Maine ASCD

Conference

Transforming Learning Communities

with Liz Keroack & Matt King, Teachers21

Augusta Civic Center

About the Conference

SMART goals, team norms and common planning time are all aspects of building a professional learning community, but they’re not enough to overcome the obstacles and inertia of collaborative work that appear, at times, to be insurmountable. Transforming schools into high-functioning learning communities is complex work that defies formulas and hard, fast rules.

Matt King and Liz Keroack, practitioners who have worked with districts throughout the Northeast, will provide participants with the essential framework needed to actually take practical steps in moving a team, a department, a school, a district forward from wherever they may be. In this provocative and interactive skill-building institute, participants will learn strategies to:

• sustain high functioning teams that operate with academic focus,
• transform difficult conversations into learning dialogues, and
• detect and alter assumptions and beliefs that limit learning

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About the Presenters

Elizabeth Keroack

Liz Keroack has over 25 years of experience as a teacher and as a school administrator. After starting her career as an English teacher, she has been an assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in three districts. She also has 20 years of experience teaching in leadership programs at the college level.

Liz brings a special passion for working with teams of teachers and administrators to transform schools into learning communities. Her strong background in curriculum and instruction, honed through her experiences in five districts, enriches her staff development activities as she coaches educators to assume leadership roles in schools and in the district. She also draws on her wealth of experience to provide coaching to building and district leaders who are working to implement school reform initiatives.

Liz is a frequent presenter and workshop facilitator for school districts and educational organizations. She is the author of numerous books and articles on curriculum change and education reform. 

Matthew King

Matt King has had experience as a classroom teacher in K-12 and higher education settings, as a principal, and as a superintendent in several school districts. He is strongly committed to excellence in classroom teaching and in ensuring that teachers work in schools that support their professional growth. He has a deep knowledge of the skills and approaches that are most effective in humane and positive supervision and evaluation and brings a strong experience base to his work in this arena.

Matt has also done extensive research and writing on school and classroom culture and climate and their impact on the improvement of student learning. He is the co-author with Jon Saphier of Good Seeds Grow in Strong Cultures and A Case For Development: Intersections Between Personal Growth and a Crisis in the Workplace.

Matt provides training for school principals and other administrators on building a collegial culture that supports learning for everyone in schools and on enlightened approaches to supervision and evaluation that work. He also provides support to administrators who are developing comprehensive approaches to the induction and development of new teachers. In addition, he provides training to teachers who are interested in building a culture in their classroom that supports high level teaching and learning.

Registration

$160.00 per person conference fee for non-members (includes complimentary one year membership)

$150.00 per person (non-members) when registering in teams of four or more (includes complimentary one year membership for each person)

$65.00 per person student member rate

Fee includes $25.00 non-refundable processing cost

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Registration Deadline & Cancellation Date

October 8, 2007

Schedule

To Register

by Mail    

Download and complete the Registration Form [PDF] (also available in MS Word format) and mail with check for the complete amount, Maine ASCD voucher, Institutional Purchase Order, or credit card to:

Maine ASCD
PO Box 926
Brunswick, ME 04011-0926

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