July 6
Leadership and Accountability: Reality or Rhetoric?
Presented by Douglas Reeves

Accountability. The very mention of the word strikes fear in the hearts of many teachers and school leaders, leading to confusion and panic rather than improved student achievement. This session will explore how to transform accountability from destructive and demoralizing accounting drills into a constructive decision-making process that improves teaching, learning, and leadership.

Douglas Reeves is the founder of the Leadership and Learning Center www.leadandlearn.com

July 7
An Experiential Adventure in Accountability
Facilitated by Seminar Participants

Participants will take part in an interactive experience designed by Project Adventure

July 8
Accountability in International Schools: Finance to Performance
Presented by Jim Honan

This session will focus on tools and frameworks used by various nonprofit organizations to monitor and assess organizational performance and create mechanisms for ensuring internal and external accountability.  How can we construct financial and other accountability measures which ensure we stay true to our mission? What are the unique challenges and opportunities for school leaders and school governance?  

Jim Honan is a senior lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Kennedy School.  Read more...

July 9
Personal Challenges of Leading in a Culture of Accountability
Presented by Michael Thompson

Accountability sounds professional, realistic, the right thing to do. But how do you as a school head deal with your emotional and psychological response to the day to day stress such a culture might impose? In this session we will explore that personal culture of accountability, how to recognize warning signs and ways of coping.

Michael Thompson is a psychologist, school consultant on boys, school heads, parenting and the author of eight books.  www.michaelthompson-phd.com