Urban Education Center

Experience Three Days of Inspiration, Information and Innovation.

June 7-9, 2010 · Cook Convention Center · Memphis, Tennessee

Make plans today to attend the Forum for Innovative Leadership, June 7-9 in downtown Memphis. This three-day conference brings together some of the nation’s foremost authorities on education, leadership and innovation.

This dynamic conference is designed to benefit an array of education professionals including superintendents, principals, assistant principals, board members, district-level staff, aspiring administrators, guidance counselors, content area specialists and teacher leaders. It promises to be an exceptional forum for the exchange of your ideas and challenges with peers from across the country. We are anticipating 1,500 - 2,000 attendees so mark your calendars, make your reservations and prepare to be inspired.

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Expand your Expertise

The Urban Education Center is the solution to the challenge of securing highly-qualified, well-trained professionals prepared to aggressively lead school improvement and student achievement. This challenge is germane to all urban school districts. Summer Institutes are designed to provide participants exposure to leaders in education, expert educational practitioners and innovative problem solvers that help them extend their knowledge into practice. They develop a heightened awareness of critical instructional and business systems improvement initiatives and unique leadership challenges inherent in building and sustaining a high-functioning educational environment.

June 15-16, 2010: “Develop standards-based report cards that are meaningful to students, parents, and educators!” by Thomas R. Gusky
June 29 - July 1, 2010: “Efficacy Yields High Performing Schools” by Dr. Jeff Howard

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Today's Challenges. Tomorrow's Solutions.

The Executive Leadership Program (ELP) takes a comprehensive approach to improving the quality of education for students by developing a cadre of school leaders committed to eliminating the achievement gap. The ELP is designed to address the critical need for quality leaders in urban schools.

The University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University are partners in this unique endeavor. The strong connection to higher education institutions provides ELP residents an opportunity to earn a certification in urban education, along with additional CEU or college credit. The ELP program is closely aligned with Tennessee Instructional Leadership Standards (TILS) and the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC). The ELP utilizes a teaching hospital concept. The learning model provides a recursive process for problem analysis, knowledge application, diagnosis, strategy development, treatment, and outcome analysis.

Facilitators guide the cohort during the program, lead instruction and conduct site visits to monitor progress. This relationship is ongoing through the Planning Summer. Each candidate is assigned a mentor (building-level principal) who guides their development beginning with the School Residency experience and continuing through the first three years of leadership.

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A Conversation in Search of Transformative Ideas

This exciting think-tank event, which will focus on topical, hot-button issues, will provide educational leaders the opportunity to work together in an open, round-table environment and exchange ideas, identify best practices, and discuss strong, proven, educational strategies that will resonate with practitioners.

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Strengthening the Effectiveness Framework

Start the 2010-11 school year on a high point! Join fellow professionals to discuss matters of GREAT importance. There will be engaging sessions that model “best practices” for adult learners, some presented by national experts, but in keeping with the theme of a Practitioner Summit you will find that the majority of the sessions are presented by your peers, teachers who work beside you daily to ensure that students learn more. Every Summit participant will be asked to present, as they join a round table at some point during the conference to share their best practices. The Summit will include continuous learning, sharing with your peers, highlighting excellence and teachers taking ownership of their own learning.

Practitioners Summit (formerly Summer Teacher Conference) will be held on July 27-29 with registration beginning at 7:00 the first morning and 8:00 on subsequent mornings. The conference is designed for all MCS teachers. Teachers who attend will be able to “trade” this inservice for inservice on August 4 and 5. July 29, the final day of the Practitioners Summit, participants will be dismissed by 1:00 and they can “trade” attendance on this day for either October 11 or February 21 inservice. The Practitioners Summit will also allow you to acquire professional development for the 2010-11 school year, per the new Professional Development Policy requiring 57 hours of professional development. 

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