Askwith Forum: Being and Becoming an Education Leader

Moderator: Stacey Childress, CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund

Speakers:

Norman Atkins, Co-Founder and President, Relay GSE; Founder and Board Chair, Uncommon Schools
Carl Cohn, Director of the Urban Leadership Program and Clinical Professor, School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University
Peter Gorman, Executive Vice President, Education Services, Amplify
Irma Zardoya, President and CEO, NYC Leadership Academy

What does it take to lead a school system today? How can we recruit, prepare, and support aspiring system-level leaders? Join moderator Stacey Childress, CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund, as she discusses successful education leadership with former leaders from school districts and charter management organizations. Together they will focus on how leadership pipeline programs can best meet the challenge of recruiting and equipping leaders with the necessary knowledge and skills to be effective.
Forum in conjunction with the Building Leadership Pipelines convening.

[straylor]

Great event, and especially liked the closing question posed at 1:20:20, "What one piece of leadership advice would you give to the next generation of education leaders?"