Showing posts with label Drake Continual Improvement Network. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drake Continual Improvement Network. Show all posts

Friday, August 23, 2019

Join Drake University’s Continual Improvement Network - Learn and Network with Other School Leaders

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The vision of the Drake University Continual Improvement Network is to transform education in Iowa in order to restore joy in learning, teaching and leading in Iowa’s schools. The network provides opportunities to learn and work together to solve real problems of practice through the process of systemic continual improvement. The network provides a way of supporting others to increase knowledge and skils so that education leaders can continue to meet the ever growing demands of K-12 education, and exceed expectations.

The network will meet throughout the 2019-20 school year via face-to-face meetings, virtual learning opportunities and podcasts, all at no cost to participants. License renewal credit is available.

Please consider sending the Drake University Continual Improvement Network flyer to your administrative team members and any teachers who may be interested, for the concepts apply at the classroom, building and district levels.

Interested? Contact:

Dr. Doug Stilwell
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Drake University
doug.stilwell@drake.edu
515-271-1993 (Office)
515-418-5363 (Cell)

Who is a school leader?
Anyone who leads a system (classroom, program, department, school, district, etc.).

Friday, September 14, 2018

Drake University’s Continual Improvement Network Enters Year 3 and You’re Invited to Participate

The vision of the Drake University Continual Improvement Network is to transform education in Iowa in order to restore joy in learning, teaching and leading in Iowa’s schools. The network provides opportunities to learn and work together to solve real problems of practice through the process of systemic continual improvement.

The network will meet four times throughout the school year and for one full day in the summer, providing opportunities to learn and work together to solve real “Problems of Practice” (POP) through the process of systemic continual improvement. Collegial relationships will be forged as the network brings leaders together from across the state to learn and work interdependently. License renewal credit is available (Course Title: Profound Learning and Improvement II Activity #: AD023799961901)

Network Dates
Sept. 19 & Nov. 14, 2018; Feb. 20 & April 24, 2019 
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Levitt Hall, Drake University

and
June 12, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Levitt Hall, Drake University

Interested? Contact:

Dr. Doug Stilwell
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Drake University
doug.stilwell@drake.edu
515-271-1993 (Office)
515-418-5363 (Cell)

Who is a school leader?
Anyone who leads a system (classroom, program, department, school, district, etc).

*These experiences can count toward clinical hours for Drake EDL students.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Become a Part of the Drake Continual Improvement Network

As an educational leader, are you faced with increasingly complex challenges to tackle? Do you try to tackle them alone? Would you be interested in being part of a group that identifies, examines and addresses real problems of practice leaders face? Explore and develop systems leadership? Have access to Drake University? Then...

Become a part of the Drake Continual Improvement Network. The vision is to transform education in Iowa in order to restore joy in learning, teaching and leading in Iowa’s schools. The network provides opportunities to learn and work together to solve real problems of practice through the process of systemic continual improvement.

Interested? Read more here or contact Dr. Doug Stilwell, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Drake University at doug.stilwell@drake.edu or (515) 271-1993.

Friday, April 14, 2017

Become a Part of the Drake Continual Improvement Network

As an educational leader, are you faced with increasingly complex challenges to tackle? Do you try to tackle them alone? Would you be interested in being part of a group that identifies, examines and addresses real problems of practice leaders face? Explore and develop systems leadership? Have access to Drake University? Then...

Become a part of the Drake Continual Improvement Network. The vision is to transform education in Iowa in order to restore joy in learning, teaching and leading in Iowa’s schools. The network provides opportunities to learn and work together to solve real problems of practice through the process of systemic continual improvement.

Interested? Read more here or contact Dr. Doug Stilwell, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Drake University at doug.stilwell@drake.edu or (515) 271-1993.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Drake is Offering Free Executive Coaching for 10 School Principals

The Drake Continual Improvement Network will pilot a program to coach up to 10 school principals during the 2017-18 school year, at no cost, in order to support principals for the purpose of improving results. 

The program consists of:
  • Summer orientation seminar
  • 9, 60-min. coaching sessions focused on cycles of improvement, leadership acumen and topic areas of interest
  • 2 leadership improvement seminars
  • Culmination experience seminar
Participating principals may earn two license renewal credits (30 hours contact time). 

For more information, contact Dr. Doug Stilwell, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, Drake University at doug.stilwell@drake.edu or (515) 418-5363.