2012
The first annual Excellent Schools Summit | July 19-21, 2012 | New York City
Program
- “Accelerating Ed Reform,” by Jim Peyser, Partner & Director of Boston Fund, NSVF
- “Welcome to Excellence,” by Linda Brown, Founder & CEO, Building Excellent Schools
- “Fighting for Equity in the Faces of Opposition,” by Eva Moskowitz, Founder & CEO, Success Academy Charter Schools; introduction by Jim Blew of Walton Family Foundation
- Workshop: “Getting Warm-Strict Right – The BES School Culture,” by Sue Walsh, Chief Academic Officer, Building Excellent Schools
- Lunch Speaker: “What Every Child Deserves,” by Kenneth Campbell, President, Black Alliance for Educational Options
- APEX Speaker: “Relentless Possibility Realized,” by Carlos Lejnieks, President & CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters for large New Jersey Region, and Chair, Board of Trustees, New Jersey Charter School Association
- Workshop: “Coaching the Classroom Champions,” by Doug Lemov, Managing Director, Uncommon Schools, and author of “Teach Like a Champion”
Events
- introduction of the Excellent Schools Network (ESN) inaugural members
- coffee circles on culture, rigor, time, talent and data
- amplifying ESN leadership voices
- presentation of the ESN Teaching Awards
- Fellows reunion
- student performances
- informal networking with national colleagues
- alumni in college tell their stories
- leadership roundtables
