Pennsylvania ASCD Leadership Institute & Golf Outing

Description:

The PASCD Leadership Institute will provide participants the unique opportunity to choose one of two personalized leadership tracks that develop the capacity to lead classrooms and education systems in new and innovative ways. The Courage to Lead track is based on the “The Courage to Teach” by Parker J. Palmer. In this track participants will learn how to improve professional capacity, relational trust, collaboration, quality of instruction, and ultimately student outcomes. The Digital Leadership and Innovation track allows participants to learn leadership strategies for (1) implementing instructional technology, (2) digital immersion, and (3) innovative practices. At the conclusion of the institute, there will be some online job-embedded, follow up activities that must be submitted in order to receive 40 Act 45/48 hours. Please see the leadership track descriptions at the bottom of this page for more detailed information.

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Target Audience:

All educational leaders are invited. Participants may attend as either an individual or bring a team to allow the leadership institute to serve as an administrative retreat. We have reserved team-planning rooms and time set aside the day before the start of the leadership institute in order for school district administrative retreats to take place at no additional registration fee. If you would like to reserve a team planning room for your administrative retreat, please contact Pennsylvania ASCD Executive Director, Deanna Mayers, at deanna.mayers@pascd.org.

Golf Outing and Banquet:

At the conclusion of the PASCD Leadership Institute, an optional golf outing and banquet will be held at the beautiful Mountain View Country Club. Once a participant registers for the leadership institute, details regarding the optional golf outing and banquet will be sent via email.

Pricing:

$400 – PASCD Members
$465 – Non-members

Personalized Leadership Track Information

Each participant will choose a personalized leadership track to follow throughout the PASCD Leadership Institute. Please find below a description of each leadership track. Participants will choose their personalized leadership track when he or she registers online for the leadership institute.

Courage to Lead Track

Based on the text “The Courage to Teach” by Parker J. Palmer, learners will be introduced to a variety of types of communication and innovative instructional leadership strategies that focus on example programs to advance the trust in the school community and the concept of “The Community of We.”   The strategies highlighted will allow leaders an opportunity to focus on taking risks, embracing cultural differences, and building a trustworthy community for all learners. The track will utilize the concept of that we lead best when we understand ourselves first. The following concepts and skills will be explicitly taught:

• We Lead Best When We Understand Ourselves

• The call to “Teach”

• Reflective Writing as a Tool of Self Knowledge

• Relational Trust in a School Community

• Touchstones and Boundary Markers of Trustworthy Space

• Hearing Ourselves and Others

• Elements of Culture

• Essential Elements of Community

• Hidden Privilege and Power in the School Community

Digital Leadership and Innovation Track

Based on "The Innovator's Mindset" by George Couros and research compiled by Thomas Hoerr in the book "Fostering Grit," learners will be introduced to a variety of types of instructional technology and innovation instructional leadership strategies that focus on example programs to advance the technical skills of both digital leaders and for those educators in which they supervise.   The technologies highlighted will allow users an opportunity to focus on taking risks, embracing change, and building a growth mindset for all learners. The course will utilize the SAMR model throughout to highlight the depth of use of technologies as learners develop the technological skills of successful digital leaders. The following concepts and skills will be explicitly taught:

• Online Presentation Tools

• Screencasting

• Twitter

• Blogs

• Digital Footprints

• Instructional Video

• Social Media

• Open Educational Resources

• Mind Mapping Tools

• Project Management Tools

• Crowd-Sourcing Technologies