Dyslexia Leadership Summit 2012 Overview: Convened by Carroll School & prepared by Carolyn D. Cowen, Executive Director, Carroll Center for Innovative Education

2. Next 3 days
Summit
2012

3. Agenda
“For every
minute
spent
organizing,
an hour is
earned.”
But …

4. Next 3 days

5. DAY 3
Present Plans
DAY 2 Execute
DAY 1 Present Updates
Decide Tenets
SUMMIT 2012 GOAL
CONVEY compelling information about
effective teaching for children with dyslexia.
INJECT our “tenets for success” into
national conversations about reading &
education reform.

6. SUMMIT 2012 TARGET
Inject our tenets for
success into the
national
conversation!
DAYS 1, 2, 3 IMPROVE
READING
TEACHING

7. OTHER OBJECTIVES
Elevate our
own practices!
CROSS INVEST
POLLINATE IN
LEADERS
DAYS 1, 2, 3
EXPLORE
NEW
NETWORK IDEAS
COLLABORATE

8. ONGOING MISSION
Build capacity of our
community of dyslexia
schools to improve INSPIRE TALENTED
LEADERS TO WORK
education for TOGETHER AS
ALL! INNOVATION
LABORATORY &
DISSEMINATION
NETWORK
DAYS 1, 2, 3

9. MISSION
IN ACTION!
MISSION
OTHER OBJECTIVES
DAYS 1, 2, 3 SUMMIT GOAL
(THEME)
OBJECTIVES

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builds on . . .

12. . . . builds on
Decades of
“bull sessions”
at conferences

13. . . . builds on
Ongoing IDA
Independent
Decades of
LD Schools
“bull sessions”
at Heads
conferences
Seminars

14. . . . builds on
Sherman
Newgrange
Think Tank
Decades of
2004
“bull sessions”
at conferences

15. . . . builds on
Oremus
IDA
Ongoing IDA
Perspectives
Independent
2005
LD Schools
Heads
Decades Seminars
of
“bull sessions”
at conferences

16. . . . builds on
TDF Brain
Symposium
2007, Brazil
(ACE)
Ongoing IDA
Independent
LD Schools
Heads
Decades Seminars
of
“bull sessions”
at conferences

17. . . . builds on
IDA/Intel
Meeting @
Brown
2010
Ongoing IDA
Independent
LD Schools
Heads
Decades Seminars
of
“bull sessions”
at conferences

18. . . . builds on Leadership
Summit
2008
Ongoing IDA
Independent
LD Schools
Heads
Decades Seminars
of
“bull sessions”
at conferences

19. Summit
2012
. . . builds on Leadership
Summit
2010
Ongoing IDA
Independent
LD Schools
Heads
Decades Seminars
of
“bull sessions”
at conferences

20. 3 Observations
Leadership
Summit
Leadership
2012
Leadership Summit
Summit 2010
2008

21. World
changed
since
2008

22. • Economy
World
changed • Technology e.g.
since
2008
Skype/social media — old hat!
New media literacy — What is
it? Do we teach it? Should we?
Rise of “digital reader” —
Human & machine … new RD?
Disrupted reader?

23. Digital Reader:
World
changed Benefits/downsides
since
2008

24. 3 Observations
Leadership
Leadership Summit
Summit 2010
2008
Powerful The tyranny of
instructional the urgent & our
practices own students’
demand needs trump
World powerful initiatives for
changed PD. greater good..
since Technology Our own students
2008 not quite
still come first!
there yet

25. Leadership
Leadership Summit
Leadership Summit 2012
Summit 2010
2008
SMART
Initiatives
Sensible
Lessons Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely

26. SUMMIT 2012 TARGET
SMART: Inject our
tenets for success
into the national
conversation!
DAYS 1, 2, 3 IMPROVE
READING
TEACHING

27. BUT …
What are
these
tenets for
success?

28. Tenets for Success?

29. Day Establish our core
tenets for success
8:15

5:00

30. Day 9 Schools +
8:15

5:00

31. Day 9 Schools +
8:15

5:00

32. Day 9 Schools +
8:15

5:00

33. Day 9 Schools +
8:15

5:00

34. Day
8:15

5:00

35. Day
8:15

5:00

36. Day …wrestle with
various school
priorities to …
8:15

5:00

37. Day … arrive at a
CONSENSUS …
8:15

5:00

38. Day … about …
8:15

5:00

39. Day … our …
8:15

5:00

40. Day
8:15- 5:00


41. Day
8:15- 5:00


42. Day Core tenets
for success
Tenets
for
success

43. Day Core tenets
for success
AKA
“Checklist
Tenets
Manifesto” for
success

44. Day Core tenets
for success
AKA
“Maxims for
Tenets
achievement for
and Growth” success

45. Day Core tenets
for success
8 “safe?”
2 more forward
thinking?
Tenets
for
success

46. Day What if we
need more
time?
Tenets
for
success

47. “To achieve
great things
two things
are needed,
a plan and
not quite
enough time.”
— Leonard Bernstein

48. Day
5:30- 7:45

Tenets
for
success

49. √ DAY 1
Decide Tenets
Agree on our core
tenets for success

50. Day
8:00 – 10:00

51. Day

52. Day
CRAFT a compelling message re: tenets
for success.
DECIDE what multi-genre/media
content is needed and write it.

53. Day
Develop &
implement
broadcasting
plans …
SEEK sister school input/endorsement.
FORGE strategic partnerships.
DETERMINE audiences, messaging
mediums, platforms, strategies.

54. Day
COORDINATE writing-messaging team
planning.
RECOMMEND agenda adjustments;
facilitate reporting.
DEVELOP/COORDINATE/EXECUTE ongoing
& sustainability plans.

55. Day
GRAPHIC
NOTE TAKING
Diane Green

56. Day Team work: Supported
& energized
Cinthia
Haan
Literate
Nation
Haan
Foundation

57. Day
Develop &
implement
broadcasting
plans …

58. √ DAY 2
√ DAY 1 Present Updates
Decide Tenets
Teams present
brief updates

59. A LITTLE
Day
5: 00 Bus Outside Inn
5:30 Boston Beer Works Tour &
light apps
7:00 Bus
7:30 Meadhall: Apps & dinner
* Cabs back to Inn

60. Day Intensive team work

61. Day Reality Check
by Skype
Gordon
Sherman
Newgrange
Landmark

62. Day

63. √DAY 3
√ DAY 2 Present Plans
√ DAY 1 Present Updates Execute
Decide Tenets
Teams present
final reports

64. √DAY 3
√ DAY 2 Present Plans
√ DAY 1 Present Updates Execute
Decide Tenets
Ambitious!
Challenging!

65. “If we don’t
finish in these 3
days, we risk
never finishing.
That said, we
don’t want to
finish just for
the sake of
finishing.”
— Steve Wilkins

66. RECAP DAY 3
Present Plans
DAY 2 Execute
DAY 1 Present Updates
Decide Tenets
SUMMIT 2012 GOAL
CONVEY compelling information about
effective teaching for children with dyslexia.
INJECT our “tenets for success” into
national conversations about reading &
education reform.

67. SUMMIT 2012 TARGET
Strive to do the
critical launch
work during …
3-DAY IMPROVE
SUMMIT READING
TEACHING

68. Improve Advance
reading Literacy
instruction,
especially
on behalf
SUMMIT
of children
with
dyslexia.

69. SUMMIT

70. SUMMIT

71. SUMMIT

72. SUMMIT

73. SUMMIT

74. Project
SUMMIT

75. sum
Projectmit

77. Advance literacy
Change the world

78. Change
the world

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80. Jim Panopoulos
Carroll Director of Technology
Dropbox

87. Change
the world