Pre-Conference Institutes

Philadelphia, Pa.
March 21–23, 2012 (Three-Day Institutes)

• The Strategic Teacher: How to Select the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson
• Differentiation Grows Up: A Look at Teacher Development and Differentiation
• Understanding by Design^® Meets Neuroscience
• Differentiated Instruction: An Introduction
• Understanding by Design^®: Beginning the Journey

March 22–23, 2012 (Two-Day Institutes)

• Adolescent Learning–Any Time, Any Place
• 101 Tools and Techniques to Improve Teacher Quality
• Data, Continuous School Improvement, and Race to the Top
• Effective Supervision: Applying the Art and Science of Teaching
• The Leader’s Role in Transforming Schools
• Upgrading the Curriculum: How to Replace Dated Content, Skills, and Assessments to Engage 21st Century Learners. What to Cut? What to Keep? What to Create?
• The Principal’s Role in Leading Understanding by Design^®

March 23, 2012 (One-Day Institutes)

• The Art and Science of Teaching
• Instructional Rounds: What Are They and Do They Work?
• Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Mastery Teaching
• Accountability in Professional Development: Tying Our Learning to Student Learning
• Early Learning Success: Responsive Instruction During the Crucial K–3 Learning Years
• Learning from Lincoln: Leadership Lessons for Today’s Leaders
• Community Schools: Moving from Vision to Action for the Whole Child
• A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders: Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success
• Effective School Leadership for Today's Urban Schools
• 12 Things You Must Do to Have a Learning Environment That Encourages High Achievement for All Students
• Powerful Presentations
• Using Protocols to Get the Most from Your Professional Learning Communities
• Language Development: What's Leadership Got to Do with It?
• Developing Aspiring Principals as Learners, Visionaries, Influencers, and Leaders
• Leadership Matters: Accomplished Principals Bring Results
• Developing Teacher Leaders for Increased Student Learning

Spring Institutes

Tampa, Fla.
April 26–27, 2012 (Two-Day Institutes)

• Schoolwide Differentiation and its Effect on Teacher and Student Success
• Poverty and Underachievement: How Schools and Districts Lead Students to Success

April 26, 2012 (One-Day Institutes)

• Words Open Worlds: Building a Comprehensive K–12 Vocabulary Program
• Discipline with Dignity