Great Lakes Posts
GL TURN: Advancing Educational Equity
February 4, 2019 Local leaders from Illinois and Michigan brought together teams representing school and district administrators, classroom practitioners, support personnel and union leaders to examine strategies and opportunities to advance educational equity. READ MORE
Examine The Issue of Equity
August 16, 2018 Rachel Guinn, Larry Thomas and Kevin Hall from Birmingham Public Schools in Michigan Several large school and district teams participated in the May 10-11, 2018 GL TURN conference in Lisle, IL to delve into the issue of ensuring equity with excellence for all students. READ MORE
Deepening Student Learning through Engaging Students and Adults
January 22, 2018 Chad D’Entrement, Executive Director of the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, opened the GL TURN fall meeting sharing key findings from their research report “Social-Emotional Learning: Opportunities for Districts and States and Lessons for the Nation. READ MORE
Labor Management Collaboration: Rockford's Journey
May 18, 2017 Learn how Rockford Public Schools had positive impacts on the district’s culture and student outcomes through a comprehensive partnership approach with the Consortium for Educational Change (CEC). WATCH NOW
Great Lakes TURN Labor-Management Collaboration Conference April 30-May 1, 2015
February 11, 2015 Click Here to Register READ MORE
Register Now for Nov 6-7 Great Lakes TURN Conference in Downers Grove
September 25, 2014 REFRAMING OUR APPROACH to Prepare Teachers & Students for the 21st Century Click here to register Our next GL TURN Labor-Management Collaboration Conference: Reframing Our Approach to prepare Teachers & Students for the 21st Century is scheduled for November 6-7, 2014 at the Double Tree Chicago-Downers Grove, 2111 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove, IL 60515 . READ MORE
Session Videos from GL TURN Conference Summer 2014
September 8, 2014 Dolan: Building Collaborative Structures In this first of 3 videos, Dr. Dolan maps out some key factors that are impacting public education to help us assess “where we are†and “how we got hereâ€. http://youtu.be/q5zlGDIOt5w? READ MORE
July 28-29, 2014 Regional TURN CCSS Conference
July 8, 2014 The deadline for registering a team to participate in our National Regional TURN CCSS Conference which will be held at the Chicago O'Hare Sheraton Hotel on July 28-29, 2014! The purpose of this conference is to bring together union-district collaborative teams of school and teacher leaders to learn from early implementation efforts of CCSS aligned curriculum-assessments-instruction from... READ MORE
GL TURN Agenda May 1-2, 2014
April 9, 2014 Dear Great Lakes TURN Colleagues, We have assembled a strong group of presenters, panelists and case studies for our May 1-2, 2014 Great Lakes TURN Conference - focusing on how to collaboratively navigate the education reform initiatives that are challenging our education systems at the state and local levels. READ MORE
GL TURN Fall 2013 Conference: Retooling Our Profession through the Common Core, Teacher Evaluation & Student Growth
November 1, 2013 Thursday, November 7, and Friday, November 8, 2013. Sessions Framing our Work Together – Connecting the Moving Parts ~ Dr. W. Patrick Dolan, Education Consultant, CEC; Dr. Adam Urbanski, President, Rochester Teachers Association A New Vision for Assessments – PARCC & Smarter Balance ~ Callie Riley, Senior Policy Associate for Postsecondary Engagement, Achieve;... READ MORE
Mary McDonald