // ERIC ROWLES //**
 * Presentation 33: Music, Power, & Action: Using TODAYS’s Music and Movies as Powerful Teaching Tools
 * Presentation 90: iGen, Digital Natives, & HOMELANDERS-What Every Educator N2K About “Gen Z”


 * // BJ STONE //**
 * Presentation 24: Vocabulary Instruction- The Gate Keeper to Student Success
 * Presentation 43: Classroom Instruction that Works: Strategies for Building Achievement in the Middle


 * // RON WILLIAMSON //**
 * Presentation 5: A Leadership Toolkit- Ways to Improve Rigor in Your School
 * Presentation 96: Rigorous Schools and Classrooms- Leading the Way