The Danforth Foundation

6:00 p.m.

Steering Committee dinner to be arranged 

Other Early Arrivals:  Free Time

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 - 11:00

Public Engagement Initiative Meeting

11:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Forum Advisory Committee Meeting (Lunch Served)

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch for Early Arrivals

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Initiative Meetings:

Principals Initiative

Public Engagement Initiative

Race and Class Initiative

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Conference Registration 

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Opening Session 

Overview of Meeting:  Richard Wallace, Forum Co-Chair

Keynote Address:  Leadership for Learning,  Ben Canada, Past-President, American Association of School Administrators (introduced by Bertha Pendleton, Forum Co-Chair)

Ben Canada and Bertha Pendleton

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Cocktails and Dinner 

9:00 p.m.

Informal conversation in hospitality suite 

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast 

9:00 - 10:30

Learning Communities. Speaker:  Lauren Resnick, Director, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. Resnick will discuss emerging theory holding that in “nested learning communities” personnel at all levels need to spend their time on instructional, as opposed to managerial, functions.

Lauren Resnick

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - Noon

Learning Communities (Continued). Leader:  Lauren Resnick. Participants may be broken down into small groups as Dr. Resnick and her team think appropriate.

Mary Key and Sarah Michaels

Noon - 1:00 pm

Lunch 

1:00 - 3:00

Theory of the District. Leader:  Lauren Resnick. What does a district look like when the district itself and its leaders assume the role of a professional educator?

3:00 - 3:15

Break

3:15 - 5:00

Theory of the District (Continued). Leader:  Lauren Resnick. Participants may be broken down into small groups as Dr. Resnick and her team think appropriate

Ron Epps

5:00

End of Program for day.  (Dinner on own this evening, with  Danforth to reimburse $25.00 per person to cover meal costs.)

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast 

9:00 - 10:30

Accountable Talk. Speaker:  Lauren Resnick. What’s the difference between standards and assessment and how do the two relate to learning?  Implications of standards-based reform for principles of learning, including expectations, effort, and accountability.

10:30  - 10:45

Break

10:45  - Noon

Accountable Talk. Leader:  Lauren Resnick. Participants may be broken down into small groups as Dr. Resnick and her team think appropriate

Working Together: Richard Wallace & Richard Benjamin

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch 

1:00 - 2:30

Implementing Change. Speaker:  Gene Hall, Dean, School of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Gene Hall

2:30 - 2:45

Break 

2:45 - 4:00

Implementing Change. Leader:  Gene Hall, Dean, School of Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

James Harvey, Michelle Young, & Vern Cunningham

4:00 - 5:00

KIVA:  Implications for Leadership.

(Moderator:  Vern Cunningham)

5:00 - 5:30

Closing Session: Report Back and Evaluation.  (Moderators, Bertha Pendleton and Richard Wallace.)

5:30

End of Program for day.  (Social function in Disney World.)

8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Breakfast on own (Danforth will reimburse)

9:00 - Noon

Depart on Own Schedule