Imagine these year-end scenarios for your school or district: State testing up 22% across ELA and math. 37% reduction of schools labelled a D or F, with a move up to B or C. Moving from one of the lowest-rated schools in the county to the top 10. A first-time graduation rate of over 90%.
Presented by Dr. Susan Stevens, Associate Superintendent of Academics, Greenville County Schools (SC); Justin Watwood, Principal, Edgar Allan Poe Middle School, San Antonio ISD (TX); Dr. Dawn Hooker, Principal, Alexander Elementary School, Greenville County Schools (SC); Santa Lopez, Principal, Davy Crockett Academy, San Antonio ISD (TX); and Dr. Shawn Bird, Deputy Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, San Antonio ISD (TX)
Moderated by Jeff McCoy, Chief Education Officer, ERDI
Presented by Kate Pechacek, Former Teacher, Current K12 Strategic Advisor, TalkingPoints
Moderated by Heather Dooley, Senior Director of Brand Marketing and Communications, TalkingPoints
Presented by Sheridan Doerr, Vice President of Marketing and Client Relations, Committee for Children
Moderated by Joany Higgins, Field Marketing Specialist, Committee for Children
Educators know that getting students engaged is a real challenge. Engagement is down across America, with less than half of high school students feeling engaged. So what is the key to fixing this? The answer is student voice.
Strategic plans. Student engagement initiatives. Academic success goals. Whatever a plan is called, it usually starts full of hope and promise. But, despite all of the time and resources spent creating them, plans often fail. During the edLeader Panel “Beyond the Plan: Measuring, Adjusting, and Realigning Strategies for Success,” experts from The Center for Model Schools discussed the keys to successful plan implementation.
Presented by Mike Boraz, Chief of Network 15, Chicago Public Schools (IL); Tim Schell, Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Waunakee Community School District (WI); and Quinesha Tillman, Partnership Manager, PERTS
Presented by Dr. Jillian Whatley, Director of Professional Learning, Center for Model Schools; Dr. Marc J. Cohen, Instructional Leadership Coach, Center for Model Schools; and Dr. Joshua P. Starr, Former Superintendent, and Managing Partner, Center for Model Schools
Presented by Karen L. Mapp, Ed.D., Professor of Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Anne T. Henderson, Founder and Senior Consultant, National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE); and Jenni Brasington, National Director, FACE, Scholastic
With the myriad of challenges facing current and future educators, schools cannot overlook the importance of having a workforce strategy in place. How that plan is developed and what it includes was discussed during the edLeader Panel, “Building Leader Capability and Capacity in Workforce Strategy: Addressing Attraction, Retention, and Educator Wellbeing.”