April 24-25, 2017 | San Diego, CA
Meeting Objectives
- Deepen understanding of high-leverage strategies to improve coherence of programs and policies. To do this, Learning Lab participants will:
- Inventory their state’s principal and teacher landscape policies around recruitment, preparation, support, and retention;
- Identify priority areas based on state needs; and,
- Develop an action plan to align policies and programs that provide consistent expectations for teachers and leaders across the state.
- Build and develop capacity to strengthen and align the governor’s agenda around principal and teacher quality.
- Be part of an ESSA implementation community with states from across the country that will include the sharing of best practices and tools for effective engagement and outreach among governors’ offices, state education agencies, and other agencies implicated by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Agenda
Presentations
April 24, 2017
Welcome and Learning Lab Goals
Speakers:
- Jared Billings, program director, Education Division, NGA Center
- Danny Carlson, policy analyst, Education Division, NGA Center
State Panel: Moving Away from Piecemeal Policies and Programs
Moderator:
- Jared Billings, program director, Education Division, NGA Center
Speakers:
- Mary Sandy, executive director, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
- Paul Katnik, assistant commissioner, Office of Educator Quality, Missouri Department of Education
- Paul Fleming, assistant commissioner, Teachers and Leaders Division, Tennessee Department of Education
Breakout Sessions: State Case Studies
Group Session: ESSA Update
Speaker:
- Holly Boffy, program director, Education Workforce, CCSSO
Session Handouts
Group Session II: Leveraging School Leadership to Advance Teaching and Learning
Speaker:
- Margaret Young, senior director, Policy, New Leaders
Session Handouts
State Team Time I
Hot Topics
Speakers:
- Aaliyah Samuel, director, Education Division, NGA Center
- Jared Billings, program director, Education Division, NGA Center
- Danny Carlson, policy analyst, NGA Center
- Margaret Young, senior director, Policy, New Leaders
Session Handouts
April 25, 2017
Welcome and Meeting Agenda Overview
Speakers:
- Jared Billings, program director, Education Division, NGA Center
- Danny Carlson, policy analyst, NGA Center
Morning Session I: Exploring Opportunities Within the Changing Political
Landscape
Moderators:
- Aaliyah Samuel, director, Education Division, NGA Center
Morning Session II: Models for Promoting School Leader Success: Opportunities for State Support
- Steve Tozer, founding coordinator, Urban Education Leadership Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
