Navigating Challenging Political Times: A Community of Practice for Education Leaders
A Four Session Virtual Series:
Friday, February 13th
Friday, March 13th
Friday, April 10th
Friday, May 8th
$650 / Person
Friday, February 13th
Friday, March 13th
Friday, April 10th
Friday, May 8th
2-Hour Sessions beginning at 12pm ET, 11am CT, 10am MT, 9am PT
Zoom Information will be provided via email prior to the event date
Registration closes Monday, February 2nd
$650/Person General Ticket
In today’s polarized environments, superintendents and other school leaders often find themselves at the center of competing pressures, including:
- Politicized school board and community environments
- Mistrust between parents and educators
- Federal, state, and local accountability demands
- High staff turnover and low teacher morale
- Demands for greater transparency and engagement
This facilitated CoP will enable leaders to build a network with colleagues from around the country for a four-part education leadership lab where we work together on the intensifying educational and political conflicts of our time.
What will we do? And what will you get out of it?
- Focus on foundational concepts of high conflict and how Community of Practice protocols can address it
- Share research-based strategies to prevent and manage high conflict and deepen trust among colleagues, parents, and your community
- With your colleagues, discuss deep strategies to strengthen engagement and deepen trust with your community and parents
- Build a lasting support structure with other colleagues across the country to problem solve and strategize challenging issues.
- Use the Community of Practice protocol to find solutions to your challenges
CoP Benefits/Outcomes:
Provides superintendents and school leaders:
- A confidential space for trusted peers to share challenges
- Practical solutions that address immediate real (not hypothetical) problems and long-term district aspirations
- A cross-district learning network for innovation and support
- A way to shift from reactive crisis-management to proactive culture-building
- Strategies to create a culture within the school system that ensures greater trust and collaboration
- Create a new network you can rely on for ongoing support
- Have access to individual coaching and problem-solving with experts and colleagues
Hosted by: Dr. Katy Anthes former Commissioner of Education in Colorado and current director of FORWARD - From Polarization to Progress at PEBC and Ken Futernick, Veteran educator, school turnaround expert, and host of an award-winning podcast promoting transformative dialogue about education
Hosts
Dr. Katy Anthes is the creator and director of the FORWARD initiative at the Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC) as well as a founder and partner of The Third Mile Group, a social policy consulting firm. The FORWARD Initiative — from polarization to progress— prepares leaders in public policy to prevent and manage political polarization in their communities and workplaces.
Formerly, Anthes was the Commissioner of Education in Colorado from 2016- 2023, and is widely respected for her commitment to listen to diverse perspectives and develop solutions that are founded on productive common ground. As Commissioner, Anthes worked with the Colorado State Board of Education, the Legislature and the Governor to craft and implement a vision of education for Colorado. She led the Colorado Department of Education, an $8-10 billion dollar agency, dedicated to helping districts achieve great things for students. During her time as Commissioner, she served on the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Board of Directors and the Education Commission of the States (ECS), Steering Committee.
Ken Futernick is a career-long educator, writer, and educational consultant to schools, school districts, and policy makers across the United States. His interests include labor-management partnerships, educator recruitment and retention, school and district transformation, implementation science, and community engagement. He began his career as an elementary teacher near Sacramento, later served as a faculty member at California State University, Sacramento, and chaired the university’s Department of Teacher Education for several years. He helped found and lead the School Turnaround Center at WestEd and now serves as a trustee for the El Dorado County School Board and the Alder Graduate School of Education in California.
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