Thursday, November 29
4:00–6:00 pm
Registration open
Friday, November 30 — Pre-Conference School Tours & Reception
7:00 am
Registration open
7:30 am
School Tours Bus Boarding Begins
Start times vary for different tours; please check your folders at registration for exact times. Coffee is available at this time, but breakfast is not being served. Tours include lunch.
2:00–4:00 pm
Registration Open
4:00–6:00 pm
Welcome Reception & Networking
Saturday, December 1 — Conference Day 1
7:30 am
Registration open
8:00 am
Breakfast opens
Buffet breakfast
8:30 am
Opening Session
Opening by Jill Harrison Berg and activity by Ruth Whalen Crockett.
10:15–11:15 am
Breakout Session A
Sessions include (see session descriptions):
- A Year of Exploration: How We Converted to Teacher-Powered Governance
- Collaborative Support Model for Whole Child Learning
- Creating Teacher-Powered Restorative Practices
- Establishing Shared High Expectations for Instruction through Peer Observation & Feedback
- Measure What Matters
- Moving from Involvement to Engagement with Families
- Student-Driven Learning: Opportunities for Voice and Choice
- Supporting Student Needs: The Formation of a New Teacher Powered Team
11:15 pm
Lunch & Keynote
Lunch buffet. Keynote by Nicholas C. Donohue.
12:30–2:00 pm
Breakout Session B
Sessions include (see session descriptions):
- Decolonizing the Mind: Designing for The Beloved Community
- Democracy at Three Levels: Our classrooms, Our Schools, Our Unions
- Evolution of Shared Leadership
- “Flipping” Your Classroom to Foster Student Engagement
- How to Build a Teacher-Powered, Open Way Learning School
- Reframing Leadership, Reshaping Schools: Cultivating Your Organizational Capacities for Change
- Storytelling for Impact
- Teacher-Powered Principals: Reimagining the Roles of Administrators at Teacher-Powered Schools
2:00 pm
Coffee & Snack Break
2:30–3:30 pm
Breakout Session C
Sessions include (see session descriptions):
- Busting Through Barriers: Teacher-Powered within a District
- How to Build a Teacher-Powered, Open Source Learning School (continued from Session B)
- Lessons from NYC PROSE Schools: Collaboration by Design
- Reframing Leadership, Reshaping Schools: Cultivating Your Organizational Capacities for Change (continued from Session B)
- Research-Practice Partnerships: Leveraging University Partnerships to Advance Teaching and Learning
- Student Democracy in Teacher-Powered Schools
- Teacher-Powered Research: What the Data Tells Us
4:00–5:00 pm
Roundtables & Team Coaching
Roundtables include (see session descriptions):
- Creating the Dream: Collaborative Learning For All
- Design Choices for Teacher-Powered Schools
- Founder Transitions: A Critical Passage for Any Organization
- Ignition/Booster Grant: How to Best Use $5000
- Innovating from Within: All We Have Is All We Need
- Shared Decision Making at Teacher Powered Schools
- Student Engagement Strategies for Male Students of Color
- Team workspace in the Ballroom with Ambassador coaching
5:00 pm
Break for the day
Sunday, December 2 — Conference Day 2 & Post-Conference Workshop
7:30 am
Registration open
8:00 am
Breakfast opens
Buffet breakfast
8:45 am
Closing Session & Awards
Keynote by Ayla Gavin. Presentation of Teacher-Powered Excellence Awards.
10:30 am–12:00 pm
Breakout Session D
Sessions include (see session descriptions):
- Helping Students Own Their Learning: Prioritizing Community and Engagement
- Know Thyself: Writing for Students and Teachers to Grow Together
- ReStorm, ReNorm, ReStore: Rebuilding Trust and Collaboration in Teacher-Powered Schools
- Sharing Our Power: How the Orientation Process Sets the Tone
- Supporting Support Staff in Teacher-Powered Schools
- Teacher-Powered Professional Learning
- Transform and Change: Converting to a Teacher-Powered Model
- Your Story, Our Story: Democratic Principles in Action
12:00 pm
Conference ends