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Learning Forward's 2011 Summer Conference in Indianapolis
July 17-20, 2011
Share your best practices with your professional learning peers from around the world.
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Application deadline: Sept. 17 |
Thank you for joining us in Seattle in 2010
More than 1,300 educators from across the world charted their course for
school-based professional learning at our 2010 Summer Conference. Now
you have the opportunity to experience a small portion of the learning that took place in Seattle by downloading podcasts from each of our summer conference keynote addresses.
Download the complete summer conference program and find copies of
handouts from selected presenters.
Keynote speaker podcasts
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Maria Goodloe-Johnson (Download MP3 file; 19 MB)
Maria Goodloe-Johnson has served as superintendent of Seattle Public Schools since 2007. She is the former superintendent of Charleston County School District in South Carolina and assistant superintendent of Corpus Christi Independent School District in Texas. A former trustee of Learning Forward, Goodloe-Johnson is the recipient of The Superintendent of Education Excellence award from Mt. Pleasant District AME Hall of Fame.
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Milton Chen (Download MP3 file; 18 MB)
Milton Chen is the Senior Fellow and Executive Director Emeritus of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Chen also served as the founding director of the KQED Center for Education in San Francisco, and as director of research at Sesame Workshop. His book, Education Nation: Seven Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools, published in July 2010, examines ways in which learning can be revolutionized through innovative reform and the use of technology.
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Jennifer James (Download MP3 file; 23 MB)
Jennifer James is an urban cultural anthropologist, lecturer, commentator, and writer. Her work specializes in the cultural elements of technological change and marketing intelligence. She has published seven books and filmed two PBS specials, and is the founder of the Committee for Children, a non-profit organization that for 25 years has developed curricula for the protection of children and alternatives to violence.
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Vicki Phillips (Download MP3 file; 17 MB)
Vicki Phillips is the director of education for the College Ready United States Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Phillips oversees work to improve early learning in Washington State, ensure U.S. high school students graduate ready for success in college, career, and life, and to improve college access. Phillips also served as superintendent of Portland Public Schools in Portland, Oregon, and as secretary of education and chief state school officer for the state of Pennsylvania.
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Taylor Mali (Download MP3 file; 20 MB)
A vocal advocate of teachers and the teaching profession, Taylor Mali spent nine years in the classroom, teaching English, history, and math. He has performed and lectured for teachers all over the world, and his New Teacher Project has a goal of creating 1,000 new teachers through "poetry, persuasion, and perseverance." He is the author of two books of poetry and four CDs of spoken word. |
Conference Sponsors
Our conference wouldn't be possible without the generous support of our sponsors:
Platinum
- American Federation of Teachers
- National Education Association
Gold
- National Institute for School Leadership
- Success at the Core
Silver
- Corwin
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
- Solution Tree
Bronze
- Ed Steps
- ETS
- Walden University
Star
2009 Summer Conference in Boston
Take the learning home from the 2009 Summer Conference -- purchase the Summer Conference Sampler for access to selected keynote speeches and longer learning sessions. Thank you to all who attended.
