The ASCD Leadership Summit 2024 nurtures education leaders by creating a platform and community to connect, learn, and strategize. This immersive, three-day professional development event provides nearly 100 professional learning sessions where you’ll gain powerful new approaches to help your team solve its most pressing challenges. Along the way, you’ll discover innovative leadership approaches, collaborate with peers from diverse...

At this must-attend event, you'll meet ASCD authors and education experts who will guide you in improving academic outcomes for all students and help you solve the tough issues facing your school or district. You’ll find sessions on the most critical topics affecting the future of learning, like these: Equitable Learning Environments - How can we create conditions that ensure equity and belonging, and give every student access to the edu...

For education leaders at every level, in every role, looking to transform intentions into targeted strategies for high-performing schools that achieve more for students, staff, districts, and communities. At the Conference on Educational Leadership, explore sessions that will help you Cultivate school safety Foster a healthy climate Raise student performance and trust Instill the mindset of equity and respect for identity Achieve connections t...

Understanding the full impact of inequities is the first step to creating healthy environments, supportive schools, and targeted instruction that helps all students engage in meaningful opportunities to expand their learning and heighten their achievement. Attend the 2018 Conference on Teaching Excellence for proven solutions, game-changing ideas, and the tools you need to create pathways to equity for all. The ASCD Conference on Teaching Exce...

Education is evolving. Leaders are needed. Start here. Join ASCD for three days of leadership development at the 2017 ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership in Kissimmee, Florida, located in the greater Orlando area. Sessions at this event are focused on instructional leadership, leveraging resources, and leading and supporting students and adults. Explore the Many Facets of Educational Leadership The 2017 ASCD Conference on Educational Lea...

Join us in Denver, Colorado for hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves professional learning for innovative, creative, and dedicated educators, like you! The ASCD Conference on Teaching Excellence is designed with your specific needs in mind—because supporting the whole child takes teachers who are unstoppable. Expand your knowledge and expertise Experience new learning opportunities Learn from real practitioners in the field Network with collea...

CONNECT • DEVELOP • EMPOWER Start setting goals and develop a solid plan for improving student achievement. Take your leadership skills to the next level at the 2016 ASCD Conference on Educational Leadership in National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Connect with Today's Most Influential Education Leaders! Join colleagues who share your commitment to transforming education: Principals Assistant or associate principals Centra...

We’re thrilled that you’ve chosen our conference to renew your passion, infuse your practice, grow as a professional, and find inspiration to lead your team in remarkable new ways in the year ahead. With more than 200 sessions, 5 general sessions, and multiple opportunities to network with colleagues and experts, there’s no better time or place to take charge of your career. Read on for the latest news and important info to h...

Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness = Improving Student Learning October 28–30, 2011 Rio All-Suite Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. Virtually every study that has examined the role of the classroom teacher in the process of educating students has come to the same conclusion: an effective teacher enhances student learning more than any other aspect of schooling that can be controlled by the school. But that doesn’t mean blaming teachers for low...

Authentic assessments require the transfer of knowledge and skills into real-world situations to both measure and motivate student learning. When students are bored with the work they are asked to do, they superficially read texts, casually execute procedures, and cursorily explain their thinking. If students do not experience flow and do not regularly work in the zone of proximal development, they become acculturated to boredom and overwhelme...