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THIS IS A PAST EVENT
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Professional Learning Communities at Work™ Summit: New Insights for Improving Schools
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February 25-28, 2009
Phoenix Sheraton Downtown
340 North 3rd St.
Phoenix, AZ
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Richard DuFour |
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Robert Eaker |
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Rebecca DuFour |
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Lisa Carter |
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Cassandra Erkens |
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Michael Fullan |
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Tim Kanold |
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Janet Malone |
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Thomas W. Many |
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Robert J. Marzano |
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Anthony Muhammad |
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| With the publication of Professional Learning Communities at Work™: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement, Richard DuFour and Robert Eaker presented a compelling case that the best, most powerful strategy for sustained and substantive school improvement was to develop the capacity of school personnel to function as members of a professional learning community (PLC).
Ten years later, the power of the PLC concept has been reinforced by researchers, endorsed by a host of professional organizations, and most important, demonstrated by schools and districts throughout North America. Learn how those educators have developed a collective commitment to the learning of each student, built a collaborative culture, and created a focus on results to foster deeper and more powerful learning for all students and the adults who serve them.
Some of North America's leading education thinkers will provide keynotes presenting their latest research and findings on what must be done to bring about the structural and cultural changes that support high levels of learning both for students and the educators who serve them. The speakers will include the three architects of the PLC at Work™ process—Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour—who will help you explore the three big ideas that drive PLCs and provide you with specific strategies to build the capacity of educators to work interdependently within high-performing collaborative teams that are committed to continuous improvement.
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Phoenix Sheraton Downtown - Sold Out
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Richard DuFour
Once Upon a Time: Confronting the Mythology of Public Education
President John F. Kennedy observed that the enemy of progress is often “not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” In her extensive studies of organizational culture change, Jennifer James found the myths we create about “the way things ought to be” explain why people resist even positive change. She warns that the mythology of some organizations is not merely obsolete but destructive and insists progress can be made only when that mythology is examined, confronted, and amended. Dr. DuFour will suggest some of the myths of our profession that we must confront if we are to make progress on the PLC journey.
Robert Eaker
What It Means to Be a Professional Learning Community
Dr. Eaker will focus on the processes that lead educators to collaboratively develop shared mission, vision, values, and goals that form the basic framework for PLC initiatives and activities.
Rebecca DuFour
The Power of Professional Learning Communities: Bringing the Big Ideas to Life
Becky will investigate the 3 Big Ideas that drive a PLC, offer practical strategies for bringing those ideas to life, and share compelling success stories from schools throughout the United States that are using those ideas to have a profound impact on student and adult learning.
Lisa Carter
Total Instructional Alignment: Three Deep Understandings for PLCs
Lisa will share stories and experiences to address five ideas that will enable any school to navigate barriers to success.
Cassandra Erkens
Transformational Learning
Cassandra examines the creation of formative cultures in schools to create rich learning experiences for students and teachers alike.
Michael Fullan
The Six Secrets of Change
Dr. Fullan will focus on the six secrets of successful change outlined in his book. These secrets have been identified in his work on education reform and tested against literature on business and public sector reform. Participants will learn a practical theory of action for leaders to survive and thrive in managing the complexities of change.
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Tom Many
Forged, Not Forced: Illuminating What Works When Implementing Professional Learning Communities
Leaders create a “learning by doing” culture by modeling learners’ behaviors. They roll up their sleeves and engage in the learning process with others, side-by-side, step-by-step. Using examples, stories, and anecdotes, Dr. Many will offer specific strategies that increase the chance of successfully implementing the PLC at Work™ model.
Robert Marzano
Supervising the Art and Science of Teaching: A New Approach to Lesson Observation and Lesson Design
In the Art and Science of Teaching, Dr. Marzano outlines 10 critical areas of instructional practice, along with specific strategies for each area. He addresses how administrators might supervise the art and science of teaching in a way that keeps attention focused on student learning—rather than on specific instructional strategies—and allows individual teachers flexibility and creativity in their teaching practices. Dr. Marzano also provides a new framework for lesson observation and design that breaks both into basic segments, each with its own expectations regarding teacher behavior.
Anthony Muhammad
Transforming School Culture: Eliminating Staff Division to Improve Student Performance
Dr. Muhammad addresses top issues in the age-old battle of overcoming resistance to critical change. The biggest fight that educational leaders face is sociological, and this presentation uncovers the dynamics involved in creating school cultures. Armed with Dr. Muhammad’s new tools, educators can transform a school’s culture into one that embraces and fully uses the PLC model.
Tim Kanold
Becoming an Authentic Learning Leader: Whatever You Do, Inspire Me!
Dr. Kanold will focus on multiple leadership strategies and actions that help create a professional learning community school culture of motivational and inspirational adults.
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Wednesday, February 25
3:00-7:00pm—Registration
7:00-8:45pm—Welcome and Keynote Presentation
Thursday, February 26
7:00-8:00am—Registration and Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:00-9:30am—Introduction and Opening Keynote Presentation
10:00-11:15am— Keynote Presentation
11:15-12:45pm— Lunch (provided)
12:45-2:00pm— Keynote Presentation
2:15-3:30pm— Panel Discussion
Friday, February 27
7:00-8:00am—Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:00-9:30am—Keynote Presentation
10:00-11:15am— Keynote Presentation
11:15-12:45pm— Lunch (provided)
12:45-2:00pm— Keynote Presentation
2:15-3:30pm— Keynote Presentation
Saturday, February 28
7:00-8:00am—Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:00-9:15am—Introduction and Keynote Presentation
9:30-11:00am—
Closing Keynote Presentation
11:00am—Summit Adjourns
Agenda subject to change without notice.
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The option of registering for graduate credit will be made available to you through Grand Canyon University.
You will be provided a certificate of participation after the institute. Prior to registration, please check with your state Department of Education for CEU availability from attending this institute.
Download Request for University Credit and Official Transcript(s)
You may also contact the Institute Department at Solution Tree for more information, 800-733-6786, or by e-mail at institutes@solution-tree.com.
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This event is at capacity. By joining the waitlist, your position in line will be held. Your credit card will not be charged. |
The book, Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work™, is included with your conference registration.
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By Phone: |
Call Solution Tree at 800-733-6786
or 812-336-7700
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Cancellations more than 90 days prior will require a $75 processing fee. Cancellations between 10 and 90 days prior will require half of the registration fee. No refunds for cancellations less than 10 days prior. We welcome and recommend substitutions for those who must cancel. NOTE: All cancellations and substitutions must be in writing and postmarked. If you need to send a substitute, please send your request to registration@solution-tree.com. |
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By Fax: |
Complete and fax a copy of the registration form to 812-336-7790
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By Mail: |
Complete and mail the registration form to:
Solution Tree
555 N Morton Street
Bloomington, IN 47404 |
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