Registration / Breakfast

Large District Leadership Group

The Large District Leadership Group meeting provides an intimate venue for K-12 IT leaders to discuss

and share experiences, ideas and best practices, as well as develop strategies for the future. This half-day event is specifically designed for IT leaders who serve the 50 largest school districts across the nation.

Break until DELC XVII Begins

Check-In for DELC K-12 XVII

Since we’re going to be outside, we will not have our standard registration table. The south gate from the hotel will lead you to the beach and we will be pretty easy to find.

Opening Activity

We will have a fun team competition to start the networking and getting to know each other. You just need to bring your creativity and your amazing skills for teamwork.

Dinner on the Beach

Breakfast

Use this time to network and talk with members around you. This is a great opportunity to discover new practices, discuss any policy barriers and encourage one another in the process of using technology in your districts.

Top 30 Panel

Bold decision-makers are the most valuable asset in education today. The Center for Digital Education is committed to our community of national education thought leaders shifting the landscape of education. This year, we are thrilled to add 30 amazing leaders to our exceptional community. Our CDE Top 30 award winners represent thought leaders and innovators in higher education, K-12 and the education nonprofit community, which offers sustenance and influence to the field of education. This panel will showcase winners from this year.

Moderator: Kecia Ray, Executive Director, Center for Digital Education

Topical Roundtables

As education leaders, you are presented with opportunities and challenges each day. Some are familiar to you and others are foreign. This portion of our agenda presents attendees with possible opportunities or challenges you may face and gives you the chance to have a conversation with your peers and industry partners about the topics presented. District leaders will facilitate a roundtable conversation about a topic relevant to their work. Industry partners will participate in the conversation as subject matter experts lending a national perspective to the topic. Attendees will have the opportunity to select the topic they are most interested in discussing. We will collect the information from your conversations in a shared document to use as we develop our Converge stories for 2018.

Break

K-12 and Higher Ed Partnerships in Broward County

District leaders from Broward County, FL will lead a panel and Q&A on how they are partnering together with higher education to transform education.

Moderator: Kecia Ray, Executive Director, Center for Digital Education

Angela Coluzzi, Director, Network Integration, Broward County Public Schools, FL

Jeanine Gendron, Project Manager, Broward County Public Schools, FL

Topical Roundtables

As education leaders, you are presented with opportunities and challenges each day. Some are familiar to you and others are foreign. This portion of our agenda presents attendees with possible opportunities or challenges you may face and gives you the chance to have a conversation with your peers and industry partners about the topics presented. District leaders will facilitate a roundtable conversation about a topic relevant to their work. Industry partners will participate in the conversation as subject matter experts lending a national perspective to the topic. Attendees will have the opportunity to select the topic they are most interested in discussing. We will collect the information from your conversations in a shared document to use as we develop our Converge stories for 2018.

Lunch

Four Corners

During this time, CDE and our partners at CoSN will facilitate conversations on leading edge technology and policies. You will have the opportunity to pick from Cybersecurity and the Cloud, IT Certifications, Policy or Instructional Technology.

Marie Bjerede, Principal, Leadership Initiatives, Consortium for School Networking

Susan Gentz, Deputy Executive Director for Content, Center for Digital Education

Keith Krueger, Chief Executive Officer, Consortium for School Networking

Kecia Ray, Executive Director, Center for Digital Education

Adjourn

Conference times, agenda and speakers are subject to change.