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Wednesday, October 3
 

2:30pm EDT

Principals' PLG
This is a standing group for which people have registered in advance.
Speakers
avatar for Jean Haeger

Jean Haeger

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Tony Lamair Burks II

Tony Lamair Burks II

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Wednesday October 3, 2018 2:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Lear and Gardner Rooms
  PRINCIPALS' PLG
 
Thursday, October 4
 

7:45am EDT

Registration and Networking
Check in and receive your materials for the day, enjoy a continental breakfast and coffee, and get yourself connected to the wi-fi and to fellow conference participants.
In State Meeting Info 2018 2019 pdf
5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams (1) pdf
Three A's Protocol (2) pdf
Design Thinking Workbook for LIS Conference Oct 2018 (2) pdf
How the Hack Mindset Can Foster Innovation in Schools (3) pdf
About the League general 2018 pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 7:45am - 8:30am EDT
Ballroom Lobby
  REGISTRATION

8:30am EDT

Opening Plenary Session
Principal Renee Palazzo from Ponaganset High School in Rhode Island will help us kick off the conference and lead us through a process to determine areas of interest, pressing questions, and possible groupings for our afternoon work.
Speakers
RP

Renee Palazzo

Principal, Ponaganset High School
avatar for Don Weafer

Don Weafer

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
I taught high school English, humanities. For the last eight years, I've worked with the Great Schools Partnership as a school coach, primarily in New England, but also with schools in Florida, Maryland, and Texas. I've done a lot of work in that time on proficiency-based learning... Read More →

Thursday October 4, 2018 8:30am - 9:00am EDT
Grand Ballroom
  PLENARY

9:15am EDT

Improve: Assessing Learning
The power of Proficiency Based Learning (PBL) lies in developing clear, shared outcomes with and for students. This session will bring educators together to share and tune different approaches to assessing student learning in a PBL system.

Additional Links:
The Finance Project Video
Buck Institute Project and Assessment Resources
Performance Assessment Resource Bank
Content Area templates and assessment samples
Speakers
avatar for Courtney Jacobs

Courtney Jacobs

Director of Coaching, Great Schools Partnership
Talk to me about school redesign, student centered learning and external learning opportunities.
avatar for Don Weafer

Don Weafer

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
I taught high school English, humanities. For the last eight years, I've worked with the Great Schools Partnership as a school coach, primarily in New England, but also with schools in Florida, Maryland, and Texas. I've done a lot of work in that time on proficiency-based learning... Read More →

Performance Assessment Design Guide March18 pdf
Sample Biology Exam pdf
Sample Social Studies Assessment Timeline pdf
Sample Biology Exam (1) pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Gardner Room
  IMPROVE

9:15am EDT

Improve: Grading and Reporting
The central goal of proficiency-based learning is to make students’ areas of strength, progress, attainments and challenges more visible and clear to students, teachers, and family members. Schools work towards this goal in a variety of different ways, and each way has its challenges. In this session, we will first discuss a variety of strategies that different schools have adopted to ensure that their grades provide the most useful information. We will then make space for participants to present aspects of their system or challenges for feedback, suggestions, or resources from the group. All participants are encouraged to bring multiple copies of sample report card, transcript, sample gradebook, or the school grading guidelines to share and tune with others. Be sure to remove the student name or any other identifying information.

Additional Link:
GSP Proficiency-based Learning Resources

Speakers
avatar for Reed Dyer

Reed Dyer

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Kate Gardoqui

Kate Gardoqui

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
Transferable Skills... Authentic Assessment & Instruction... Nature-Based Education.....Literacy and English Language Arts....creating equitable, supportive, creative, community-centered public schools in every community

Questions for Examining Grading & Reporting Systems LIS2018 pdf
Tuning Protocol For LIS Session Grading & Reporting pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Prescott Room
  IMPROVE

9:15am EDT

Improve: Increasing Engagement within School and Community
 In order to ensure equitable outcomes for all students, schools must continuously work to engage the diversity of stakeholders within their community.  This session will bring educators together to share and tune different approaches to increasing engagement between school and community.  
Speakers
avatar for Christina Horner

Christina Horner

Director of Coaching, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Steve Sell

Steve Sell

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

tuning protocol pdf
School CommunityEngagementEntryPointsPlanningLISFALL2018 pdf
LIS October2018CommunityEngagement key
Thursday October 4, 2018 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Lear Room
  IMPROVE

9:15am EDT

Improve: Planning for All Learners
A foundational belief of personalized, proficiency-based education is that all students have different backgrounds, strengths and weaknesses and it is the role of the teacher and school to help each student grow and learn while planning for these differences. This requires a range of differentiation strategies. This session will bring educators together to practice using probing questions and a consultancy protocol to improve our practices in this area.  Participants will leave with a set of resources that support planning differentiated approaches to teaching and learning.

Additional Resources:
What is Differentiated Instruction?
18 Teacher-Tested Strategies for All Learners

Speakers
avatar for Mo Nuñez

Mo Nuñez

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Andi Weisman Summers

Andi Weisman Summers

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

consultancy youth pdf
GSP Briefing 4 SpecialEducation February 2017 M pdf
Key Elements of Differentiation Tomlinson pdf
probing questions guide pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Warner Room
  IMPROVE

9:15am EDT

Improve: Power of Clarifying Standards for Increasing Equity and Rigor in Assessments
Naugatuck, CT Public Schools are engaged in creating a K - 12 program that ensures equitable outcomes for all students through their approach to rigorous, competency based learning using NAUGATUCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMPETENCIES AND SCORING GUIDES FOR K-12.   Report cards have been revised at the K-6 level, assessments have been aligned to competencies, and that work is starting to inform middle and high school instruction.  This session will examine two middle school assessments (Grades 6 & 8), provide feedback to those assessments, and consider the implications for what high school assessments will look like that build on this K - 8 work.  This session will consider the role that assessment has in achieving equity.

Additional Link:
Global Best Practices
Speakers
avatar for Dan Liebert

Dan Liebert

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Summative Assessment Design Guide DRAFT September 2015 4 (1) pdf
Feedback Sheet 1 (1) pdf
Slides for Power of clarifying standards for increasing equity and rigor in assessments pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Thaxter Room
  IMPROVE

9:15am EDT

Improve: Project-based Learning
This session will bring educators together to share and tune project-based learning approaches in a PBL system.

Speakers
avatar for Tony Lamair Burks II

Tony Lamair Burks II

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Katie Thompson

Katie Thompson

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Project Review Rounds Template pdf
Project Rounds Tuning Protocol pdf
FrameworkforHQPBL pdf
LIS October2018 Act I Improve KeynotePROJECT based LearningTHOMPSONandBURKS key
Thursday October 4, 2018 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Woodbury Room
  IMPROVE

11:00am EDT

Innovate: Amplifying Marginalized Voices
In this session, we’ll use a design process to generate new thinking about amplifying marginalized voices in school communities. We'll ask the question,  "How might we think differently about supporting and highlighting stakeholder voices in ways that are inclusive and equitable?"
Speakers
MM
avatar for Andi Weisman Summers

Andi Weisman Summers

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Family engagement strategies pdf
Engagement Planning Entry Points May 2016 DRAFT docx
Spectrum and Considerations for School Student Leadership Dec 2017 pdf
2016 diversity toolkit pdf
Engaging Immigrant Refugee Families SAMHSA EDC pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Gardner Room
  INNOVATE

11:00am EDT

Innovate: Elements of Effective Instruction
GSP’s Elements of Effective Instruction framework outlines five intertwined elements of instructional practice that complement and enhance one another. When integrated into classroom learning experiences, these elements foster student engagement with the ultimate goal of improving student outcomes and achievement.
In this session, colleagues will discuss the framework’s contents, examine and set goals around their own capacities in each element, and receive research and resources that supports each of the five elements.
Speakers
avatar for Tony Lamair Burks II

Tony Lamair Burks II

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Craig Kesselheim

Craig Kesselheim

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
I am a Sr. Associate at Great Schools Partnership (greatschoolspartnership.org), a non-profit based in Portland, Maine. My coaching partnerships are located in coastal and northern Maine, and in Colorado. Background includes MS science teaching, school administration, and field-based... Read More →

Elements of Effective Instruction 2018 pdf
EEI Self Assessment Portrait (1) pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Woodbury Room
  INNOVATE

11:00am EDT

Innovate: Grading and Reporting
As schools shift to a more personalized and proficiency-based system of teaching and learning, challenges to traditional grading and reporting practices often arise (e.g., missing work, increasing student voice and responsibility, involving our broader community in redesigning reporting systems, etc.). This session will use a design thinking process to generate possible approaches for addressing these challenges, framed as “How might we …?”  Participants will have the opportunity to either pose a design challenge they’re facing or participate as a member of a brainstorming group to generate possible solutions to the challenge presented.

Additional Link:
Tina Fey "Yes, And"
Speakers
avatar for Jean Haeger

Jean Haeger

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Mo Nuñez

Mo Nuñez

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Design Thinking Workbook for LIS Conference Oct 2018 pdf
Questions for Examining Grading & Reporting Systems LIS2018 pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Prescott Room
  INNOVATE

11:00am EDT

Innovate: Inclusive and Equitable Systems for Supports and Interventions
In this session, we’ll use a design process to generate new thinking about supports and interventions. In other words, how might we think differently about supporting students in meeting rigorous standards in ways that are inclusive and equitable, rather than creating further barriers to student success?

Additional link:
The Equity Design Collaborative
Speakers
avatar for Nicole Bradeen

Nicole Bradeen

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Don Weafer

Don Weafer

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
I taught high school English, humanities. For the last eight years, I've worked with the Great Schools Partnership as a school coach, primarily in New England, but also with schools in Florida, Maryland, and Texas. I've done a lot of work in that time on proficiency-based learning... Read More →

Interventions Academic Supports Design Guide 061516 (2) (1) pdf
How the Hack Mindset Can Foster Innovation in Schools (1) pdf
Design Thinking Workbook for LIS Conference Oct 2018 (1) pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Lear Room
  INNOVATE

11:00am EDT

Innovate: Strengthening Relationships through Advisory Systems
Strong and authentic relationships with students are essential in fostering learning environments that promote rigor and personalization.  In this session, we’ll use a design process to generate new thinking about how to utilize advisory systems to strengthen relationships and improve learning outcomes for all students.  

Additional Links:
Presentation slides
The Power of Starting with Yes
School Culture and Approaches to Student Behavior (webinar)
Webinar resources
Metro Advisory Guide
Engaging Schools

Speakers
avatar for Courtney Jacobs

Courtney Jacobs

Director of Coaching, Great Schools Partnership
Talk to me about school redesign, student centered learning and external learning opportunities.
avatar for Steve Sell

Steve Sell

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Design Thinking Workbook for LIS Conference Oct 2018 (1) pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Thaxter Room
  INNOVATE

11:00am EDT

Innovate: Sustainable School Leadership
School leadership is essential to the successful implementation of meaningful change and promoting equity within our communities. In this session, we will explore how we might design structures to promote sustainable school leadership to be able to see change efforts take root and improve student outcomes. We will introduce the ideas of Design Thinking and then use a process that starts with the prompt “How Might We?” that uses the collective thinking of the group to brainstorm and then develop concrete ideas that address the sustainability of leadership within your communities. You don’t need to bring anything to the session other than your interest in exploring action-based ideas for rethinking leadership in your school.


Speakers
avatar for Ted Hall

Ted Hall

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
Competency-based learning, personalized learning, authentic student voice, school leadership, cycling, Nordic & telemark skiing, kayaking
avatar for Aaron Townsend

Aaron Townsend

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Design Thinking Workbook for LIS Conference Oct 2018 pdf
Equity Design Article pdf
7 Principles of Sustainable Leadership pdf
How the Hack Mindset Can Foster Innovation in Schools (2) pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT
Warner Room
  INNOVATE

1:15pm EDT

Role-alike Groups-PLGs, Community Engagement, School Counselors, Central Office Administrators, Higher Ed
Participants will connect and work with colleagues in role-alike groups (such as subject-area teachers, special educators, school-based administrators, students, professional learning group (PLG) facilitators,  and higher education leaders) to identify high leverage ideas that they have learned in the previous sessions, and plan actions to bring those ideas back to their schools. The agenda for this session will allow participants to consider how to leverage their roles and the support of LIS colleagues with similar perspectives to identify next steps in their local context. 

Participants will make a choice in the opening session about whether they will join a facilitated team planning session or a specific role-alike group.   Room assignments for all of the Act III sessions will be posted before lunch.

Feedback Form
Speakers
avatar for Craig Kesselheim

Craig Kesselheim

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
I am a Sr. Associate at Great Schools Partnership (greatschoolspartnership.org), a non-profit based in Portland, Maine. My coaching partnerships are located in coastal and northern Maine, and in Colorado. Background includes MS science teaching, school administration, and field-based... Read More →
avatar for Andi Weisman Summers

Andi Weisman Summers

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams pdf
Three A's Protocol pdf
Act III Commit Role Alike Groups SLIDES pdf
Quick Fire Consultancy for LIS Oct 2018 pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Grand Ballroom
  COMMIT

1:15pm EDT

Role-alike Groups-School-Based Administrators
Participants will connect and work with colleagues in role-alike groups (such as subject-area teachers, special educators, school-based administrators, students, professional learning group (PLG) facilitators,  and higher education leaders) to identify high leverage ideas that they have learned in the previous sessions, and plan actions to bring those ideas back to their schools. The agenda for this session will allow participants to consider how to leverage their roles and the support of LIS colleagues with similar perspectives to identify next steps in their local context. 

Participants will make a choice in the opening session about whether they will join a facilitated team planning session or a specific role-alike group.   Room assignments for all of the Act III sessions will be posted before lunch.

Feedback Form
Speakers
avatar for Reed Dyer

Reed Dyer

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Aaron Townsend

Aaron Townsend

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams (3) pdf
Three A's Protocol (4) pdf
Quick Fire Consultancy for LIS Oct 2018 pdf
Act III Commit Role Alike Groups SLIDES pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Warner Room
  COMMIT

1:15pm EDT

Role-alike Groups-Subject Area Teachers
Participants will connect and work with colleagues in role-alike groups (such as subject-area teachers, special educators, school-based administrators, students, professional learning group (PLG) facilitators,  and higher education leaders) to identify high leverage ideas that they have learned in the previous sessions, and plan actions to bring those ideas back to their schools. The agenda for this session will allow participants to consider how to leverage their roles and the support of LIS colleagues with similar perspectives to identify next steps in their local context. 

Participants will make a choice in the opening session about whether they will join a facilitated team planning session or a specific role-alike group.   Room assignments for all of the Act III sessions will be posted before lunch.

Feedback Form
Speakers
avatar for Mo Nuñez

Mo Nuñez

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Don Weafer

Don Weafer

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
I taught high school English, humanities. For the last eight years, I've worked with the Great Schools Partnership as a school coach, primarily in New England, but also with schools in Florida, Maryland, and Texas. I've done a lot of work in that time on proficiency-based learning... Read More →

5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams (3) pdf
Three A's Protocol (4) pdf
Quick Fire Consultancy for LIS Oct 2018 pdf
Act III Commit Role Alike Groups SLIDES pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Woodbury Room
  COMMIT

1:15pm EDT

School/Team Planning 1-Freeport, York MS, Shapleigh, Nokomis, Traip
In this session, facilitators from Great Schools Partnership will provide support and structure for school and team planning.  Participants will work with their school teams to identify high leverage ideas that they’ve learned at this conference, and plan actions to bring those ideas back to their schools.  In addition, they will use a protocol to share their plans with other school teams for feedback. This is an opportunity for school teams to further their work with coaching from an experienced facilitator.
Participants will make a choice in the opening session about whether they will join a facilitated team planning session or a specific role-alike group.   Room assignments for all of the Act III sessions will be posted before lunch.


Feedback Form

Speakers
avatar for Jean Haeger

Jean Haeger

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Katie Thompson

Katie Thompson

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

Action Planning Tool LIS Fall 2018 pdf
5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams (2) pdf
Three A's Protocol (3) pdf
Action Planning Guidance LIS Fall 2018 pdf
Act III Commit Team Planning SLIDES pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Lear Room
  COMMIT

1:15pm EDT

School/Team Planning 2-Poland, Stratford, Melrose, Blackstone, Proctor, Otter Valley
In this session, facilitators from Great Schools Partnership will provide support and structure for school and team planning.  Participants will work with their school teams to identify high leverage ideas that they’ve learned at this conference, and plan actions to bring those ideas back to their schools.  In addition, they will use a protocol to share their plans with other school teams for feedback. This is an opportunity for school teams to further their work with coaching from an experienced facilitator.
Participants will make a choice in the opening session about whether they will join a facilitated team planning session or a specific role-alike group.   Room assignments for all of the Act III sessions will be posted before lunch.


Feedback Form

Speakers
avatar for Tony Lamair Burks II

Tony Lamair Burks II

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
MM

5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams (2) pdf
Three A's Protocol (3) pdf
Action Planning Tool LIS Fall 2018 pdf
Action Planning Guidance LIS Fall 2018 pdf
Act III Commit Team Planning SLIDES pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Gardner Room
  COMMIT

1:15pm EDT

School/Team Planning 3-MC2, Monadnock, MC2-Manchester, Revere, Winnacunnet, Killingly
In this session, facilitators from Great Schools Partnership will provide support and structure for school and team planning.  Participants will work with their school teams to identify high leverage ideas that they’ve learned at this conference, and plan actions to bring those ideas back to their schools.  In addition, they will use a protocol to share their plans with other school teams for feedback. This is an opportunity for school teams to further their work with coaching from an experienced facilitator.
Participants will make a choice in the opening session about whether they will join a facilitated team planning session or a specific role-alike group.   Room assignments for all of the Act III sessions will be posted before lunch.


Feedback Form

Speakers
avatar for Nicole Bradeen

Nicole Bradeen

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
avatar for Kate Gardoqui

Kate Gardoqui

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
Transferable Skills... Authentic Assessment & Instruction... Nature-Based Education.....Literacy and English Language Arts....creating equitable, supportive, creative, community-centered public schools in every community

5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams (2) pdf
Action Planning Tool LIS Fall 2018 pdf
Act III Commit Team Planning SLIDES pdf
Action Planning Guidance LIS Fall 2018 pdf
Three A's Protocol (3) pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Prescott Room
  COMMIT

1:15pm EDT

School/Team Planning 4 - Academy of Sci/Innov, Saco, Wooster, Bunnell, Danville
In this session, facilitators from Great Schools Partnership will provide support and structure for school and team planning.  Participants will work with their school teams to identify high leverage ideas that they’ve learned at this conference, and plan actions to bring those ideas back to their schools.  In addition, they will use a protocol to share their plans with other school teams for feedback. This is an opportunity for school teams to further their work with coaching from an experienced facilitator.
Participants will make a choice in the opening session about whether they will join a facilitated team planning session or a specific role-alike group.   Room assignments for all of the Act III sessions will be posted before lunch.

Feedback Form


Speakers
avatar for Ted Hall

Ted Hall

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
Competency-based learning, personalized learning, authentic student voice, school leadership, cycling, Nordic & telemark skiing, kayaking
avatar for Dan Liebert

Dan Liebert

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership

5 Ways Leaders Enable Innovation In Their Teams (2) pdf
Three A's Protocol (3) pdf
Act III Commit Team Planning SLIDES pdf
Action Planning Guidance LIS Fall 2018 pdf
Action Planning Tool LIS Fall 2018 pdf
Thursday October 4, 2018 1:15pm - 3:00pm EDT
Thaxter Room
  COMMIT
 
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