NC State’s Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA) presents the Teachers Leading Change: New Pathways for Empowered Teachers and Empowered Leaders conference to examine new ways to think about how to empower teachers and maximize teacher leadership. Conversations with Rick Hess from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Cage Busting Teachers and Bryan Hassel from Public Impact on Opportunity Culture/Project LIFT will frame the discussion. Other sessions will provide opportunities for in-depth exploration of the topic with teacher leaders, principals, key legislators, and directors of philanthropic organizations as well as state-level education stakeholders. Participants will: � Develop and deepen a shared understanding of how teacher leadership can result in tangible changes for schools and communities. � Develop or refine a plan for using collective leadership in schools and communities. � Meet and interact with high-quality leaders from across NC and build a foundation of relationships that can be transformed into a state

and national network of empowered teachers and empowered leaders. 8:30 AM

Flood Gallery Registration Open

Networking 8:45 AM

Flood Gallery Welcome

Mary Ann Danowitz, Department Head LPAHE 8:50

Wachovia Hall Opening and Overview of the Day Bonnie Fusarelli, Professor & Director

NC State’s Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA)

9:00 Wachovia Hall

Welcoming Remarks Eric Guckian,

Senior Education Advisor to Governor McCrory

9:10 Wachovia Hall

Introduction of Keynote Session: Lance Fusarelli, Professor & Director of Graduate Programs, NCSU

A Conversation with Rick Hess on Cage Busting Teachers

Rick Hess, American Enterprise Institute Facilitators:

Mark Jewell,

Vice President North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE)

Maria Topliff, NC Virtual Schools Teacher of the Year

9:55 Short Break

Teachers Leading Change: New Pathways for Empowered Teachers

& Empowered Leaders Monday, May 4, 2015 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM

NC State’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation 1890 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606

 

   

10:00 AM Wachovia Hall

Introduction of Keynote Session: Donna Peters, Director of Sandhills Leadership Academy (SLA)

A Conversation with Bryan Hassel on Opportunity Culture

Bryan Hassel, Public Impact Facilitators:

Kathy Saunders, 2014 Region V NC Teacher of the Year

Robyn Fehrman, Executive Director Teach for America Eastern NC

10:45 Break 10:55

Wachovia Hall

Introduction: Anna Brady, Director of Piedmont-Triad Leadership Academy (PTLA)

Practitioner Panel: Supporting Teacher Leaders at the School & District Level Imagining Possibilities and Breaking Down Barriers

Elizabeth Cole, SLA Graduate, Principal, Elizabethtown Middle School, Bladen County

James Ford, North Carolina Teacher of the Year 2014-2015 Larry Hodgkins, NELA Graduate, Assistant Principal, South Creek Middle School, Martin County

Jusmar Maness, PTLA Graduate, Principal, Balfour Elementary, Asheboro City Eddie Price, Principal, South Johnston High School, Johnston County

Erin Swanson, NELA Graduate, Principal, Martin Millennium Academy, Edgecombe County

11:45 Flood Gallery

Transition Time: Pick up lunch and take to your lunch session (A or B Group)

Group A Wachovia

Q & A with Rick Hess 12:15-12:40

Facilitators: Lance Fusarelli, NC State/NELA

Christina Williams, Principal, Scotland Neck Primary, Halifax County

Q & A with Bryan Hassel 12:45-1:10

Facilitators: Lance Fusarelli, NC State/NELA

Christina Williams, Principal, Scotland Neck Primary, Halifax County

Group B BB&T

Q & A with Bryan Hassel 12:15-12:40

Facilitators: Trip Stallings, NC State’s Friday Institute

Kendrick Alston, Assistant Principal, D.S. Johnson Elementary, Nash-Rocky Mount

Q & A with Rick Hess 12:45-1:10

Facilitators: Trip Stallings, NC State’s Friday Institute

Kendrick Alston, Assistant Principal, D.S. Johnson Elementary, Nash-Rocky Mount

12:45 Wachovia Hall

Introduction: Glenn Kleiman, Director of NC State’s Friday Institute

Legislators and Education Policy Makers Putting Ideas into Policy and Practice

Facilitator: Eric Guckian

Brenda Berg, President and CEO of BEST NC

Senator Chad Barefoot (Franklin and Wake Counties) Representative Hugh Blackwell (Burke County) Representative Craig Horn (Union County)

1:45

Wachovia Hall Pulling it All Together and Closing Thoughts

Ann Goodnight, SAS

2:00 Wachovia Hall &

Flood Gallery

Ticket Out the Door and Evaluation

Bonnie Fusarelli, Director of NELA

NC’s Regional Leadership Academies

Keynote Presenters:

Frederick “Rick” Hess

Frederick M. Hess studies K-12 and higher education issues. His books include Cage-Busting Teachers, Cage-Busting Leadership, Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age, The Same Thing Over and Over, Education Unbound, Common Sense School Reform, Revolution at the Margins, and Spinning Wheels. He is also the author of the popular Education Week blog, “Rick Hess Straight Up,” and is a regular contributor to The Hill. He has edited widely cited volumes on the Common Core, the role of for-profits in education, education philanthropy, school costs and productivity, the impact of education research, and No Child Left Behind. Hess serves as executive editor of Education Next, as lead faculty member for the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program, and on the review board for the Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools. He also serves on the boards of directors of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and 4.0 SCHOOLS. A former high school social studies teacher, he teaches or has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Rice University and Harvard University. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Government, as well as a M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum, from Harvard University. For more on Rich Hess' recent work, please see: https://www.aei.org/feature/cage-busting-teacher/  

Bryan Hassel

Bryan Hassel is Co-Director of Public Impact. He consults nationally with leading public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and foundations working for dramatic improvements in K–12 education. He is a recognized expert on charter schools, school turnarounds, education entrepreneurship, and teacher and leader policy. His work has appeared in Education Next, Education Week, and numerous other publications; he blogs for Education Next and is a frequent guest blogger on other forums, such as Education Week. He was named to the spring 2015 class of the Pahara-Aspen Education Fellows Program, designed to support exceptional leaders reimagining U.S. public schools. Dr. Hassel received his Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University and his master’s degree in politics from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He earned his B.A. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which he attended as a Morehead Scholar. He is a senior research affiliate with the Center on Reinventing Public Education. For more information on Bryan Hassel's work, please see: http://publicimpact.com/ or http://opportunityculture.org/  

For more information on NC State’s Northeast Leadership Academy please contact a member of NELA’s leadership team:

Dr. Bonnie Fusarelli, NELA Director at: bonnie_fusarelli@ncsu.edu Dr. Lesley Wirt, NELA Associate Director at: lesley_wirt@ncsu.edu

Dr. Lance Fusarelli, NELA Co-PI at: lance_fusarelli@ncsu.edu Dr. Lisa Bass, NELA Co-PI at: lisa_bass@ncsu.edu

Dr. Andy Overstreet, NELA Coaching Coordinator at: andy_overstreet@ncsu.edu Ms. Dianne Griffiths, NELA Program Coordinator at: degriffi@ncsu.edu Ms. Leelynn Pinion, NELA 2.0 Graduate Assistant at: lkpinion@ncsu.edu

Dr. Amy Mattingly, NELA DST Program Coordinator at: awmattin@ncsu.edu Ms. Angie VanGorder, NELA Assistant: abvangor@ncsu.edu