2005 Southwest Leadership Academy

Systemic School Improvement through Technology Integration

This Professional Development event, a collaboration of the WestEd Regional Technology in Education Consortium (RTEC) and ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, took place in Mesa, Arizona, March 24 and 25, 2005

During this two-day conference, Superintendents, Administrators, and School Technology Teams increased their capacity for leading systemic school improvement through technology integration by:

• learning from key speakers, including Don Knezek, CEO of ISTE, and Susan Patrick, Director of the Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education;
• participating in interactive workshops on themes of systemic school change, data-driven decision-making, and personal productivity using existing and emerging technologies;
• networking and learning from other professionals in moderated birds-of-a-feather session;
• participating in a panel discussion with administrators who are leading with technology;
• leaving with concrete outcomes and the start of a plan of action.

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More Information

For information regarding the Southwest Leadership Academy, or to find out how you can partner with ISTE to bring an academy to your region, please e-mail profdev@iste.org.