Vermont Secondary School Teachers Sabbaticals - The Rowland Foundation Annual Conference

Every fall The Rowland Foundation offers a one-day conference hosted by the University of Vermont. While the conference is open to all educators, the Foundation specifically encourages eight-member teams from Vermont high schools. Team members typically include the principal or head of school, two or three teachers, an additional administrator or two, two students (strongly advised) and a school board member or superintendent.

A keynote address will be delivered by a nationally or internationally known educator, followed by morning and afternoon session workshops facilitated by our Rowland Fellows.

Annual Conference of High School Transformation

Tony Wagner has recently accepted a position as the first Innovation Education Fellow at Harvard's Entrepreneurship Center. He consults widely with schools across the country and internationally. He has been a high school teacher, a principal, a university professor in teacher education and the founding Executive Director of Educators for Social Responsibility and Harvard's Change Leadership Group.

Tony Wagner is the author of countless articles and five critically acclaimed books.

Tony Wagner Books

2012 Conference, September 27
The Davis Center at the University of Vermont

— SCHEDULE —

8:00-8:45 am	Registration and coffee in the Davis Center
9:00 am	Welcoming remarks Charles W. Scranton, Executive Director, The Rowland Foundation
9:15 am	Keynote address: Tony Wagner
10:00 am	Questions/Answers with Tony Wagner
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm	Morning Workshops
12:30 pm	Lunch and Team Meetings
1:15-3:15 pm	Afternoon Workshops

— WORKSHOPS —

We have doubled the number of workshops from last year and will insure that the workshops are topical and practical. A full listing of the workshops will be available on this site by midsummer and will be sent to all participants in early September.

Wish to offer a workshop at our 2012 Conference? Please complete the application by June 1. This will be an opportunity to highlight your school or organization while reaching a wide audience of educators. The Foundation will provide a free conference admission (team of eight) to the school/organization of selected presenters.

— FEES —

We urge schools to send eight-member teams (principal, administrators, teachers). Once a team has been determined, we suggest one person be designated to complete the online registration. We also recommend that 2-3 students be added to each team for the nominal fee of $20 each.

	Early Bird Registration: by 5/25/12	Regular Registration: by 6/30/12	Late Registration: After 7/1/12; space available
School Team of 8	$550	$750	$850
Student Team Member	$20	$20	$25
Individual Attendee	$150	$225	$275
College/Grad Student	$100	$150	$175
Keynote only	$50	$50	$75

*All Vermont superintendents are invited to join this conference as guests of The Rowland Foundation if a team is assembled from one of their schools. They must still register as individual attendees.

For those attending the full conference, the registration fee covers all conference activities and lunch. Shuttle buses will deliver participants to The Davis Center. Parking permits will be issued (four per team) a week prior to the conference.

Annual Conference 2011

The Rowland Foundation's Partnership
with the University of Vermont

The Rowland Foundation encourages two members of the school team (or at least one) to enroll in our three-credit graduate course offered in partnership with UVM. This course will extend the conversation related to those issues explored at the conference and will culminate with the participants developing transformational plans for their schools.

Course Description

Summer Institute Locations and Meeting Dates

Rutland High School: June 18-22, 2012
UVM: July 30 - August 3, 2012

Enroll today at UVM Continuing Education.

The September 22, 2011 Conference with
Sir Ken Robinson

Excerpts from Sir Ken Robinson's keynote address

Photo Gallery

Participating schools

Conference resources on diigo

The Rowland Foundation
PO Box 88
South Londonderry, VT 05155
802-824-6400
www.therowlandfoundation.org