As with the Statewide Summits, invitations to the follow-up Leadership Institutes are sent to key educational leaders across the state. To facilitate thinking and moving in new directions for student support, we encourage these leaders to bring teams. (While the intent is to work specifically with those in a given state, previous Leadership Institutes have accommodated a few individuals and teams from other states who are ready to move in New Directions for Student Support.)
>>As with the Summits, there are no fees for attending – other than travel costs.
While invitations to a Leadership Institute are sent to key leaders, we encourage everyone concerned with moving forward in new directions for student support to act as catalysts in helping mobilize key leaders to attend and to bring a team.
At the Institutes, the agenda for the day includes:
- Why New Directions for Student Support are an imperative
- Framing the full continuum of comprehensive and integrated interventions
- Building the infrastructure to develop new directions for learning supports
- Getting from where we are to where we need to be: System change
Leadership Institutes have been held already in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (August, 2005); Dallas TX (September, 2005); two in California (March, 2006); Washington DC (July, 2006); Hartford, CT (August, 2006); Boston, MA (August, 2006); Hawai`i (March, 2007) and Vermont (April, 2007).
An ongoing series is underway in Iowa as part of their efforts to implement the state's design for a System of Learning Supports
Let us know if you are interested in having a New Directions Leadership Institute in your state. Contact ltaylor@ucla.edu
For more information and resources related to New Directions for Student Support,
go to our website at http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/ndannouncement.htm
Also, see The School Leader’s Guide to Student Learning Supports:
New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning