Schedule (in Accordions)

Arrival & Registration

Check-in at the atrium on the 2nd floor.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

2:30–3:15 PM

• Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, Dean, School of Education, UNC–Chapel Hill
• Carol L. Folt, Chancellor, UNC–Chapel Hill
• Josh Stein, Attorney General, North Carolina

Plenary Session I

The Science and Practice of Promoting Student Safety and Wellbeing: A Systems Approach

3:15–4:15 PM

Ron Astor
Lenore Stein-Wood & William S. Wood Professor of School Behavioral Health, School of Social Work and School of Education,
University of Southern California

Presented by Gary Bowen, Dean and Kenan Distinguished Professor, School of Social Work, UNC-Chapel Hill

Coffee Break

4:15–4:30 PM

Response Panel to Plenary I

A North Carolina Perspective

4:30–5:45 PM

Moderators

Sarah Verbiest, Clinical Associate Professor, and Tauchiana Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, UNC–Chapel Hill

Participants

• Mebane Rash, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of EducationNC and the NC Center for Public Policy Research
• Christine Kushner, Wake County School Board Member, Freelance Writer and Policy Analyst
• Keith Sutton, Nonpartisan District 4 Member of Wake County Schools District
• Michael T. Fuga, Ed.D, Principal, Neal Middle School, Durham, NC, Principal of the Year 2017
• Jim Wise, MSW, Chapel Hill High School Student Assistance Program Specialist, Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Advisor
• MacKenzie Minter, Knightdale High School Student , Link Crew
• MarQuay Spencer Gibbs, Knightdale High School Student