The Greater Boston Superintendents' Roundtable includes twenty-seven Boston area public school superintendents and professional associates who meet 7 to 9 times a year with HGSE and other Harvard faculty, and occasionally faculty from other universities/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 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 Nate Levenson, Superintendent     Bedford Public Schools Maureen LaCroix , Superintendent     Belmont Public Schools Peter Holland, Superintendent     Boston Public Schools Carol R. Johnson, Superintendent     Brookline Public Schools William H. Lupini, Superintendent     Cambridge Public Schools Thomas Fowler-Finn, Superintendent     Dedham Public Schools June Doe, Superintendent     Concord & Concord/Carlisle Public Schools Brenda Finn, Superintendent     Lexington Public Schools Paul B. Ash, Superintendent     Lincoln Public Schools Michael Brandmeyer, Superintendent     Lincoln/Sudbury Regional High School John Ritchie, Superintendent/Principal     Malden Public Schools Sidney Smith, Superintendent     Milton Public Schools Magdalene Giffune, 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 Susan Parrella, Superintendent     Wayland Public Schools Gary Burton, Superintendent     Wellesley Public Schools Bella T. Wong, Superintendent     Weston Public Schools Alan Oliff, 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 2007-2008 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 open to the Roundtable members only. Thank you.) October 19, 2007 -- Bridget Terry Long, Associate Professor of Education and Economics, 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 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 January 11, 2008 -- Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis, President and Director of the Museum of Science, Boston February 8, 2008 -- Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University, the Lincoln Professor of History in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences 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 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 May 16, 2008 -- Robert B. Schwartz, the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Practice and Academic Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education Previous Roundtable presenters included: 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 Harvard Graduate School of Education     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 Chair of Steering Committee for Project Zero, HGSE     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 Office of School Partnerships • Harvard Graduate School of Education 44R Brattle Street, Third Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 phone 617-496-4822 • fax 617-495-1863
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