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Schedule and Program Descriptions:
Cost for
series: Team of 3-5 people - $2,000
December 8, 2004
(8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and December
9, 2004 (8:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.)
Developing a Comprehensive Knowledge
Management System: Transforming Data
and Information About Your School
or System into Knowledge to Inform
Decision Making
Good-to-great schools and school systems
begin their journey by confronting
the brutal facts and taking an in
depth look at the current levels of
performance of each of the defining
elements of their school or system.
This session focuses on the key steps
required to develop a comprehensive
analysis of current conditions within
your school or system, including the
identification of strengths, areas
for growth, and emerging issues that
deserve your attention. An emphasis
will be placed on strategies for maximizing
the effective use of what you know
about your schools and school system
through the development of a comprehensive
knowledge management system.
Location:
Metropolitan Learning Center, 1551
Blue Hills Avenue. Bloomfield, CT
February 2, 2005
(8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Defining the Difference You Want to
Make and Advancing Your Leadership
for Student Learning
Practical strategies will be featured
for putting research-based best practices
and data-driven decision making to
work to advance the agenda for improving
student learning in your school or
school system. An emphasis will be
placed on customizing the design of
your leadership agenda and plan are
aligned with your priority goals and
tailored to the specific situation
of your school or school system.
Location:
CREC, 111 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford,
CT
May 4, 2005 (8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Providing Leadership for Change and
Continuous Improvement
Key leadership principles for building
a culture of learning and continuous
improvement will be presented in this
session. Practical suggestions will
be offered on the effective use of
strategies for building momentum and
sustaining a culture of discipline
to stay the course to achieve your
priority goals. In addition, an emphasis
will be placed on clarifying the roles
and relationships of the central office,
school board, teachers, staff, principals,
goals. In addition, an emphasis will
be placed on clarifying the roles
and relationships of the central office,
school board, teachers, staff, principals,
or school system.
Location:
CREC, 111 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford,
CT
Presenter
Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick is the founding
director of the Leadership for Learning
Alliance. Over the past ten years
she has served as the Executive Director
of the National Study of School Evaluation
(NSSE). The NSSE serves as the research
and development arm of the regional
school accreditation commissions across
the country. Her career experience
includes serving as a classroom teacher
in the fields of mathematics and music,
leadership roles at the school and
district level, including serving
as Associate Superintendent for Instruction
in a large suburban district in the
Chicago area, university professor
in the educational administration
graduate programs at the University
of Oregon and National Louis University,
and researcher and principal investigator
with the U. S. Department of Education's
Center for Educational Policy and
Management and the Laboratory for
Student Success. Kathleen has served
as a national consultant over the
past twenty years at the invitation
of state departments of education
and local school districts across
the country, as well as with American
Association of School Administrators
and Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development.
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