Broad Center for Superintendents Hosts Training Academy in Minneapolis; Top Military Brass, Biotech CEO Answer Call 3/6/2003
From: Melissa Bonney Ratcliff of the Broad Foundation, 310-954-5057; e-mail: mbr@broadfoundation.org News Advisory: The Broad Center for Superintendents will conduct a training program for the Urban Superintendents Academy at the Minneapolis Embassy Suites Airport Hotel on Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9. (Complete schedule listed below) The Broad Center for Superintendents is an executive leadership development program designed to develop the critical skills needed to become a successful urban superintendent. Its initial focus is a training academy that prepares future superintendents to meet the unique challenges that urban public school districts face. The Center is a joint effort between The Broad Foundation and former Michigan Governor John Engler. Eli Broad, Founder of The Broad Foundation, said, "More and more school districts across America that are making significant gains in student achievement are run by non-traditional superintendents. The Broad Center for Superintendents is cultivating this talent and training these leaders -- many of whom are already at the top of their field in business, the military and education. The next generation of urban school district CEOs looks brighter because of the commitment of these talented individuals." Speakers at the academy will include: -- Mr. Anthony Alvarado, Chancellor of Instruction, San Diego City Unified School District -- Mr. Mark Atkinson, Chairman and CEO, Teachscape -- Dr. Richard Elmore, Professor of Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education Fewer than 15 percent of applicants were selected to participate in this innovative training academy for public school leaders. The 2003 class includes 20 leaders from both inside and outside the education sector. Eleven currently serve in public school districts across the country. Two are senior military officers, three are executives from charter/education management and education technology organizations, two are state government leaders, two are founder-owners of financial services firms and one is a former professional football player. (A complete list is attached). The Broad Foundation deliberately recruited talented business, non-profit and government executives - along with traditional education leaders - to participate in this program so that the best and the brightest could dedicate their skills to solving the challenges our nation's public schools face. Participants in the academy will not need to leave their current jobs immediately. They will attend seven extended weekend training sessions over a ten-month period in locations across the country. Fellowships, including tuition, travel and all program-related expenses, will be fully covered by The Broad Center. At the end of the training, The Broad Center will help place participants in urban school districts as superintendents and senior executives. Superintendents are in charge of our nation's greatest investment - our children. However, many have little training or background in complex financial, labor, management, personnel and capital resource decision-making. In fact, 98 percent of superintendents are trained as teachers - not managers. Additionally, the average urban superintendent's tenure is just over four years. This program will dramatically change this equation. The academy curriculum will include the following sessions: -- The CEO: Effective organizational leadership in education -- Student achievement and reinventing schools for success -- The politics of urban school system leadership -- Using management and instructional data for decision making -- The governance-management team -- Planning and leading systems change -- Public and community relations -- Securing a job as an urban superintendent The Urban Superintendents Academy was launched last year. Twenty-three accomplished professionals completed the program in November 2002 and became the first class of Broad Center Fellows. The Academy expects Fellows to move into CEO or other senior executive positions in urban school systems between 18-30 months after graduation. The first group of Fellows is already outpacing the program's goal. Upon graduation, fully one-third of the Academy's pioneer class had already taken their next career steps. Two Broad Fellows have been appointed as superintendents in large, urban districts. An additional six members of the class - including three "non-traditional" Fellows with significant experience outside of education - have been selected as superintendents in smaller districts or have been promoted or hired into senior executive roles in large urban systems. --- The Broad Foundation's mission is to dramatically improve K-12 urban public education through better governance, management and labor relations. The Foundation's other major initiatives include the one million dollar Broad Prize for Urban Education, awarded each year to urban school districts that have made the greatest overall improvement in student achievement and The Broad Institute for School Boards, an annual training program for newly elected school board members that is designed to increase student achievement through improved governance. --- The Broad Center for Superintendents Embassy Suites -- Minneapolis Airport 7901 34th Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55425 -- Friday, March 7, 2003 Time: 8:15am - 10:00am Speaker: Anthony Alvarado Title: Chancellor of Instruction, San Diego City Unified School District Subject: Theory of Action -- What it means to say that instruction drives a system. Time: 10:15am - 12:15pm Speaker: Anthony Alvarado Title: Chancellor of Instruction, San Diego City Unified School District Subject: What is good teaching and learning? Time: 1:30pm - 4:00pm Speaker: Anthony Alvarado Title: Chancellor of Instruction, San Diego City Unified School District Subject: Professional development for teachers Time: 4:15pm - 6:00pm Speaker: Mark Atkinson Title: Chairman and CEO, Teachscape Subject: Professional development and online learning -- Saturday, March 8, 2003 Time: 8:00am - 10:00am Speaker: Richard Elmore Title: Professor of Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education Subject: What should accountability look like in large urban systems? Time: 10:15pm-12:30pm Speaker: Anthony Alvarado Title: Chancellor of Instruction, San Diego City Unified School District Subject: Leadership development for principals and instructional leaders Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm Speaker: Anthony Alvarado Title: Chancellor of Instruction, San Diego City Unified School District Subject: Leadership development for principals and instructional leaders (continued) Time: 3:45pm - 5:45pm Group Discussion Subject: Curriculum Issues -- reading and mathematics Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm Group Discussion Subject: Educational boot camp recap and discussion -- Sunday, March 9, 2003 Time: 8:00am - 9:30am Speaker: Tim Quinn Title: Managing Director, The Broad Center Subject: The superintendent search process --- The Broad Center for Superintendents 2003 Urban Superintendents Academy PARTICIPANTS: -- John Dilworth, Chief Operating Officer, Caddo Parish Public School District, LA Previous Positions: Principal, teacher and coach, Caddo Parish Public School District, LA; Professional athlete, Miami Dolphins and Canadian Football League -- Mark A. Evans, Deputy Superintendent, Wichita Public Schools, KS Previous Positions: Associate Superintendent, principal and teacher, Wichita Public Schools, KS; Teacher, Wichita Catholic Diocese, KS -- Maria L. Goodloe, Assistant Superintendent, Corpus Christi Independent School District, TX Previous Positions: Director of Secondary Instruction, St. Vrain Valley School District, CO Principal, Boulder Valley Schools, CO; Assistant principal, teacher and coach, Aurora Public Schools, CO -- Erik E. Heyer, Executive Vice President, Victory Schools Previous Positions: Associate, New Mountain Capital, LLC Analyst, Goldman, Sachs & Co. Product Management Specialist, J.P. Morgan & Co. -- Cheryl L. King, Chief Academic Officer, Providence Public School District, RI Previous Positions: Vice President of Education, Chancellor Beacon Academies, Inc. Deputy Superintendent for Instruction, Flint Community Schools, MI; Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI -- Linda Lane, Chief Operating Officer, Des Moines Public Schools, IA Previous Positions: Executive Director, Human Resources, Des Moines Public Schools, IA; Teacher, Des Moines Public Schools, IA; Teacher, Iowa City Public Schools, IA -- Susan Follett Lusi, Chief of Staff, Providence Public School District, RI Previous Positions: Assistant Commissioner for Support Services, Rhode Island Department of Education, RI; Director of Policy, Annenberg Institute for School Reform and Taubman Center for Public Policy, Brown University, RI; Assistant Director of Research, Coalition of Essential Schools, Brown University, RI -- Matthew H. Malone, Headmaster, Boston Public Schools, MA Previous Positions: Assistant Principal, Duxbury Public Schools, MA; Teacher, Boston Public Schools, MA -- Leaura N. Materassi, Chief Instructional Program Officer, Cleveland Municipal School District, OH Previous Positions: Executive Director of Education and Budget, Cleveland Municipal School District, OH; Director of Funded Programs and Initiatives, Central Harlem School District, NY; Adjunct Associate Professor, College of New Rochelle and City College of New York, NY; Teacher, New York City Department of Education, NY -- Barbara E. McGann, Chief Executive Officer, American Red Cross, Rhode Island Chapter Previous Positions: Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy Provost, Naval War College, U.S. Navy Head of Navy Recruiting Command, U.S. Navy -- Gasper Mir, Executive Advisor to the Superintendent, Houston Independent School District, TX Previous Positions: Founder and President, Mir, Fox & Rodriguez Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick -- W. Howard Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Inkster Public School District, MI Previous Positions: Founder and Managing Partner, Prairie & Tireman Chief Financial Officer, Detroit Public Schools, MI; Founder and Chief Investment Officer, WILMOCO Capital Management Senior Treasury Analyst, Chrysler Corporation Senior Accountant, Peat Marwick -- Glenn R. Pierce, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Charter Schools USA Previous Positions: Chief Financial Officer, Advantage Schools, Inc.; Chief Development Officer, Colonial Bagel Senior Director of Asset Development, PepsiCo Senior Corporate Finance Officer, Citibank Equity Analyst and Commercial Loan Officer, PNC and Wachovia -- Joseph J. Redden, Superintendent of Schools, Cobb County School District, GA Previous Positions: Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force Director of Education, Air Educational and Training Command Commander of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy -- Mark Roosevelt, President and CEO, Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives Previous Positions: Democratic Nominee for Governor of Massachusetts, 1994 Massachusetts State Representative, 1986-1994 Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Research Assistant, Carter White House Domestic Policy Staff -- Monica Sandoval, Principal, Houston Independent School District, TX Senior Consultant, Center for Reform of School Systems Previous Positions: Assistant and Associate Superintendent, Houston Independent School District, TX; Staff Development Coordinator, Brownsville Independent School District, TX; Education Specialist and Director, Intercultural Development Research Association Teacher, Oklahoma City Public Schools, OK -- Kimberly Statham, Chief Academic Officer, Howard County Public Schools, MD Previous Positions: Community Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD; Director of School Administration, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD; Principal and teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD -- Randolph E. Ward, State Administrator/Trustee, Compton Unified School District, CA Previous Positions: Area Superintendent and principal, Long Beach Unified School District, CA; Visiting Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA; Teacher, Boston and Cambridge, MA and Caracas, Venezuela -- Norman M. Wechsler, Superintendent, Bronx High School Superintendent's Office, NY Previous Positions: Director, Office of Performance Outcomes, New York City Department of Education, NY; Principal, teacher, and counselor, New York City Department of Education, NY; Adjunct Associate Professor, College of New Rochelle, NY -- Joseph Wise, Associate Superintendent, Anne Arundel County Schools, MD Previous Positions: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, eSchool Solutions, Inc. Interim Senior Assistant Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools, NC; Director of Organizational Development, Director of Employment and Director of Resort Entertainment, Walt Disney Company; Teacher, Orange County Public Schools, FL | |