Detailed Schedule - Center for Research on Rural Education

Schedule broken down by individual days for easy reference.
Wednesday, August 1	Thursday, August 2	Friday, August 3

*Brief overview schedule as well as PDFs of full schedule and full program for download or printing.*
Program Overview	Detailed Schedule for Printing - 4 page PDF	Full Program - 39 page PDF

Full online schedule.

ISFIRE Schedule for Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Time	Event	Time	Event
7:30	Registration Help Desk Open MSU Student Union Building (SUB)	11:00	Parallel Session 1 SUB Ballroom B, C, D, 233
9:00	Welcome SUB Ballroom A John Pegg, Director, SiMERR National Research Centre, University of New England, AU Jayne Downey, Director, Center for Research on Rural Education, Montana State University Alison Harmon, Dean, College of Education, Health, & Human Development, Montana State University Bob Mokwa, Provost, Montana State University Senator Jon Tester, State of Montana	12:30	Lunch & Rural Highlight SUB Ballroom A
9:00		2:00	Interactive Panel SUB Ballroom A Community Responsive Leadership Preparation: Explicit Objectives and Tacit Accomplishments Bill Ruff (Chair), Godfrey Saunders, Jason Cummins
9:30	Keynote Address SUB Ballroom A Sweeney Windchief, Assistant Professor, Montana State University The Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge Through Academic Means by Implementing Self-reflection and Story	3:30	Afternoon Tea & Coffee SUB Ballroom A
		4:00	Parallel Session 2 SUB Ballroom B, C, D, 233
		5:30	Break
10:30	Morning Tea & Coffee SUB Ballroom A	6:00	Welcome Reception MSU’s Museum of the Rockies Sponsored by SiMERR National Research Centre, University of New England, AU

11:00 - 12:30 Parallel Session 1 — Wednesday, August 1

	SUB Ballroom B	SUB Ballroom C	SUB Ballroom D	SUB Room 233
	Theme 2 - Partnership	Theme 3 - Profession	Theme 4 - Practice	Theme 5 - Students
11:00-11:30 Presentation A	Allison Wynhoff Olsen, Kirk Branch, Jan Zauha, Montana State University & Emily Nelson, Belgrade High School Writing Together: Expanding Opportunities for Teachers and Students in Rural Communities	Kerri Balint, Public Broadcasting Service; Ben Garcia, Southern Oregon Public Television; Kari Wardle, Idaho Public Television; Nikki Vradenburg, Montana PBS; Mekca Wallace-Spurgin, Iowa Public Television; & Darcy Bakkegard, Prairie Public Broadcasting Supporting Rural Educators: Lessons from the PBS Teacher Community Program	Amy Azano, Virginia Tech & Cat Biddle, University of Maine Deficits, Dichotomies, and Other Traps in Problem Formation for Rural Education	Kimberly McCluskey, Scotland County R-1 Developing an Advanced Placement Program a Small, Rural School
11:30-12:00 Presentation B	Patrick Hampton, University of Notre Dame, AU Walk Beside Me, Learn Together: A Service-Learning Immersion to a Remote Aboriginal School and Community		Matthew Finster, Westat Examining Productivity in Rural Education: Signals of Innovative Approaches and Best Practices	Melinda Davis & Cassidy Hall, University of Idaho Putting the "T" in STEM for Rural Educators
12:00-12:30 Presentation C	Christine Stanton, Lucia Ricciardelli, Montana State University & Brad Hall, Blackfeet Community College *The Digital Storywork Partnership: Engaging Students, Educators, and Community Members in Research and Filmmaking*		Jesse Moon Longhurst, Southern Oregon University *“Here is lots of places”: Teacher*Preparation For and With Oregon’s Rural Cultures and Rural Schools	Chris Reading, University of New England, AU The World Around Us: Nurturing Spatial Reasoning in Rural Schools

4:00 - 5:30 Parallel Session 2 — Wednesday, August 1

	SUB Ballroom B	SUB Ballroom C	SUB Ballroom D	SUB Room 233
	Theme 1 - Community	Theme 2 - Partnership	Theme 3 - Profession	Theme 6 - Leadership
4:00-4:30 Presentation A	Outi Marja Autti & Unn-Doris K. Baeck, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Teaching Should Not be a Bubble Disconnected from the Community: Rural Teachers and Local Curricula	Steven L. Johnson, Lisbon Public Schools The Value of Rural School/Community Partnerships	Jesse Longhurst, Southern Oregon University; Michael Thier, University of Oregon & Phillip Grant, Jr., University of West Georgia; Sheryl D. Craig, University of Oklahoma; & Casey Jakubowski, University at Albany: State University of New York Geographic and Methodological Gaps in U.S. Rural Education Research	Hobart Harmon & Thomas Butler, Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 Building Leadership Capacity for Scaling Innovations in Rural School Districts
4:30-5:00 Presentation B	Jennifer Lutey & Tina Hamilton, Brightways Learning Do You Generate “Webs of Support” in Your School?	Jeff Hawkins & Dessie Bowling, Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative *Appalachia Rising*	Tom Schram, Kathryn McCurdy, Tom Higginbotham & Dan Lord, University of New Hampshire Place Matters: Review of the Research on Rural Teacher Education	Micah Wixom, Education Commission of the States How the Sausage Gets Made: Engaging in the Policy-Making Process
5:00-5:30 Presentation C	Samantha Avitaia, University of Wollongong, AU Developing a Contextualized Model of Outreach for Rural Communities	Brad Mitchell, Battelle for Kids, Danette Parsley, Education Northwest & Kristina Hesbol, University of Denver *Rural School Partnerships: Connecting Improvement Science, Collective Impact and Place Based Education*	Nick Kleese, University of Minnesota Conversation as Method: Toward a More Rurally Attuned Methodology	Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University & Susan McClelland, University of Mississippi *Building the Advocacy Skills of Rural Leaders*

ISFIRE Schedule for Thursday, August 2, 2018

8:00

Registration Help Desk Open
MSU Student Union Building (SUB)

1:30

Interactive Panel
SUB Ballroom A
Educating for Sustainability in Remote Locations
Chris Reading (Chair), Dawn Wallis (Canada), Neil Taylor (Nauru), Constance Khupe (South Africa), Morag Redford (Scotland), Patrick Hampton (Australia), Tena Versland (USA)

Time	Event	Time	Event
9:00	Keynote Address SUB Ballroom A Simone White, Assistant Dean (International and Engagement) Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AU Schooling Teachers for Rural Communities? Sharing the Lessons from Rural Education Research
		3:00	Afternoon Tea & Coffee SUB Ballroom A
		3:30	Parallel Session 4 SUB Ballroom B, C, D, 233
		5:00	Break
10:00	Morning Tea & Coffee SUB Ballroom A	5:30	Symposium Reception SUB Ballroom A
10:30	Parallel Session 3 SUB Ballroom B, C, D, 233	6:00	Symposium Dinner SUB Ballroom A Keynote Address: Allen Pratt, Director, National Rural Education Association Rural Education and Public Policy: A Major Enterprise Sponsored by the John W. Kohl Educational Leadership Endowment, Montana State University
12:00	Lunch & Rural Highlight SUB Ballroom A Ledger PowerPoint direct download

10:30 - 12:00 Parallel Session 3 — Thursday, August 2

	SUB Ballroom B	SUB Ballroom C	SUB Ballroom D	SUB Room 233
	Theme 2 - Partnership	Theme 3 - Profession	Theme 4 - Practice	Theme 5 - Students
10:30-11:00 Presentation A	Elizabeth Wargo & Davin Carr-Chellman & Kathy Canfield Daviss, University of Idaho, & Kathleen Budge, Boise State University *Rural Stakeholders and Research-Practice Partnership Involvement*	Jennifer Lutey & Tina Hamilton, Brightways Learning Making (and Keeping) Resilient Educators	Richard Kitzmiller, Niswonger Foundation, Susan Savell, Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) Center, Rachel Bear, National Writing Project, & Casey Olsen, Columbus High School, National Leadership Team College, Career, and Community Writers Program Facilitator: Victoria Schaefer, Westat Innovative Approaches to Improving Rural Students' Achievement: Interventions for Personalized Learning in Middle School, Social-Emotional Learning in 9th Grade, and Writing in Secondary Schools	Tricia Seifert, Montana State University “Gaming” the Transition to Post-secondary Education
11:00-11:30 Presentation B	Joe Hicks, Kristofer Olsen, Allison Wynhoff Olsen, Montana State University & Danette Long, Northern State University Integrating Rurality in Teacher Preparation	Jennifer Luebeck, Montana State University Reaching Rural Mathematics Teachers: Effective Strategies for Online/Blended Professional Learning		Natalie Downes & Philip Roberts, University of Canberra, AU *Rethinking Distance Education and ICT Use: Advancing Arguments of Access to Quality Teaching & Learning*
11:30-12:00 Presentation C	Brian O’Neill, Calen District State College, AU Different Strokes: Different Spokes for Different Folk	Maria Coady, University of Florida Rural Teacher-Leader Professional Development for English Learners in an Anti-Immigrant Climate		Constance Khupe, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg *Understanding the First-Year Experience of Students from South African Rural Schools*

3:30 - 5:00 Parallel Session 4 — Thursday, August 2

	SUB Ballroom B	SUB Ballroom C	SUB Ballroom D	SUB Room 233
	Theme 3 - Profession	Theme 4 - Practice	Theme 5 - Students	Theme 6 - Leadership
3:30-4:00 Presentation A	Neil Taylor & Penelope Serow, University of New England, AU A New Model of Teacher Education for Small Island States: The Nauru Teacher Education Project	Heather Fisher, Montana State University *Successful Writing Instruction in a High Poverty Middle School in the Era of Standardized Writing Assessment*	Kate Caton, Georgia State University Retention Policy, Direct Certification, and Rurality in Georgia	Brian O’Neill, Queensland State P-10/12 School Administrators’ Association, AU Who Ya' Gonna Call? Ghostbusters or Mentors?: Mentoring for New Rural Principals
4:00-4:30 Presentation B	Morag Redford, University of the Highlands and Islands & Anne Patterson, Argyll and Bute Council, Scotland Place-based Rural Teacher Education in Scotland	Kristi Borge, Polaris School *Instructional Planning Practices of Rural, Multi-grade Teachers: A Case Study*	Phillip Grant, Jr., University of West Georgia What Do Your Parents Make? The Overriding Effect of Socioeconomic Status for Rural Students	Lora Wolff, Western Illinois University & Michaela Fray, Quincy Public Schools *Growing Success: The Need for Rural Schools to Collaboratively Succession Plan to Grow and Sustain Their Leadership Pipelines*
4:30-5:00 Presentation C	Harvey Rude, Colorado Center for Rural Education at the University of Northern Colorado Systemic Recruitment and Retention of Rural Educators	Elizabeth Reierson, Miles City High School, Allison Behrens, Whitehall Middle and High School & Catherine Dorian, Fort Benton Schools Teacher Inquiry and Innovations Across Rural Contexts	Sarah Schmitt-Wilson, J. Mitchell Vaterlaus & Ashley Beck, Montana State University Rural Adolescents’ Educational and Occupational Values: Are They Different and Do They Matter in Young Adulthood?	Dawn Wallin & Paul Newton, University of Saskatchewan, CA Leadership in Community: Strengthening Rural Education

ISFIRE Schedule for Friday, August 3, 2018

8:00

Registration Help Desk Open
MSU Student Union Building (SUB)

12:00

Lunch & Rural Highlight
SUB Ballroom A

Time	Event	Time	Event
9:00	Keynote Address SUB Ballroom A John Pegg, Director SiMERR National Research Centre, University of New England, AU Strengthening Rural Education: Alternatives in Enhancing Education in Rural Areas	1:30	Interactive Panel SUB Ballroom A Strengthening Rural Education: Partnering for Enduring Success Alison Harmon (Chair), Sweeney Windchief, Simone White, Allen Pratt, John Pegg
10:00	Morning Tea & Coffee SUB Ballroom A	3:00	Afternoon Tea & Coffee SUB Ballroom A
10:30	Parallel Session 5 SUB Ballroom B, C, D, 233	3:30	Parallel Session 6 SUB Ballroom B, C, D, 233
		5:00	Farewells / Departures Registration Help Desk

10:30 - 12:00 Parallel Session 5 — Friday, August 3

	SUB Ballroom B	SUB Ballroom C	SUB Ballroom D	SUB Room 233
	Theme 5 - Students	Theme 3 - Profession	Theme 4 - Practice	Theme 6 - Leadership
10:30-11:00 Presentation A	Susan Sullivan, Montana State University Personalized Teaching/ Learning in the K-16 Classroom	Unn-Doris Baeck & Outi Autti, UiT The Arctic University of Norway “Here Comes the Teacher”: Being a Teacher in a Rural Community	Tom Lowrie, Robyn Jorgensen & Natalie Downes, University of Canberra *Space, Place, & Mathematics: Exploring the Diverse Mathematical Knowledges of Rural and Remote Students in Australia*	Ivan Lorentzen, Flathead Valley Community College & William McCaw, University of Montana A Systems Approach to Improved District Performance: Perhaps People are not the Problem
11:00-11:30 Presentation B	Beth Kennedy, Hailey Buckley & Alex Hardy, Montana State University Developing a Rural Educator Self-Identity: A Pre-Service Teacher Early Field Experience	Meredith McCool, Sweet Briar College *"This is a Rural Activity": An Activity Theory Perspective on Rural Classrooms*	Rose Vallor, Montana State University *Teaching Outdoors: A Multiple Case Study of Teachers’ Methods and Motivations Practicing School-based Outdoor Teaching*	Allison Wynhoff Olsen, Kirk Branch, Montana State University, Alan Hoffmann & Amber Henwood, Savage High School Creating a Team of Teacher Leaders in Remote Schools and Local Communities
11:30-12:00 Presentation C	Kimberly McCluskey, Scotland County R-1 Increasing Equity and Access in Dual Credit Programs	Melyssa Fuqua, Monash University, AU Importance of Rural Careers Educators’ Local Professional Networks	Lauren Dotson, Montana State University *Rural Education and the Need for Trauma-Informed Care*	Morag Redford, University of the Highlands and Islands Scotland The Role of Values In a Teacher Leadership Programme For Scottish Island Communities

3:30 - 5:00 Parallel Session 6 — Friday, August 3

	SUB Ballroom B	SUB Ballroom C	SUB Ballroom D
	Theme 2 - Partnership	Theme 3 - Profession	Theme 6 - Leadership
3:30-4:00 Presentation A	Vicki Howard, University of Montana Western & Lona Running Wolf, Napi Elementary School Building Capacity within Rural Indigenous Communities	Tena Versland, Janessa Parenteau & Lynne Peterson, Montana State University *MSU’s Rural Practicum: A Promising Practice to Address Teacher Recruitment and Retention*	Ivan Lorentzen, Flathead Valley Community College & William McCaw, University of Montana The Five Standards of Boardsmanship and their Relationship with Student Achievement
4:00-4:30 Presentation B	Suzanne Arnold & Barbara Seidl, University of Colorado, Denver Maximizing Partnerships in Rural Communities: Multiple Pathways to Support Teacher Development	Susan Gregory & Rene Rosell Yarbrough, Montana State University Billings Meeting the Need for Special Education Teachers in Rural Areas	Daniel Lee, University of Montana, Lisa Kerscher & Jennifer Lutey, Brightways Learning Rural Schools, Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation and Technology's Odyssean Promise
4:30-5:00 Presentation C	Ryan Fowler, TNTP, Allen Pratt, NREA & Steven Johnson, Lisbon Public Schools *Designing a National Talent Strategy for Rural Schools*	Robert Mitchell, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs & Megan Quitter, Colorado Department of Education Filling Classrooms: Colorado's Efforts to Resolve the Educator Shortages in Rural Colorado	Melody Schopp, Consultant Building a Foot Bridge in Rural Education

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