DATAG 2026 Summer Conference

DATAG 2026 Summer Conference

12:15pm EDT

Registration Saratoga Ballroom

1:00pm EDT

Welcome Saratoga Ballroom

1:15pm EDT

Best Practices of Professional Development: Looking at Data Broadway 1 & 2Jennifer Impastato The Data Balancing Act: Protecting trust in an era of expanding data use Broadway 3 & 4Madalyn Romano

2:30pm EDT

Responsible AI Use for Data Analysis in Education Broadway 3 & 4Bryan Pasqua What’s the FRICCS? – The RIC/BOCES Network Helping Districts Get More from Frontline AlabamaBrittany Dogali Cyber IQ + NIST 2.0: The Next Generation of School Cyber Readiness Broadway 1 & 2Meghan Warren Forgettable: What the Movies of John Hughes Teach Us about Communication (Gold Sponsor) TraversJay Moss • School Status Women in Technology High RockLeah Balldassar • Jennifer Impastato

5:00pm EDT

Social Gathering Sponsored by Mindex & ParentSquare Whitman Brewing

7:30am EDT

Registration & Breakfast Saratoga Ballroom

8:30am EDT

Keynote: Equitable Grading Saratoga BallroomJoe Feldman

10:10am EDT

The Good, The Bad, and The Data: Our Real Story of Implementing a Data Dashboard Broadway 1 & 2Jamie Haug AI on Your Own Terms: Deploying, Querying, and Tuning Open‑Source Models TraversNicholas Lastella From Silos to Systems: A Collaborative Blueprint for District Success City Center 2Amy Gillespie 2025-2026 End of Year Data Reporting: Best Practices in Verifying and Certifying Year-End Data Broadway 3 & 4Charles King Equitable Grading City Center 1Joe Feldman Reduce the complexity of your Software Stack to save time and money (Gold Sponsor) WhitneyRyan Paparella • Bill Dwyer • Infinite Campus Vendor Presentation (Gold Sponsor) AlabamaAspire

11:15am EDT

Collaborative Data Conversations: Leading Teams Toward Continuous Improvement City Center 1Laura Zanrucha Is this a big number? TraversWhitney McHenry Best Practices of Professional Development: Looking at Data, Part 2 Broadway 1 & 2Jennifer Impastato Cyber IQ Unleashed: Building AI Boosted Cyber Smart Schools AlabamaMeghan Warren How Would I Even Know If My School District Boundaries Are Correct? Broadway 3 & 4Benjamin Norris Presenting State Testing Results Data to All Concerned City Center 2Michael Latino Vendor Presentation (Platinum Sponsor) WhitneyEdVistas

1:30pm EDT

Human-Driven, Data-Informed: Using AI to Turn Data into Instructional Action City Center 2Julie Ross-Kleinman Engage, Connect, Attend: Equity-Based Data Leadership Using ClassDojo and Attendance Point TraversEbony E. Prophet-Bullock, Ed.D. Hidden Gems: Unlocking the SIRS Manual with Custom AI Broadway 1 & 2Helen Gutfreund Beyond the District Report: Teacher-Level Assessment Reporting Broadway 3 & 4Jill Schottman New DDC on the Block City Center 1Rebecca Zimmerman OMG I Have Too Many Tabs Open: Queensbury's Case for Wayground (formerly Quizizz) Alabama Vendor Presentation (Gold Sponsor) WhitneyLINKiT!

2:35pm EDT

From Vision to Visuals: Designing a Dashboard for District Leaders for More Informed Board‑Level Decision‑Making Broadway 3 & 4Michael Morello Creating Dynamic Dashboards from an Excel Dataset City Center 1Christopher Dorr Data Detective: Using AI to Assist with Data Issues Broadway 1 & 2Sam Schrecengost $mart Data: Work $marter, Not Harder City Center 2Kerry Dunne NYSITELL and NYSESLAT 101: What does it all mean? TraversLaura Zanrucha Bringing your District Data to Life with Mindex Analytics AI AlabamaMindex Vendor Presentation (Gold Sponsor) WhitneyRenaissance

3:40pm EDT

Before the Data: Why Defining ‘Good’ Is the Key to Literacy Growth City Center 1 Instructional Insights Using Computer-Based Testing Data Broadway 3 & 4Jeff Davis The Missing Data: Using AI to Capture and Act on Student Engagement in Real Time City Center 2Nona Ullman Think Before You Share: Key Principles of Education Law § 2-d and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act TraversRaheela Baig From Scattered to Streamlined: Creating a Scalable Resource Hub in Google Sites Broadway 1 & 2Michelle Ruggio From Vision to Reality: Tracking the NYS Portrait of a Graduate with Edvision Technologies(Gold Sponsor) City Center 2Jeff Henley • Kathy Colicchio • Edvision Technologies Unlocking What’s Next: Delivering Smarter Workflows and Improved Value for LEAs with eScholar AlabamaBriana Shara • eScholar

5:00pm EDT

Cocktail Reception & DeMauro Award Presentation Sponsored by eScholar City Center 2

9:00am EDT

Breakfast Saratoga Ballroom

9:30am EDT

Large Group Panel: State Education Saratoga Ballroom Hidden Growth Factors: Does potential learning = total learning? Finding the hidden information (growth factors) in student data so that both teacher and student potential are maximized. City Center 1Kerry Dunne

10:30am EDT

Table Talk Breakout Room: NYSESLAT AlabamaAssessment Office Table Talk Breakout Room: Office of Accountability Broadway 3 & 4Jennifer Todd Table Talk Breakout Room: Office of Special Education TraversSuzanne Bolling Table Talk Breakout Room: Office of State Reporting Broadway 1 & 2 Table Talk Breakout Room: Portrait of a Graduate Whitney