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Greater Boston Superintendents' Roundtable
The Greater Boston Superintendents' Roundtable includes twenty-six Boston area public school district superintendents and professional associates who meet eight times a year with HGSE and other Harvard faculty, and occasionally faculty and community leaders from other universities and institutions, to discuss the work and the priorities of the superintendents and their school districts.
Established in 1997 by HGSE, in response to the requests of local district superintendents who continue to serve as Co Chairs of the group, the ongoing focus of the Roundtable is leadership for instructional improvement and accountability.
For more information on current and previous speakers see calendar below.
* * * Please note that in the case of severe weather or other emergency, a Roundtable meeting will be canceled if it is announced in the media that the Cambridge Public Schools are closed that morning. * * *
Members of the Greater Boston Superintendents' Roundtable
| Arlington Public Schools | Kathleen Bodie, Interim Superintendent |
| Bedford Public Schools | Maureen LaCroix, Superintendent |
| Belmont Public Schools | Patricia Aubin, Superintendent |
| Boston Public Schools | Carol R. Johnson, Superintendent |
| Brookline Public Schools | William H. Lupini, Superintendent |
| Cambridge Public Schools | Carolyn Turk, Superintendent |
| Dedham Public Schools | June Doe, Superintendent |
| Concord & Concord/Carlisle Public Schools | Diana Rigby, Superintendent |
| Lexington Public Schools | Paul B. Ash, Superintendent |
| Lincoln Public Schools | Michael Brandmeyer, Superintendent |
| Lincoln/Sudbury Regional High School | John Ritchie, Superintendent/Principal |
| Milton Public Schools | Mary Gormley, Superintendent |
| Needham Public Schools | Daniel E. Gutekanst, Superintendent |
| Newton Public Schools | Jeffrey Young, Superintendent (and Roundtable Co Chair) |
| Quincy Public Schools | Richard DeCristofaro, Superintendent |
| Somerville Public Schools | Tony Pierantozzi, Superintendent |
| Sudbury Public Schools | John Brackett, Superintendent |
| Watertown Public Schools | Steven A. Hiersche, Superintendent |
| Waltham Public Schools | Peter J. Azar, Superintendent |
| Wayland Public Schools | Gary Burton, Superintendent |
| Wellesley Public Schools | Bella T. Wong, Superintendent |
| Weston Public Schools | Cheryl Maloney, Superintendent |
| Winchester Public Schools | Bill McAlduff, Superintendent |
| EDCO Collaborative | Dorsey Yearley, Executive Director |
| M.A.S.S. Superintendents Association | Thomas Scott, Executive Director |
| Sally L. Dias (Roundtable Co Chair) | Vice President for Programs and Partnerships in Education Director of the Carolyn A. Lynch Institute, Emmanuel College |
Calendar of Activities
The Roundtable members' schedule for 2008-2009 is listed below. All sessions are held 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Eliot Lyman Room, second floor, Longfellow Hall at HGSE. (Please note that these sessions are for the Superintendents' Roundtable only. Thank you.)
- Friday, October 17, 2008
Hunter Gehlbach, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Friday, November 14, 2008
Nonie K. Lesaux, Kargman Associate Professor in Human Development and Urban Education Advancement, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Friday, December 12, 2008
Robert S. Kaplan, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, Board Member and former Acting President and CEO of Harvard Management Company - Friday, January 16, 2009
Marie C. McCormick, Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health - Friday, February 27, 2009
Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Frederic Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society, Director of The Pluralism Project, Harvard University - Friday, March 27, 2009
Evelynn Hammonds, Dean of Harvard College, Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies, Senior Vice Provost, Harvard University - Friday, April 17, 2009
Karla Brooks Baehr, Deputy Commissioner of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Friday, May 15, 2009
Karen L. Mapp, Director of the Education Policy and Management Program, Lecturer on Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education
Previous Roundtable presenters included:
| May 16, 2008 | Robert B. Schwartz, the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Practice and Academic Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| April 11, 2008 | Donald Berwick, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Care Policy at the Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, President/CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| March 28, 2008 | Melodie L. Jackson, Associate Dean for Communications and Public Affairs; with Doug Gavel, Media Relations Manager, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| February 8, 2008 | Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University, the Lincoln Professor of History in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
| January 11, 2008 | Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis, President and Director of the Museum of Science, Boston |
| December 14, 2007 | Kathleen McCartney, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| November 9, 2007 | Bryan Hehir, the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| October 19, 2007 | Bridget Terry Long, Associate Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| May 18, 2007 | Patricia Herlihy, The Louise Doherty Wyant Professor at Emmanuel College, Professor Emerita of History at Brown University, formerly with Harvard University |
| April 27, 2007 | Thomas Joseph Kane, Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| March 30, 2007 | David A. Thomas, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, Director of Faculty Recruiting and Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School |
| February 9, 2007 | Katherine K. Merseth, Senior Lecturer on Education, Director of Teacher Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| January 19, 2007 | Kathryn Parker Boudett, Lecturer on Education, Director of the Data Wise Project , Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| December 8, 2006 | Ronald F. Ferguson, Lecturer in Public Policy, Senior Research Associate, Kennedy School of Government: Faculty Co chair and Director, Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University |
| November 17, 2006 | Robert Coles, Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School |
| October 20, 2006 | Jerome Kagan, The Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University |
| May 19, 2006 | John Diamond, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| April 28, 2006 | Robert Kegan, Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development, Educational Chair, Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, Co-director, Change Leadership Group, HGSE |
| March 10, 2006 | Dean Williams, Lecturer in Public Policy, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government |
| February 10, 2006 | Clayton M. Christensen, Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School |
| January 20, 2006 | Thomas Hehir, Professor of Practice, Director of School Leadership Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| December 16, 2005 | Juan Enriquez, Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy, LLC, Founder of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project |
| November 18, 2005 | Gary Orfield, Professor of Education and Social Policy at HGSE and Director of the Civil Rights Project and Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Research Professor of the History of American Education and Former Dean of HGSE |
| October 21, 2005 | Allen S. Grossman, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School, Faculty Chair, Public Education Leadership Project, HBS and HGSE |
| May 20, 2005 | Mica Pollock, Assistant Professor of Education Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| April 8, 2005 | Lee Teitel, Visiting Professor of Education Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| March 11, 2005 |
Robert Peterkin, Keppel Senior Lecturer, Director of Urban Superintendents' Program |
| February 11, 2005 | James P. Honan, Senior Lecturer on Education Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| January 21, 2005 | Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Minister of Harvard Memorial Church, Harvard University |
| December 17, 2004 | Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University |
| November 19, 2004 | Christopher Dede, Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| October 22, 2004 | Richard Elmore, Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| April 30, 2004 | Derek Bok, 300th Anniversary University Professor, Faculty Chair of Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Former President of Harvard University |
| March 19, 2004 | Susan Moore Johnson, Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning HGSE |
| February 27, 2004 |
Marc D. Hauser, Professor of Psychology, Harvard College, Co-Director of Mind, Brain and Behavior Program; Faculty of Education, HGSE |
| February 6, 2004 | Gil Noam, Associate Professor of Education and Psychology, Director of the Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, Director of PAER; HGSE and Harvard Medical School |
| January 9, 2004 |
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education |
| December 12, 2003 | Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor of Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| November 14, 2003 | James P. Honan, Lecturer on Education, HGSE and Stacey Childress, Executive Director and Senior Researcher The Initiative on Social Enterprise, HBS |
| October 24, 2003 | Catherine Snow, The Shattuck Professor of Education, HGSE |
| May 23, 2003 | Ronald A. Heifetz, Co-Founder of Center for Public Leadership , KSG |
| April 4, 2003 | Kurt Fischer, Bigelow Professor of Education, HGSE |
| March 7, 2003 | Richard J. Murnane, Thompson Professor of Education and Society, HGSE |
| February 7, 2003 | Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Dean, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education, HGSE |
| December 13, 2002 | Pedro Antonio Noguera, Dimon Professor in Communities and Schools, HGSE |
| November 1, 2002 | Lawrence H. Summers, President, Harvard University |
| September 27, 2002 | Susan Moore Johnson, Pforzheimer Professor of Teaching and Learning, HGSE |
| May 28, 2002 | Robert Brooks (Second Session) |
| May 10, 2002 | Peter M. Senge, Senior Lecturer, MIT, Chairperson of the Society for Organizational Learning |
| April 5, 2002 | Maria D. Trozzi, Director, Good Grief Program, Instructor in Pediatrics, BU |
| March 8, 2002 | Robert Kegan, Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional Development, HGSE |
| February 8, 2002 | Lynda M. Applegate, Professor of Business Administration, HBS |
| January 11, 2002 | Ronald A. Heifetz, Co-Director of Center for Public Leadership, KSG |
| December 14, 2001 | Robert Brooks, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, HMS |
| October 26, 2001 | Richard Elmore, Professor of Educational Leadership HGSE |
| September 21, 2001 | Teacher Preparation and Ongoing Support for the Teaching Profession A Special Session of the Roundtable with invited Deans and Directors of nineteen college and university schools of education and teacher preparation programs that prepare teachers in the greater Boston area. At Museum of Science, 8:30am to 1:00pm. |
| May 18, 2001 | Kasturi V. Rangan, Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School |
| April 6, 2001 | Robert S. Peterkin, Keppel Senior Lecturer on Education; Director of the Urban Superintendents Program, HGSE |
| March 2, 2001 |
Ronald A. Heifetz, Co-Director of Center for Public Leadership , Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| January 12. 2001 | Discussion and planning session on work with Teacher Preparation Programs |
| December 1, 2000 | Peter M. Senge, Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chairperson of the Society for Organizational Learning |
| November 17, 2000 | Jeff Howard, President, Efficacy Institute |
| October 20, 2000 | Ronald F. Ferguson, Lecturer of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government |
| June 28 and 29, 2000 | Leadership of Large-Scale Improvement in American Education Richard Elmore, Gregory A. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership, HGSE |
| May 12, 2000 | Reflections: Leading in the Kitchen, Working in the Heat Dudley Rose, Director of Field Education, Member of the Faculty, Harvard Divinity School |
| May 24, 2000 | Leading Change in Medical Education Daniel Federman, Dean for Medical Education in the Faculty of Medicine, Carl W. Walter Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Harvard Medical School |
| April 7, 2000 | Perspectives on Leadership Derek Bok, President Emeritus and Professor of Law, Harvard University |
| February 18, 2000 | A Conversation on Leadership Neil Rudenstine, President, Harvard University |
| February 4, 2000 | Leading to Change Through MCAS Susan Moore Johnson, Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning, HGSE |
| December 10, 1999 | Perspectives on Leadership Peter Senge, Chairperson of the Society for Organizational Learning, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| October 1, 1999 | Leadership: A Cognitive Perspective Howard Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| May 14, 1999 | Civic Accountability and Public Education Michael Sandel, Professor of Government, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
| April 16, 1999 | System's Approach to Assessment: A Balanced Scorecard Robert Kaplan, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Harvard Business School |
| March 5, 1999 | System's Approach to Assessment (Part II) Joseph Bower, Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School |
| February 5, 1999 | System's Approach to Assessment (Part I) George Madaus, Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy, the Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy, Boston College Irwin Blumer, Research Professor, School of Education, Boston College Paul Reville, PEW Forum, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| December 11, 1998 | Quality Improvement Donald Berwick, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Associate Professor of Management, Harvard School of Public Health; President/CEO, Institute for Health Care Improvement |
| November 13, 1998 September 18, 1998 |
School/Classroom Assessment Issues (Part II) School/Classroom Assessment Issues (Part I) Steve Seidel, Research Associate, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| July 1 & 2, 1998 | Getting to Scale; Building a Learning Community Richard Elmore, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Anthony Alvarado, Superintendent, New York City Public School District #2 Elaine Fink, Deputy Superintendent, New York City Public School District #2 |
| April 30, 1998 | Review, Reflection and Discussion of Recent Topics |
| March 9, 1998 | Pursuing Excellence: Working with the Eighth Grade Findings from The Third International Mathematics And Science Study (TIMSS) Linda Greyser, Associate Director, Programs in Professional Education, HGSE |
| January 6, 1998 | Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practices (Part III) Richard Elmore, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| December 5, 1997 | Policy Implications of Using Assessment to Promote Changes in Teachers and Students Joan Boykoff Baron, Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| November 5, 1997 | Classroom Implications of Using Assessment to Promote Changes in Teachers and Students Dennie Palmer Wolf, Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| September 24, 1997 April 10, 1997 |
Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practices (Part II) Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practices (Part I) Richard Elmore, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| March 17, 1997 February 10, 1997 |
Teaching The New Basic Skills (Part II) Teaching The New Basic Skills (Part I) Richard Murnane, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Frank Levy, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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