Mario I. Acosta
Aligning School Culture to Ensure Success for Each Student
The success of every student is the mission of all schools. Cultivating a school culture that aligns with the school’s goals is essential for its success. School culture represents the collective identity of the school, playing a critical role in shaping the overall work climate, employee engagement, productivity, and achievement of the school’s goals. Culture is an intangible yet influential aspect that guides the attitudes and behaviors of individuals within the school and contributes to its unique identity and success. In this keynote, Mario I. Acosta provides an overview of the components of effective school culture and makes connections to the high reliability concepts, equipping participants with research-based strategies to foster a positive and inclusive school culture. Participants are empowered to create an environment in which each student, teacher, and staff member thrives academically, emotionally, and professionally.
Mario I. Acosta
High Reliability Teams: Installing, Supporting, and Monitoring the Collaborative Teams Process—Level 1
In this session, Mario I. Acosta focuses on the effective implementation of professional learning communities and the resulting collaborative teams process in order to support the work of a high reliability school. Participants not only explore how to install high-functioning collaborative teams, but also discuss ways to monitor and give feedback to teams.
Tina H. Boogren
It Starts With Us: Educator Wellness to Enhance HRS
The research is clear: Teachers matter more in ensuring student achievement than any other aspect of schooling. But what happens when the teacher is burned out and overwhelmed? To enhance student achievement through a commitment to HRS, we must ensure that our educators are well. By utilizing research-backed strategies for educator wellness, Tina H. Boogren presents a hierarchy and strategies that help educators of all levels and backgrounds learn how to bring their very best selves to their students each day.
Shelley Gies
A Six-Step Processfor Direct Vocabulary Instruction—All Levels
Vocabulary instruction provides a firm foundation for literacy development and academic achievement. In this session, participants learn a practical system to implement direct vocabulary instruction for basic (Tier 1), advanced (Tier 2), and academic (Tier 3) terms. Participants also discover the six-step process of teaching academic terms.
Melanie Lewis Magee
District-Level Leadership for High Reliability Schools: Strategies for District-Level Leaders to Empower, Support, and Grow School-Level Leadership—All Levels
Although the HRS model is designed as a school-level framework, it becomes more powerful when an entire school district decides to embark on becoming highly reliable. Substantial school improvement requires a coordinated, systematic, and collaborative effort, rather than a series of isolated individual efforts. Districts large and small can benefit from this framework that supports a long-term focus on sustained school improvement while maintaining a short-term focus on specific areas of operation. Participants in this session learn strategies that will assist district leaders as they work to embed the concepts of the High Reliability Schools framework in their districts.
Kristin Poage
Student Efficacy: Ways to Help Students Reach Their Goals—Level 2
One of the most powerful ways to increase student achievement is through student efficacy, or the belief in one’s ability to accomplish a task. In this session, participants see how teaching students about efficacy, affirmations, and the growth mindset lead to higher rates of achievement. Kristin Poage shows how building effective relationships with students leads to an increase in being able to answer “Yes” to the question students often ask: “Can I do this?”.
Philip B. Warrick
Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: Using Proficiency Scales as a Protocol for the Collaborative Process—Level 1 & Level 3
The Oxford online dictionary defines a protocol as the accepted or established process or behavior in any group, organization, or situation. Marzano, Warrick, Rains, and DuFour (2018) identify six guiding questions that should inform the concept of teacher collaboration focused on learningschoolwide.
Philip B. Warrick
Leadership for High Reliability Schools
The High Reliability Schools (HRS) framework and the big ideas of an HRS provide schools with the tools to move beyond the concept of having a successful school and on to being a school in which each student finds success. The five big ideas of an HRS empower schools to address the unique challenges they face with successful systems and interventions, engage in the concept of data-driven leadership, and ensure equity in learning. In this keynote, Philip B. Warrick overviews each of the five big ideas for an HRS.
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