2016 Summit on Performance Management in Vocational Rehabilitation
DRAFT AGENDA
Summit General Agenda 2016 Updated 8-15.docx
Wednesday September 7
7 – 7:30 Registration
7:30 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome: Commissioner James Rothrock, VA DARS
Commissioner Ray Hopkins, VA DBVI
9:00 – 9:15 Agenda overview: Joseph Ashley, DARS Assistant Commissioner
9:15 – 10:45 General Session – “Transitioning to Common Measures: Challenges and Opportunities”
- Steve Wooderson (Moderator), CSAVR, Executive Director
- Kevin Hollenbeck, W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research
- Bryan Wilson, State Policy Director, National Skills Coalition – How states are implementing Common Measures
- Terry Donovan, Training and Technical Assistance Manager, WINTAC, National Disability Institute
- Larry Vrooman, VR Program Specialist, Rehabilitation Services Administration, US Department of Education
11 – 12:00 Break Out Sessions (4)
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
Lunch Key Note Speaker– Kim Vitelli, Deputy Administrator, Employment and Training Administration, US Department of Labor
1:30 – 2:30 Break Out Sessions (4)
2:45 – 4:30 Round Table Facilitated Discussions – Topics Provided closer to Summit Date
5:00 – 6:30 Reception
WINTAC and PEQA National Technical Assistance Centers, SuRGE
Reading Group, RPEN Information Tables
Thursday September 8
7:30 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 Navigators Address to Summit Participants
8:45 – 9:00 Introduction by Dr. Nancy A. Bagranoff, Dean of School of Business, University of Richmond, NIDILRR Grantee
9:00 – 9:30 General Session – Ruth Brannon, Director, Office of Research Sciences, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) – “NIDILRR, Employment and Vocational Rehabilitation”
9:30 – 10:45 General Session – “Issues of National Importance/ROI”
- Hugh Berry, (Moderator) NIDILRR
- Douglas Klayman, President, Social Dynamics, Employment First
- Bob Schmidt Principal Investigator, VR-ROI Project: The VR-ROI Project
- Paul O’Leary Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, SSA: Partnership Plus and Ticket to Work
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Breakout Sessions (4) Panelists Expand on their Research/Projects
12:00 – 1:15 Working Lunch/Networking (Boxed Lunches provided)
1:15 – 2:45 Breakout Sessions (4)
3:00 – 3:45 Closing General Session –
- PEQA: Overview of new technical assistance center on program evaluation. Cayte Anderson – UW Stout, Don Bunuan, RSA, US Department of Education
- VR ROI Project Co-PI’s: Robert Schmidt (UR) and Joe Ashley (VA DARS) Wrap-Up of Summit 2016
