Presented by: The Harvard Graduate School of Education
and the Harvard Family
Research Project
About the Institute
The national conversation about how to better educate our children, particularly those who are economically disadvantaged, and prepare them for success has shifted. The focus on the achievement gap and growing debate about No Child Left Behind policy, results, and reauthorization have sparked increased recognition that schools alone cannot meet the learning needs of our children.
As a result, interest has intensified at all levels—national, state, and local—to identify non-school supports and opportunities that both complement learning in schools and collectively result in better developmental outcomes for children.
This institute unites school, district, and community leaders as they explore a “complementary learning” approach that forges connections among schools, families, out-of-school time programs, early childhood programs, community organizations, and other agencies and institutions.
Participants explore how efforts to promote learning for all children work best when school and non-school supports are intentionally linked with each other at multiple levels and with multiple stakeholders.
Specifically, participants learn how they can build complementary learning systems to promote learning at all ages, supporting children’s readiness to enter school, and their readiness to exit as productive workers, citizens, and parents.
During the Institute You Will
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Explore complementary learning as a way to promote learning and development across settings, close achievement gaps, and support educational transitions
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Learn from examples of successful complementary learning systems across the country—and from the diverse viewpoints of the policymakers, educators, funders, and others who have built them
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Gain specific tools and strategies to design and implement complementary learning systems
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Apply the latest research on complementary learning to your own work
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Meet and share lessons with others who are using a comprehensive approach to connecting schools and non-school supports
Who Should Attend
Teams of two or more are encouraged to attend.
Superintendents and assistant superintendents;
principals and assistant principals; school and community leaders; directors of partnerships, curriculum, and/or family services; representatives from public agencies and philanthropic organizations; senior staff of community-based intermediaries and nonprofits; state and city leaders; local, state, and federal administrators;
philanthropists and funding organizations;
and researchers and evaluators
Faculty
HGSE faculty and leading practicioners will detail the most current research and practice regarding building integrated systems to promote learning and development for all students. Institute faculty include:
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Heather
Bastow Weiss, Founder and Director, Harvard Family
Research Project |
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Priscilla Little, Associate Director, Harvard Family
Research Project |
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| Suzanne Bouffard, Project Manager, Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education |
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| Additional faculty to be announced. |
General Information
Registration and Program Fee
The comprehensive program fee includes tuition, a resource binder of instructional
materials, and some meals. Registration is accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis.
Payment or a purchase order must be
received within 30 days of registration and prior to the conference start. Participants are
responsible for their own travel, and room & board expenses.
Cancellation Policy
The Harvard
Graduate School of Education reserves the right to change faculty or cancel the program
at its discretion. In the unlikely case of program changes,
the school is not responsible for non-refundable travel arrangements
or other planning costs incurred.
Accommodations
Room reservations are the responsibility of individual
conference participants.
Rooms are reserved at reduced rates. Detailed information will be provided closer to the institute start date.
Further Information
800-545-1849 • ppe@gse.harvard.edu
The Harvard Graduate School of Education affirms the right of all individuals to equal treatment in education without regard to race, age, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, handicap, national origin, or any other considerations that are extraneous to effective performance.
The Harvard Graduate School of Education will accommodate anyone with disabilities.
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