ASQ invites local education leaders to summit
School superintendents from kindergarten to grade 12 throughout the Fort Myers area are invited to share their challenges and learn innovative solutions at the Education Leadership Summit for Superintendents, June 1819, at the Sanibel Harbour Resort in Fort Myers, Fla.
The Summit is sponsored by the American Society Quality which provides continuous improvement resources to K-12 schools.
President Obama has highlighted education reform as one of our nation’s top priorities. Creating more efficient school districts with exceptional 21st century learning environments will take improved project management, communication and problem-solving skills.
At the summit, morning sessions begin with interactive coaching sessions and presentations, followed by small-group roundtables and networking sessions where assessments reveal issues and opportunities identified by summit attendees as being most relevant to them. District leadership teams will then be able to address their challenges with others through strategic dialogues using a proven framework of excellence that integrates all components necessary to lead a system focused on increasing student learning and improving organizational performance.
Summit speakers include some of this country’s most successful and motivational education leaders:
nTerry Holliday – Superintendent of the 2008 Baldrige Award-winning Iredell-Statesville Schools, Statesville, N.C. Holliday will focus on how school districts can become process-centered organizations with cross-functional teams to achieve systems improvement.
nBob Ewy – Author, consultant and former director of planning and quality programs for the 2003 Baldrige Award-winning Community Consolidated School District 15, Palatine, Ill. Ewy will host the coaching session “Getting to Organizational Excellence by Systems Alignment, Integration, and Deployment.” Learn the keys to alignment, integration and deployment from examples of Ewy’s work with his district and with others.
nMike Miles – Superintendent of Harrison School District Two, Colorado Springs, Colo. Miles will emphasize the benefits of systems thinking in district improvement efforts and how to operationalize systems thinking for better results.
Roundtable discussion topics will be linked directly to the keynotes. They will include:
nInteractive dialogue around the keynote presentations
nHands-on exercises linked to the topics
“For any school district on the journey of continuous improvement, especially those interested in the Baldrige process, this summit provides a strong framework for use in data-driven decision-making,” said Kim Cranston, chief communications officer for Rockwood School District in St. Louis, Mo. “It also offers a rare opportunity to network and build collaborations with other education leaders who share a mission to meet the challenges of the 21st century.”
This event offers personal coaching, sharing of practical, high-impact ideas as well as time to enjoy some socializing and fun in the sun. For more information on the Education Leadership Summit for Superintendents, visit http://leadership.asq.org/ or contact Crista Kautz in ASQ Market Development for Education at 800-248-1946 x8740.
ASQ sponsors the annual National Quality Education Conference (NQEC), the nation’s leading conference where teachers, administrators and support personnel learn from schools and districts about improving student achievement and operational performance through the use of quality tools and concepts. NQEC takes place Oct. 25-27, 2009, in Jacksonville, Fla. Since 1991, ASQ has offered training and other quality tools to help educators implement continuous improvement initiatives in their districts.
ASQ, www.asq.org, has been the world’s leading authority on quality for more than 60 years. With more than 90,000 individual and organizational members, the professional association advances learning, quality improvement and knowledge exchange to improve business results and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide. As champion of the quality movement, ASQ offers technologies, concepts, tools and training to quality professionals, quality practitioners and everyday consumers, encouraging all to Make Good Great. ASQ has been the sole administrator of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award since 1991. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., ASQ is a founding partner of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a prominent quarterly economic indicator, and also produces the Quarterly Quality Report.