12:30 – 4:30 pm

COSEBOC Board of Directors Meeting
North Carolina Central University
School of Education – Room 1011
Durham, NC

5:30 – 7:00 pm

COSEBOC Community Service Project – A Town Hall
Hayti Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC

Using the Gathering’s theme as the central component, this Town Hall is designed to encourage community participation in the mission to create Great Schools that educate and affirm the development of boys and young men of color.
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9:00 am

Shuttle
Shuttle from the Hilton Gardens and Marriott Hotels to North Carolina Central University, School of Education, 700 Cecil Street, Durham, NC.

8:30 – 10:00 am

Registration
North Carolina Central University, School of Education, Foyer

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Policy Matters to Great Schools!

Essential Question: Why is reflective practice and knowledge of policy important for leaders educating boys and young men of color, and building great school?

The Policy Forum
NCCU, School of Education Auditorium

The inaugural COSEBOC Policy Forum will present Gathering participants with an authentic opportunity to grow in their understanding of policy issues that impact how we serve the best interest, affirmative development and education of boys and young men of color. A panel of policy experts who understand the critical connection to practice will share their expertise. Specific discussion areas include policies impacting early childhood, special education, and high achieving male students of color. This interactive forum will be especially valuable for educators, community leaders, policymakers and advocates determined to build, lead and sustain Great Schools.

Policy Forum Breakout Sessions
Early Childhood
Gifted and Talented
Special Education
Dropout Recovery
School Discipline
Dropout Prevention
Extended Learning Time

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 – 4:00 pm

For Leaders Only – Breakout Sessions

Essential Questions: How does my understanding of policy impact my mission to build a great school? How are my leadership and mission to educate boys of color tied to my knowledge of policy?

• Facilitated groups to engage in a shared discussion that links the essential questions and threads from the morning session to their leadership.
• Participants will begin to understand their leadership identity and the work required to bring success and affirmative development to boys and young men of color.

4:30 – 6:30 pm

Welcome to Durham Reception
Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC

6:45 & 7:15 am

Shuttle
Shuttle from the Hilton Gardens and Marriott Hotels to North Carolina Central University, School of Education, 700 Cecil Street, Durham, NC.

7:00 – 7:45 am

Continental Breakfast 
North Carolina Central University

Registration
North Carolina Central University, School of Education, Foyer

8:00 – 8:30 am

Greetings

• Dr. Charlie Nelms, Chancellor, North Carolina Central University
• Dr. Wynetta Y. Lee, Dean, School of Education, North Carolina Central University
• Dr. Eric Becoats, Superintendent, Durham Public Schools
• Ms. Kristy Moore, President, Durham Association of Educators
• Mr. Ronald Walker, Executive Director, Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

8:30 – 8:45 am

Video Presentation
The presentation will powerfully illuminate the legacy of great schools of yesteryear with great schools of today.  This video will underscore the cultural, academic relations to greatness that embraced students of color.

8:45 – 9:40 am

The Young Men of COSEBOC
Kamau Ptah, Sankofa Passages Program Director

The young men from COSEBOC member schools will perform a ceremony tied to the Gathering theme.

9:45 – 10:00 am

Break and Transition

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Morning Workshops
Participants will attend their first session.
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12:00 – 1:30 pm

Lunch 

1:30 – 2:45 pm

Keynote Presentation
School of Education Auditorium

Dr. Pedro Noguera
Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University
Executive Director, The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, New York University

Dr. Noguera will present research, policy and practice essential to creating great schools.

2:45 – 4:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops 
Participants will attend their second session.
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4:30 pm

Gathering Adjourns for the Day
Shuttles transport Gathering participants to the Hilton Gardens and Marriott Hotels.

6:30 pm

The Inaugural COSEBOC School Award Celebration
The Cotton Room, Durham
807 East Main Street – Room 350
Durham, NC

The COSEBOC School Awards will be given to schools that consistently generate male students of color with academic outcomes and personal characteristics that rival statewide averages and demonstrate to the public that schools can successfully educate boys and young men of color.

Guest Speaker
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Please note: The cost is $50 to attend - please pay upon Gathering Registration.

7:00 & 7:30 am

Shuttle
Shuttle from the Hilton Gardens and Marriott Hotels to North Carolina Central University, School of Education, 700 Cecil Street, Durham, NC.

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast

Registration for Saturday-only participants
North Carolina Central University, School of Education, Foyer

8:00 – 8:30 am

A Special Presentation
NCCU, School of Education Auditorium, 700 Cecil Street, Durham, NC

Perspectives of Young Men about Great Schools

8:30 - 8:35 am

Introduction of the McComb School District

8:40 - 9:25 am

Mississippi Learning
School of Education Auditorium
The Gathering will engage in a compelling, special presentation made by representatives from the McComb School District, McComb Mississippi. McComb has made extraordinary and effective use of the COSEBOC Standards and Promising Practices for Schools Educating Boys of Color

9:25 am – 10:00 am

Overview - COSEBOC School Award Recipients
"Sharing the Secret Sauce” Seminars

10:00 – 10:15 am

Break and Transition

10:15 – 11:45 pm

"Sharing the Secret Sauce”
Seminars presented by COSEBOC School Award Recipients
Gathering participants will have a one of a kind experience. Five winners of the Inaugural COSEBOC School Award will present their promising practices used to affirmatively develop and successfully educate boys and young men of color. Participants will have an opportunity to engage with the schools in professional seminars of their choice.

11:45 – 12:30 pm

Return Home Charge to Gathering Participants
Closing Remarks
Announcement of the 2013 Gathering site
Gathering Evaluation

12:30 pm

Gathering Adjourns
Shuttles transport Gathering participants to the Hilton Gardens and Marriott Hotels.