Houston A+ Challenge Summer Institute XII


History of Houston A+ Challenge Reforming Schools Summer Institutes

 

 

Theme/Guiding Question(s)

Speaker(s)

Resources

I

1997

Developing school teams

Anne Hallett, Central Park East

Selected papers

II

1998

Developing school teams

Bill Ayers

Selected papers

III

1999

Change Forces at the Millennium

Michael Fullan

Selected papers

IV

2000

Making Today’s Reflections Tomorrow’s Actions

Michael Fullan

Selected papers

V

2001

Capacity Through Connections
(Using the internet in schools, Literacy in the community, Math for the 21st century)

Anne Hardison, Scott Paris, Rita Janes

Selected papers

VI

2002

Learning That Makes a Difference

Andrea Foster

Selected papers

VII

2003

Houston ISD Leadership Team Retreat

 

Selected papers

VIII

2004

Keeping Kids Connected
1.  Improving student learning
2.  Increasing personalization (of the student learning environment)
3.  Developing Professional Learning Communities

Grace Sammon
Jim Burke

Selected papers

IX

2005

Focus on Quality Teaching and Learning: Partnerships in Learning Communities:
1.  What do quality teaching and learning look like?
2. How can we deepen collaboration in Professional Learning Communities to improve student learning?

 

Anne Conzemius and Jan O’Neill:  Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning

X

2006

Focus on Quality Teaching and Learning: Changing the Work
1.  Do we agree on what quality teaching and learning look like?
2.  How can we become more effective leaders of change within the four “arenas” of change: context, culture, conditions, and competencies?
3.  How can we support “working on the work” by improving the quality of the work provided to students?

Tony Wagner
George Thompson

Tony Wagner: Change Leadership
Philip Schlechty: Working on the Work

XI

2007

Mobilizing the Forces of Change
1. How can we be change agents for our schools?
2.  What we must do in order to move our schools from adequate to excellent ?
3.  How can we sustain change over time?

Michael Fullan

Michael Fullan: Turnaround Leadership


 

 


 

 

     

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