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Conference Theme: **//Schools of the Future: Sailing the Winds of Change//** Workshop Title (80 character limit): Setting a Course for IT Success : A Navigation Clinic for School Leaders

Workshop Description:

Navigating rapid change challenges school leaders. Changes in technology pose additional challenges beyond speed, adding velocity and the need to set a course in the right direction.

To set the right course, school leaders must understand the velocity of technology change in key school areas. This workshop offers a chance to engage independent school IT leaders in a series of structured, small group conversations about the transformative nature of technology and its effects on decision making.

Each presenter brings specific expertise on infrastructure, school operations, curriculum, and/or professional development. Attendees should be ready to share technology challenges and opportunities they see in their schools. We'll share ideas, analysis, and resources in return, summarize what was shared, and work with attendees to take away ideas and plans most useful for moving their individual schools forward.

Abstract (350 character limit) - this is what goes in the program--this draft is 347.

Pick the brains of savvy IT leaders in a highly interactive, personally focused session. Explore how technology transforms education and what that means for your school and leadership decisions you make. In structured small group discussions, we’ll consider technology infrastructure, curriculum, school operations, and professional development.