Presenters: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute, Katie Palmer, Elam Leadership Institute This session will introduce a clear process for improving student behavior by integrating equitable practices, data-driven decision making, and a functional approach to multi-tiered behavioral supports. Leaders will be guided through adapting this process to their context, within their established systems – with […]

Dr. Donna Elam, founder of the Elam Leadership Institute will facilitate a Community of Practice (CoP) for the Executive Leadership Institute titled, “Designing for Equity and School Improvement”. A CoP is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they […]

Presenters: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute, Christine Crocco, and Marilyn Kline How can administrators support teachers’ efforts to accelerate and increase student achievement? This session will focus on identifying teachers’ intentional use of formative assessments and higher order questions with all students to increase engagement and student outcomes. Administrators will learn strategies for: • […]

Presenters: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute, Christine Crocco, and Marilyn Kline This interactive session for administrators will focus on the need for aligning classroom instruction with the standards. Participants will discuss available tools for alignment and actions to ensure equity and increase student performance. Administrators will: • Analyze a principal’s efforts to turn their […]

Presenters: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute and Alicja Winnicki This session will be interactive for administrators to discuss how educational systems can be more inclusive of and equitable for all students, including multilingual learners. There will be opportunities for review and discussion on research on the topics of Identity and Cultural Linguistic Diversity, extending […]

Dr. Donna Elam, founder of the Elam Leadership Institute will facilitate a Community of Practice (CoP) for the Executive Leadership Institute titled, “Designing for Equity and School Improvement”. A CoP is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they […]

Presenters: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute and Dr. Al Bennett, Roosevelt University This session will be interactive for administrators to discuss the paths to success with parents, students, and teachers while addressing their priorities. Administrators will be provided time to review and discuss the latest research in educational equity for family and student engagement […]

Presenter: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute This session will be interactive for administrators to discuss the latest national studies and what they reveal across the major areas of K-12 reading and math scores across demographic student groups, and the shortage in the educator work force. “What do we do next?” “Who are the students […]

Presenters: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute and Dr. Al Bennett, Roosevelt University This session will be interactive for administrators to discuss the part that gender plays in early childhood school experiences. Here we look at gender as a cautionary variable and how it intersects with student progress in the early school years. We look […]

Presenters: Dr. Donna Elam, CEO/Elam Leadership Institute and Dr. Al Bennett, Roosevelt University This session will be interactive for administrators to discuss the part that gender plays in early childhood school experiences. Here we look at gender as a cautionary variable and how it intersects with student progress in the early school years. We look […]