Participants in this year’s forum series include
(Left to Right) Richard Middleton, Superintendent,
NEISD; Terry Smith, Exec. Dir. ESC-20; Billy
Walker, Superintendent, Randolph Field ISD;
Paul Kelleher, Trinity University.
Superintend
ents’ Forum
The Superintendents’ Forum helps school and administrators must continually absorb new
district leaders gain perspective on the challenges knowledge and skills and apply them as work
inherent in leading a school district. Once a month practices.
they get out of their school environments and In addition to sharing amongst themselves,
share information – what works and what doesn’t superintendents periodically invite Trinity University
– with their peers from other districts. Meeting faculty, local business and community leaders, and
topics typically include school finance and testing/ local, state and national leaders to attend their
accountability mandates as well as current issues forums. During this past year the superintendents
in local, state, and national educational policy. met with Dr. Richard Elmore from Harvard
During this past year, with the new legislative University, one of the foremost authorities on scaling
session occurring, proposed school finance and up educational reform strategies to the district level.
school accountability legislation dominated the In preparation for luncheon conversation with Dr.
conversation. Elmore, superintendents read and discussed his most
Participants say the Forum helps them more recent book in a book study session and identified
quickly pick up information crucial to their success pertinent questions to raise with him.
in a climate of rapid change, one where teachers
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