Education Leader Network Professional Development eBulletin
March 6th, 2013
for Leaders in Education 

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In This Issue
Michael Fullan: Averting Educational Crisis: Successful Strategies
Fostering Creativity and Lifelong Learning in Young Minds
A Little Humor Goes a Long Way...
Summer Camp Planning Webinar

Professional Learning Communities Leadership Institute

June 3-4, 2013
Augusta, Georgia

Meeting the leadership challenges of:
  • Implementing Common Core Standards
  • Preparing for 21st Century Leadership Accountability
Research shows that teacher collaboration (PLCs) is at the heart of any successful implementation of changes in schools-such as the Common Core Standards. Teacher and leader evaluation programs are putting enormous stress on school leaders to adopt 21st Century Leadership Skills & Strategies. How must school leaders actually lead to utilize teacher collaboration, build leadership capacity in others and sustain momentum within our schools?

Instructional Leader on the Go...

Each PD eBulletin gives the busy district or school-level leader brief, practical, free, high quality learning opportunities in a variety of media formats.


Michael Fullan:
Averting Educational Crisis: Successful Strategies

Dr. Michael Fullan is Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Fullan is a worldwide authority on educational reform. He advises policymakers and local leaders around the world in helping to achieve the moral purpose of all children learning.

 

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Fostering Creativity and Lifelong Learning in Young Minds

Sugata Mitra delivered everything you could want in a grand prize-winning TEDTalk -- it was timely, inspiring, provocative and highly entertaining. His central thesis that our current systems and processes for educating children across the globe need to be completely wiped out and radically restructured into structure-free, micro-learning outposts connected by broadband is radical, to say the least.


A Little Humor Goes a Long Way...


Hair Tutorial Gone Wrong!




Summer Camp Planning Webinar

March 13th, 2013
9:00am PST / 12:00pm EST

Looking for a fun, exciting, and stress-free approach to summer camp this year?  Discover PCS Edventures STEAM Summer Camp Curriculum!  Our sensational summer camps have students designing a carnival and building the rides, playing flying disc games, and/or creating movies (just to name a few).  So, join us on March 13th at 10:00 AM MT and see some cool and stirring activities direct from our summer camp curriculum.

 

Click here to register for this free webinar!