Leadership Summit Sponsored by The Carroll School

Independent Schools Dyslexia Leadership Summit Sponsored by The Carroll School If one leader can make a difference, imagine what a community of leaders can do. June 24-27, 2008

Why we’re here:

To blaze new trails

How we got here: Stepping stones • Seminars : For Heads/Lead Administrators Independent LD Schools/IDA (19??- 2008) • Sherman/NG Think Tank (2004) • Oremus/IDA Perspectives (2005) • TDF/Brain Symposium , Brazil (2007) • Decades of “Bull Sessions” @ Network & IDA conferences

Who we are: 25 proven & promising leaders

• 9 Schools in 8 States :

MA, PA, MN, RI, NC, OH, NJ, MD

• Heads/EDS of : Carroll, DVF, Groves, Hamilton @ Wheeler, Hill Center, Lawrence, Marburn, NG, Siena

• Plus ……Jemicy, Proctor, Greenwood, Chartwell, Landmark, Assets, St. G’s Summer, Purnell, Hamilton Wenham Reg. HS, others.

Who we are: Educational leaders

• Leadership Roles: 19 schools

• Founding/Leadership Roles: 3 nonprofits (The Learning Disabilities Network, The Dunn Institute, Victory Schools)

• 10 w/ Public Ed. backgrounds (charter schools)

Who we are: Experts!

• Various Hats: Teachers, diagnosticians, teacher trainers, curric. writers, consultants, authors, Heads/EDs, board members/officers of other schools & nonprofits

• Many Programs : OG, Wilson, Project Read, LETRS, etc.

• Experience : Decades and decades!

Who we are: Well credentialed

• Certifications: Tons!

• Advanced Degrees: 13 masters & 3 doctorates

• HGSE : 7 of 9 heads

• Other Harvard: 1 Harvard MBA, 1 former Harvard Med. School faculty, 1 member Harvard Principals’ Center Advisory Board

Who we are: Pre-K --> Higher Ed. Educators

• Pre, Elementary, Middle, High School

• Faculty, Instructors, Adjunct Instructors:

John’s Hopkins, Lesley, BC, BU, UNC Chapel Hill, N. Carolina Central U., Duke, Free University Amsterdam, Harvard Medical School

Who we are: Passionate movers & shakers

• Much in common . . .

e.g. shared goals about

kids who learn

differently,

IDA, etc

• But also traveled

various paths . . .

e.g., neuroscientist,

finance guy, poet,

pharmacist

Soooo we are . . . a pretty accomplished group!

. . . with a shared vision of possibilities & pathways

We know a lot about . . . Children who learn differently, especially children w/ dyslexia

We know a lot about . . . Designing & managing educational environments to help these children become capable academic learners

. . . we are the reading experts ! We put reading first long before it became a national initiative & education policy tagline

What we do: Open doors & transform lives

• Of children in our schools

• Of children

outside our

schools . . .

What we also do: Improve general & public education

• Below Radar : Independent LD schools & our people have been secret catalysts for change in public education for decades

• As pioneers , i nnovators , laboratorie s, models , stewards , disseminators , advocates , even as public school competitors , we have stimulated CHANGE!

What we’ll do here : Blaze trails . . . using these navigational tools

• School Presentations from schools’ lead participants (some team, some solo)

• Outside Speaker Presentations

• Task Forces

What we’ll do here:

Tuesday

9:00-10:00 Jay Goulart

10:15-11:15 Earl Oremus

11:15-12:15 Shary Maskel

1:30-2:30 Lou Salza

2:30-3:05 Glenn Rosen

3:15-4:00 Task Forces

4:00-5:00 John Alexander

Wednesday 8:30-9:30 Jon Green 9:30-10:30 Erik Heyer 10:45 12:15 Alan November 1:15-2:45 Alan Cont. 2:45-3:30 Task Forces 4:45 Fenway Tour! 7:05 Red Sox Game!

W hat else we’ll do:

Thursday

8:30-10:30 Task Forces

10:4-11:45 Katherine Schantz

11:45-12:45 George Stiny

1:45-2:45 Kurt Fischer

2:45-3:45 Gordon Sherman

3:15-4:00 Steve Wilkins

Friday 8:45-9:45 Elena Grigorenko 9:45-10:00 Discussion 10:15-12:15 Task Force Presentations ! 12:15-12:30 Closing Remarks

Task Forces :

Task Force A: Educating Children for their Future, Not our Past (7)

Ryan Masa (Facilitator ), John Alexander, Deanna Bartlett, Vanessa Diffenbacher, Earl Oremus, Katherine Schantz, Gordon Sherman

Task Force B: Rethinking Disability/Talent Paradigms &

Purpose of Learning (7)

Erik Heyer (Facilitator ), Kathy Boone, Jon Green, Kyle Harrington,

Maura Rogers, Joyce Walker, Steve Wilkins

Task Force C: Building Researcher-Educator Bridges (9)

Allison West (Facilitator ), Jeannette Epstein, Mark Harris,

Bill Keeney, Dee Ledet-Rosenberg, Shary Maskel, Lou Salza,

Wendy Speir, Jenny Thomson

Task Force Times Breakfasts: 7:45-8:30 Some lunch & break time

PLUS 3.5 scheduled time

Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday:

3:15-4:00 2:45-3:30/45ish 8:30-10:30

Friday Presentations : 10:15-12:15

(About 30 minutes including Q &A)

A word about time . . .

My work here is done, well . . . almost.

A beautiful run

Not so pretty

Inspired Wired Tired

Not this kind of tired.

The tired that comes from Stretching minds, heavy cognitive lifting, and pushing through.

We understand the power of this.

Do we understand the power of this?

Are our nation’s schools broken in some way?

Are they becoming obsolete?

Are we imprisoning young minds & spirits? Failing to prepare them for their future?

If so, the ramifications could be big.

Maybe really big.

“ Do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.” Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tomorrow night.

Leadership Summit Sponsored by The Carroll School

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