Topics: The two achievement gaps, high school classrooms today, new world of work, seven survival skills students need, testing, teacher and leader preparation, motivating today’s students, what must be done to transform education, and the 21st Century classroom
October 21, 2009 GSSA Fall Bootstrap Conference – Classic Center – Athens
Dr. Michael Horn, Executive Director of Education, Innosight Institute
October 21 at 10 am
Topics: Disruptive innovation - creating a path forward to customize an education for every child in the way he or she learns
Co-author of – Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
November 16-17, 2009 Callaway Gardens – Pine Mountain
Dr. Tim Waters, President and CEO, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)
November 16 at 10 am
Topics: A framework for aligning social systems (in education, state, district, and schools) for high reliability, effective leadership behaviors and responsibilities for high reliability
Co-author of - School Leadership That Works and District Leadership That Works
Dr. Walter Fluker, Executive Director, Leadership Center, Morehouse College
November 16 at 7 pm
Topics: Culture and climate and its effect on public education, educating students for personal and social responsibility, and ethical leadership
Author of – Ethical Leadership: The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community
Dr. Joe Villani, Deputy Executive Director, National School Boards Association
November 17 at 10 am
Topics: – Governance of public education at the local level
Co-author of – The Key Work of School Boards
December 5, 2009 GSBA/GSSA Annual Conference – Renaissance Waverly
Dr. Willard Daggett – President, International Center for Leadership in Education
December 5 at 9 am
Topics: Rigor, relevance, and relationships for all students; informing decisions through data systems; clarifying student learning expectations; adopting effective instructional practices; and addressing organizational structures
Author of – Rigor and Relevance: from Concept to Reality
January 26-27, 2010 Macon State College (Professional Sciences Center), Macon
Marc Prensky – CEO, Games2Train
January 26 at 10 am
Topics: Teaching methods that are effective in working with “digital native learners,” principles which public education must embrace in making curriculum relevant to our students
Author of – Digital Game-Based Learning (a new book should be published prior to January)
March 23-24, 2010 Georgia Southern University (Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education Building), Statesboro
Richard Rothstein – Research Associate of the Economic Policy Institute
March 23 at 10 am
Topic: Accountability; a proposal for a viable state accountability mechanism
Author of – Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right
April, 2010 GSSA Spring Conference – Presenter to be announced
May 12-13, 2010 Continuing Education Center, University of Georgia
Dr. Grant Wiggins, President, Authentic Education
May 12 at 10 am
Topics: Student assessment options, strengths and weaknesses; accountability, who should be accountable to whom and for what; and desired results for school reform
Co-author of – Schooling by Design
Author of – Assessing Student Performance
Dr. Chris Domaleski, Senior Associate, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, will assist in facilitation of the session
June, 2010 GSBA Summer Conference – Presenter to be announced
September 21-22, 2010 Gwinnett Instructional Support Center - Suwanee
Final Session – there will be no formal presenter; Dr. Tim Waters, President and CEO, McREL will assist in facilitation of the session