Michigan Principals Fellowship

Statewide Summer Institute 2007
Michigan State University Student Union
 

Agenda
 Monday, July 30, 2007
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast           
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions: Creating the Context for Community

Dr. Barbara Markle, Assistant Dean, Office of K-12 Outreach Programs, College of Education, Michigan State University; Director, Michigan Principals Fellowship

Dr. Tom Buffett, Education Outreach Specialist, Office of K-12 Outreach Programs, College of Education, Michigan State University, Managing Director for the Michigan Principals Fellowship

Geographic Introductions: Who Are We?
11:00 a.m. Leadership for Learning Outcomes
  • An Invitation
  • Reflections and Support

Tom Buffett
Barbara Markle
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Creating Schools for the 21st Century

Dr. Yong Zhao, University Distinguished Professor of Education Psychology, Michigan State University
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Creating Fellowship Learning Teams

Tom Buffett
4:00 p.m. Recess
5:30 p.m. Outdoor Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Understanding the Michigan Context for Instructional Improvement

Betty Underwood, Director, Office of School Improvement, Michigan Department of Education
Linda Hecker, NCLB Coordinator, Michigan Department of Education
8:30 p.m. Adjourn & Sign Out

Tuesday, July 31, 2007
8:00 a.m. Sign In & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Setting the Pace
9:00 a.m. Creating and Using an Instructional Framework
  • Session Overview
  • Introduction to the Instructional Core
  • Exploring the Knowledge Base of Teaching
  • Session Review

James Warnock, Consultant, Research for Better Teaching
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Coherent Expectations for Behaviors and Academics
  • Focusing Your Work with Individuals and Teams of Teachers
  • Utilizing Learning Walks to Support Effective Instruction

James Warnock
4:00 p.m. Review and Reflection
4:30 p.m. Adjourn and sign out

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
8:00 a.m. Sign In & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Advancing the Instructional Framework throughout the School
  • Modeling Instructional Strategies in a Leadership Role

James Warnock, Consultant, Research for Better Teaching
10:15 a.m. Break
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Advancing the Instructional Framework throughout the School
  • Supporting Teachers in Their thinking about Student Mastery

James Warnock
4:00 p.m. Reflect and Review

Barbara Markle
James Warnock
4:30 p.m. Adjourn and Sign Out

Thursday, August 2, 2007
8:00 a.m. Sign In and Hot Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Setting the Pace

Barbara Markle
Tom Buffett
9:00 a.m. Leading the Development of Collaborative Learning Teams

Dr. BetsAnn Smith, Associate Professor of K-12 Administration, Michigan State University

Dr. Susan Printy, Assistant Professor of K-12 Administration, Michigan State University
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Breakouts: Learning the Development of Collaborative Learning Teams

Susan Printy
BetsAnn Smith
12:00 a.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Principals Panel: Voices of Experience

Leadriane Roby, Covert Elementary School
Ronna Steele, Director of Instruction and Special Education, Union City Community Schools
Derry Sims, Jackson Northeast Elementary
Kelly Smith, Corunna High School
4:00 p.m. Review and Reflect

Barbara Markle
Tom Buffett
4:30 p.m. Adjourn and Sign Out

Friday, August 3, 2007
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Setting the Pace

Barbara Markle
Tom Buffett
9:00 a.m. Leading the Development of Collaborative Learning Teams
  • Case 3 - Planning to be Courageous
  • Paper: Leadership for Teacher Learning

Susan Printy
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Myers Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) Report Analysis

Ben Perez, Consultant
Barbara Markle
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. BMTI (Continued)

Wrapping up, Looking Forward

Ben Perez
Barbara Markle
Tom Buffett
3:00 p.m. Adjourn and Sign Out

Monday, August 6, 2007
8:00 a.m. Sign In and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome, Reconnect and Review

Dr. Barbara Markle, Assistant Dean, Office of K-12 Outreach Programs, College of Education, Michigan State University

Dr. Tom Buffett, Education Outreach Specialist, Office of K-12 Outreach Programs, College of Education, Michigan State University
9:30 a.m. Adult Developmental Leadership: Promising New Ways to Support Adult Learning and Development
  • Session Overview
  • PowerPoint
  • Way of Knowing Application Exercise
  • Peter's Case
  • Peter's Case: Guiding Questions
  • Helping Teachers Learn: Preface
  • Helping Teacher Learn: Forward
  • Helping Teachers Learn: Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Poem: The Seven Pentacles
     
  • Adult developmental theory
  • A new model of learning oriented leadership
  • Adult learning principals that inform the model
  • Four pillar practices

Dr. Eleanor Drago-Severson, Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
12:00 p.m Lunch
1:00 p.m. Adult Development Leadership: Promising New Ways to Support Adult Learning and Development (con't)
4:00 p.m. Review and Reflect
4:30 p.m. Recess
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Learning Team Discussion
8:00 p.m. Adjourn and Sign Out

Tuesday, August 7, 2007
8:00 a.m. Sign In and Hot Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Setting the Pace

Tom Buffett
9:00 a.m. Schools of Success and Achievement

Dr. Jeff Howard, Consultant, Efficacy Institute

  • Challenging Key Assumptions
  • Intelligence as a Developmental Process
     
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Schools of Success and Achievement (con’t.) 
  • Still at Risk: The Causes and Costs of Failure to Educate Poor and Minority Children for the Twenty-First Century
  • You Can't Get There From Here: The Need for a New Logic in Education Reform
  • The Possible Dream: A Nation of Proficient Schoolchildren

Jeff Howard

4:30 p.m. Adjourn and Sign Out

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2007
8:00 a.m. Sign In and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Setting the Pace

Tom Buffett
9:00 a.m. Analyzing Data for Instructional Improvement
  • Structure of the Self-Directed Improvement System™. 
  • Integrating activities in the areas of standards, assessments, curriculum and instruction to achieve dramatic improvement for every child.

Dr. Jeff Howard, Consultant, Efficacy Institute
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Analyzing Data for Instructional Improvement (con’t.)

Jeff Howard
4:00 p.m. Review and Reflection

Tom Buffett
4:30 p.m. Adjourn and Sign Out

Thursday, August 9, 2007
8:00 a.m. Sign In and Hot Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Setting the Pace

Tom Buffett
9:00 p.m. MI-LIFE: The Michigan Leadership Improvement Framework Endorsement: How to be Successful Digital Leaders, Data Leaders and Instructional Leaders

Yvonne Caamal Canul, MI-LIFE Consultant

Jane Perzyk, MI-LIFE Consultant
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Planning as Learning: Analysis of Your School Improvement Plan

Tom Buffett
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Meer Bus at MSU Student Union
1:30 p.m. Using Data and Resources for Schoolwide Improvement: A Hands-On Afternoon
  • Session Overview
  • Questions to Guide the Analysis of School Wide Improvement Planning - Support Documents

Bettie Landauer-Menchik, Director of Data Services, Office for K-12 Outreach, College of Education, Michigan State University
4:00 p.m. Learning Teams: Review and Reflect

Friday, August 10, 2007
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Setting the Pace

Barbara Markle
Tom Buffett
9:00 a.m. Panel Discussion:  Darkening the Dotted Line

Shug Brandell, Coalition of Essential Schools, Leadership Coach
Barbara Markle, Assistant Dean, Office of K-12 Outreach Programs, College of Education, MSU
Betty Underwood, Interim Director, Office of School Improvement, Michigan Department of Education
Karen Ruple, School Improvement Consultant, Kent Intermediate School District
Charlotte Koger, Project Manager, Title I Technical Assistance Grant
Linda Hecker, NCLB Coordinator, Michigan Department of Education
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Synthesis and Integration

Tom Buffett
Barbara Markle
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Synthesis and Integration (Con't)

Tom Buffett
Barbara Markle
3:00 p.m. Adjourn and Sign Out