The document summarizes the key topics from a principals' summer workshop about illuminating learners. It discusses focusing on learning over ratings, principals as learners adapting to changes, new levels of accountability in assessments and standards, changes in principal preparation programs, external influences like charter schools and online learning, the Texas legislature's focus on middle and high school readiness, and PISD's response of focusing on instruction through initiatives like AVID and building capacity.

1. Principals’ Summer Workshop Illuminating Learners Presented by Dr. Doug Otto July 27, 2010

2. Illuminating Learners District Focus 2010 – 2011 Getting students and all staff “plugged into” learning

3. Learning is what happens every day in your classrooms – ratings are what happen once a year. Getting students and all staff “plugged into” learning

18. New media and learning…. Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able Michael Wesch Cultural Anthropology Kansas State University

19. Are You Ready? To reinvent, redesign and reshape the learning experience for your students and teachers?

20. Principals’ Summer Workshop Illuminating Learners Presented by Dr. Doug Otto July 27, 2010