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Conference Archives
AESA Foundation CEO Conferences
2005-2009

July 2009
Napa, CA
ESA's: Meeting the Challenge

July 2008
Vail, CO
Building AESA Success Through Design and Innovation

       July 2007
         Rochester, NY
        Winning the New ESA Game: Rising Demands, International Stakes, and Agile Professionals 

Presentations

Conference overview

Tom Payzant's Key Note Power Point Presentation
Brian Talbott's Power Point Presentation

Susan Leddick's Power Point Presentation

Conference White Paper  

Articles

Tough Choices or Tough Time by the National Commission of Education and the Economy created the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce to chart a course for the United States in a much more complicated global economy.

Order a copy or print the 28 page executive summary at http://www.skillscommission.org/executive.htm
 

Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future by the Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11463.html   On this site, you can either order the book or click on “Download Free” for the PDF summary of 49 pages.

  

Books of Note

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson
Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent by Ken Dychtwald

Mentioned by Dr. Leddick:
Breakthrough by Michael Fullan, Peter Hill, Carmel Crévola
Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity: A Platform for Designing Business Architecture by Jamshid Gharajedaghi
Crash Course: A Radical Plan for Improving Public Education by Chris Whittle

Websites of Use

• TED -- Ideas worth spreading
  Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers
• EDUTOPIA
  Information and inspiration for innovation in K12 education

     July 2006 
      Portland, Oregon
      Balanced Leadership

      Participant Reflections

      Presentations

• Cultivating Sustainable Leadership  Lisa Fry & Ron Fielder, Grant Wood AEA, Cedar Rapids, IA ESAs and Leadership Development: History, Research, and One Agency's Experience, Ron Fielder, Perspectives, Fall, 2005

• The GWAEA Internal Leadership Development Program

• Succession Planning: A Critical Strategic Goal of Highly Productive Organizations  Mackey Ervin, Kathy Helm, Andy Pechacek, Patty Shafer, JoAnn Wheeler, Rebecca Martinez, Region 4 ESC, Houston, TX

• Connecting with Leaders through Blogs & Podcasting  Mike Bodensteiner, SE Kansas, ESC, Greenbush, KS

• Perspectives on Leadership Development and Applications of our Learning -- From Where I Stand  Susan Leddick, Conference Facilitator, Profound Knowledge Recourses, Bozeman, MT

• Tim Waters' Power Point Presentation   

• State Education Partners Working Together: A New Partnership
  George Murdock, Vickie Fleming, Ed Schmitt, OR.  NOTE: The Annenberg and Gates Foundations studies will be posted here when completed, as well as the Gibson Group report.
  
  Conference Readings
  1. Leading Schools: Distinguishing the Essential from the Important, Tim Waters & Sally Grubb, McREL, 2004
  2. Imagine the Unimaginable: Professors and Practitioners Together as Learners, Tim Waters, Tom Alsdury, Dave Else, and Greg Reed, McREL, 2006
  3. The Leadership We Need: Using Research to Strengthen the Use of Standards for Administrator Preparation and Licensees Programs, Tim Waters & Sally Grubb, McREL, 2004
  
  July 2005 
  Green Lake, Wisconsin
  Leading with Data/Measuring for Success
  
  Leading with Data, The Guiding Principles for ESA Measurement System Development as developed participants at the conference.
  
  Presentations

• Re-Engineering with Success: The Dashboard Tells it All Kathy Helm and Jo Ann Wheeler, Region 4 ESC, Houston, TX  SUMMARY

• Data Utilization: Using Baldridge and Balanced Scorecard to Improve Performance Deb Myers, Hamilton ESC, Cincinnati, OH.    
  SUMMARY

• State AEA Accreditation & Reporting: ESA Employee Standards Joe Crozier, AEA 15 & 16, and Bonnie Boothroy, AEA 10, IA     
  SUMMARY

• Self-Assessment of Professional Service Standards Carol Conway-Gerhardt & Judy Sargent, CESA 7, Green Bay, WI. 
  SUMMARY