Summer Institute 2021

Highlights & Resources

Video Recordings from the 2021 Summer Institute

Day One



Opening Seminar: The Improvement Leader


Dr. Segun Eubanks (@SegunEu), Professor of Practice and Director, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park


Workshop C: Improvement Science and The Problem of Practice: Your Problem Isn’t What You Think It Is



Dr. Jean Snell (@JSnellGray), Senior Faculty Specialist and Associate Director, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park


Dr. Douglas Anthony (@DrDougAnthony) , Senior Fellow, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement



Workshop D: Exploring your Equity Leadership Style



Dr. Kevin Maxwell, Education Consultant and former Superintendent


Dr. Segun Eubanks (@SegunEu), Professor of Practice and Director, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park



Lunch Keynote


Day Two



Superintendent’s Leadership Panel - Equity and Access


Facilitator: Tiara Booker-Dwyer (@TiaraDwyer), Assistant State Superintendent for College and Career Readiness, Maryland State Department of Education


Dr. Monica Goldson (DrMonicaCEO), Chief Executive Officer, Prince George’s County Public Schools


Dr. Monifa McKnight (@MCPS), Acting Superintendent, Montgomery County Public Schools


Workshop A: Decentering the Central Office: How a University Partnership is Helping to Reset the Relationship Between Central Office and Schools through Continuous Improvement


Dr. Tinkhani White (@Tinkhani), Director of School Improvement, Chesterfield County Public Schools.


Dr. David Eddy-Spicer (@DavidEddySpicer), Professor of Education, Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy. School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia


Workshop B: Equity in Practice: Facilitating Intergroup Dialogues


Dr. Bridget Turner-Kelly, Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park


Workshop C: Leading Towards Powerful Solutions: Developing a Theory of Improvement


Dr. Jean Snell (@JSnellGray), Senior Faculty Specialist and Associate Director, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park


Iris Bond-Gill (@iris007gill), Program Manager, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland, College Park


Workshop D: Implicit Bias


Dr. Shawn Joseph (@UnchainedJoseph) Co-Director, Urban Superintendent Academy and Assistant Professor, Howard University