Educating Ohio’s School Leaders for the 21 st Century

 

What do the critics suggest and how should Ohio ’s educational leadership preparation programs respond?

 

September 27-28, 2005

Crowne Plaza , Dayton , Ohio

Co-sponsored by:

University of Dayton

University of Cincinnati

Wright State University

Ohio Council of Professors of Educational Administration

Dayton , Ohio

 

Conference Goals:

 

To examine critiques of leadership preparation programs and to assess their fundamental recommendations and to identify the potential implications of those recommendations for Ohio ’s leadership preparation programs.

 

To examine the current scholarship on educational leadership preparation and to identify ways in which that scholarship is or should be incorporated into educational administration curriculum.

 

To identify specific policy and practice recommendations for consideration by educational leaders within Ohio ’s higher education institutions.

 

Conference Schedule:

September 27, 2005

 

5:00 – 5:30 P.M. Registration

 

5:30 – 6:30 P.M. Dinner Buffet

 

6:30 – 6:40 P.M. Welcome

Thomas J. Lasley, II

Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Dayton

 

6:40 – 7:00 P.M. “The Knowledge Economy and the Flat World: The Need for Reform in the Preparation Programs of Ohio’s Educational Leaders”

Roderick G. W. Chu

Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents
Watch Presentation: Low Band Hi Band

 

General Session I Perspectives on the Levine Critique

7:00 – 8:30 P.M. Introductions

Greg Bernhardt

Dean, College of Education and Human Services, Wright State University

 

“Educating School Leaders: A Synthesis of the Levine Report.”

Alvin P. Sanoff

Education Schools Project, Washington , DC

Watch Dialogue: Low Band Hi Band

 

AND

 

“Perspectives on the Levine Report & Other Critiques of Education Leadership Programs”

Michelle Young

Executive Director, University Council for Educational Administration

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8:30 – 9:00 P.M. Facilitated Dialogue

Greg Bernhardt, Alvin P. Sanoff, Michelle Young and conference participants

9:00 P.M. Adjourn

 

September 28, 2005

 

7:30 – 8:15 A.M. Continental Breakfast

 

General SessionIIPerspectives on Educational Leadership Curricula: Two Views

 

8:15-8:30 A.M. Welcome and Introductions

Carol Engler

Interim Chair, Ohio Council of Professors of Educational Administration

Lawrence J. Johnson

Dean, College of Education , Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati

 

8:30 – 9:15 A.M. Presentation and View I:

“What Doesn’t Get Taught in Educational Leadership Programs: What Is It and What Does It Mean?”

Frederick Hess

Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

Watch Presentation: Lo Band Hi Band

 

9:15 – 10:00 A.M. Presentation and View II:

“Policy Implications for Leadership Reform”

Terry Orr

Associate Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Watch Presentation: Lo Band Hi Band

 

10:00 – 10:15 A.M. Break

 

General Session III Educational and Political Leaders Respond

 

10:15 – 11:30 A.M. Panel Discussion

“What do the critiques mean for practitioners and policymakers?”

Panel Moderator: Thomas J. Lasley II

Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Dayton

 

 

Panel Participants:

Susan Bodary

Executive Assistant for Education and Work Force, Office of the Governor

Jerry Klenke

Executive Director, Buckeye Association of School Administrators

Theodore J. Kowalski

Kuntz Family Chair in Educational Administration, University of Dayton

Deborah E. Morin

Executive Director, First Ring Leadership Academy , Cleveland State University

Arlene Setzer

Chair, Education Committee, State Representative 36 th District, State of Ohio

Marilyn Troyer

Associate Superintendent of the Center for the Teaching Profession, Ohio Department of Education

 

General Session IV Discussion of Seminar Ideas and Recommendations

 

11:30 – 11:45 A.M. Break and Buffet

 

11:45 – 12:45 P.M. Working Lunch

“Implications for Policy and Practice”

 

Discussion Facilitators:

Lawrence J. Johnson

Dean, College of Education , Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati

Ted Zigler

Assistant Professor, Educational Administration, University of Cincinnati

C. Daniel Raisch

Associate Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Dayton

 

12:45 – 1:00 P.M. “Synthesis Perspectives and Next Steps”

Lawrence J. Johnson

Dean, College of Education , Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati

 

1:00 P.M. Adjourn

 

A special thanks to the University of Cincinnati , Wright State University and the Ohio Council of Professors of Educational Administration for their co-sponsorship of this conference with the University of Dayton .