Executive Cabinet Retreat, Napa, CA

Speakers

• Dr. Dana Godek Managing Partner, CEO Edu.Solve
  

  Dr. Dana Godek

  Managing Partner, CEO Edu.Solve
• Dr. Tim Foxx Director, Center for School Study Council, Penn GSE
  

  Dr. Tim Foxx

  Director, Center for School Study Council, Penn GSE

  As the director of the Center for School Study Councils (CSSC), Tim Foxx works with school superintendents, school boards, and district staff to help them keep pace with state-of-the-art educational and management theory, research, and practice.

  In that role, he leads regional and national professional learning communities of public-school superintendents and administrators from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and California. Each learning community meets monthly, September through June and focuses on K-12 leadership challenges and opportunities. Twice yearly all the CSSC cohorts come together for a joint Study Councils meeting. Tim has and continues to investigate additional strategies the council members and other system leaders can implement as they broaden their leadership in the midst of local and national uncertainty and polarization.

  To that end, as director of the CSSC, Mr. Foxx also designs and leads technical assistance projects with affiliated districts. Those projects cover a broad range of topics from systemic transformation to community engagement to prioritization of wellness for all facets of K-12 ecosystems. Most of those technical assistance projects engage all affected stakeholders – students, staff, community members, etc. – in building stronger, more productive relationships between districts, schools and their communities.

  In addition, Tim has worked with more than 100 educational, corporate, nonprofit, civic, philanthropic and post-secondary institutions on a range of organizational development and improvement projects, strategic planning, equity, progressive pedagogy and systems redesign. His work has and continues to be focused on humanizing the most marginalized and being the voice for those who have historically been excluded from or muted in the public square.

  Tim brings a commitment to relationship and partnership building with a focus on the five E’s –Equity, Ethos, Ethics, Empathy and Efficacy. Mr. Foxx is intentional about engaging and investing in generational transformation for the learner, the teacher and the leader. The following quote from Helen Keller, a survivor of the holocaust, who was born blind, is foundational to Tim’s approach to facilitating change– “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

• Michael Moore Executive Coach
  

  Michael Moore

  Executive Coach

  Michael Moore spent 30 years as a teacher, principal and superintendent. Since 2006 he has specialized in leadership development, serving as CAO for the nation’s largest principal preparation program, launching new principal-supervision models and building principal pipelines in several large districts, and creating coaching models for non-profits and charter management organizations. As an executive coach, Michael works with CEOs and their leadership teams in a variety of districts, charter organizations and companies.

  Successful Change from the Ground Up

  District leaders are judged by their ability to manage large-scale change, yet they have only indirect influence with teachers and principals. Having a clear vision and solid plan is just the beginning to changing skills and beliefs at the school level. In this session, you and your colleagues will practice improving your influence with teachers and principals and building momentum for successful implementation of the new changes. You’ll leave with a planning guide and hands-on tools.