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Symposium on Urban Teacher Residencies
 A Model for Teachers
 10/20/2006
 Chicago, IL, The Mid-America Club, 200 E. Randolph Dr.

Program

The newly established Coalition of Urban Teacher Residencies invites you to join them at the first annual Symposium on Urban Teacher Residencies: A Model for Teacher Preparation.

Presidented by the Academy for Urban School Leadership, the Boettcher Teachers Program, the Boston Teacher Residency, and the Osborne Felllows Initiative, the symposium will introduce quality teacher residency programs and their impact in urban classrooms and school reform initiatives.

Speakers & Panelists

  • Dr. Barnett Berry, Founder & President, Center for Teaching Quality
  • Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Education, Stanford University
  • Arne Duncan, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools
  • Thomas W. Payzant, Former Superintendent, Boston Public Schools, and Senior Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education (invited)
  • Tom Vander Ark, Executive Director, Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Additional participants to be confirmed

Location & Time

The Mid-America Club, 200 E. Randolph Dr.
Chicago, IL
11:30 - 4:00 pm

To Register

Email Anissa Listakor call 773-534-0142.

Premier Sponsor

  • Motorola Foundation
  • Joyce Foundation
  • Strategic Grant Partners


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