Celebrating 50 years of teacher education and a commitment to the Common Good, Cabrini College convened on March 28-29, 2008 a Common Good Symposium around the theme of "Opportunities and Challenges in 21st Century Education."  Students do extraordinary things at Cabrini College, a residential Catholic college serving 2,300 men and women in undergraduate and graduate liberal arts and professional studies programs. Cabrini's serene 112-acre campus is just 30 minutes from Philadelphia.


Opportunities and Challenges in 21st Century Education
March 28-29, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008
9-10:15 a.m.	Opening Plenary: Paul Vallas, Superintendent, Recovery School District, New Orleans, LA, and former Chief Executive Officer of the School District of Philadelphia
10:30-11:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions
12-1:30 p.m.	Lunch Plenary: Anabel Jensen, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Notre Dame de Namur; President of Six Seconds EQ Network; and a national authority on emotional intelligence
1:45-3 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
3:15-4:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
5-6:30 p.m.	Evening Plenary: Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities and Letters to a Young Teacher
Saturday, March 29, 2008
9:30-11:30 a.m.	Educators for Social Responsibility Workshop and other concurrent sessions
12-2 p.m.	Lunch and Plenary: Brother Raymond Fitz, S.M, Ph.D., Ferree Professor of Social Justice at the University of Dayton and Past President of the University of Dayton

Click here for a program of events. (PDF)

Conference topics include:
  - Educational equity 
  - The effectiveness of "choice" plans 
  - Diversity issues in 21st-century education 
  - The role of charter and parochial schools in the 21st century 
  - The relationship of higher-education institutions and their community partners

Act 48 CEU Credits: Cabrini College is recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as offering continuing education credits under Act 48 guidelines. Cabrini College adheres to the Act 48 Continuing Education Guidelines. PA educators will receive 12 professional development hours of Act 48 credit for attending the entire Common Good Symposium. To receive them, PA educators must indicate on their registration form that they are registering for Act 48 credits. Additionally, participants receiving Act 48 credit should identify themselves at the registration desk on the day of the Symposium, and they must submit the appropriate forms at the conclusion of the Symposium.

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For more information, contact Charlie McCormick, Dean for Academic Affairs, at charles.mccormick@cabrini.edu or 610-902-8303

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