Our Academy will focus on
Meeting the Challenge: Strategies for Staffing Schools
with Shifting Teacher Pipelines and
Evolving Workforce Needs!
In the next few years, we expect massive shifts in talent work related to exacerbated staffing shortages, declining student enrollment, fiscal funding cliffs, decreased perceptions of education and the teaching profession, alternative schooling options, and new Artificial Intelligence-enabled ways of teaching and working, to name a few. These shifts, if not addressed intentionally, may widen already stubborn gaps in our highest needs students' access to effective teaching and leadership.
Join us at the Academy to learn proactive, practical strategies to address our most pressing challenges!
"I had the amazing opportunity by one of my prior
colleagues to come and attend my first Academy Convening.
Ever since then, it's always been an amazing experience to
learn from other urban school districts, other leaders in
human capital, people to support our principals and
principal supervisors. I've always been able to walk away
feeling like I can take on the world with some
of the knowledge that I gained here."
- William M. Director of Talent Management
Baltimore City Public Schools
The Academy is a two (2) day in-person, facilitated,
team-based experience designed to network and support
Human Resources/Talent leaders in driving positive and proactive change in their school systems.
The Academy helps you and your teams do your jobs better by:
- Providing you with relevant content and tools to
improve your talent strategy and quality of your workforce
- Building a powerful network of K-12 Human Resources &
Talent professionals with whom to problem solve
- Giving your team dedicated time and support away
to identify key opportunities to pursue
- Learning from experts and innovators in the
sector on approaches to bring back to your system
Please kindly note by clicking on the button below you
are submitting your interest
this is not a registration or RSVP confirmation.
Rest assured that upon submitting your interest here,
one of our team members will personally contact you.
In-Person Academy Convening 2024
Investment:
$5,000 per person early registration by August 31, 2024
$5,500 if registering September 1 or after.
We encourage districts to send a team of at least 2 participants.
What is included in this team-based retreat:
- 2 nights lodging at The Grand Hyatt
- Breakfast & Lunch + 1 Welcome Dinner
- Two days of facilitation, with online access to all Academy content and tools
Note: Participants are responsible for covering transportation costs to/from the convening
A year-long program to accelerate the skills of your HR team and build their capacity.
Investment: $35,000 per school system
What is included:
- 4 team members attend the Fall 2024 Academy (includes all of the above)
- 50 hours of USHCA Partner coaching and support, based on your needs. Typical engagements include:
- Helping HR leadership navigate system-specific context and challenges
- Providing in-district trainings on relevant Academy convening content
- Developing turn-key tools and trainings for principals
- Diving deeply into school system data to identify areas for improvement
- 3 virtual Human Capital Modules
- Priority access to our USHCA Access to Effective Teachers Workbook and Learnings
Elizabeth "Betsy" Arons is in her 42nd year in public education and her 35th year in human resources leadership in public school systems. Throughout her leadership roles, Betsy has instituted a number of human capital and human resources reforms to elevate the strategic role of HR in meeting the district’s workforce and student achievement goals.
Danielle has more than two decades of experience working in public education. As the leader of USHCA's national programming, Danielle focuses on delivering learning experiences complemented by practical tools. With deep expertise as a coach, Danielle excels at guiding talent leaders in crafting and implementing effective, sustainable recruitment & retention strategies.
Alfred “Al” Dunn is a seasoned education policy researcher with a strong quantitative background and extensive experience in developing analytics to monitor, quantify and improve various human capital initiatives. Al’s research interests focus on the socialization, satisfaction and strategic retention of teachers and school leaders.
Craig Chin has worked with over 30 urban districts and nine state education agencies supporting reform efforts through improved human capital strategy development, implementation, and system transformation. Craig served as the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources where he served on the Superintendent’s leadership team and led the district’s human capital initiatives.
Jody is a human capital partner at USHCA. With private sector, public sector, and federal government experience, her practice has ranged from traditional labor relations to implementing progressive human capital strategies and processes. Jody has led transformative human capital initiatives encompassing compensation, evaluation, and strategic staffing.
Michael Moore has nearly 50 years of experience as a K-12 public school educator and has served as a teacher, a high school principal, and a superintendent of schools. Since 2004, Michael has been working nationally on talent and leadership development projects.
Before joining USCHA in 2011, Michael led the core program at New Leaders, Inc. as Chief Academic Officer.
Susan Marks has been privileged to be in education for over 40 years. Entering education as a speech pathologist and special education teacher, Susan has held a variety of positions on both the instructional and operational sides of school districts. She held leadership positions at the school-level and in the central office.
"So one of the biggest things we did when we started working with USHCA
and did the Academy, we did a full analysis of what our
HR support systems were like for our particular department
and we transitioned all our recruitment specialists
to HR partners so that they could become
a true one point of contact for our principals to
access any of their HR and human capital needs."
