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Events: Directors' Webinar (Directors' Webinar)

Topic: Leadership Drivers

Date: Thursday, June 05, 2014
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern / 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Central / 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Mountain / 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific

Presenters
Dr. Dean Fixsen
Bio: Dean is a Senior Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is Co-Director of the National Implementation Research Network; Co-Director of the State Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center; Co-Founder of the Global Implementation Initiative; and a member of the founding Board of Editors of the journal Implementation Science. Dean has spent his career developing and implementing evidence-based programs, initiating and managing change processes in provider organizations and service delivery systems, and working with others to improve the lives of children, families, and adults.

Facilitators
Jennifer Coffey, OSEP Project Officer, John Lind, Signetwork Coordinator

Description/Other Details
This presentation will focus on leadership to initiate, manage, and sustain effective efforts to improve school and district supports for instruction and student outcomes. Discussion is encouraged to help SPDGs focus on what they can do to develop and support effective leadership. Leadership is critical to education improvement so be prepared to type your questions in the Chat Box to focus discussion on your ideas and issues.

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