thank you thank you HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Hathaway Brown is grateful to all of the generous sponsors, gracious speakers, and generative schools who have been an integral part of the Education Innovation Summit. Thank you.
Edward E. Ford Foundation Ann Rittinger Petersen HB ’46
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
NOVEMBER 4 – 6, 2010
19600 North Park Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
Summit Schedule of Events
Summit Schedule of Events
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Setting the Stage for Innovation
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Enacting Innovation
3:00pm – 8:00pm
Conference Registration
7:00am
Breakfast
Sponsor demonstrations and exhibits and resource library open throughout the conference
8:00am Morning Session Welcome – Bill Christ Keynote Address – Liz Coleman The Indispensable Moment: A New Kind of 21st Century Education
5:15pm Book Signing and Reception Daniel Pink’s New York Times bestselling books A Whole New Mind and Drive will be available for sale and Daniel will be on hand to sign copies for those who are interested. 6:15pm Opening Session Conference Welcome – Robert Hallett, Executive Director, Edward E. Ford Foundation Setting the Stage for Innovation – Bill Christ, Head of School, Hathaway Brown Keynote Address Daniel Pink Drive: What the Science of Motivation Can Teach You about High Performance
9:15am –10:15am Concurrent Sessions – How Does Innovation Happen? The Technology of Empowered Empathy – Jessica Jackley The Origins of Transformative Ideas – Richard Ogle Leadership Through Design – Fred Collopy and John Spirk, moderated by Jamie Morse Art as Muse of Innovation – Daniel Cuffaro and Lucinda Lavelli, moderated by John Verbos Appreciative Inquiry into the Art of Change – Ronald Fry How Diversity Liberates Imagination – Barbara Danforth and Deborah Plummer Bussey, moderated by Sue Sadler 10:30am –11:30am Concurrent Sessions – How Do You Build a Culture of Innovation? The Neuroscience of Talent – Daniel Coyle The Crucible of Scientific Discovery – Chris Coburn and Bela Anand-Apte, moderated by Patricia Hunt Architecture as a Vessel of Vision – Westlake Reed Leskosky, moderated by Valerie Hughes The Secret Sauce of Innovative Schools – Peter Kraft Nature’s Reinvention Engine – Evalyn Gates and Yohannes Haile-Selassie, moderated by Mary Boutton
Schedule subject to change
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 2
Teaching Teachers about Teaching Leadership – Ted Fish
11:45am –12:30pm
Lunch – sponsored by finalsite
12:30pm –1:30pm School Breakout Sessions – A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas Asheville School – Asheville, NC George School – Newtown, PA Germantown Friends School – Philadelphia, PA Hathaway Brown Aspire Program – Shaker Heights, OH Marymount School – New York, NY Punahou School – Honolulu, HI Tandem Friends School – Charlottesville, VA
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 3
Summit Schedule of Events
Summit Schedule of Events
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Setting the Stage for Innovation
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Enacting Innovation
3:00pm – 8:00pm
Conference Registration
7:00am
Breakfast
Sponsor demonstrations and exhibits and resource library open throughout the conference
8:00am Morning Session Welcome – Bill Christ Keynote Address – Liz Coleman The Indispensable Moment: A New Kind of 21st Century Education
5:15pm Book Signing and Reception Daniel Pink’s New York Times bestselling books A Whole New Mind and Drive will be available for sale and Daniel will be on hand to sign copies for those who are interested. 6:15pm Opening Session Conference Welcome – Robert Hallett, Executive Director, Edward E. Ford Foundation Setting the Stage for Innovation – Bill Christ, Head of School, Hathaway Brown Keynote Address Daniel Pink Drive: What the Science of Motivation Can Teach You about High Performance
9:15am –10:15am Concurrent Sessions – How Does Innovation Happen? The Technology of Empowered Empathy – Jessica Jackley The Origins of Transformative Ideas – Richard Ogle Leadership Through Design – Fred Collopy and John Spirk, moderated by Jamie Morse Art as Muse of Innovation – Daniel Cuffaro and Lucinda Lavelli, moderated by John Verbos Appreciative Inquiry into the Art of Change – Ronald Fry How Diversity Liberates Imagination – Barbara Danforth and Deborah Plummer Bussey, moderated by Sue Sadler 10:30am –11:30am Concurrent Sessions – How Do You Build a Culture of Innovation? The Neuroscience of Talent – Daniel Coyle The Crucible of Scientific Discovery – Chris Coburn and Bela Anand-Apte, moderated by Patricia Hunt Architecture as a Vessel of Vision – Westlake Reed Leskosky, moderated by Valerie Hughes The Secret Sauce of Innovative Schools – Peter Kraft Nature’s Reinvention Engine – Evalyn Gates and Yohannes Haile-Selassie, moderated by Mary Boutton
Schedule subject to change
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 2
Teaching Teachers about Teaching Leadership – Ted Fish
11:45am –12:30pm
Lunch – sponsored by finalsite
12:30pm –1:30pm School Breakout Sessions – A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas Asheville School – Asheville, NC George School – Newtown, PA Germantown Friends School – Philadelphia, PA Hathaway Brown Aspire Program – Shaker Heights, OH Marymount School – New York, NY Punahou School – Honolulu, HI Tandem Friends School – Charlottesville, VA
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 3
Summit Schedule of Events
Summit Schedule of Events
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Enacting Innovation (continued)
1:45pm –2:45pm Concurrent Sessions – Creating Schools of Urgency Lessons Learned from the Leadership Journey – Joan Countryman Liberating the Innovator Within – Jamie Feild Baker 21st Century Minds – Jane Healy Education Works: Lifting Aspirations Child by Child – Ann Kowal Smith Shaping the Teachers of the Future – Luyen Chou, Pearl Rock Kane, Daniel Kikuji Rubenstein, moderated by Sarah Johnston; sponsored by Carney, Sandoe & Associates Rescuing Urban Education – Cleveland Metropolitan School District, moderated by Charles Michener Solving the Creativity Crisis – Traci Buckner, Sam Landers, Fredricka Reisman, moderated by Diane Nichols
3:00pm –4:00pm School Breakout Sessions – A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas Hathaway Brown Integrative Innovation – Shaker Heights, OH Hutchison School – Memphis, TN Lawrenceville School – Lawrenceville, NJ Nichols School – Buffalo, NY Westminster Schools – Atlanta, GA Winchester Thurston School – Pittsburgh, PA Windward School – Los Angeles, CA
7:00pm
Cleveland Rocks: Reception and Tours at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum – sponsored by Westlake Reed Leskosky
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Keeping Innovation Alive
8:15am
Breakfast
9:00am Morning Session Keynote Address – Bill Strickland The Power to Remake the World 10:00am –11:15am Concurrent Sessions – Bulletins from the Leading Edge Changing the Educational Conversation through Technology – Ian Jukes Finding Funding for Great Ideas – Bob Hallett, Ann Mullin, Helen Williams, moderated by Clarke Leslie Leading Journalists Assess the Progress of School Reform – Michael Brosnan, Edith Starzyk, Paul Tough, moderated by Lindsey Christ Best Practices in Web Communication across the Globe – Rob DiMartino, sponsored by finalsite 11:30am –12:45pm Concurrent Sessions – Creating the Future We Crave Changing the Educational Conversation through Technology – Ian Jukes Cleveland Redux: From Rust Belt to Biotech Titan – Cathy Belk, Baiju Shah, Chris Thompson, moderated by Steve Gleydura Womenovation – Cindy Hunter, Jennifer Thomas, Erin Wolf, moderated by Michele Rogers Placing Innovation at the Core of School Culture – Sarah Hanawald and Jason Ramsden 1:00pm –2:00pm
Lunch/Closing Session – sponsored by Sodexo
Michael Ruhlman and Jonathon Sawyer Food for Thought: What Schools Can Learn from the Restaurant Revolution
Schedule subject to change
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 4
Closing Remarks – Bill Christ
Schedule subject to change
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 5
Summit Schedule of Events
Summit Schedule of Events
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Enacting Innovation (continued)
1:45pm –2:45pm Concurrent Sessions – Creating Schools of Urgency Lessons Learned from the Leadership Journey – Joan Countryman Liberating the Innovator Within – Jamie Feild Baker 21st Century Minds – Jane Healy Education Works: Lifting Aspirations Child by Child – Ann Kowal Smith Shaping the Teachers of the Future – Luyen Chou, Pearl Rock Kane, Daniel Kikuji Rubenstein, moderated by Sarah Johnston; sponsored by Carney, Sandoe & Associates Rescuing Urban Education – Cleveland Metropolitan School District, moderated by Charles Michener Solving the Creativity Crisis – Traci Buckner, Sam Landers, Fredricka Reisman, moderated by Diane Nichols
3:00pm –4:00pm School Breakout Sessions – A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas Hathaway Brown Integrative Innovation – Shaker Heights, OH Hutchison School – Memphis, TN Lawrenceville School – Lawrenceville, NJ Nichols School – Buffalo, NY Westminster Schools – Atlanta, GA Winchester Thurston School – Pittsburgh, PA Windward School – Los Angeles, CA
7:00pm
Cleveland Rocks: Reception and Tours at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum – sponsored by Westlake Reed Leskosky
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Keeping Innovation Alive
8:15am
Breakfast
9:00am Morning Session Keynote Address – Bill Strickland The Power to Remake the World 10:00am –11:15am Concurrent Sessions – Bulletins from the Leading Edge Changing the Educational Conversation through Technology – Ian Jukes Finding Funding for Great Ideas – Bob Hallett, Ann Mullin, Helen Williams, moderated by Clarke Leslie Leading Journalists Assess the Progress of School Reform – Michael Brosnan, Edith Starzyk, Paul Tough, moderated by Lindsey Christ Best Practices in Web Communication across the Globe – Rob DiMartino, sponsored by finalsite 11:30am –12:45pm Concurrent Sessions – Creating the Future We Crave Changing the Educational Conversation through Technology – Ian Jukes Cleveland Redux: From Rust Belt to Biotech Titan – Cathy Belk, Baiju Shah, Chris Thompson, moderated by Steve Gleydura Womenovation – Cindy Hunter, Jennifer Thomas, Erin Wolf, moderated by Michele Rogers Placing Innovation at the Core of School Culture – Sarah Hanawald and Jason Ramsden 1:00pm –2:00pm
Lunch/Closing Session – sponsored by Sodexo
Michael Ruhlman and Jonathon Sawyer Food for Thought: What Schools Can Learn from the Restaurant Revolution
Schedule subject to change
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 4
Closing Remarks – Bill Christ
Schedule subject to change
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 5
Getting Around at the Summit
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Thursday, November 4
Complimentary Valet Parking and Hotel Shuttles will drop off and pick up at the front door of the Upper School, off of the main driveway. Registration and the Education Innovation Summit Office are located in the Anne Cutter Coburn Reception Room. Feel free to stop by during the Summit with any questions or specific needs. Breakfast and Lunch will be served on Friday and Saturday in the Margery Stouffer Biggar ’47 and Family Dining Hall and the Jewett-Brown Academic Center Atrium. The Middle School Computer Lab will be open for the entire Summit. You are welcome to stop in and use a computer at any time. Sponsor exhibits will be located on the Mezzanine level of the Jewett-Brown Academic Center Atrium. Room Locations The Ahuja Auditorium – first floor, Upper School Margery Stouffer Biggar ’47 and Family Dining Hall – ground floor, Middle School Black Box Theatre – ground floor, Middle School Anne Cutter Coburn Reception Room – first floor, Upper School Hathaway Brown Gymnasium – ground floor, Upper School Jewett-Brown Academic Center Atrium – Middle School Middle School Computer Lab – second floor, Middle School Middle School Global Languages Learning Center – third floor, Middle School Middle School Music Studio – ground floor, Middle School Primary School Music Studio – first floor, Primary School Upper School Dance Studio – first floor, Upper School Worldwide Communications Center – second floor, Middle School
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 6
Keynote Presentation 6:15pm – 7:30pm
HB Gymnasium
Drive: What the Science of Motivation Can Teach You about High Performance Daniel Pink, author of four provocative books
about the changing world of work
Welcome by Robert Hallett, Executive Director, Edward E. Ford Foundation Introduction by Bill Christ, Hathaway Brown Head of School In his latest book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink demonstrates that the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. He uses four decades of behavioral research to reveal why the traditional approach to high performance backfires on most organizations. He will explain how many common organizational incentives often go wrong – and can reduce both creativity and satisfaction on the job. Pink shows, with real-life examples, why Motivation 3.0 – built on autonomy, mastery, and purpose – is much more effective than the 20th century approach to motivation. For more information:
www.danpink.com
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 7
Getting Around at the Summit
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Thursday, November 4
Complimentary Valet Parking and Hotel Shuttles will drop off and pick up at the front door of the Upper School, off of the main driveway. Registration and the Education Innovation Summit Office are located in the Anne Cutter Coburn Reception Room. Feel free to stop by during the Summit with any questions or specific needs. Breakfast and Lunch will be served on Friday and Saturday in the Margery Stouffer Biggar ’47 and Family Dining Hall and the Jewett-Brown Academic Center Atrium. The Middle School Computer Lab will be open for the entire Summit. You are welcome to stop in and use a computer at any time. Sponsor exhibits will be located on the Mezzanine level of the Jewett-Brown Academic Center Atrium. Room Locations The Ahuja Auditorium – first floor, Upper School Margery Stouffer Biggar ’47 and Family Dining Hall – ground floor, Middle School Black Box Theatre – ground floor, Middle School Anne Cutter Coburn Reception Room – first floor, Upper School Hathaway Brown Gymnasium – ground floor, Upper School Jewett-Brown Academic Center Atrium – Middle School Middle School Computer Lab – second floor, Middle School Middle School Global Languages Learning Center – third floor, Middle School Middle School Music Studio – ground floor, Middle School Primary School Music Studio – first floor, Primary School Upper School Dance Studio – first floor, Upper School Worldwide Communications Center – second floor, Middle School
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 6
Keynote Presentation 6:15pm – 7:30pm
HB Gymnasium
Drive: What the Science of Motivation Can Teach You about High Performance Daniel Pink, author of four provocative books
about the changing world of work
Welcome by Robert Hallett, Executive Director, Edward E. Ford Foundation Introduction by Bill Christ, Hathaway Brown Head of School In his latest book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink demonstrates that the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. He uses four decades of behavioral research to reveal why the traditional approach to high performance backfires on most organizations. He will explain how many common organizational incentives often go wrong – and can reduce both creativity and satisfaction on the job. Pink shows, with real-life examples, why Motivation 3.0 – built on autonomy, mastery, and purpose – is much more effective than the 20th century approach to motivation. For more information:
www.danpink.com
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 7
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
friday, November 5
friday, November 5
Concurrent Session 1 How Does Innovation Happen? 9:15am – 10:15am
Opening Session
The Ahuja Auditorium
8:00am – 9:00am
Jessica Jackley, Co-founder, kiva.org
Introduction by Jason Habig, HB Middle School History Department Chair
HB Gym nasium
The Indispensable Moment: A New Kind of 21st Century Education ELIZABETH Coleman, President, Bennington College
Introduction by Bill Christ One of the country’s leading innovators in higher education, Elizabeth Coleman’s vision for the liberal arts and their role and reinvigoration in society has been widely recognized in the United States and abroad. In this session, Coleman will discuss the implications for pre-college and collegiate education in general. She believes that it is the obligation of education to affect the quality of our democracy, and that systems should be redesigned to nurture an effective and robust citizenry. In her mind, this calls for the reinvention of the liberal arts. Bennington College is addressing this challenge in specific ways, including by launching new pioneering curricular programs – among them a distinguished lowresidency graduate program in writing, a unique center for the study of language and culture, and the recently established Center for the Advancement of Public Action, which invites students to put the world’s most pressing problems at the center of their educations. For more information:
The Technology of Empowered Empathy
www.bennington.edu
Kiva, launched in 2005, now channels more than $1 million every week to entrepreneurs in the world’s poorest communities. Jessica Jackley explains how to rapidly scale a global company while staying true to core values, and how to manage increasingly decentralized teams while maintaining a common purpose. She also offers a personal account of how she was able to foster innovation and design thinking while balancing risk in the midst of intense growth. Drawing on her eclectic background – she studied art and philosophy before earning an MBA – Jackley presents powerful new lessons, reframing best practices in atypical, thought-provoking ways that underscore her optimism about the power of business to change the world. For more information:
Worldwide Communications Center
The Origins of Transformative Ideas Richard Ogle, Author of Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity
and the New Science of Ideas
Introduction by Toni Cross, HB Middle School History Innovation happens within an existing framework or space of ideas. Richard Ogle’s focus will instead be on how to achieve a breakthrough, which implies making a creative leap to an altogether new space. In breakthrough thinking, imagination – not analytical reasoning – is the key skill. Ogle will explore this topic in the context of some celebrated instances of breakthroughs in the arts, science, and business, and then turn the attention to practical ways to nurture and develop these skills in an educational context as he encourages participants not to think outside the box, but to think inside a more powerful box. For more information:
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 8
www.jessicajackley.com
207.593.6208 or richardaogle@gmail.com
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 9
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
friday, November 5
friday, November 5
Concurrent Session 1 How Does Innovation Happen? 9:15am – 10:15am
Opening Session
The Ahuja Auditorium
8:00am – 9:00am
Jessica Jackley, Co-founder, kiva.org
Introduction by Jason Habig, HB Middle School History Department Chair
HB Gym nasium
The Indispensable Moment: A New Kind of 21st Century Education ELIZABETH Coleman, President, Bennington College
Introduction by Bill Christ One of the country’s leading innovators in higher education, Elizabeth Coleman’s vision for the liberal arts and their role and reinvigoration in society has been widely recognized in the United States and abroad. In this session, Coleman will discuss the implications for pre-college and collegiate education in general. She believes that it is the obligation of education to affect the quality of our democracy, and that systems should be redesigned to nurture an effective and robust citizenry. In her mind, this calls for the reinvention of the liberal arts. Bennington College is addressing this challenge in specific ways, including by launching new pioneering curricular programs – among them a distinguished lowresidency graduate program in writing, a unique center for the study of language and culture, and the recently established Center for the Advancement of Public Action, which invites students to put the world’s most pressing problems at the center of their educations. For more information:
The Technology of Empowered Empathy
www.bennington.edu
Kiva, launched in 2005, now channels more than $1 million every week to entrepreneurs in the world’s poorest communities. Jessica Jackley explains how to rapidly scale a global company while staying true to core values, and how to manage increasingly decentralized teams while maintaining a common purpose. She also offers a personal account of how she was able to foster innovation and design thinking while balancing risk in the midst of intense growth. Drawing on her eclectic background – she studied art and philosophy before earning an MBA – Jackley presents powerful new lessons, reframing best practices in atypical, thought-provoking ways that underscore her optimism about the power of business to change the world. For more information:
Worldwide Communications Center
The Origins of Transformative Ideas Richard Ogle, Author of Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity
and the New Science of Ideas
Introduction by Toni Cross, HB Middle School History Innovation happens within an existing framework or space of ideas. Richard Ogle’s focus will instead be on how to achieve a breakthrough, which implies making a creative leap to an altogether new space. In breakthrough thinking, imagination – not analytical reasoning – is the key skill. Ogle will explore this topic in the context of some celebrated instances of breakthroughs in the arts, science, and business, and then turn the attention to practical ways to nurture and develop these skills in an educational context as he encourages participants not to think outside the box, but to think inside a more powerful box. For more information:
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 8
www.jessicajackley.com
207.593.6208 or richardaogle@gmail.com
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 9
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Black Box Theatre
Upper School Dance Studio
Fred Collopy, Senior Associate Dean; Professor of Information
Ronald Fry, Organizational Behavior Department Chair,
John Spirk, Co-President, Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates
Introduction by Terry McCue, HB Director of College Counseling
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Leadership Through Design Systems, Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
Moderated by Jamie Morse, HB Upper School Visual Arts Department Chair Illustrating with products such as Sherwin-Williams’ Twist & Pour package, and business models such as Apple’s iTunes, and Malcom McLean’s container shipping, Fred Collopy and John Spirk will explore how important innovation and design are to success. Attendees will learn how a design attitude complements a decision attitude, along with some techniques that are used by designers to manage complex problems. They’ll also discover why, given the state of things, we must all be designers. The world needs people who integrate the analytic skills that have characterized professions such as business, medicine, engineering, and law with the design skills that have characterized professions such as the graphic arts, music, industrial design, theater, and architecture.
Appreciative Inquiry into the Art of Change Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
This session will introduce the participants to a novel, strength-based method for igniting positive change in their educational institutions. Appreciative Inquiry has proven to be an effective and energizing way to engage multiple stakeholders in discovering their individual and collective strengths. They can then imagine new possibilities in such a way that they are attracted to collaborate on them together to design a preferred future and then collectively innovate through initiatives, projects, pilots, etc. to move toward that shared future image. Ronald Fry will cover numerous topics related to Appreciative Inquiry, including rethinking why and how human systems change, and the power of the affirmative question. For more information: 216.368.2060 or ronald.fry@case.edu
For more information:
Fred Collopy: 216.368.2048 or collopy@case.edu; John Spirk: 216.231.7830 or jspirk@ns-design.com
Primary School Music Studio
How Diversity Liberates Imagination Deborah Plummer Bussey, Associate Vice Chancellor, Diversity
and Equal Opportunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School Middle School Music Studio
Art as a Muse of Innovation Daniel Cuffaro, Design Environment Chair, Department Head;
Industrial Design Anne Fluckey Lindseth Professor of Industrial Design, Cleveland Institute of Art Lucinda Lavelli, Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida
Moderated by John Verbos, Director of HB Osborne Writing Center The arts disciplines can serve as vehicles for sparking innovative discoveries and liberating the potential of ideas in a range of areas outside of the arts, including in the STEM disciplines. Much of today’s education fosters convergent thinking, but it is divergent thinking that leads to discovery and innovation. This presentation focuses on the value of visual arts in developing abstract thinking and creative problem solving. Daniel Cuffaro and Lucinda Lavelli also will explore accessible methods for enabling innovation and they’ll discuss how product design approaches have been successfully applied to intangible subject matter, such as economic development.
Barbara Danforth, President & CEO,
YWCA of Greater Cleveland
Moderated by Sue Sadler, HB Associate Head of School Being able to work effectively with differences can unleash previously unimagined creativity. Knowing how to successfully navigate our increasingly multicultural, global society is dependent upon understanding oneself as a cultural being. Participants will leave with tool-box skills such as holding multiple realities, marrying intention and impact, using privilege as a life skill, and moving from certainty to curiosity. They’ll also develop heightened awareness of how culture impacts our thinking and behavior; become familiar with communication processes that support inclusion; and learn how to apply diversity competencies for personal and professional development. For more information:
Deborah Plummer Bussey: dlp@dlplummer.com; Barbara Danforth: bdanforth@ywcaofcleveland.org
For more information:
Daniel Cuffaro: 216.421.7929 or dcuffaro@cia.edu; Lucinda Lavelli: llavelli@arts.ufl.edu
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 10
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 11
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Black Box Theatre
Upper School Dance Studio
Fred Collopy, Senior Associate Dean; Professor of Information
Ronald Fry, Organizational Behavior Department Chair,
John Spirk, Co-President, Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates
Introduction by Terry McCue, HB Director of College Counseling
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Leadership Through Design Systems, Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
Moderated by Jamie Morse, HB Upper School Visual Arts Department Chair Illustrating with products such as Sherwin-Williams’ Twist & Pour package, and business models such as Apple’s iTunes, and Malcom McLean’s container shipping, Fred Collopy and John Spirk will explore how important innovation and design are to success. Attendees will learn how a design attitude complements a decision attitude, along with some techniques that are used by designers to manage complex problems. They’ll also discover why, given the state of things, we must all be designers. The world needs people who integrate the analytic skills that have characterized professions such as business, medicine, engineering, and law with the design skills that have characterized professions such as the graphic arts, music, industrial design, theater, and architecture.
Appreciative Inquiry into the Art of Change Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
This session will introduce the participants to a novel, strength-based method for igniting positive change in their educational institutions. Appreciative Inquiry has proven to be an effective and energizing way to engage multiple stakeholders in discovering their individual and collective strengths. They can then imagine new possibilities in such a way that they are attracted to collaborate on them together to design a preferred future and then collectively innovate through initiatives, projects, pilots, etc. to move toward that shared future image. Ronald Fry will cover numerous topics related to Appreciative Inquiry, including rethinking why and how human systems change, and the power of the affirmative question. For more information: 216.368.2060 or ronald.fry@case.edu
For more information:
Fred Collopy: 216.368.2048 or collopy@case.edu; John Spirk: 216.231.7830 or jspirk@ns-design.com
Primary School Music Studio
How Diversity Liberates Imagination Deborah Plummer Bussey, Associate Vice Chancellor, Diversity
and Equal Opportunity, University of Massachusetts Medical School Middle School Music Studio
Art as a Muse of Innovation Daniel Cuffaro, Design Environment Chair, Department Head;
Industrial Design Anne Fluckey Lindseth Professor of Industrial Design, Cleveland Institute of Art Lucinda Lavelli, Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Florida
Moderated by John Verbos, Director of HB Osborne Writing Center The arts disciplines can serve as vehicles for sparking innovative discoveries and liberating the potential of ideas in a range of areas outside of the arts, including in the STEM disciplines. Much of today’s education fosters convergent thinking, but it is divergent thinking that leads to discovery and innovation. This presentation focuses on the value of visual arts in developing abstract thinking and creative problem solving. Daniel Cuffaro and Lucinda Lavelli also will explore accessible methods for enabling innovation and they’ll discuss how product design approaches have been successfully applied to intangible subject matter, such as economic development.
Barbara Danforth, President & CEO,
YWCA of Greater Cleveland
Moderated by Sue Sadler, HB Associate Head of School Being able to work effectively with differences can unleash previously unimagined creativity. Knowing how to successfully navigate our increasingly multicultural, global society is dependent upon understanding oneself as a cultural being. Participants will leave with tool-box skills such as holding multiple realities, marrying intention and impact, using privilege as a life skill, and moving from certainty to curiosity. They’ll also develop heightened awareness of how culture impacts our thinking and behavior; become familiar with communication processes that support inclusion; and learn how to apply diversity competencies for personal and professional development. For more information:
Deborah Plummer Bussey: dlp@dlplummer.com; Barbara Danforth: bdanforth@ywcaofcleveland.org
For more information:
Daniel Cuffaro: 216.421.7929 or dcuffaro@cia.edu; Lucinda Lavelli: llavelli@arts.ufl.edu
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 10
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 11
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
friday, November 5
Concurrent Session 2 Sustaining a Culture of Innovation 10:30am – 11:30am
Black Box Theatre
Architecture as a Vessel of Vision
Westlake Reed Leskosky Roger Chang, Principal, Director of Sustainability Monica Green, Principal Jonathan Kurtz, Associate
The Ahuja Auditorium
The Neuroscience of Talent Daniel Coyle, Author of The Talent Code
Introduction by Sheri Homany, HB Upper School Science Department Chair Daniel Coyle spent the last two years visiting the world’s greatest talent hotbeds in sports, art, business, and music – tiny but powerful places that consistently produce huge numbers of extraordinary performers. In this presentation, Coyle reveals what makes them tick – and explains how to use a few basic principles to maximize high performance and potential. The secret is located in the brain; in the specific, targeted methods of training and motivation the hotbeds use to build the high-speed neural circuitry that underlies all greatness, from Michelangelo’s sculptures to Michael Jordan’s jump shot. Coyle also will share the ways to increase learning velocity through deep practice; how to spark motivation through identity; and the three habits of highly effective teachers. For more information:
djcoyle1@gmail.com
Worldwide Communications Center
Paul Westlake, Managing Principal
Moderated by Valerie Hughes, HB Associate Head for Finance & Administration Design professionals from Westlake Reed Leskosky will address the successful cultivation of a culture of innovation through an integrated design process, an entrepreneurial studio approach to professional practice, and the confrontation of constraints in the quest for deeper meaning and inspiration. This team of architects will present the benefits of an integrated process that applies a rich multidisciplinary and collaborative framework in a holistic perspective. Case studies, including the integrated LEED-sustainable design process for the award-winning Kohl Building at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, will exemplify how a precise program can be transformed through an innovative process that leverages diverse disciplines, empowers creativity, and changes the center of gravity. For more information:
Roger Chang: rchan@wrldesign.com; Monica Green: mgree@wrldesign.com; Jonathan Kurtz: jkurt@wrldesign.com; Paul Westlake: pwest@wrldesign.com
The Crucible of Scientific Discovery Bela Anand-Apte, Staff Scientist, Cole Eye Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Chris Coburn, Executive Director, Cleveland Clinic Innovations
Moderated by Patricia Hunt, Director of HB Science Research & Engineering Program The Cleveland Clinic has always maintained a strong commitment to innovation. The cultural and organizational aspects of the Clinic’s model that enable innovation include group practice, a culture that encourages risk-taking, and an emphasis on translational research. Bela Anand-Apte will provide insight into her role as a physician-scientist and will give a top-level description of her research and its potential. She also will discuss the significant steps in her educational progression that resulted in her becoming such a productive scientist. Chris Coburn will talk about the ways in which educators can encourage innovative thinking throughout students’ academic careers – from elementary school through graduate school. He’ll also discuss the application of health care innovations in medical products and the growing challenges in this industry.
Middle School Music Studio
The Secret Sauce of Innovative Schools Peter Kraft, Academic Dean, Peddie School
Introduction by Nancy Gladstone, Director of HB Middle School Drawing on visits to more than a dozen top-performing independent schools in the fall of 2009, Peter Kraft will discuss the seven qualities of innovative schools. He’ll explore topics such as the role of heads of school in fomenting change; reengineering administrative structures for institutional growth; and aligning innovation with mission. Other key points will include community engagement, and the importance of providing leadership opportunities for classroom teachers. While hardly a checklist or a how-to guide, these shared qualities of innovative schools will provide a window into best practices and successful change management. 609.577.2407 or pkraft@peddie.org
Bela Anand-Apte: 216.445.9739 or anandab@ccf.org; Chris Coburn: coburnc@ccf.org
For more information:
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friday, November 5
Concurrent Session 2 Sustaining a Culture of Innovation 10:30am – 11:30am
Black Box Theatre
Architecture as a Vessel of Vision
Westlake Reed Leskosky Roger Chang, Principal, Director of Sustainability Monica Green, Principal Jonathan Kurtz, Associate
The Ahuja Auditorium
The Neuroscience of Talent Daniel Coyle, Author of The Talent Code
Introduction by Sheri Homany, HB Upper School Science Department Chair Daniel Coyle spent the last two years visiting the world’s greatest talent hotbeds in sports, art, business, and music – tiny but powerful places that consistently produce huge numbers of extraordinary performers. In this presentation, Coyle reveals what makes them tick – and explains how to use a few basic principles to maximize high performance and potential. The secret is located in the brain; in the specific, targeted methods of training and motivation the hotbeds use to build the high-speed neural circuitry that underlies all greatness, from Michelangelo’s sculptures to Michael Jordan’s jump shot. Coyle also will share the ways to increase learning velocity through deep practice; how to spark motivation through identity; and the three habits of highly effective teachers. For more information:
djcoyle1@gmail.com
Worldwide Communications Center
Paul Westlake, Managing Principal
Moderated by Valerie Hughes, HB Associate Head for Finance & Administration Design professionals from Westlake Reed Leskosky will address the successful cultivation of a culture of innovation through an integrated design process, an entrepreneurial studio approach to professional practice, and the confrontation of constraints in the quest for deeper meaning and inspiration. This team of architects will present the benefits of an integrated process that applies a rich multidisciplinary and collaborative framework in a holistic perspective. Case studies, including the integrated LEED-sustainable design process for the award-winning Kohl Building at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, will exemplify how a precise program can be transformed through an innovative process that leverages diverse disciplines, empowers creativity, and changes the center of gravity. For more information:
Roger Chang: rchan@wrldesign.com; Monica Green: mgree@wrldesign.com; Jonathan Kurtz: jkurt@wrldesign.com; Paul Westlake: pwest@wrldesign.com
The Crucible of Scientific Discovery Bela Anand-Apte, Staff Scientist, Cole Eye Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Chris Coburn, Executive Director, Cleveland Clinic Innovations
Moderated by Patricia Hunt, Director of HB Science Research & Engineering Program The Cleveland Clinic has always maintained a strong commitment to innovation. The cultural and organizational aspects of the Clinic’s model that enable innovation include group practice, a culture that encourages risk-taking, and an emphasis on translational research. Bela Anand-Apte will provide insight into her role as a physician-scientist and will give a top-level description of her research and its potential. She also will discuss the significant steps in her educational progression that resulted in her becoming such a productive scientist. Chris Coburn will talk about the ways in which educators can encourage innovative thinking throughout students’ academic careers – from elementary school through graduate school. He’ll also discuss the application of health care innovations in medical products and the growing challenges in this industry.
Middle School Music Studio
The Secret Sauce of Innovative Schools Peter Kraft, Academic Dean, Peddie School
Introduction by Nancy Gladstone, Director of HB Middle School Drawing on visits to more than a dozen top-performing independent schools in the fall of 2009, Peter Kraft will discuss the seven qualities of innovative schools. He’ll explore topics such as the role of heads of school in fomenting change; reengineering administrative structures for institutional growth; and aligning innovation with mission. Other key points will include community engagement, and the importance of providing leadership opportunities for classroom teachers. While hardly a checklist or a how-to guide, these shared qualities of innovative schools will provide a window into best practices and successful change management. 609.577.2407 or pkraft@peddie.org
Bela Anand-Apte: 216.445.9739 or anandab@ccf.org; Chris Coburn: coburnc@ccf.org
For more information:
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Upper School Dance Studio
Nature’s Reinvention Engine Cleveland Museum of Natural History Evalyn Gates, Executive Director & CEO
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Curator; Head of Physical Anthropology
friday, November 5
School Breakout Session 1 A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Moderated by Mary Boutton, HB Primary School Science always starts with a question, and the most exciting question facing physicists today is also one of the most ancient: What is the universe made of? We now know that we live in an expanding universe, filled with strange and mysterious substances dubbed dark matter and dark energy. The search for these dark components of the cosmos is generating innovative new theories and experimental techniques – and will almost certainly lead to a dramatic revolution in our most basic understanding of space, time, matter, and energy. Nature is demanding extreme innovation. Finding the answer to this key question will require a combination of audacious imagination, finely honed critical thinking skills, an eagerness and ability to absorb new information and new ideas – and the courage to jump off into the unknown. For more information:
Evalyn Gates: 216.231.4600 ext. 3230 or egates@cmnh.org; Yohannes Haile-Selassie: yhailese@cmnh.org
Primary School Music Studio
Teaching Teachers about Teaching Leadership Ted Fish, Executive Director, Gardner Carney Leadership Institute
Introduction by Hallie Godshall, HB Upper School Dean of Students We can help our students be the difference makers and the leaders that the world needs by pairing innovation and leadership – creativity and conscience. Any conversation about innovation must also include leadership. This presentation will explore the relationship between innovation and leadership and will provide a framework to help administrators and teachers understand how they can build leadership in their students and their school communities. For more information:
The Ahuja A uditorium
Student Global Leadership Institute
Punahou School – Honolulu, HI Chai Reddy, Faculty Coordinator, Student Global Leadership Institute James K. Scott, President
Introduction by Missy Rose, Director of HB Upper School The Student Global Leadership Institute builds on four decades of global studies offerings at Punahou School. Sponsored by Punahou’s Wo International Center, the mission of the Institute is to develop a community of international youth leaders who understand and are engaged in common global challenges, and seek to effect positive social change. Organized around the theme of water in 2010, the centerpiece of the initiative is an intensive two-week summer program that engages a multinational cadre of rising high school seniors. Key components of the Institute are community-service projects developed by student teams for their respective communities, and supported by a year-round online network. The Edward E. Ford Foundation and the Education Research Initiative – a partnership of Lenovo, Intel, and Microsoft – contributed lead funding to the Institute, along with the Freeman Foundation and Luke Center for Chinese Studies. This year, 28 students from eight schools in the United States and China participated. In coming years, the SGLI plans to include students from Japan, Central and/or South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. For more information:
www.punahou.edu
tfish@gclileadership.org
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Upper School Dance Studio
Nature’s Reinvention Engine Cleveland Museum of Natural History Evalyn Gates, Executive Director & CEO
Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Curator; Head of Physical Anthropology
friday, November 5
School Breakout Session 1 A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Moderated by Mary Boutton, HB Primary School Science always starts with a question, and the most exciting question facing physicists today is also one of the most ancient: What is the universe made of? We now know that we live in an expanding universe, filled with strange and mysterious substances dubbed dark matter and dark energy. The search for these dark components of the cosmos is generating innovative new theories and experimental techniques – and will almost certainly lead to a dramatic revolution in our most basic understanding of space, time, matter, and energy. Nature is demanding extreme innovation. Finding the answer to this key question will require a combination of audacious imagination, finely honed critical thinking skills, an eagerness and ability to absorb new information and new ideas – and the courage to jump off into the unknown. For more information:
Evalyn Gates: 216.231.4600 ext. 3230 or egates@cmnh.org; Yohannes Haile-Selassie: yhailese@cmnh.org
Primary School Music Studio
Teaching Teachers about Teaching Leadership Ted Fish, Executive Director, Gardner Carney Leadership Institute
Introduction by Hallie Godshall, HB Upper School Dean of Students We can help our students be the difference makers and the leaders that the world needs by pairing innovation and leadership – creativity and conscience. Any conversation about innovation must also include leadership. This presentation will explore the relationship between innovation and leadership and will provide a framework to help administrators and teachers understand how they can build leadership in their students and their school communities. For more information:
The Ahuja A uditorium
Student Global Leadership Institute
Punahou School – Honolulu, HI Chai Reddy, Faculty Coordinator, Student Global Leadership Institute James K. Scott, President
Introduction by Missy Rose, Director of HB Upper School The Student Global Leadership Institute builds on four decades of global studies offerings at Punahou School. Sponsored by Punahou’s Wo International Center, the mission of the Institute is to develop a community of international youth leaders who understand and are engaged in common global challenges, and seek to effect positive social change. Organized around the theme of water in 2010, the centerpiece of the initiative is an intensive two-week summer program that engages a multinational cadre of rising high school seniors. Key components of the Institute are community-service projects developed by student teams for their respective communities, and supported by a year-round online network. The Edward E. Ford Foundation and the Education Research Initiative – a partnership of Lenovo, Intel, and Microsoft – contributed lead funding to the Institute, along with the Freeman Foundation and Luke Center for Chinese Studies. This year, 28 students from eight schools in the United States and China participated. In coming years, the SGLI plans to include students from Japan, Central and/or South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. For more information:
www.punahou.edu
tfish@gclileadership.org
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HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 15
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Worldwide Communications Center
Middle School Music Studio
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The Aspire Program
Hathaway Brown School – Shaker Heights, OH Cammy Dubie, Founding Director Natalie Heffernan, Executive Director Camille Lipford, Program Director Koyen Parikh Shah, Founding Director
Introduction by Dana Capers, HB Director of Alumnae Relations Learn how The Aspire Program – a tuition-free academic and leadership program that connects HB with under-resourced public schools around Cleveland – grew from a concept into a full component of the school’s Institute for 21st Century Education. High achieving girls limited in opportunity because of low family income and lack of exposure to higher education are mentored by a dedicated group of high school and college students whose teaching talent is being cultivated to bring new ideas and change to our schools. Hear insights gained from the perspective of the founders, program leaders, students, teachers, and community members who have been involved over the past decade. Panelists also will discuss the essential aspects to consider when developing educational access programming at an independent school. For more information:
Natalie Heffernan: 216.320.7131 or nheffernan@hb.edu; Camille Lipford: 216.320.7203 or clipford@hb.edu; Koyen Parikh Shah: 216.320.8776 or kshah@hb.edu
Project Flow: Ecology, Diversity, and Thinning Our Walls
Germantown Friends School – Philadelphia, PA Chris Singler, Project Flow Director, Upper School English, Grade Advisor
Introduction by Jill Spano, HB Upper School Science Project Flow is an E.E. Ford Foundation-funded summer program for public and private school students in the Philadelphia region that invites students to explore water as artists, historians, scientists, and social activists. This presentation will focus on several elements of the program: bridging differences, building community, interdisciplinary learning, student activism and agency, and the importance of studying water. In its inaugural year, Project Flow opened its doors to 36 students from 15 zip codes, and in the process underscored the need for public outreach by resource-rich institutions. Field trips, inquiry, and hands-on learning are the backbones of the program. For more information:
215.951.4176
Upper School Dance Studio
The Creative Head in a Creative Environment Tandem Friends School – Charlottesville, VA Paul Perkinson, Head of School
Introduction by Bridgette Nadzam-Kasubick, HB Middle School World Geography Black Box Theatre
Global Service Program
George School – Newtown, PA Pauline McKean, Global Service Program Director Steven Fletcher, Math and Science Teacher
Introduction by Bill Rice, HB Middle School Global Languages Department Chair For more than 60 years, George School students have served in global communities. Now, through its Global Service Program, the school offers innovative training programs for educators who want to create and implement international service-learning programs in their own schools, and provides opportunities for students everywhere to participate in meaningful service across borders. George School is a rigorous coed boarding and day school for grades nine through 12 at which students from 35 states and 73 countries have been educated in the past decade.
Creativity, in the many forms that we understand it, will always be prized. It will, perhaps, be rewarded more than ever in the coming decades. That fact makes it so very important for school cultures to be laboratories for creative investigation and discovery. This interactive workshop and presentation is meant especially for school heads, who will discuss how they have been able to develop their creative habits to further and enrich their school culture of educational innovation, and to make their work more meaningful and sustaining. For more information:
www.tandemfs.org
For more information:
Pauline McKean: pauline_mckean@georgeschool.org; Steven Fletcher: steven_fletcher@georgeschool.org
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 16
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 17
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Worldwide Communications Center
Middle School Music Studio
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
The Aspire Program
Hathaway Brown School – Shaker Heights, OH Cammy Dubie, Founding Director Natalie Heffernan, Executive Director Camille Lipford, Program Director Koyen Parikh Shah, Founding Director
Introduction by Dana Capers, HB Director of Alumnae Relations Learn how The Aspire Program – a tuition-free academic and leadership program that connects HB with under-resourced public schools around Cleveland – grew from a concept into a full component of the school’s Institute for 21st Century Education. High achieving girls limited in opportunity because of low family income and lack of exposure to higher education are mentored by a dedicated group of high school and college students whose teaching talent is being cultivated to bring new ideas and change to our schools. Hear insights gained from the perspective of the founders, program leaders, students, teachers, and community members who have been involved over the past decade. Panelists also will discuss the essential aspects to consider when developing educational access programming at an independent school. For more information:
Natalie Heffernan: 216.320.7131 or nheffernan@hb.edu; Camille Lipford: 216.320.7203 or clipford@hb.edu; Koyen Parikh Shah: 216.320.8776 or kshah@hb.edu
Project Flow: Ecology, Diversity, and Thinning Our Walls
Germantown Friends School – Philadelphia, PA Chris Singler, Project Flow Director, Upper School English, Grade Advisor
Introduction by Jill Spano, HB Upper School Science Project Flow is an E.E. Ford Foundation-funded summer program for public and private school students in the Philadelphia region that invites students to explore water as artists, historians, scientists, and social activists. This presentation will focus on several elements of the program: bridging differences, building community, interdisciplinary learning, student activism and agency, and the importance of studying water. In its inaugural year, Project Flow opened its doors to 36 students from 15 zip codes, and in the process underscored the need for public outreach by resource-rich institutions. Field trips, inquiry, and hands-on learning are the backbones of the program. For more information:
215.951.4176
Upper School Dance Studio
The Creative Head in a Creative Environment Tandem Friends School – Charlottesville, VA Paul Perkinson, Head of School
Introduction by Bridgette Nadzam-Kasubick, HB Middle School World Geography Black Box Theatre
Global Service Program
George School – Newtown, PA Pauline McKean, Global Service Program Director Steven Fletcher, Math and Science Teacher
Introduction by Bill Rice, HB Middle School Global Languages Department Chair For more than 60 years, George School students have served in global communities. Now, through its Global Service Program, the school offers innovative training programs for educators who want to create and implement international service-learning programs in their own schools, and provides opportunities for students everywhere to participate in meaningful service across borders. George School is a rigorous coed boarding and day school for grades nine through 12 at which students from 35 states and 73 countries have been educated in the past decade.
Creativity, in the many forms that we understand it, will always be prized. It will, perhaps, be rewarded more than ever in the coming decades. That fact makes it so very important for school cultures to be laboratories for creative investigation and discovery. This interactive workshop and presentation is meant especially for school heads, who will discuss how they have been able to develop their creative habits to further and enrich their school culture of educational innovation, and to make their work more meaningful and sustaining. For more information:
www.tandemfs.org
For more information:
Pauline McKean: pauline_mckean@georgeschool.org; Steven Fletcher: steven_fletcher@georgeschool.org
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 16
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 17
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
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Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
Jazzing Up the Curriculum: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Humanities Asheville School – Asheville, NC Jay Bonner, Associate Head of School
John Gregory, Humanities Department Chair
friday, November 5
Concurrent Session 3 Overcoming Resistance to Change in Schools 1:45pm – 2:45pm
Arch Montgomery, Head of School
Introduction by Carl Hoffman, HB Upper School History This session aims to inspire and encourage consideration or deepening of interdisciplinary work in the humanities. The panelists will share their successes and struggles from almost a decade of working with a four-year, fully integrated, team-taught humanities curriculum. The presentation will address the nuts and bolts of implementing such a program, as well as share a model integrated unit on the Jazz Age. Participants will discover the importance of incorporating art, music, architecture, dance, film, and other aspects of culture into the traditional humanities curriculum to provide students with more varied and engaging entry points for writing. For more information:
Jay Bonner: 828.254.6345 ext. 4021 or bonnerj@ashevilleschool.org
The Ahuja Auditorium
Lessons Learned from the Leadership Journey Joan Countryman, Former Head, Lincoln School
and the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Introduction by Caroline Borrow, HB Middle School Mathematics Joan Countryman taught generations of students to think about mathematics in right-brain ways, and then led schools with an urgent mission to pay attention to the education of young women. In this session she reflects on what she has learned about 21st century leadership and the purpose of education in democratic societies. For more information:
www.aeispeakers.com
Primary School Music Studio
iCreate. iInnovative. iLearn.
The Marymount School of New York – New York, NY Jennifer Crosson, Art Teacher Katie Krueger, Biology Teacher and STEM Research/
Internship Coordinator
Christine Tesson, World Languages Department Chair
Introduction by Sharon Baker, HB Middle School English Department Chair In his book Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn, professor and author Larry D. Rosen states, “iGeners are growing up with portable technology. But I look at the little ‘i’ as reflecting the individualized culture.” The Marymount School Mobile Computing Initiative focuses on developing innovative, individualized instruction as well as integrating mobile technology – including the iPod Touch, iPhone and the new iPad – into the curriculum. Participants will discuss how to develop and implement such an initiative in their schools, and strategies for matching pedgagogically sound iPad and iPod applications to specific learning objectives. Examples of mobile computing integrations, including the use of Twitter to improve reading and listening comprehension in AP French Language, and the production of podcasts and vodcasts in various disciplines for both review and individualized instruction will be covered. Participants will review innovative approaches for professional development as well as hear from students who have utilized mobile computing in their classes. For more information:
Worldwide Communications Center
Liberating the Innovator Within Jamie Feild Baker, Strategic Thinking Partner, Reverb Consulting
Introduction by Terry Dubow, HB Director of Communications The operating environment, the ways in which we work, as well as necessary student outcomes have changed (and keep changing), and we would like to adapt as an organization. We would like to be dynamic, nimble, responsive, even proactive in our thinking and behavior as a school. Where do we start? What is effective? How can we make this manageable? Interesting? Urgent? Fun? Anything but painful? This session will focus on this equation for adaptive organizational growth: organizational reflection => organizational learning = organizational innovation. Creating more knowing in our schools, recreating leaders as learners in schools, is an important goal in creating an organizational mindset that embraces, and even seeks, innovation. For more information:
901.337.0525 or jamiereverb@gmail.com
212.744.4486
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HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 19
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
Jazzing Up the Curriculum: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Humanities Asheville School – Asheville, NC Jay Bonner, Associate Head of School
John Gregory, Humanities Department Chair
friday, November 5
Concurrent Session 3 Overcoming Resistance to Change in Schools 1:45pm – 2:45pm
Arch Montgomery, Head of School
Introduction by Carl Hoffman, HB Upper School History This session aims to inspire and encourage consideration or deepening of interdisciplinary work in the humanities. The panelists will share their successes and struggles from almost a decade of working with a four-year, fully integrated, team-taught humanities curriculum. The presentation will address the nuts and bolts of implementing such a program, as well as share a model integrated unit on the Jazz Age. Participants will discover the importance of incorporating art, music, architecture, dance, film, and other aspects of culture into the traditional humanities curriculum to provide students with more varied and engaging entry points for writing. For more information:
Jay Bonner: 828.254.6345 ext. 4021 or bonnerj@ashevilleschool.org
The Ahuja Auditorium
Lessons Learned from the Leadership Journey Joan Countryman, Former Head, Lincoln School
and the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Introduction by Caroline Borrow, HB Middle School Mathematics Joan Countryman taught generations of students to think about mathematics in right-brain ways, and then led schools with an urgent mission to pay attention to the education of young women. In this session she reflects on what she has learned about 21st century leadership and the purpose of education in democratic societies. For more information:
www.aeispeakers.com
Primary School Music Studio
iCreate. iInnovative. iLearn.
The Marymount School of New York – New York, NY Jennifer Crosson, Art Teacher Katie Krueger, Biology Teacher and STEM Research/
Internship Coordinator
Christine Tesson, World Languages Department Chair
Introduction by Sharon Baker, HB Middle School English Department Chair In his book Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn, professor and author Larry D. Rosen states, “iGeners are growing up with portable technology. But I look at the little ‘i’ as reflecting the individualized culture.” The Marymount School Mobile Computing Initiative focuses on developing innovative, individualized instruction as well as integrating mobile technology – including the iPod Touch, iPhone and the new iPad – into the curriculum. Participants will discuss how to develop and implement such an initiative in their schools, and strategies for matching pedgagogically sound iPad and iPod applications to specific learning objectives. Examples of mobile computing integrations, including the use of Twitter to improve reading and listening comprehension in AP French Language, and the production of podcasts and vodcasts in various disciplines for both review and individualized instruction will be covered. Participants will review innovative approaches for professional development as well as hear from students who have utilized mobile computing in their classes. For more information:
Worldwide Communications Center
Liberating the Innovator Within Jamie Feild Baker, Strategic Thinking Partner, Reverb Consulting
Introduction by Terry Dubow, HB Director of Communications The operating environment, the ways in which we work, as well as necessary student outcomes have changed (and keep changing), and we would like to adapt as an organization. We would like to be dynamic, nimble, responsive, even proactive in our thinking and behavior as a school. Where do we start? What is effective? How can we make this manageable? Interesting? Urgent? Fun? Anything but painful? This session will focus on this equation for adaptive organizational growth: organizational reflection => organizational learning = organizational innovation. Creating more knowing in our schools, recreating leaders as learners in schools, is an important goal in creating an organizational mindset that embraces, and even seeks, innovation. For more information:
901.337.0525 or jamiereverb@gmail.com
212.744.4486
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 18
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 19
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Black Box Theatre
Upper School Dance Studio
Jane Healy, Educational Psychologist and Author
Luyen Chou, Co-Founder, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School;
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
21st Century Minds Introduction by Kathy Zopatti, Director of HB Primary School Both brain development and gene activity are shaped by a youngster’s experiences at home and school. Today’s students, surrounded from birth by a fast-paced, stressed-out technological culture, present new challenges – and a growing incidence of learning problems. Yet these “different” brains hold talents that are vital to success in the 21st century. This session will consider not only how to intercept problems and adapt teaching to address these “changing brains,” but also how to enable students to become masters of their technological universe instead of “tools of their tools.” All students need innovative teaching approaches to master traditional curricula and expand creative and reflective abilities for leadership in a challenging world. For more information:
970.476.9351
Middle School Music Studio
Education Works: Lifting Aspirations Child by Child Ann Kowal Smith, Independent Consultant and Manager,
Education Works
Senior Vice President, SchoolNet Inc.
Pearl Rock Kane, Klingenstein Center Chair,
Teachers College, Columbia University
Daniel Kikuji Rubenstein, Executive Director/Co-Founder,
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School
Moderated by Sarah Johnston, HB Director of Admission & Financial Aid Sponsored by Carney, Sandoe & Associates Leadership is a behavior, not a position. Teachers who consider themselves part of the overall leadership of the school are likely to be catalysts for change. The chasm between independent school practice and the potential to improve those practices shaped the vision and goals of the Klingenstein Center, and a distinction of the center is the focus on teacher leadership as well as administrative leadership. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School was established with these leadership ideals in mind as well. Of the variables that can be controlled, teacher quality – again and again – shows up as the single most important factor in education success. Innovation is fostered by a culture that continuously seeks to improve practice. Luyen Chou: lchou@schoolnet.com; Pearl Rock Kane: 212.678.3156 or klingensteincenter@tc.columbia.edu; Daniel Kikuji Rubenstein: drubenstein@brooklynprospect.org For more information:
Introduction by Jane Brown, Director of HB Early Childhood Education Works is a multi-year initiative to reimagine education and learning in Northeast Ohio to better prepare citizens to thrive in the 21st century. Based on the belief that true sustainable change requires a significant change of culture, Ann Smith will describe the initiative’s history, aspirations, and accomplishments, together with a design for a very distinct path forward. She hopes to share a novel approach to empowering every man, woman, and child to believe “that can be me” and to engage others to participate in creating layers of interlocking networks to support a regional learning community. For more information:
Shaping the Teachers of the Future
216.752.9041 or anksmith@gmail.com
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
Rescuing Urban Education Cleveland Metropolitan School District Renee Cavor, Chief of Transformation
Eric Gordon, Chief Academic Officer
Moderated by Charles Michener, former Senior Editor at Newsweek and The New Yorker Experts involved in implementing the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s ongoing Transformation Plan will share their insights. In an effort to eradicate spirits of voicelessness, it is important to create buy-in, which forges the meaningful relationships and partnerships that are necessary for any type of reform. Attendees will learn how important it is to invite necessary persons to the decision-making table, in order to ease the tension that is likely coupled with change and progress. Innovation and transformation require a “triple-bottom” outlook in order to realize the implications of reform on a much larger scale. For more information:
Renee Cavor: 216.574.8070 or renee.t.cavor@cmsdnet.net
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Black Box Theatre
Upper School Dance Studio
Jane Healy, Educational Psychologist and Author
Luyen Chou, Co-Founder, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School;
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
21st Century Minds Introduction by Kathy Zopatti, Director of HB Primary School Both brain development and gene activity are shaped by a youngster’s experiences at home and school. Today’s students, surrounded from birth by a fast-paced, stressed-out technological culture, present new challenges – and a growing incidence of learning problems. Yet these “different” brains hold talents that are vital to success in the 21st century. This session will consider not only how to intercept problems and adapt teaching to address these “changing brains,” but also how to enable students to become masters of their technological universe instead of “tools of their tools.” All students need innovative teaching approaches to master traditional curricula and expand creative and reflective abilities for leadership in a challenging world. For more information:
970.476.9351
Middle School Music Studio
Education Works: Lifting Aspirations Child by Child Ann Kowal Smith, Independent Consultant and Manager,
Education Works
Senior Vice President, SchoolNet Inc.
Pearl Rock Kane, Klingenstein Center Chair,
Teachers College, Columbia University
Daniel Kikuji Rubenstein, Executive Director/Co-Founder,
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School
Moderated by Sarah Johnston, HB Director of Admission & Financial Aid Sponsored by Carney, Sandoe & Associates Leadership is a behavior, not a position. Teachers who consider themselves part of the overall leadership of the school are likely to be catalysts for change. The chasm between independent school practice and the potential to improve those practices shaped the vision and goals of the Klingenstein Center, and a distinction of the center is the focus on teacher leadership as well as administrative leadership. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School was established with these leadership ideals in mind as well. Of the variables that can be controlled, teacher quality – again and again – shows up as the single most important factor in education success. Innovation is fostered by a culture that continuously seeks to improve practice. Luyen Chou: lchou@schoolnet.com; Pearl Rock Kane: 212.678.3156 or klingensteincenter@tc.columbia.edu; Daniel Kikuji Rubenstein: drubenstein@brooklynprospect.org For more information:
Introduction by Jane Brown, Director of HB Early Childhood Education Works is a multi-year initiative to reimagine education and learning in Northeast Ohio to better prepare citizens to thrive in the 21st century. Based on the belief that true sustainable change requires a significant change of culture, Ann Smith will describe the initiative’s history, aspirations, and accomplishments, together with a design for a very distinct path forward. She hopes to share a novel approach to empowering every man, woman, and child to believe “that can be me” and to engage others to participate in creating layers of interlocking networks to support a regional learning community. For more information:
Shaping the Teachers of the Future
216.752.9041 or anksmith@gmail.com
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
Rescuing Urban Education Cleveland Metropolitan School District Renee Cavor, Chief of Transformation
Eric Gordon, Chief Academic Officer
Moderated by Charles Michener, former Senior Editor at Newsweek and The New Yorker Experts involved in implementing the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s ongoing Transformation Plan will share their insights. In an effort to eradicate spirits of voicelessness, it is important to create buy-in, which forges the meaningful relationships and partnerships that are necessary for any type of reform. Attendees will learn how important it is to invite necessary persons to the decision-making table, in order to ease the tension that is likely coupled with change and progress. Innovation and transformation require a “triple-bottom” outlook in order to realize the implications of reform on a much larger scale. For more information:
Renee Cavor: 216.574.8070 or renee.t.cavor@cmsdnet.net
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Primary School Music Studio
Solving the Creativity Crisis Traci Buckner, Instructional Leader, National Inventors
Hall of Fame® School, Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning
friday, November 5
School Breakout Session 2 A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Sam Landers, Research and Development Fellow,
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (retired)
Fredricka Reisman, Professor and Director, Drexel/Torrance
Center for Creativity and Innovation, Goodwin College for Professional Studies, Drexel University Moderated by Diane Nichols, Director of HB Center for Multicultural Affairs
This session aims to provide participants with techniques to address the creativity crisis in American education. Today, employees must be knowledge workers who are not only competent in STEM skills, but also are effective creative problem-solvers and innovators. It is not enough to have been a successful student; knowledge workers must have the skills and motivation to continually and rapidly teach themselves the new knowledge required to solve unforeseen complex problems. Innovation requires creativity, and creativity is fueled by intrinsic motivation. Panelists will discuss cooperative collaborations, and strategies for enhancing learning through public-private partnerships in education and other industries. Participants also will learn about the Reisman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment, which will help inform ways to strengthen creativity skills in students. For more information:
Traci Buckner: 330.761.3195 or tbuckner@akron.k12.oh.us; Sam Landers: 330.305.9278 or splanders@gmail.com; Fredricka Reisman: freddie@drexel.edu
The Ahuja Auditorium
Peering Inside the Glass Box: Developing a Technology Enhanced Active-Learning Studio Windward School – Los Angeles, CA Jim Bologna, Science and Technology Administrative Co-Chair; Co-Director for the Center for Teaching & Learning David Boxer, Director of Instructional Technology and Research;
Co-Director for the Center for Teaching & Learning Thomas GildeR, Head of School
Thomas Haglund, Science and Technology Curricular Co-Chair
Introduction by Beth Burtch, HB Upper School Science What types of environments foster active learning and more inclusive learning-teaching? How can educators leverage interactive technologies to create meaningful classroom experiences? Based on MIT’s Technology Enhanced Active Learning model, this session will highlight strategies, curricula, and resources that benefit classrooms, libraries, and labs. For more information:
www.windwardschool.org
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
City as Our Campus
Winchester Thurston School – Pittsburgh, PA Teresa DeFlitch, Director, City as Our Campus Mick Gee, Director of Upper School Gary Niels, Head of School
Introduction by Stephanie Hiedemann, Director of HB Center for Civic Engagement In 2009, Winchester Thurston was awarded an Edward E. Ford Foundation Leadership Grant for its groundbreaking City as Our Campus initiative, which actively engages WT students in and around the city of Pittsburgh as researchers, artists, communicators, and advocates in the cultural, political, and economic life of the city. Students develop high-level critical thinking and research skills that emphasize content mastery, lifelong learning, 21st century skills, and collaborative entrepreneurship while serving as a partner in Pittsburgh’s revitalization. Faculty innovation is at the core of City as Our Campus; teachers design and implement courses, units, and projects that enhance their curricula by utilizing Pittsburgh resources. They have forged partnerships that transform organizations, institutions, and businesses into co-educators, resulting in relevant, experiential learning opportunities for WT students. The result is an innovative community of educators and co-educators that provides students with a dynamic 21st century education. For more information:
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www.winchesterthurston.org
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Primary School Music Studio
Solving the Creativity Crisis Traci Buckner, Instructional Leader, National Inventors
Hall of Fame® School, Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning
friday, November 5
School Breakout Session 2 A Marketplace of Fresh Ideas 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Sam Landers, Research and Development Fellow,
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (retired)
Fredricka Reisman, Professor and Director, Drexel/Torrance
Center for Creativity and Innovation, Goodwin College for Professional Studies, Drexel University Moderated by Diane Nichols, Director of HB Center for Multicultural Affairs
This session aims to provide participants with techniques to address the creativity crisis in American education. Today, employees must be knowledge workers who are not only competent in STEM skills, but also are effective creative problem-solvers and innovators. It is not enough to have been a successful student; knowledge workers must have the skills and motivation to continually and rapidly teach themselves the new knowledge required to solve unforeseen complex problems. Innovation requires creativity, and creativity is fueled by intrinsic motivation. Panelists will discuss cooperative collaborations, and strategies for enhancing learning through public-private partnerships in education and other industries. Participants also will learn about the Reisman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment, which will help inform ways to strengthen creativity skills in students. For more information:
Traci Buckner: 330.761.3195 or tbuckner@akron.k12.oh.us; Sam Landers: 330.305.9278 or splanders@gmail.com; Fredricka Reisman: freddie@drexel.edu
The Ahuja Auditorium
Peering Inside the Glass Box: Developing a Technology Enhanced Active-Learning Studio Windward School – Los Angeles, CA Jim Bologna, Science and Technology Administrative Co-Chair; Co-Director for the Center for Teaching & Learning David Boxer, Director of Instructional Technology and Research;
Co-Director for the Center for Teaching & Learning Thomas GildeR, Head of School
Thomas Haglund, Science and Technology Curricular Co-Chair
Introduction by Beth Burtch, HB Upper School Science What types of environments foster active learning and more inclusive learning-teaching? How can educators leverage interactive technologies to create meaningful classroom experiences? Based on MIT’s Technology Enhanced Active Learning model, this session will highlight strategies, curricula, and resources that benefit classrooms, libraries, and labs. For more information:
www.windwardschool.org
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
City as Our Campus
Winchester Thurston School – Pittsburgh, PA Teresa DeFlitch, Director, City as Our Campus Mick Gee, Director of Upper School Gary Niels, Head of School
Introduction by Stephanie Hiedemann, Director of HB Center for Civic Engagement In 2009, Winchester Thurston was awarded an Edward E. Ford Foundation Leadership Grant for its groundbreaking City as Our Campus initiative, which actively engages WT students in and around the city of Pittsburgh as researchers, artists, communicators, and advocates in the cultural, political, and economic life of the city. Students develop high-level critical thinking and research skills that emphasize content mastery, lifelong learning, 21st century skills, and collaborative entrepreneurship while serving as a partner in Pittsburgh’s revitalization. Faculty innovation is at the core of City as Our Campus; teachers design and implement courses, units, and projects that enhance their curricula by utilizing Pittsburgh resources. They have forged partnerships that transform organizations, institutions, and businesses into co-educators, resulting in relevant, experiential learning opportunities for WT students. The result is an innovative community of educators and co-educators that provides students with a dynamic 21st century education. For more information:
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www.winchesterthurston.org
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Black Box Theatre
Interdisciplinary Studies Program Lawrenceville School – Lawrenceville, NJ
Blake Eldridge, Co-Chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program Jason Robinson, History Master
Introduction by Wayne Hatcher, Director of HB Strnad Fellowship Program Interdisciplinary Studies Programs have become quite prevalent in recent years at both the university and high school levels, reflecting the growing interdependence of existing academic disciplines and a widespread conviction that our society’s most urgent problems transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. But “interdisciplinarity” is a term that resists simple definition; and its meaning often shifts depending on how the term is deployed, creating considerable confusion about what is appropriate for inclusion in this category and the broader goals interdisciplinary programs are intended to promote. High schools that are interested in developing interdisciplinary courses must therefore confront a range of questions – some foundational, some definitional, and some practical. Presenters will discuss some recent changes in Lawrenceville’s Interdisciplinary Studies Program that have attempted to address these questions, pointing to real-world examples found in representative courses. For more information:
www.lawrenceville.org
Middle School Music Studio
Center for Teaching
The Westminster Schools – Atlanta, GA William Clarkson IV, President Introduction by Susan Levitan, HB Middle School English Schools across the country are faced with critical issues related to recruiting and retaining excellent teachers. Between retirement, mid-career defections, and dwindling numbers of individuals entering the teaching field, schools must identify ways in which they can recruit and keep highquality teachers. Because excellence in teaching leads to excellence in education, providing meaningful professional development opportunities should be a top priority in the efforts to attract the best teachers. Through the Center for Teaching, The Westminster Schools is taking a leadership position in addressing the need for teachers across the educational community to engage in sustained and collaborative professional development programs as a way to enhance student learning and achievement. For more information:
www.westminster.net
Upper School Dance Studio
Competency-Based Education for the 21st Century
Nichols School – Buffalo, NY Joe Bach, Director of Information Technology Sandy Cunningham, Middle School Science Teacher Aranya Maritime, Head of Upper School Mary Rech Rockwell, Director of Studies
Introduction by Kevin Purpura, Director of HB Center for Business & Finance Recently, a group of Nichols School faculty and administrators convened to discuss the competencies needed to succeed in the 21st century, and they arrived at a model for competency-based education. Competencies include a range of skills, knowledge, approaches, experiences, and perspectives. They allow a person to carry out specific skill sets. These competencies are not a list of gaps in the curriculum; rather they include many current practices and expand on others in order to create a coordinated and collective purpose. This session will describe the Nichols process, the school’s product, and its ongoing efforts to embrace the competencies and tie them to curriculum development and faculty enrichment. For more information:
Primary School Music Studio
Hutchison Farm
Hutchison School – Memphis, TN Annie Kate Worley, Science Specialist and Horticulturist Introduction by Brenda May, Director of HB Center for Sustainability The Hutchison Farm is an innovative program where girls learn firsthand about natural resources and the impact people’s actions have on the environment. The program’s goal is to encourage wise decisions that will support the sustainable use of the earth’s resources. The farm provides authentic learning that enhances the scope of the curriculum, providing meaningful experiences that can be incorporated into many different subject areas. The space is an outdoor laboratory that has provided students with hands-on learning experiences in science, giving students in kindergarten through seventh grade exciting opportunities to observe, test, and experiment with soil, plants, insects, and other animals. For more information:
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www.nicholsschool.org
www.hutchisonschool.org
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Black Box Theatre
Interdisciplinary Studies Program Lawrenceville School – Lawrenceville, NJ
Blake Eldridge, Co-Chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program Jason Robinson, History Master
Introduction by Wayne Hatcher, Director of HB Strnad Fellowship Program Interdisciplinary Studies Programs have become quite prevalent in recent years at both the university and high school levels, reflecting the growing interdependence of existing academic disciplines and a widespread conviction that our society’s most urgent problems transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. But “interdisciplinarity” is a term that resists simple definition; and its meaning often shifts depending on how the term is deployed, creating considerable confusion about what is appropriate for inclusion in this category and the broader goals interdisciplinary programs are intended to promote. High schools that are interested in developing interdisciplinary courses must therefore confront a range of questions – some foundational, some definitional, and some practical. Presenters will discuss some recent changes in Lawrenceville’s Interdisciplinary Studies Program that have attempted to address these questions, pointing to real-world examples found in representative courses. For more information:
www.lawrenceville.org
Middle School Music Studio
Center for Teaching
The Westminster Schools – Atlanta, GA William Clarkson IV, President Introduction by Susan Levitan, HB Middle School English Schools across the country are faced with critical issues related to recruiting and retaining excellent teachers. Between retirement, mid-career defections, and dwindling numbers of individuals entering the teaching field, schools must identify ways in which they can recruit and keep highquality teachers. Because excellence in teaching leads to excellence in education, providing meaningful professional development opportunities should be a top priority in the efforts to attract the best teachers. Through the Center for Teaching, The Westminster Schools is taking a leadership position in addressing the need for teachers across the educational community to engage in sustained and collaborative professional development programs as a way to enhance student learning and achievement. For more information:
www.westminster.net
Upper School Dance Studio
Competency-Based Education for the 21st Century
Nichols School – Buffalo, NY Joe Bach, Director of Information Technology Sandy Cunningham, Middle School Science Teacher Aranya Maritime, Head of Upper School Mary Rech Rockwell, Director of Studies
Introduction by Kevin Purpura, Director of HB Center for Business & Finance Recently, a group of Nichols School faculty and administrators convened to discuss the competencies needed to succeed in the 21st century, and they arrived at a model for competency-based education. Competencies include a range of skills, knowledge, approaches, experiences, and perspectives. They allow a person to carry out specific skill sets. These competencies are not a list of gaps in the curriculum; rather they include many current practices and expand on others in order to create a coordinated and collective purpose. This session will describe the Nichols process, the school’s product, and its ongoing efforts to embrace the competencies and tie them to curriculum development and faculty enrichment. For more information:
Primary School Music Studio
Hutchison Farm
Hutchison School – Memphis, TN Annie Kate Worley, Science Specialist and Horticulturist Introduction by Brenda May, Director of HB Center for Sustainability The Hutchison Farm is an innovative program where girls learn firsthand about natural resources and the impact people’s actions have on the environment. The program’s goal is to encourage wise decisions that will support the sustainable use of the earth’s resources. The farm provides authentic learning that enhances the scope of the curriculum, providing meaningful experiences that can be incorporated into many different subject areas. The space is an outdoor laboratory that has provided students with hands-on learning experiences in science, giving students in kindergarten through seventh grade exciting opportunities to observe, test, and experiment with soil, plants, insects, and other animals. For more information:
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www.nicholsschool.org
www.hutchisonschool.org
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Worldwide Communications Center
Integrative Innovation
Hathaway Brown School – Shaker Heights, OH BILL CHRIST, Head of School Aobo Guo, HB Class of 2010 Patricia Hunt, Director of Science Research & Engineering Program Sue Sadler, Associate Head of School Adriana Zinn, HB Class of 2010
Moderated by Terry McCue, HB Director of College Counseling Hathaway Brown has been widely recognized for its leadership in innovation. Join some of the architects of the school’s transformational educational designs for an exploration of how a culture of innovation evolved at HB, and how an integrative – rather than disruptive – approach to innovation gave rise to the school’s distinctive Institute for 21st Century Education. Learn how innovation thrives when planful serendipity allows ideas to connect and recombine with other ideas. Why something worth doing is worth not doing well. How baby steps can become game changers – and other takeaways from HB’s innovation journey that can help other schools tap into their abundant creative potential. Bill Christ: headmaster@hb.edu; Patricia Hunt: phunt@hb.edu; Sue Sadler: ssadler@hb.edu
Saturday, November 6
Opening Session 9:00am – 9:45am HB G ymna sium
The Power to Remake the World Bill Strickland, President and CEO of
Manchester Bidwell Corporation Introduction by Bill Christ
Bill Strickland’s message – give people the tools they need, treat them with respect, and they will perform miraculous deeds – is as simple as it is profound. From a sleeping bag on the second floor of a dilapidated building he built one of the most extraordinary organizations in America, employing and training thousands. His work has brought him a MacArthur Genius grant, a Grammy award, an invitation to lecture at Harvard University, and a seat on the board of the National Endowment for the Arts. A compelling and powerful storyteller, Strickland’s belief in people strikes a universal chord. For more information:
www.bill-strickland.org
For more information:
Concurrent Session 1 10:00am – 11:15am The Ahuja Auditorium
NOTE: Session repeats in the same location during
Concurrent Session 2: 11:30am – 12:45pm
Changing the Educational Conversation through Technology Ian Jukes, Creator and Co-Developer, TechWorks
Introduction by Glenn Looman, HB Middle School Mathematics Through the years, rapid advancements in technology have constantly updated and rearranged the ways in which we go about our daily lives, by updating the things we use to live them with. This refers to gadgets ranging from phones, cameras, and computers to the services we use to obtain financial support, medical diagnoses, travel arrangements, sources of entertainment, and so on. The list of what has been affected throughout our time by this phenomenon is endless. And because they have been affected, we have been affected significantly. One can’t help but realize that our world has changed drastically, and will unrelentingly continue to do so. But is this such a horrible thing? For more information:
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www.lecturemanagement.com
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Worldwide Communications Center
Integrative Innovation
Hathaway Brown School – Shaker Heights, OH BILL CHRIST, Head of School Aobo Guo, HB Class of 2010 Patricia Hunt, Director of Science Research & Engineering Program Sue Sadler, Associate Head of School Adriana Zinn, HB Class of 2010
Moderated by Terry McCue, HB Director of College Counseling Hathaway Brown has been widely recognized for its leadership in innovation. Join some of the architects of the school’s transformational educational designs for an exploration of how a culture of innovation evolved at HB, and how an integrative – rather than disruptive – approach to innovation gave rise to the school’s distinctive Institute for 21st Century Education. Learn how innovation thrives when planful serendipity allows ideas to connect and recombine with other ideas. Why something worth doing is worth not doing well. How baby steps can become game changers – and other takeaways from HB’s innovation journey that can help other schools tap into their abundant creative potential. Bill Christ: headmaster@hb.edu; Patricia Hunt: phunt@hb.edu; Sue Sadler: ssadler@hb.edu
Saturday, November 6
Opening Session 9:00am – 9:45am HB G ymna sium
The Power to Remake the World Bill Strickland, President and CEO of
Manchester Bidwell Corporation Introduction by Bill Christ
Bill Strickland’s message – give people the tools they need, treat them with respect, and they will perform miraculous deeds – is as simple as it is profound. From a sleeping bag on the second floor of a dilapidated building he built one of the most extraordinary organizations in America, employing and training thousands. His work has brought him a MacArthur Genius grant, a Grammy award, an invitation to lecture at Harvard University, and a seat on the board of the National Endowment for the Arts. A compelling and powerful storyteller, Strickland’s belief in people strikes a universal chord. For more information:
www.bill-strickland.org
For more information:
Concurrent Session 1 10:00am – 11:15am The Ahuja Auditorium
NOTE: Session repeats in the same location during
Concurrent Session 2: 11:30am – 12:45pm
Changing the Educational Conversation through Technology Ian Jukes, Creator and Co-Developer, TechWorks
Introduction by Glenn Looman, HB Middle School Mathematics Through the years, rapid advancements in technology have constantly updated and rearranged the ways in which we go about our daily lives, by updating the things we use to live them with. This refers to gadgets ranging from phones, cameras, and computers to the services we use to obtain financial support, medical diagnoses, travel arrangements, sources of entertainment, and so on. The list of what has been affected throughout our time by this phenomenon is endless. And because they have been affected, we have been affected significantly. One can’t help but realize that our world has changed drastically, and will unrelentingly continue to do so. But is this such a horrible thing? For more information:
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 26
www.lecturemanagement.com
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Worldwide Communications Center
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Finding Funding for Great Ideas Bob Hallett, Executive Director, The Edward E. Ford Foundation Ann Mullin, Senior Programs Officer, The George Gund Foundation
Best Practices in Web Communication Across the Globe
Rob DiMartino, Director of Business Development, finaliste
Helen Williams, Program Director for Education,
Introduction by James Allen, HB Upper School Technology Department Chair
Moderated by Clarke Leslie, HB Associate Head for Advancement
Sponsored by finalsite
A roundtable discussion of the role foundations play in catalyzing educational innovation, with inside information about what these funding agencies take into consideration when making grant-making decisions. Discover why public-private partnerships matter. Special focus will be placed on real-world examples of programs and initiatives that have been especially generative and forward-thinking. Bob Hallett will describe the thinking and process behind the Educational Leadership grants initiative funded by the E.E. Ford Foundation and explain why independent schools need to engage in the education conversation. Ann Mullin and Helen Williams will talk about how charitable foundations determine their priorities.
In this day and age, it’s not all about technology, bells and whistles, and keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about strategy, vision, and building efficiencies and sustainability plans for web communications. This session will demonstrate strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of the people and the tools that power schools. Discover ways to enact your vision for the future in areas such as admissions, academics, advancement, athletics, integration, social media, and overall school communications. Rob DiMartino has more than10 years of experience working with independent schools. He will share what he’s learned and offer examples of successful approaches used by schools around the world.
Bob Hallett: 207.774.2346; Ann Mullin: 216.241.3114 or amullin@gundfdn.org; Helen Williams: 216.861.3810
For more information:
Upper School Dance Studio
Concurrent Session 2
The Cleveland Foundation
For more information:
Leading Journalists Assess the Progress of School Reform Michael Brosnan, Editor of Independent School magazine
rob.dimartino@finalsite.com
11:30am – 12:45pm
Edith Starzyk, Education Issues Reporter, The Plain Dealer Paul Tough, Author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s
Quest to Change Harlem and America
Moderated by Lindsey Christ, Education Reporter for NY1 This is a critical moment in the history of education in the United States. In many ways, we’re in a true crisis, but there are reasons to be hopeful. This presentation will discuss the political divide between teachers unions and advocates of reform. It will highlight promising examples of education innovation seen around the country, including transformational efforts in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the Harlem Children’s Zone, KIPP schools, and various non-profits and early-education programs that help children in low-income neighborhoods succeed to high levels. Panelists will offer their insights into innovations that have taken place in independent schools in the past decade, and the growing connection between independent schools and their local communities. They also will discuss the ways in which the concept of a quality education has evolved and strengthened in the past decade, and how collaboration among educators is moving schools out of isolation in positive ways.
The Ahuja Auditorium
Changing the Educational Conversation Through Technology Ian Jukes, Creator and Co-Developer, TechWorks
Introduction by Kelly Wilson, HB Middle School Science Through the years, rapid advancements in technology have constantly updated and rearranged the ways in which we go about our daily lives, by updating the things we use to live them with. This refers to gadgets ranging from phones, cameras, and computers to the services we use to obtain financial support, medical diagnoses, travel arrangements, sources of entertainment, and so on. In this presentation, Ian Jukes will delve into what disruptive innovation is, and provide examples from pasts both recent and more distant. He’ll also endeavor to create a sense of how education can come to realize the long-term benefits of adapting to this state of progress, and how our students may ultimately benefit as well. For more information:
www.lecturemanagement.com
For more information:
Michael Brosnan: 603.778.1207 or michael.brosnan@comcast.net; Edith Starzyk: 216.999.4881 or estarzyk@plaind.com; Paul Tough: inquiries@paultough.com
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Worldwide Communications Center
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Finding Funding for Great Ideas Bob Hallett, Executive Director, The Edward E. Ford Foundation Ann Mullin, Senior Programs Officer, The George Gund Foundation
Best Practices in Web Communication Across the Globe
Rob DiMartino, Director of Business Development, finaliste
Helen Williams, Program Director for Education,
Introduction by James Allen, HB Upper School Technology Department Chair
Moderated by Clarke Leslie, HB Associate Head for Advancement
Sponsored by finalsite
A roundtable discussion of the role foundations play in catalyzing educational innovation, with inside information about what these funding agencies take into consideration when making grant-making decisions. Discover why public-private partnerships matter. Special focus will be placed on real-world examples of programs and initiatives that have been especially generative and forward-thinking. Bob Hallett will describe the thinking and process behind the Educational Leadership grants initiative funded by the E.E. Ford Foundation and explain why independent schools need to engage in the education conversation. Ann Mullin and Helen Williams will talk about how charitable foundations determine their priorities.
In this day and age, it’s not all about technology, bells and whistles, and keeping up with the Joneses. It’s about strategy, vision, and building efficiencies and sustainability plans for web communications. This session will demonstrate strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of the people and the tools that power schools. Discover ways to enact your vision for the future in areas such as admissions, academics, advancement, athletics, integration, social media, and overall school communications. Rob DiMartino has more than10 years of experience working with independent schools. He will share what he’s learned and offer examples of successful approaches used by schools around the world.
Bob Hallett: 207.774.2346; Ann Mullin: 216.241.3114 or amullin@gundfdn.org; Helen Williams: 216.861.3810
For more information:
Upper School Dance Studio
Concurrent Session 2
The Cleveland Foundation
For more information:
Leading Journalists Assess the Progress of School Reform Michael Brosnan, Editor of Independent School magazine
rob.dimartino@finalsite.com
11:30am – 12:45pm
Edith Starzyk, Education Issues Reporter, The Plain Dealer Paul Tough, Author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s
Quest to Change Harlem and America
Moderated by Lindsey Christ, Education Reporter for NY1 This is a critical moment in the history of education in the United States. In many ways, we’re in a true crisis, but there are reasons to be hopeful. This presentation will discuss the political divide between teachers unions and advocates of reform. It will highlight promising examples of education innovation seen around the country, including transformational efforts in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, the Harlem Children’s Zone, KIPP schools, and various non-profits and early-education programs that help children in low-income neighborhoods succeed to high levels. Panelists will offer their insights into innovations that have taken place in independent schools in the past decade, and the growing connection between independent schools and their local communities. They also will discuss the ways in which the concept of a quality education has evolved and strengthened in the past decade, and how collaboration among educators is moving schools out of isolation in positive ways.
The Ahuja Auditorium
Changing the Educational Conversation Through Technology Ian Jukes, Creator and Co-Developer, TechWorks
Introduction by Kelly Wilson, HB Middle School Science Through the years, rapid advancements in technology have constantly updated and rearranged the ways in which we go about our daily lives, by updating the things we use to live them with. This refers to gadgets ranging from phones, cameras, and computers to the services we use to obtain financial support, medical diagnoses, travel arrangements, sources of entertainment, and so on. In this presentation, Ian Jukes will delve into what disruptive innovation is, and provide examples from pasts both recent and more distant. He’ll also endeavor to create a sense of how education can come to realize the long-term benefits of adapting to this state of progress, and how our students may ultimately benefit as well. For more information:
www.lecturemanagement.com
For more information:
Michael Brosnan: 603.778.1207 or michael.brosnan@comcast.net; Edith Starzyk: 216.999.4881 or estarzyk@plaind.com; Paul Tough: inquiries@paultough.com
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Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Worldwide Communicatio ns C enter
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
Cathy Belk, Chief Relationship Officer, JumpStart, Inc.
Sarah Hanawald, Dean of Academic Affairs, The Cannon School
Baiju Shah, President and CEO, BioEnterprise
Jason Ramsden, Chief Technology Officer, Ravenscroft School
Chris Thompson, Director of Funder and Regional Engagement,
Introduction by Kathleen Osborne, HB Director of Public Relations
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Cleveland Redux: From Rust Belt to Biotech Titan
Fund for Our Economic Future
Moderated by Steve Gleydura, Editor of Cleveland Magazine By connecting Northeast Ohio’s innovation assets to its historical strengths in manufacturing, bioscience, materials, and energy, the region is making progress toward a more vibrant economic future. Learn why an innovative or entrepreneurial culture can’t be supported in just one way. It takes an entire ecosystem of programs, approaches, and stories and messages to sustain positive momentum. In order to advance, communities around the country need to align their efforts to foster business growth, talent development, inclusion, and efficient government. Creating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Cleveland region has taught these community leaders the best approaches to developing an innovation infrastructure, supporting entrepreneurs, and changing perceptions. Transforming any region’s economic future demands a combination of innovation and collaboration. For more information:
Cathy Belk: 216.363.3417 or cathy.belk@jumpstartinc.org; Baiju Shah: bshah@bioenterprise.com; Chris Thompson: 216.456.9802 or cthompson@futurefundneo.org Upper School Dance Studio
Womenovation
Cindy Hunter, President, The Fawn Brook Group, LLC Jennifer Thomas, Program Director,
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Akron Erin Wolf, Managing Partner, SuiteTrack LLC
Placing Innovation at the Core of School Culture
A discussion of how communication, collaboration, and celebration can open the door to innovation in schools. Sarah Hanawald and Jason Ramsden will use stories and examples to present strategies that can help academic and technology leaders bridge the divide between their respective silos and help change school culture and foster innovation. They’ll share some wisdom they’ve acquired in their careers in education and offer important pointers, such as “Say yes, then collaborate to make it work,” and “Success can only be achieved when failure is expected.” Attendees are encouraged to participate, sharing experiences from their own institutions. For more information:
Sarah Hanawald: 704.721.7194 or shanawald@cannonschool.org; Jason Ramsden: jason@jasonramsden.com
Lunch and Closing Session 1:00pm – 2:00pm Margery Stouffer Biggar ’47 and Family Dining Hall
Food for Thought: What Schools Can Learn from the Restaurant Revolution Michael Ruhlman, Journalist and Author Jonathon Sawyer, Chef/Owner, The Greenhouse Tavern
Introduction by Bill Christ
Amazing things can happen when women are empowered to succeed. These panelists will offer accounts of their own personal success, as well as successful ideas they’ve helped nurture, and successful women they’ve helped mentor. Participants will learn how to assist students in defining their personal and professional visions early on so they can embrace change with ease, seeing change as a window of opportunity rather than something to fear. The best ways to give young women the tools they need to overcome hardships and maximize their potential are to reward collaborative learning and experimentation, and to encourage them to take risks, even though they may fail.
It’s difficult to ignore the country’s growing interest in cooking and food culture. Michael Ruhlman and Jonathon Sawyer will help participants put this interest into context in an age that’s defined by epidemic obesity and a spoiling of our natural resources on land and in the ocean. In this food-focused society, we look to experts to lead the way. Sawyer is one of the 10 best new chefs in the country, according to Food & Wine magazine. He’s also leading a restaurant that’s regarded by many as the finest in Cleveland’s thriving food scene. But he didn’t get there by himself. Chefs are only successful insofar as they are teachers. Ruhlman will interview Sawyer about his strategy for training young cooks and managing a growing team of employees while balancing the larger concerns of sustainability, food sourcing, and social responsibility. Participants are encouraged to join the discussion by asking questions of their own.
For more information:
For more information:
Cindy Hunter: 303.443.1105 or cindy@fawnbrookgroup.com; Jennifer Thomas: 305.908.2600; Erin Wolf: ewolf@suitetrack.com
Michael Ruhlman: http://ruhlman.com or michael@ruhlman.com; Jonathon Sawyer: www.thegreenhousetavern.com
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 30
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 31
Moderated by Michele Rogers, Assistant Dean, Integrated Programs & Experiential Learning, Kellogg School, Northwestern University
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Education Innovation Summit Sessions
Worldwide Communicatio ns C enter
Middle School Global Languages Learning Center
Cathy Belk, Chief Relationship Officer, JumpStart, Inc.
Sarah Hanawald, Dean of Academic Affairs, The Cannon School
Baiju Shah, President and CEO, BioEnterprise
Jason Ramsden, Chief Technology Officer, Ravenscroft School
Chris Thompson, Director of Funder and Regional Engagement,
Introduction by Kathleen Osborne, HB Director of Public Relations
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Cleveland Redux: From Rust Belt to Biotech Titan
Fund for Our Economic Future
Moderated by Steve Gleydura, Editor of Cleveland Magazine By connecting Northeast Ohio’s innovation assets to its historical strengths in manufacturing, bioscience, materials, and energy, the region is making progress toward a more vibrant economic future. Learn why an innovative or entrepreneurial culture can’t be supported in just one way. It takes an entire ecosystem of programs, approaches, and stories and messages to sustain positive momentum. In order to advance, communities around the country need to align their efforts to foster business growth, talent development, inclusion, and efficient government. Creating a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Cleveland region has taught these community leaders the best approaches to developing an innovation infrastructure, supporting entrepreneurs, and changing perceptions. Transforming any region’s economic future demands a combination of innovation and collaboration. For more information:
Cathy Belk: 216.363.3417 or cathy.belk@jumpstartinc.org; Baiju Shah: bshah@bioenterprise.com; Chris Thompson: 216.456.9802 or cthompson@futurefundneo.org Upper School Dance Studio
Womenovation
Cindy Hunter, President, The Fawn Brook Group, LLC Jennifer Thomas, Program Director,
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Akron Erin Wolf, Managing Partner, SuiteTrack LLC
Placing Innovation at the Core of School Culture
A discussion of how communication, collaboration, and celebration can open the door to innovation in schools. Sarah Hanawald and Jason Ramsden will use stories and examples to present strategies that can help academic and technology leaders bridge the divide between their respective silos and help change school culture and foster innovation. They’ll share some wisdom they’ve acquired in their careers in education and offer important pointers, such as “Say yes, then collaborate to make it work,” and “Success can only be achieved when failure is expected.” Attendees are encouraged to participate, sharing experiences from their own institutions. For more information:
Sarah Hanawald: 704.721.7194 or shanawald@cannonschool.org; Jason Ramsden: jason@jasonramsden.com
Lunch and Closing Session 1:00pm – 2:00pm Margery Stouffer Biggar ’47 and Family Dining Hall
Food for Thought: What Schools Can Learn from the Restaurant Revolution Michael Ruhlman, Journalist and Author Jonathon Sawyer, Chef/Owner, The Greenhouse Tavern
Introduction by Bill Christ
Amazing things can happen when women are empowered to succeed. These panelists will offer accounts of their own personal success, as well as successful ideas they’ve helped nurture, and successful women they’ve helped mentor. Participants will learn how to assist students in defining their personal and professional visions early on so they can embrace change with ease, seeing change as a window of opportunity rather than something to fear. The best ways to give young women the tools they need to overcome hardships and maximize their potential are to reward collaborative learning and experimentation, and to encourage them to take risks, even though they may fail.
It’s difficult to ignore the country’s growing interest in cooking and food culture. Michael Ruhlman and Jonathon Sawyer will help participants put this interest into context in an age that’s defined by epidemic obesity and a spoiling of our natural resources on land and in the ocean. In this food-focused society, we look to experts to lead the way. Sawyer is one of the 10 best new chefs in the country, according to Food & Wine magazine. He’s also leading a restaurant that’s regarded by many as the finest in Cleveland’s thriving food scene. But he didn’t get there by himself. Chefs are only successful insofar as they are teachers. Ruhlman will interview Sawyer about his strategy for training young cooks and managing a growing team of employees while balancing the larger concerns of sustainability, food sourcing, and social responsibility. Participants are encouraged to join the discussion by asking questions of their own.
For more information:
For more information:
Cindy Hunter: 303.443.1105 or cindy@fawnbrookgroup.com; Jennifer Thomas: 305.908.2600; Erin Wolf: ewolf@suitetrack.com
Michael Ruhlman: http://ruhlman.com or michael@ruhlman.com; Jonathon Sawyer: www.thegreenhousetavern.com
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 30
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL’S EDUCATION INNOVATION SUMMIT 31
Moderated by Michele Rogers, Assistant Dean, Integrated Programs & Experiential Learning, Kellogg School, Northwestern University
thank you thank you HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
Hathaway Brown is grateful to all of the generous sponsors, gracious speakers, and generative schools who have been an integral part of the Education Innovation Summit. Thank you.
Edward E. Ford Foundation Ann Rittinger Petersen HB ’46
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOLʼS
NOVEMBER 4 – 6, 2010
19600 North Park Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122