EduStat - Dr. Moran

Dr. Pamela Moran, superintendent, serves the learners of Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia. For more than 30 years, she has held a wide variety of teaching and leadership roles in elementary, middle, and high schools as well as at the district level. As an adjunct instructor for the University of Virginia, Pam Moran has taught instructional and leadership courses across the state. The experience of working at all levels of public schooling provides her with a deep understanding of both the vertical and horizontal challenges and opportunities being explored by PK-12-16 learning communities today.

Connecting with other public school educators to make sense of needed transitions in our field as we close in on the second decade of the 21st Century is a passion. Pam is energized by conversations with young people who get Daniel Pink's work, relish emerging technologies as learning and communication tools, and see themselves as contributors to the communities in which they live. Engagement with teachers and principals who believe, as did Horace Mann, "when a child has no hope, a nation has no future" inspires her. She holds a B.S. degree from Furman University and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction and a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Virginia.

Keynote

As we move towards the end of the first decade in the 21st Century, why is education on the
backburner as a presidential election issue, its inertia slowing towards 2014? Where do you tune
into the "fast money" fears of those who follow the decoupling of America's economy as a key
driver of global markets? Who knows an educator who has not "youtubed" Did you Know?, and
left the site wondering if the sun is setting on America just as it did on the British Empire by
1910? Why do some think the real issue isn't globalization at all, but rather the mass production
traditions still used in most American classrooms? Lastly, have you recently been in a group
of educators attempting to define the problem we are trying to solve and left feeling as mentally
messy as if you had spent time nailing Jell-O to a wall?

While emerging technologies represent the learning resource of our time, a bigger enchilada for
educational change can be found in the system processes necessary to serve diverse learners
whose needs and interests differentiate them within a community. This keynote will explore
critical system process shifts likely to create the potential for a positive turn in the 21st Century
educational "stock market" rather than the permanently failing status that public school detractors
predict. These system shifts include:

"The transition from teacher as independent contractor to professional learning teams that engage in case analysis and portfolio process management,

"The replacement of one-size-fits all evaluation/training programs with job embedded, performance-driven professional development systems and,

"The "great leap of faith" from a "20th Century standards-based learning" stepping stone onto a "21st Century standards-based, concept-centered learning" stepping stone.


About the Summit Overview Agenda Speakers Tourism Archives Join Us Registration Lodging Transportation Contact Us	Dr. Pamela Moran, Superintendent of Schools, Albemarle County Public Schools Dr. Pamela Moran, superintendent, serves the learners of Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia. For more than 30 years, she has held a wide variety of teaching and leadership roles in elementary, middle, and high schools as well as at the district level. As an adjunct instructor for the University of Virginia, Pam Moran has taught instructional and leadership courses across the state. The experience of working at all levels of public schooling provides her with a deep understanding of both the vertical and horizontal challenges and opportunities being explored by PK-12-16 learning communities today. Connecting with other public school educators to make sense of needed transitions in our field as we close in on the second decade of the 21st Century is a passion. Pam is energized by conversations with young people who get Daniel Pink's work, relish emerging technologies as learning and communication tools, and see themselves as contributors to the communities in which they live. Engagement with teachers and principals who believe, as did Horace Mann, "when a child has no hope, a nation has no future" inspires her. She holds a B.S. degree from Furman University and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction and a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Virginia. Keynote As we move towards the end of the first decade in the 21st Century, why is education on the backburner as a presidential election issue, its inertia slowing towards 2014? Where do you tune into the "fast money" fears of those who follow the decoupling of America's economy as a key driver of global markets? Who knows an educator who has not "youtubed" Did you Know?, and left the site wondering if the sun is setting on America just as it did on the British Empire by 1910? Why do some think the real issue isn't globalization at all, but rather the mass production traditions still used in most American classrooms? Lastly, have you recently been in a group of educators attempting to define the problem we are trying to solve and left feeling as mentally messy as if you had spent time nailing Jell-O to a wall? While emerging technologies represent the learning resource of our time, a bigger enchilada for educational change can be found in the system processes necessary to serve diverse learners whose needs and interests differentiate them within a community. This keynote will explore critical system process shifts likely to create the potential for a positive turn in the 21st Century educational "stock market" rather than the permanently failing status that public school detractors predict. These system shifts include: "The transition from teacher as independent contractor to professional learning teams that engage in case analysis and portfolio process management, "The replacement of one-size-fits all evaluation/training programs with job embedded, performance-driven professional development systems and, "The "great leap of faith" from a "20th Century standards-based learning" stepping stone onto a "21st Century standards-based, concept-centered learning" stepping stone.