Sustaining Turnaround at Scale - Session Summaries
A brief description of every panel presentation from the ERS Summit, Sustaining Turnaround at Scale. Make sure to also check out the summit videos and posters.
Overview of different turnaround philosophies and implications for district approaches
Content: Session Summary, Overview Presentation, Deborah McGriff Presentation
Panelists:
- Alyssa Whitehead-Bust – Chief of Innovation and Reform, Denver Public Schools (DPS)
- Allen Smith – Executive Director, Denver Summit Schools Network, Denver Public Schools (DPS)
- Deborah McGriff – Partner, NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF)
- Noemi Donoso – Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
- Ann Clark – Chief Academic Officer, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)
Session 1: Building a Turnaround Principal Pipeline
Content - Session Summary
Panelists:
- LeAnn Buntrock – Executive Director, UVA Partnership for Leaders in Education
- Michelle Pierre-Farid – Executive Director D.C., New Leaders for New Schools
- Billy Kearney – Principal, Charles Hart Middle School, D.C Public Schools
- Dalia Hochman – Policy Director, MassInsight
Session #2: Building a strong teaching force
Content - Session Summary, Jarvis Sanford Presentation
Panelists:
- Jarvis Sanford – Managing Director, Academy for Urban School Leadership
- Jesse Solomon – Executive Director, Boston Plan for Excellence
- Monique Burns Thompson – President, Teach Plus
Session #3: Using data effectively
Content - Session Summary, Achievement Network Leader Levers and Teacher Actions, Liz Dozier Presentation
Panelists:
- Karen Alexander – Principal, Denver Public Schools
- John Maycock – Chief Growth Officer, Achievement Network
- Liz Dozier – Principal, Fenger High School, Chicago Public Schools
- Gary Robichaux – Executive Director, ReNEW CMO
Session #4: Using and extending time
Content - Session Summary, Ben Lummis Presentation
Panelists:
- Andrew Bott, Principal, Orchard Gardens K-8, Boston Public Schools
- Ben Lummis, National Center on Time and Learning
- Eric Schwarz, CEO, Citizen Schools
Session #5: School designs for turnaround
Content - Session Summary, Alesia Smith Presentation
Panelists:
- Suzanne Gimenez, Principal, Devonshire Elementary, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools
- Alesia Smith, Principal, Rothenberg Prep, Cincinnati Public Schools
- Matt Spengler, Executive Director, Blueprint Schools Network
- Marc Waxman, Co-Executive Director, SOAR Schools
Session #6: Inside and out – reengineering the school-community relationship to serve high-poverty schools and children
Content - Session Summary, Pam Cantor Presentation
Panelists:
- Rebecca Boxx – Director Full Service Community Schools, Providence Public Schools
- Pam Cantor – President and CEO, Turnaround for Children
- Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey – President, Say Yes to Education
- Mary Walsh – Executive Director, City Connects
Federal Perspective on Turnaround - Lunch Presentation
Content - Speech Summary, Jason Snyder Presentation
- Speaker: Jason Snyder - Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education
Organizing the central office to support systemic turnaround
Content - Session Summary, Karen Baroody Presentation, Don Fraynd Presentation, Tanya Carter Presentation, Frank Barnes Presentation
Panelists:
- Laura Mitchell – Deputy Superintendent, Cincinnati Public Schools
- Don Fraynd – Chief School Improvement Officer, Chicago Public Schools
- Tanya Carter – Deputy Executive Director, Denver Public Schools
- Frank Barnes – Chief Accountability Officer, Boston Public School
Wrap-up and reflection session: Lessons learned and moving ahead
Content - Session Summary, Wrap-Up Presentation
Panelists:
- Karen Hawley Miles – President and Executive Director, Education Resource Strategies (ERS)
- Warren Simmons – Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
- Jason Snyder – Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
- Ross Wiener – Executive Director of the Education and Society Program, The Aspen Institute
