Upcoming Conferences & Workshops

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LEADERSHIP COACHING FOR IMPACT - Featuring Michael McDowell

Live Virtual and On-Demand

December 11th, 2024, 9:00am - 3:00pm
BOBAK’S SIGNATURE EVENTS

 

9 AM TO 3:00 PM

2024 BOBAK’S SIGNATURE EVENTS WOODRIDGE, IL

5.5 PD HOURS

PARKING, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & LUNCH

 

 

Leveraging the power of instructional leadership and improvement science, this immersive one-day session equips leaders with practical strategies to elevate clarity, create the right conditions for learning, and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement. Discover small yet impactful shifts that profoundly influence how knowledge translates into meaningful change. From cultivating leadership habits that sustain practice to fostering conditions that accelerate growth, this session provides a comprehensive roadmap for leaders to ensure students and staff gain more than one year’s growth in one year’s time. Leave empowered with actionable steps that drive your personal, school’s, and system’s success through a commitment to ongoing improvement.

 

Learning Outcomes

  • Develop leadership routines to leverage and sustain high-quality teaching and learning practices within and across classrooms and schools.
  • Learn techniques to enhance clarity of goals and collaborative processes to better translate knowledge into consistent action.
  • Cultivate leadership habits that model and reinforce a mindset and set of behaviors that ensure continuous improvement across your team.
  • Design structures and processes that create optimal conditions for rigorous learning to take place.
  • Develop a plan of action to implement specific practices that will embed rigorous learning as a cornerstone of your organizational culture.

 

 

Potential Level of Audience and Role Responsibilities

  • School and District Leadership Teams, and Teacher Coaches dedicated to cultivating the habits and conditions necessary for rigorous learning to thrive
  • Principals and Assistant Principals looking to develop and enhance a culture of continuous growth and professional learning in their schools
  • District Administrators committed to implementing rigorous learning practices across the district to drive systemic improvement

 

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Michael McDowell, EdD was a public school educator for eighteen years serving in the roles of classroom teacher, academic and athletic coach, school principal, assistant superintendent of personnel and instruction, and superintendent. As a superintendent, his school district received state and national accolades including the National Blue Ribbon Award which recognized their work for student performance and mental health and well-being in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic by the U.S. Department of Education. A prolific author and consultant, Dr. McDowell is recognized as one of the leading authorities on integrating innovative and impactful practices into schools. He has authored bestselling books, created professional learning programs and workbooks, provided keynotes and workshops, and offered practical tools and resources for thousands of teachers and leaders on almost every continent around the world.

 

Conference Fees

Early Bird Rate (7/30/24) $199

Member Rate:  $225

Non-Member:  $274 (includes 1 year of membership) 

2 people:  $264 (does not include a membership) 

3 people:  $254 (does not include a membership) 

Student/ Retiree:  $99 (does not include a membership) 

 

How to Register                                                                                                                                                         

  • Online: Use your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card at http://www.illinoisascd.org

  • Call: 800-877-1478 or 309-438-2160, Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and use your Visa,
    MasterCard, Discover, or American Express.

  • Mail: Send the completed form with a check or copy of the PO to IL ASCD McDowell — Illinois State University, Conference Services, Campus Box 8610, Normal, IL 61790-8610.

  • Fax: Fax the completed form to 309-438-5364 using your Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express or a copy of your school P.O.  

 

 

 

 

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