Mark your calendars, the 2008 Summer Institute: Leadership for Learning

occurs July 4 – 17, 2008.

While parents and their children are planning for summer camps, road trips to the lake and outdoor activities, teachers, educators and administrators, have the opportunity to get ahead of the crowd. Mark your calendars. The 2008 Summer Institute: Leadership for Learning is offering a series of four lectures running from July 4 – 17 at the SFU Surrey campus.

Each of the lectures are structured to provide an opportunity for speakers and participants to dialogue and share ideas about leadership issues. Speakers are education leaders from Canada and the United States.

Topics that will be explored at the lectures are:

Teacher Leadership

Monday, July 7 1:00 PM

Dr. David Berliner, Professor, Educational Psychology, Arizona State University

Irene Lanzinger, President, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

Schools as Learning Communities

Thursday, July 10 1:00 PM

Dr. Larry Sackney, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Education, University of Saskatchewan

Maureen Dockendorf, Director of Instruction, Coquitlam School District

Beyond Politics

Monday, July 14 1:00 PM

Dr. Lionel Meno, Professor, Educational Leadership, College of Education, San Diego University

Dr. Bruce Beairsto, Superintendent of Schools, Richmond School District

Diverse Learners

Thursday, July 17 1:00 PM

Dr. Patrick Renihan, Professor, Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Alfredo Cuellar, Chair Department of Educational Research and Administration, California State University

For detailed information about the 2008 Summer Institute: Leadership for Learning, lectures, networking events and speakers, go to the official website at www.educ.sfu.ca/summerinstitute

The 2008 Summer Institute: Leadership for Learning is hosted by SFU’s Graduate Programs in Educational Leadership. The Faculty of Education proudly sponsors the this event as part of the “Education Matters Lecture Series”

To learn more about the master’s and doctoral programs in educational leadership, go to: www.educ.sfu.ca/gradprogs/programs/index.html

Official 2008 Summer Institute: Leadership for Learning website: www.educ.sfu.ca/summerinstitute