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Tri-State Heads Conference -- SESSION CHOICES

Thank you for registering for the November 2-4, 2011 Tri-State Heads Conference. To help us in planning our breakout spaces, please let us know your selections for Thursday's breakout sessions.

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9:00 AM THURSDAY, Session Choices

Click HERE to view Session Descriptions

Please choose ONE session below:

	2a Surviving, Thriving and Enduring as a Head of School Michael Thompson & Rob Evans
	2b Schools of the Future: Strategy & Design Pat Bassett, President, NAIS
	2c Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO (virtually via TED)
	2d What Does That Really Mean - Introduction to Terms and Concepts in School Finance Robert Sedivy

11:00 AM THURSDAY, Session Choices

Click HERE to view Session Descriptions

Please choose ONE session below:

	3a Still Crazy After All These Years? Michael Thompson & Rob Evans
	3b Governance 301: Governance and Leadership Pat Bassett, President, NAIS
	3c The Rise of Global Schooling Chris Whittle, CEO, Avenues
	3d Reporting Financial Information to Your Trustees Robert Sedivy

2:30 PM THURSDAY

Measuring What We Value: 21st Century Assessments in Independent Schools Doug Lyons, Executive Director, CAIS and Andrew Niblock, Lower School Head, Hamden Hall Country Day School The strongest case for the independence of independent schools has been our history of success. Success in the 21st century, however, will be defined differently and will be less easily verified by the traditional self-reflective practices of our schools. The NAIS Commission on Accreditation has recently added two criteria to the standards of independent school accreditation. These criteria will require each member school to provide evidence of a thoughtful process, respectful of its mission, for the collection and pro-active use of data about student learning. The recent experience of mandated standardized testing in American public schools is a sobering lesson on the pitfalls of “one size fits all” student outcome measures. If our schools hope to lead the conversation about the skills the new century will require and reward in our graduates, we will need to become more sophisticated in measuring what we value. This workshop will present examples of emerging assessment tools.

If a guest is attending dinner with you on Wednesday evening, please provide their name here for seating purposes

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