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Leadership: An Evolving Vision

July 8–15, 2009

For the experienced school leader

 

Revitalize your personal vision of leadership, refine leadership skills and further develop your management style. (more)

 
 
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National Institute for Urban School Leaders

July 19–24, 2009

Create more effective urban schools

 

Examine successful practices from urban settings, explore strategies to promote high student achievement school wide, and set the expectation of high achievement. (more)

 
 

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Harvard Institute for School Leadership: Leadership for Large-Scale Improvement

July 5–11, 2009

 
Explore the challenges faced by educators working to achieve instructional improvement and cultural shifts in their schools and districts. (more)
 
 
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Universal Design For Learning:
Reaching All Learners

July 610, 2009

 
Address crucial questions about how to provide full access to the general education curriculum for all learners—especially those with disabilities—through Universal Design. (more)
 
 
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Critical Issues in Urban Special Education

Improving Outcomes for Young Children with Significant Mental Health Needs

July 1317, 2009

      

The institute focuses on identifying and exploring systematic approaches for improving academic, behavioral, and post-school outcomes for students with serious emotional and behavioral disabilities. (more)

  
    
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Charter Schools: Practices for High Performance

July 20–23, 2009

 

With more than 3,500 schools enrolling over a million students, charter schools are significantly changing the face of public education. This institute considers charter school successes and struggles—exploring curriculum, leadership, performance, finance, and governance. (more)

 
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Project Zero Classroom 2009

July 27August 1, 2009

Reshape your classroom practices to increase student understanding

The Project Zero Classroom is designed to help practicing PreK–12 educators create classrooms, instructional materials, and out-of-school learning environments that address the challenges presented by our rapidly changing world. (more)

 
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Future of Learning

August 4–7, 2009

Reshape your classroom practices to increase student understanding and readiness for the world of tomorrow

The institute is designed to help educators understand how changes in society affect learning today and in the future. It invites educators to examine what, where, and how children and adults should learn in order to thrive in the twenty-first century. (more)

 
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Fall Institutes

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New and Aspiring School Leaders

Fall Session: November 15–18, 2009

 

Define your vision based on core values, understand what aspects of the principalship should be established at the outset of one’s tenure, know how to achieve key objectives and build networks of support across diverse constituencies. (more)

 
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Independent Schools Institute

Fall 2010

 

The institute highlights the latest education research and theory from the Harvard Graduate School of Education as applied to the professional practice of independent schools. (more)

 
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Spring Institutes

 
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Leadership Institute for Superintendents: Systemic Reform in School Districts and Schools

Spring 2010

 

The Leadership Institute for Superintendents is designed for superintendents and assistant superintendents working with the challenges of systemic reform in their schools and districts. Participants analyze  topics from developing and leading high-performing learning organizations, to implementing sustainable change, to standards-based reform. (more)

 
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New and Aspiring School Leaders

Spring Session: March 21–24, 2010

 

Define your vision based on core values, understand what aspects of the principalship should be established at the outset of one’s tenure, know how to achieve key objectives and build networks of support across diverse constituencies. (more)

 
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Recent Institutes

 
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Data Wise: Step-by-Step Blueprint for Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching & Learning

June 21-26, 2009

Use assessment results to improve teaching & learning
 

Educators are guided through a systematic process for using their existing assessment data to improve the quality of education in their school.
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Improving Schools: The Art of Leadership

June 29–July 7, 2009

Tailored to leaders in the early stages of their career

 

Hone your leadership skills and gain a more
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