Discover. Aspire. Lead.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
3:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
Hotel check in, Leaders To Learn From registration opens!
5:00 p.m.—6:30 p.m.
Meetups
Join other school district leaders who share your area of interest and expertise for a deep conversation on some of the most important topics in K-12 leadership. These sessions will feature a former Leader To Learn From honoree who is an expert on the featured topic, and be moderated by an Education Week journalist who will lead an energetic and highly interactive discussion with the whole group. Besides taking home some new ideas and strategies, you will forge new connections with other district leaders that you can tap throughout the next two days and for years to come.
Growing Teacher Leaders: Harnessing the Powerful and Pivotal Potential of Evaluation
Renee Pryor, Supervisor of Evaluation Programs and Professional Development
Lincoln County School District, Tenn.
Education Week Leaders To Learn From 2016
3Rs of Modern K-12 Education—
Redefine, Redesign and Re-imagine
Superintendent Gail Pletnick, Dysart Unified School District, Surprise, Ariz.
Education Week Leaders to Learn From 2014
6:30 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception—Open to all attendees
Enjoy cocktails, light fare, and interactive activities with other K-12 leaders and our Leaders To Learn From alumni.
Friday, March 31, 2017
8:00 a.m.—8:50 a.m.
Networking Breakfast in the Hall of Leaders
8:50 a.m.—10:20 a.m.
2017 Leader Recognition
10:20 a.m.—10:40 a.m.
Transition Time/Coffee Break
10:40 a.m.—11:05 a.m.
Follow the Leaders
2017 Leaders will be assigned to breakout rooms and will lead a session on the topic they are being recognized for.
11:05 a.m.—11:30 a.m.
Transition Time/Coffee Break
11:30 p.m.—11:55 p.m.
Follow the Leaders
2017 Leaders will be assigned to breakout rooms and will lead a session on the topic they are being recognized for.
12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.
Networking Lunch and EdTalks!
Join your fellow leaders for a plated lunch and several exciting EdTalks from Leaders To Learn From past and present. EdTalks will provide you a taste for the day's "EdTalks Sessions" that will close our two-day gathering.
EdTalks
This year’s EdTalks include:
Equity/Discipline
with Christopher Chatmon,
Executive Director, African-American Male Achievement
Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, Calif.
"Vision 2020: My Tomorrow": School Turnaround
with Superintendent Mary Ronan
Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio
Community Schools Cultivate Hope, Opportunity, and Agency
with Superintendent Steve Webb and Chief of Staff Tom Hagley
Vancouver Public Schools, Vancouver, Wash.
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
GRIT: New Frontiers in the Research on Developing Passion & Perseverance
With Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania, founder and scientific director of the Character Lab, and author, "Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance"
Who succeeds in school and in life? In this presentation, Angela Duckworth reviews her research on grit, the tendency to pursue long-term goals with perseverance and passion. She describes the predictive power of grit for performance in the National Spelling Bee, graduation from West Point, graduation from the Chicago Public Schools, and a variety of other contexts. She explains what makes gritty individuals different from others, and finally, she summarizes her thinking on how to cultivate grit.
2:00 p.m.—2:25 p.m.
Break
2:25 p.m.—3:30 pm.
Keynote Presentation
Mike Schmoker, author, Leading With Focus, FOCUS: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning and Results Now, finalist for "book of the year" by the Association of Education Publishers.
In this session, teachers and leaders will learn precisely where schools should focus their precious time and resources to ensure that all students are prepared for the demands of college, careers, and citizenship. They will learn about the three most essential elements of good schooling, and how to implement them on a clear, straightforward model. The three elements are:
• Coherent curriculum
• Authentic literacy
• Soundly-structured lessons
Despite their unrivaled power for improving performance in any school, these elements continue to be misunderstood—and grossly under-implemented. For this reason, they should be our first and highest priority.
Schmoker is a former administrator, English teacher, and football coach. He has written six books and dozens of articles for educational journals, newspapers, and for TIME magazine.
His most recent book is Leading With Focus which follows his earlier best-seller FOCUS: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning. His previous bestseller is Results Now, which was selected as a finalist for "book of the year" by the Association of Education Publishers.
Schmoker is the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for his publications and presentations. He has consulted and keynoted throughout the US, Canada, Australia, China, and Jordan.
3:30 p.m.—4:00 pm.
Transition Time/Coffee Break
4:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
EdTalk Sessions
Your chance to get up close and personal with this year's EdTalk Leaders that you met at lunch. Examine more deeply the issues that matter to your districts:
Equity/Discipline with Christopher Chatmon
Executive Director, African-American Male Achievement
Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, Calif.
Vision 2020: My Tomorrow
Superintendent Mary Ronan, Cincinnati Public Schools
Education Week Leaders to Learn From 2013
Community Schools Cultivate Hope, Opportunity and AgencySuperintendent Steve Webb and Chief of Staff Tom Hagley, Vancouver, Wash., Public School
Education Week Leaders to Learn From 2016
5:00 p.m.—6:30 p.m.
Closing Reception
Join your fellow leaders to unwind and recap all you've learned, shared, and discovered as we close out Leaders To Learn From 2017 together.
