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Expertise, Leadership & Inspiration
The 2013 Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee Leadership Symposium will focus on the expertise and leadership that are vital during the shifting tides as California embraces Common Core Standards, Smarter Balanced Assessments, 21st Century Skills, and Teacher and Administrator Preparation and Evaluation to support the changing face of classroom instructions. Watch a message from Daniel Pink
Speakers
Daniel Pink
Author and Consultant
Daniel Pink
Author and Consultant
His articles on business and technology appear in many publications, including the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Wired, and The Sunday Telegraph. Dan has provided analysis of business trends on CNN, CNBC, ABC, NPR, and other networks in the U.S. and abroad. And he lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world on economic transformation and the new workplace.
In 2011, Thinkers50 ranked him one of the 50 most influential business thinkers in the world.
A free agent himself, Dan held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He also worked as an aide to U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and in other positions in politics and government.
He received a BA from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD from Yale Law School. He has also received honorary degrees from the Ringling College of Art and Design (2011) and Westfield State University (2010).
Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins
Organization Development Consultant
Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins
Organization Development Consultant
Kikanza J. Nuri-Robins facilitates processes that heal and transform individuals and organizations. These processes help the individuals in the organization to clarify their personal values and goals, and contribute to the effectiveness of the organization, as well as to the health of our planet. Kikanza works with mission-driven organizations -- organizations whose bottom line includes the quality of the service that they provide and the relationships among employees and with the organizations' communities. Her clients include not-for-profit and faith-based organizations, schools, hospitals, and universities.
Dr. Eric Mazur
Professor of Physics at Harvard University & Innovator of the Flipped Classroom
Dr. Eric Mazur
Professor of Physics at Harvard University & Innovator of the Flipped Classroom
Eric Mazur is the Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University and Area Dean of Applied Physics. An internationally recognized scientist and researcher, he leads a vigorous research program in optical physics and supervises one of the the largest research groups in the Physics Department at Harvard University.
After obtaining a Ph.D. degree in experimental physics at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands in 1981, Dr. Mazur came to Harvard University in 1982. In 1984 he joined the faculty and obtained tenure six years later. Dr. Mazur has made important contributions to spectroscopy, light scattering, the interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with materials, and nanophotonics.
Sue Gendron
International Center on Model Schools & Smarter Balanced Implementation
Sue Gendron
International Center on Model Schools & Smarter Balanced Implementation
Dr. Susan Gendron served as the Maine Commissioner of Education until May 2010 when she assumed the role of Policy Coordinator for the SMARTER Balance Assessment Consortium. In 2010 she was named a Senior Fellow for ICLE. Dr. Gendron’s career in education spans 38 years serving as a teacher, school principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent. In her roles she has encouraged school systems to move to a learner-centered system of standards-based education; is an advocate for graduating all students ready for college, career and citizenship; and has led the reorganization effort of Maine’s school systems. During her tenure, Maine joined with three other states to administer a common assessment for reading and mathematics. She has served as President of the Council of Chief State School Officers Board, as Chair of the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands Board, and as trustee of the University of Maine System. Dr. Gendron has received many honors, including the State Education Technology Directors Association–2008 Pushing the Envelope Award and the Jobs for America’s Graduates–2009 National Education Leadership Award.
Joellen Killion
Senior Advisor Learning Forward
Joellen Killion
Senior Advisor Learning Forward
Joellen Killion is the Deputy Executive Director for Learning Forward. Killion focuses on improving professional learning for all educators. Her most recent books include Assessing Impact: Evaluating Staff Development, Assessing Impact: Evaluating Staff Development: A Trainer's Manual (co-authored with Linda Munger and Pat Roy), Collaborative Professional Learning Teams in School and Beyond: A Tool Kit for New Jersey Educators, and Taking the Lead: New Roles for Teacher and School-based Coaches (co-authored with Cindy Harrison); The Learning Educator: A New Era in Professional Learning (co-authored with Stephanie Hirsh); and Becoming a Learning School (with Patricia Roy). At Learning Forward, she has led a number of initiatives related to examining the link between professional development and student learning. She has extensive experience in professional development planning, design, implementation, and evaluation both at the school and system level.
Alan November
Founder, November Learning
Alan November
Founder, November Learning
Alan November is an international leader in education technology. He began his career as an oceanography teacher and dorm counselor at an island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor. While Alan was a computer science teacher in Lexington, MA, he was probably the first teacher in the world to have a student project on line in 1984, a database for the handicapped. He has been director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology consultant and university lecturer. He has helped schools, governments and industry leaders improve the quality of education through technology.
Linda
Darling-Hammond
Professor of Education at Stanford University
Linda Darling-Hammond
Professor of Education at Stanford University
Linda Darling-Hammond is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University where she launched the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and the School Redesign Network and served as faculty sponsor for the Stanford Teacher Education Program. She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association and member of the National Academy of Education. Her research, teaching, and policy work focus on issues of school restructuring, teacher quality and educational equity.
From 1994-2001, she served as executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, a blue-ribbon panel whose 1996 report, What Matters Most: Teaching for America’s Future led to sweeping policy changes affecting teaching and teacher education. She recently served as the leader of President Barack Obama’s education policy transition team.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court Justice, Retired
Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court Justice, Retired
Born in El Paso, Texas on March 26, 1930, Sandra Day O’Connor was elected to two terms in the Arizona state senate. In 1981 Ronald Reagan nominated her as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and she received unanimous Senate approval. Sandra Day O’Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a justice, O’Connor was as a key swing vote in many important cases, including the upholding of Roe V. Wade. She was considered a moderate conservative and retired in 2006 after serving 24 years.
Special Introduction
Tom Torlakson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will welcome attendees to the Leadership Symposium and share an overview of California’s public education landscape from the state perspective.
Additional Presenters
Long Beach Unified
Implementing the CA CommonLucia Mar Unified
TAPS: The System for Teacher and Student AdvancementCorning High School
Writing Across the Common CoreSan Joaquin County Office of Education
Instructional RoundsOrange County Office of Education
STEM InitativesCharter Schools
Computer Adapted Assessments
California Department of Education
New ELD Standards, Common Core Science Standards, Professional Development Modules on the CA Common Core Standards, 21st Century History/Social Science Standards, ESEA Update, ELA Framework UpdateFresno County Office of Education
Early Childhood Education, Race to the Top UpdateVarious Districts
District Program Improvement Year 3, Improvement Practices that Get Results, Integration of the Arts, Blended Learning and Flipped Classrooms
Session Topics : Focus on Leadership
| Common Core Standards | Smarter Balanced Assessments | English Language Development Standards | STEM Science Standards Arts Integration |
| Flipped Classrooms |
Venue
Monterey Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
350 Calle PrincipalMonterey, CA 93940
(831) 649-4234 marriott.com
Agenda
Wednesday
| 4:15 | Drum Corps, by Monterey Peninsula Unified School District |
| 4:30 | Welcome by Judy Flores, CISC Chair |
| 4:40 | Michael Watkins, CCSESA President |
| 5:00 - 6:30 | Daniel Pink, Keynote Speaker Author’s book signing following in foyer |
| Dinner – on your own |
Thursday
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Continental Breakfast in Foyer Music by Monterey Peninsula Unified School District students |
| 8:00- 8:10 | Good morning welcome |
| 8:10 – 9:15 | Joellen Killion, Leaning Forward, Common Core State Standards |
| 9:20 – 10:30 | Eric Mazur, Harvard University, Flipped Classrooms |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Break |
| 10:50 – 11:50 | Breakout Session I Feature presentation – Blended Learning/Common Core Panel – Steinbeck Alan November, Eric Mazur, Joellen Killion |
| 11:50 – 1:00 | LUNCH – Sierra Grand Ballroom – plated lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:20 | Linda Darling Hammond, Teacher Effectiveness and Training |
| 2:20 - 2:35 | Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| 2:45 – 3:45 | Breakout Session II |
| 3:50 – 5:00 | Regional Meetings |
| Dinner on your own |
Friday
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Continental Breakfast in Foyer Music by Monterey Peninsula Unified School District students |
| 8:00- 9:00 | Breakout Session III Featured session- TAP, Teacher Evaluation and Effectiveness, Lucia Mar Unified |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Breakout Session IV Featured session – Cultural Proficiency, Kikanza Nuri-Robbins Authors signing opportunity following session |
| 10:15 – 10:50 | Break |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Judy Flores, CISC Chair, Symposium Committee Thank Yous |
| 11:10 – 12:15 | Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Retired) Supreme Court Justice Civics Education and iCivics |
Places*
* Recommended hotels are offering an additional discount to attendees
Hotels
- Monterey Marriott 350 Calle Principal • (831) 649-4234
- Hotel Pacific300 Pacific Street • (831) 373-5700
- Casa Munras 700 Munras Avenue • (831) 375-2411
Food
- Educator recommended View PDFRecommendations from fellow educators
- Food and Wine Visit WebsiteMonterey Convention and Visitors Bureu
