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Forum on School Improvement

The 2003 SERVE Forum on School Improvement: The Power of Collective Knowledge was an exciting venue for state, district, school, and classroom leaders. The 2003 Forum took place at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, October 26–28. The Forum provided two days of intensive study in courses led by practicing educators and nationally known speakers, including researchers from the Regional Educational Laboratory at SERVE, National Center for Homeless Education, Southeast Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science @ SERVE, and SouthEast Initiatives Regional Technology in Education Consortium. Also scheduled for invited participants only was a session facilitated by the SERVE Program on Education Leadership focusing on the power of teacher dialogue.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Pedro Noguera is one of America's leading experts on education, society, and youth violence. A professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, his in-depth research has deepened our understanding of such issues as race relations within schools, youth violence, education vouchers, and desegregation. In addition to his work at Harvard, Noguera is the Principal Investigator of the Diversity Project at Berkeley High School, which aims to create conditions at the school that lead to a reduction of disparities in student achievement. He has been a member of the U.S. Public Health Service Centers for Diseases Control Taskforce on Youth Violence, and Chair of the Committee on Ethics in Research and Human Rights for the American Education Research Association.

Dr. Sam Stringfield is a Principal Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools (CSOS). He serves as co-director of the Systemic Supports for School Reform section of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR). Stringfield is also co-director of the Program on Integrated Reform at the University of California at Santa Cruz' Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE). He is founding editor of the Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk (JESPAR). His research focuses on designs for improving programs within schools, for improving whole schools, for improving systemic supports for schools serving disadvantaged youth, and international comparisons of school effects.

The SERVE Forum on School Improvement is an annual three-day learning event designed to bring educators together from across the Southeast to share experiences and expertise, forge new networks, and re-examine and strengthen plans for improving local schools.

Since 1996, the SERVE Forum has been an excellent opportunity for individuals and teams from schools, districts, and other education entities to grow professionally through participation in strands and sessions in areas such as Early Childhood Education; Assessment, Accountability, and Standards; Curriculum and Instruction; Professional Development and Teacher Leadership; Reading; School Improvement and Reform; and Technology in Learning.

For more information, please contact: Rebecca Rhoden Ogletree or Cynthia Robertson at SERVE, 1203 Governor's Square Blvd., Suite 400, Tallahassee, FL 32301; 800-352-6001 (phone); 850-671-6020 (fax).