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Networking Session Focuses on Successful Practices

Before the 2013 National Blue Ribbon School Recognition Ceremony officially began, several hundred 2013 school  representatives gathered for a networking session. Aba Kumi, NBRS Director led the session with Elizabeth Williamson, USDE Region III Communications Director, and Helen Littlejohn, USDE Region VIII Communications Director. Principals, teachers, and superintendents and shared ideas in open discussion and posted more than 70 practices on sticky notes. Read a compilation of 2013 Ceremony Networking Notes.

Participant comments about successful practices were also recorded and arranged into five brief podcasts: Rigor and High ExpectationsStudent Supports and Relationships, On Teachers and Teaching, Professional Learning and Invention, and Community Connections.

Participants listen to descriptions of best practices.
Participants listen to descriptions of best practices. Photo: Paul Wood
Helen Littlejohn opens the networking session.
Helen Littlejohn opens the networking session. Photo: Paul Wood
Elizabeth Williamson confers with a participant.
Elizabeth Williamson confers with a participant. Photo: Paul Wood
More than 70 notes were collected.
More than 70 notes were collected. Photo: Paul Wood