Meet the Experts

Meet the Experts brings the nation’s leading thinkers on cutting-edge innovations and trends in education to the home, desktop or board room of America’s school boards. During live webinar broadcasts, board members can interact with leading speakers and thinkers who are changing the educational landscape in our country today. The online library of Meet the Experts presentations will provide access to insights on education innovation 24/7. This exclusive resource will Includes 8-10 web broadcasts annually which are available to the board, superintendent and staff of subscribing districts.


Upcoming MEET THE EXPERTS Webinars

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 2 p.m. EDT
Schools Cannot Do It Alone
Jamie Vollmer

Jamie Vollmer, award-winning champion of public education, and the author of the highly acclaimed book, Schools Can Not Do It Alone, offers a plan to help school districts gain the public support they need to prepare all children to succeed in the knowledge age. He believes we cannot change the system and dramatically increase student success until we secure the four Prerequisites of Progress: community understanding, trust, permission, and support. The Great Conversation is a strategy designed to secure those Prerequisites of Progress through formal and informal channels that can be implemented by any district. Webinar participants are invited to pose questions to Mr. Vollmer about their own community engagement challenges in this highly interactive webinar.
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OCTOBER

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013, 2 p.m. EDT
Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools
Dr. Milton Chen

Dr. Milton Chen, senior fellow and executive director, emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), will discuss how school systems are reinventing themselves, focusing on their growing edges of innovation in districts, states, and nations. These Edges are redefining the nature of “school” and include 1) the Thinking Edge, 2) the Curriculum Edge, 3) the Technology Edge, 4) the Time/Place Edge, 5) the Co-Teaching Edge, and 6) the Youth Edge. The Six Edges form the framework of his 2010 book, selected as one of the 10 best books of 2010 by the American School Board Journal. The Edges address fundamental shifts to our thinking about schooling; ways in which technology is  transforming when, where, and how students learn; and roles of teachers and students as teachers form teaching teams with other experts and students take on more responsibility for their own learning. Dr. Chen will give examples of these innovative practices from Edutopia.org, the Lucas Foundation’s Web site and its archive of documentaries, available for free download and embedding, with foreign language captions via Google Translate.
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NOVEMBER

Are you a Multiplier or a Diminisher? Or perhaps an Accidental Diminisher? Take a short quiz and then join author and leadership coach Elise Foster for a highly interactive session based on research collected from more than 100 of the nation’s top education leaders. She will identify the five disciplines that distinguish Multipliers from Diminishers and how they impact a district’s success. The first type, a Diminisher, drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them and needs to be the smartest person in the room. On the other side of the spectrum are Multipliers, leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. These are the leaders who inspire teachers and administrators to stretch themselves and surpass expectations.
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DECEMBER

Thursday, December 12, 2013, 2p.m. EDT
Hello!  My Name is Public School and I Have an Image Problem Leslie Milder
Leslie Milder

So much energy is focused on what's wrong with our public schools and how to fix them that we often lose sight of the extraordinary work occurring in our schools every day. Leslie Milder, founder of Friends of Texas Public Schools and author of Hello! My Name is Public School and I Have an Image Problem outlines a step-by-step approach for challenging unjust criticism and accusations of failure by directing the energies of those who lead and work in education to step up as ambassadors for America’s public schools and the children they serve. These simple strategies can help restore public pride, hope, optimism, and confidence in public schools, and in those who dedicate their lives to educating our youth, at a time when external forces continue their campaign to weaken public trust.
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JANUARY

Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 2 p.m.
STEM 2.0: Transformational Thinking About STEM for School Leaders
Jim Brazell