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The Summit Conference 2019 offered engaging formats: advanced workshops, interactive presentations, roundtable conversations, and relevant poster sessions. In addition, we offered a Knowledge Translation for Employment Research State of the Science Conference Track.
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Conference Agenda-at-a-Glance
PEQA-TAC Advanced Workshops - September 4
KTER State of the Science Conference - September 5 and 6
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Agenda At-a-Glance
Wednesday, September 4
10:30 - 11:30 am - Board Room Conference Executive Committee Meeting
12:00 - 5:00 pm - Hotel Lobby Conference Registration, Check-In, Information
1:00 - 2:15 pm - Massachusetts PEQA-TAC Advanced Workshop 1
Reviewing Low-Cost Methods of Program Evaluation with a Goal of Adoption and Use of Data
1:00 - 2:30 pm - Lincoln/Kennebec WINTAC Workshop
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Pre-Employment Transition Services Using Reporting and Performance Data
1:00 - 2:30 pm - Hotel Lobby KTER: Welcome Table
2:45 - 4:00 pm - Massachusetts PEQA-TAC Advanced Workshop 2
Quality Assurance - Do I Feel Assured?
4:30 - 5:30 pm - Board Room Summit Conference Planning Committee Meeting
4:40 - 6:00 pm - Oxford/Somerset Room ROI Group Meeting
Poster Sessions
Participants browsed the PEQA-TAC cohort posters and discovered how their activity impacts quality assurance in vocational rehabilitation and viewed additional posters related to quality assurance and program evaluation. The PEQA-TAC cohort is participating in PEQA-TAC’s one-year certification program on Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance.
Thursday, September 5
7:15 am - 12:00 pm - Hotel Lobby Conference Registration, Check-In, Information
8:00 - 8:15 am - New Hampshire/Vermont Summit Navigators Welcome and Report
8:15 - 8:30 am - New Hampshire/Vermont Welcome from the State of Maine Department of Labor and Host Committee
Leaders from the Maine Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
8:30 - 9:30 am - New Hampshire/Vermont Keynote
The Rest of the Iceberg: How the Invisible Work of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals Can Change the World
Eve Hill, Partner at Brown, Goldstein, and Levy
9:45 - 11:00 am Concurrent Presentations
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Roundtable Conversations
12:30 - 1:45 pm - New Hampshire/Vermont KTER Track: Working Lunch
Knowledge Brokering as an Evidence-based Strategy
Sponsored by AIR/KTER
Maureen Dobbins, School of Nursing, McMaster University
2:00 - 3:00 pm Concurrent Presentations
3:15 - 4:30 pm Concurrent Presentations
5:00 - 6:00 pm - Massachusetts RPEN Open House and Meeting
(light snack provided)
Friday, September 6
7:15 - 9:00 am - Hotel Lobby Conference Registration, Check-In, Information
7:00 - 8:00 am - New Hampshire/Vermont Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Market Decisions Research
8:00 - 9:30 am - New Hampshire/Vermont Keynote
Rehabilitation Services Administration Presentation
Mark Allan Schultz, Commissioner, RSA
Mark Allan Schultz, Commissioner, RSA; Christopher Pope, Chief, Data Collections and Analysis Unit, RSA; Andrew Kerns, Information Technology Specialist, Data Collections and Analysis Unit, RSA
9:45 - 11:00 am Concurrent Presentations
11:15 am - 12:30 pm Roundtable Conversations
12:30 - 1:45 pm Working Luncheon Presentations:
Capstone Project Presentations and Remarks
PEQA-TAC Cohort Members
What is the Summit Group and Where Did It Come From?
Summit Group Navigators Leadership
2:00 - 3:00 pm Concurrent Presentations
3:15 - 4:30 pm Concurrent Presentations
This event is provided with support from the Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance Technical Assistance Center (PEQA-TAC) grant from the Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) award number PR#H263B150004. The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.