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  • October 14, 18, 20, 22

    2021 NACSA Virtual
    Leadership Conference
    #NACSAcon Virtual

    SCHEDULING

    Join inspirational speakers, experts in the charter school field, and fellow education professionals in an honest conversation about how to meet old and new challenges in the education field and the role authorizer can play to build a better future for students, families, and communities. This year’s NACSA Leadership Conference will run:

    October 12th-30th, 2021

    Tuesday & Thursday
    afternoons

    12pm-5pm CT

    Join Us Online

    October 14, 18, 20, 22

    800+

    PARTICIPANTS

    50+

    SESSIONS

    100

    EXPERT SPEAKERS

    125

    ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED

    OUR RATES

    Individual
    Member

    $75.00

    Individual
    Non-Member

    $125.00

    Organization*
    Member

    $300.00

    Organization*
    Non-member

    $500.00

    * Organization rates include access for all employees planning to attend.

    ABOUT OUR

    VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

    For 20 years, NACSA has provided authorizers with the tools, expertise, and know-how to ensure quality and equity in public schools.

    This year’s Leadership Conference will continue to support your growth as a professional in authorizing—from learning how to partner with communities to ensuring equitable education opportunities for all students.

    We’re committed to evolving and pushing ourselves towards a more just future. Join us to build a better future for students, families, and communities.

    Reasons to go

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    This is the only conference that provides you with professional development, skill building, and knowledge needed in authorizing. Let’s work together to ensure schools are more equitable and community-centered.

    SPEAKER EXPERTISE

    We bring the top experts to share their experience and guidance on top education issues and answer your questions. Past speakers have included Sharif El-Mekki, Raymond J. Ankrum, Sr., Chris Stewart, and Dr. Charles Cole III.

    NETWORKING

    Conference is a time for learning, sharing, and growing —it’s also an opportunity to expand and strengthen your network of experienced authorizers through virtual networking forums.

    VIRTUAL FORMAT

    The added benefit of this year’s virtual format means attendees will be able to access to the sessions and resources long after conference has ended.

    SESSIONS

    As we face the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racism, we need to recognize the moment of time we are in and make the choice to do better, to think more broadly, and to acknowledge the power we have as authorizers.

    Each participant will be able to find an array of sessions that will deepen your understanding of your work and how we can all meet this moment and better support students, families, and communities.

    Our virtual format will invite attendees to join keynotes, expert panels, and small group workshops so you can put learning into action.

    Access 2020 Session Recordings & Materials

    TYPES OF AUTHORIZERS REPRESENTED:

    HEI

    LEA

    NPO

    ICB

    NEG

    SEA

    Raymond Ankrum is a firm believer that education can be the catalyst to eradicate generational poverty.As a first-generation college student, Mr. Ankrum utilized education to escape the school to prison pipeline. He graduated from the University of Stony Brook with a Bachelor of Arts in African-American Studies and a Master’s Degree in Professional Studies with a concentration in Human Resources and Management, and attended Morgan State University to obtain his Master’s of Arts in Teaching Social Studies.In 2010, Mr. Ankrum earned his Ed.M from Teachers College, Columbia University.

    RAYMOND ANKRUM

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    Chris Stewart is CEO of Brightbeam, a public education advocacy nonprofit. In 2018, he founded Wayfinder Foundation, a nonprofit that invests in grassroots anti-poverty and education activism. Prior to that he built relationships in urban communities as Director of External Affairs at Education Post.In 2013 Chris became the founding Executive Director of the African American Leadership Forum (AALF), a cross-sector network of Black leaders working to develop and implement an urban policy agenda across five northwest states.

    CHRIS STEWART

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    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    Join us as we #RadicallyImagine a new future of education with a live podcast with 8 Black Hands for this year’s plenary at #NACSAcon Virtual. Featuring Sharif El-Mekki, Raymond J. Ankrum, Sr., Chris Stewart and Dr. Charles Cole III have the often-difficult conversations needed surrounding our educational system while also advocating for educational equity and social justice.

    Let’s learn and push forward together as we all stand up to fight for equity and justice. You won’t want to miss the inspirational lessons and ideas from this year’s live podcast.

    Stay tuned, our keynote speakers will be announced soon!

    Dr. Charles Cole, III is an educator focused on the advancement of youth of color, but more specifically Black males. This passion comes from his experiences growing up without proper support, including being homeless and attending more than ten elementary schools across the country while his parents battled addiction and incarceration. Throughout that experience, no adult, no group, no organization ever asked him how he was achieving success nor how he was surviving. Schools were not a place where students in similar predicaments were learning. This experience helped lead to the publication of his first book, Beyond Grit and Resilience.

    DR. CHARLES COLE, III

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    Sharif El-Mekki is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. The Center exists to ensure there will be equity in the recruiting, training, hiring, and retention of quality educators that reflect the cultural backgrounds and share common socio-political interests of the students they serve. The Center is developing a nationally relevant model to measurably increase teacher diversity and support Black educators through four pillars: Professional Learning, Pipeline, Policies, and Pedagogy.

    SHARIF EL-MEKKI

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    312.376.2300 [email protected]
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