Notice: Due to limited enrollment, the 2012 Academy has been cancelled. We hope to see you next year.
"Creating Coherence from the Common Core, Choice and Cost Containment"
Presented by The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Over the past 28 years, the National Academy for Superintendents has provided executive-level training to school administrators. One of the Academy goals has been to identify issues and strategies that improve the quality and performance of our organizations from a wide variety of sources. In short, we explore a broad landscape of possibilities. We do not limit ourselves to just the "world" of educational research and practice. We seek to scan ideas from the consulting, business, and policy arenas that may provide different but helpful lenses for Superintendents as they go about reflecting on their craft. Our strategy is to examine topics that build upon existing understandings of educational leadership and link them to developing trends and practices that the field has or is likely to encounter.
Theme for 2012
This year's theme is "Creating Coherence from the Common Core, Choice and Cost Containment." Demands for greater accountability, expectations that schools operate as effectively and efficiently as possible, economic constraints which result in limited financial resources and pressures to reach or exceed State and/or Federal standards have resulted in significant challenges and opportunities for the leadership of public schools for decades.
The future promises to bring even more challenges. The need to plan and adjust for the implementation of the Common Core in 2014, the accelerating pressures to offer a wide variety of choice and options for students along with the continuous pressure to reduce costs are major challenges facing the leadership of public schools today. And, of course, these challenges must be met in the midst of a severe national recession, reductions in state and local revenue and overall pressures to do more with less.
The 2012 Academy will focus on providing participants with the opportunity to hear national, state and local education leaders address how the often competing pressures for time, money and leadership can be coordinated and harnessed into a comprehensive strategy for leading public education. Speakers will address the issues generating these new pressures, provide suggestions for identifying potential solutions and panel members will provide examples of practical and proven approaches.
