SMHC-CPRE Invitational Conference

The Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education project (SMHC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering an invitational conference to teams of education leaders from the largest 100 and most urban school districts in the country. 

The goal of SMHC is to dramatically improve student achievement by restructuring HR systems; to recruit top teacher, principal and central office talent and; performance-manage those individuals so the most effective instruction is deployed in all classrooms - focusing first on the country’s largest 100 districts, most of which are urban.

Keynote presenters include:

Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota; Chair, SMHC Task Force; Chair, Education Commission of the State; immediate past Chair, National Governors Association.

Sir Michael Barber, Vice Chair, SMHC Task Force and Partner, McKinsey & Company; Former Chief Advisor on Education Delivery to British Prime Minister Tony Blair

Carl Cohn, Vice Chair, SMHC Task Force and Distinguished Leader in Residence, College of Education, San Diego State University; Former Superintendent, San Diego Unified Schools and Long Beach Public Schools

Michelle Rhee, Vice Chair, SMHC Task Force; Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools

Sharon Robinson, SMHC Task Force member; President and Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Allan Odden and James Kelly, Co-Directors of SMHC

Panel presentations by teams from several urban districts including SMHC Task Force member superintendents Carol Johnson (Boston), Joel Klein (New York City), Jack Dale (Fairfax County), and Minnesota Commissioner of Education Alice Seagren.  The panel discussions will be based on case studies conducted by SMHC in Boston, Chicago, Fairfax County, Long Beach, Minneapolis-the Minnesota Q Comp Program, and  New York City. The case studies examine talent acquisition (mainly focused on teachers and principals), talent management, and reforms of HR systems; the cases will show how these districts are resolving their problems with teacher shortages and teacher quality and are moving towards managing teachers and principals around effective instructional practice and student performance.  Other panels will discuss case studies of teacher and principal recruitment organizations including Teach for America, The New Teacher Project and New Leaders for New Schools. An additional panel will focus on the Broad Foundation’s programs to train urban superintendents and HR directors. See the agenda for details and names of all conference presenters.

Lodging Information:

Hotel reservations can be made by calling the Marriott at (888) 324-2111 and use the code Wisconsin Center for ER.  Reservations can also be made on the website using this link: http://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_login.cfm?hotelID=15410.  The attendee code Wisconsin Center for ER must be entered.  Our conference rate is $249 single or double.  Due to problems with the reservation system, our conference rate has been extended through Wednesday, October 29th.

Agenda

Registration Fee: $200.00 includes conference meals and materials

Register Online Now
On-line registration will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, November 6th. Please call Lisa Armstrong at (608) 263-4260 with any registration questions.