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Program Program at a Glance 2012 NAIS AnnuAl CoNference februAry 29 – mArCh 2 SeAttle Program Program at a Glance...............................................2 Speakers............................................................................4 Floor Plans......................................................................8 Conference Highlights.........................................10 The NAIS Annual Conference is the yearly gathering and Conference Planning Worksheet celebration for the independent and Workshop Tracks...........................................12 school community and is Detailed Program geared toward school leaders Wednesday...........................................................14 in the broadest sense. Heads, administrators, teachers, and Thursday............................................................. 20 trustees are welcome participants Friday......................................................................36 in the exhibit hall, general Exhibit Hall and Member sessions, and workshops focused Resource Center...................................................... 50 on important topics of today. Teacher and Administrative Placement Firms.......................................................71 Acknowledgments..................................................74 New to the CoNference? Is this your first time attending the NAIS Annual Conference? Welcome! Please stop by the NAIS Member Resource Center in the exhibit hall to learn more about NAIS or contact us at [email protected]. WWelcome!Welcome!elcome! dear colleagUeS: Welcome to the 2012 NAIS Annual Conference in Seattle. For five decades NAIS has engaged independent school leaders in inspirational, focused dialogue that leads to purposeful action. Together in 2012 we’ll tap into the innovative spirit of the Pacific Northwest to imagine bold new ideas to lead our school communities into the future. Long a hotbed of creativity, Seattle will inspire us to invent new programs, implement imaginative initiatives, and revitalize current thinking to bring back to our schools. Ground-breaking leaders in education and society will motivate us as we explore the theme INNOVATION: Imagine, Invent, Inspire, Dream. During the opening general session, inventor, philanthropist, and independent school alum Bill Gates will inspire and challenge us as he models how cutting-edge innovation and philanthropic “public purpose” go hand in hand — opening our minds to possibilities we’ve only dreamt of. During our Independent All are welcome to attend. Matters general session, Native American leader and college president Cheryl Crazy Bull, NAIS has an institutional notable intellectual, Yale professor, and bestselling novelist Stephen Carter, and spoken commitment to the word poet Sarah Kay will share their pioneering paths to discovery. World Peace Game principles of diversity. In that spirit, NAIS does not creator and inspirational teacher John Hunter will illustrate how imagination can translate discriminate in violation to meaningful action in our classrooms. Our closing general session speaker Amy Chua of the law on the basis of (aka, the “Tiger Mom”) will offer insight and raise important questions about successfully race, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, age, educating our students — and engender debate along the way. physical challenge, nation of origin, gender, or any More creative thought leaders like social media maven Soraya Darabi; educational other characteristic. game developer Raymond Yan; Brain Rules author John Medina; diversity trailblazer TJ Vassar; and It Gets Better pioneer Dan Savage will set our imaginations aglow, dreaming about a new future for education. Between these headliners, you’ll find specific workshops (more than 135!) to advise your day-to-day work. Together we’ll entertain new ways to cultivate leadership within our schools — for administrators, faculty, and our students, who are the global leaders of tomorrow. Thank you to the 2012 Think Tank for imagining and creating this dynamic conference bursting with innovation and inspiration — NAIS is deeply indebted to them (see page 72). We’d also like to thank our West Coast member schools and associations (PNAIS and CAIS-CA), who have contributed exceptional ideas for this exciting conference. On behalf of the NAIS board and staff, we express our gratitude to all who have made the journey to Seattle. It’s time to “reinvent the wheel” of education. Let’s dream together. Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS PreSideNt aNd THE NAIS aNNUAL CONFERENCE TEAM 1 PROGRAM AT a GLANCE registratioN hours FEBRUARY 29 wednesday Wednesday, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Thursday, 6:30 am – 6:00 pm Friday, 6:30 am – 3:00 pm 7:00 AM InformatioN Booth hours 7:30 AM Wednesday, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Thursday, 6:30 am – 6:00 pm 8:00 AM Friday, 6:30 am – 5:00 pm Program-at-a-Glance KeY 8:30 AM Book signings take place immediately eXHIBIT HALL aND following speakers’ presentations. NAIS BOOKSTORE HOURS Thursday, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm; 4:30 – 6:00 pm 9:00 AM These events or programs require Friday, 8:00 – 9:30 am; 11:00 am – 2:00 pm registration and/or tickets. 9:30 AM General Session Events Featured Workshops, One-Hour 10:00 AM Workshops, Optional Three-Hour Workshops, and Special Events 10:30 AM Exhibit Hall activities Remember to wear Breaks your conference 11:00 AM badge at all times. 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 – 3:30 PM 1:00 – 4:00 PM Families First Optional Three-Hour 1:30 PM Workshop and Tour Workshops Pat Patrick F. Bassett 1:00 – 4:00 PM NAIS 2:00 PM WashiNgtoN, Dc NAIS / NBOA National Town Hall 2:30 PM Meeting 3:00 PM 3:30 PM meDia RELEASE By attending the NAIS Annual Conference, attendees grant permission to the National 4:00 PM Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and its agents to utilize the attendee’s image or likeness in an effort to promote NAIS. 4:30 PM Attendees waive any right to inspect or approve the finished product or products 5:00 PM and the advertising copy or other matter that may be used in connection therewith or the use to which it may be applied. 5:30 PM 2 2 6:00 PM Visit www.nais.org/go/annualconference for workshop materials, live blogs, and graphic depictions. marCh 2 thursday marCh 1 friday 6:45 – 7:45 AM 6:45 – 7:45 AM Coffee and Tea Coffee and Tea 7:30 – 9:00 AM President’s Breakfast and Annual Meeting Program-at-a-Glance KeY 8:00 – 9:30 AM 8:00 – 9:00 AM Opening General Session with Bill Gates One-Hour Workshop Block 4 Book signings take place immediately following speakers’ presentations. These events or programs require 9:00 – 9:30 AM registration and/or tickets. Break General Session Events 9:30 – 10:00 AM 9:30 – 11:00 AM Featured Workshops, One-Hour Break General Session with John Hunter Workshops, Optional Three-Hour 10:00 – 11:00 AM Workshops, and Special Events One-Hour Workshop Block 1 Exhibit Hall activities Featured Workshop with Soraya Darabi Breaks 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon 11:00 – 11:30 AM Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Break Complimentary Lunch in the Exhibit Hall 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM One-Hour Workshop Block 5 NAIS Diversity Leadership Award and 12:00 – 1:00 PM Workshop Honoring TJ Vassar One-Hour Workshop Block 2 Featured Workshop with Raymond Yan 12:30 – 1:30 PM Complimentary Lunch in the Exhibit Hall 1:00 – 1:30 PM Break 1:30 – 2:30 PM 1:30 – 2:30 PM 1:30 – 2:30 PM One-Hour Workshop Block 3 Speed Innovating One-Hour Workshop Block 6 Featured Workshop Featured Workshop with Dan Savage with John Medina 2:30 – 3:00 PM 2:30 – 3:00 PM Break and Book Signing with John Medina Break and Book Signing with Dan Savage 3:00 – 4:30 PM 3:00 – 4:30 PM INDEPENDENT MATTERS with Stephen Carter, Closing General Session with Amy Chua Cheryl Crazy Bull, and Sarah Kay Book Signing with Stephen Carter 4:30 – 6:00 PM 4:30 – 5:00 PM Super Seattle Celebration! Book Signing with Amy Chua Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall 3 GENERAL SESSION thursday, march 1 3:00 – 4:30 Pm thursday, march 1 8:00 – 9:30 Am IndePeNdeNt matterS Bill gateS StePheN carter CHERYl CRAZY BULL Klingenstein Leadership Award Recipient Want to lead innovation Recognized by Time magazine Cheryl Crazy Bull, Sicangu Bill Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda at your school, but don’t as one of the 50 leaders of Lakota from the Rosebud Gates Foundation. Along with co-chair know where to start? Look the next century, Stephen Reservation in South Dakota, Melinda, he shapes and approves grant- no further. This trio of Carter is one of America’s is the first woman president making strategies, advocates for the dreamers will each deliver leading public intellectuals. of Northwest Indian College, foundation’s issues, and helps set the overall a 20-minute keynote The author of four novels and a regional tribally chartered direction of the organization. Their primary address that will inspire seven critically acclaimed institution serving tribes in goal: Expand opportunity to the world’s you to invent a better nonfiction books on law, ethics, the Pacific Northwest. After most disadvantaged people. Gates began tomorrow for your entire and politics, he continues to serving four years as its his major philanthropic efforts in 1994, when school community. Join shape the national debate on chair, Crazy Bull currently he created the William H. Gates Foundation, this innovative session to issues ranging from the role serves as member-at-large which focused on global health. Three years spark your imagination. of religion in our politics and of the executive committee later, he and Melinda created the Gates Together we can create a culture, to the role of integrity of the board of directors for Library Foundation, which worked to bring better future for education and civility in our daily lives. the American Indian Higher public access computers with Internet around the globe — one Carter’s most recent book is The Education Consortium, a connections to libraries in the U.S. Its name idea at a time.
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