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Symposium Highlights on Improving Instruction in Rural Schools

“Across the nation, we have increasingly ambitious goals for student learning, which equates to increasingly ambitious goals for instruction.” – Dr. Annie Wilhelm 

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Strategies for Rural School and Community Partnerships from SMU Symposium

“The community and its schools are not separate” – Regina Nippert

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Continuing the Conversation on Rural Schools

             

At the Rural Superintendent Leadership Symposium, we invited you to be a part of the conversation on creating meaningful change in rural districts.  We hope you left with a renewed spirit of commitment to and enthusiasm for the millions of Texas students served by rural schools.

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Applications Open for 2019-2020 District Leadership Fellows

Rural superintendents occupy a complex leadership role.

They’re responsible for setting a vision, executing a strategy, and motivating those around them, all with limited resources. The SMU District Leadership Fellows program enhances rural district leaders’ leadership capacity in these areas and beyond. The program provides participants with leadership tools and peer-support to create and sustain effective strategies for the unique change projects they envision for their communities.

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Upcoming: Rural Superintendent Leadership Symposium

On May 15th, SMU’s Institute for Leadership Impact is hosting its first annual Rural Superintendents Leadership Symposium. The 2018-2019 SMU District Leadership Fellows will be sharing innovative district change projects they implemented over the past year and discussing insights they have garnered on effective leadership. Join the SMU Institute for Leadership Impact, SMU Simmons School of Education & Human Development faculty and staff members, and superintendents from rural areas for a series of panels, breakout sessions, and speakers addressing opportunities in rural education.