


University of Texas at Austin graduate and renowned school improvement expert Dr. Donyall D. Dickey will orient participants to a finite set of evidence-based instructional practices proven to aid educators in their effort to: (a) plan and deliver instruction aligned with nuanced expectations resident in standards, (b) ensure conceptual understanding of academic language, (c) build sturdy access bridges to complex texts and concepts across grades and disciplines, (d) redirect critical thinking, academic discourse, composition, and problem-solving to students, and (e) collect and methodically respond to individual and small group student data necessary to ensure expedited and sustained improvements in educator efficacy and student growth. Practitioners will leave this session inspired and equipped with an actionable blueprint for stimulating significant improvements in student outcomes irrespective of past performance, socio-economic status, English proficiency, and exceptionality.

Donyall D. Dickey, Ed.D. is a nationally recognized authority on curriculum, instruction, organizational development, and district improvement. Unparalleled levels of student achievement and school improvement distinguish Dr. Dickey’s 20+ year career as an educational leader. Dr. Dickey is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Loyola University—Maryland, and George Washington University—D.C., where he earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership & Policy. Dr. Dickey has led at just about every level in public education. After a decade of successful site-based leadership, Dr. Dickey served as Assistant Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer of the nation’s eighth largest school district and later as Chief Schools Officer and Chief Academic Officer of a prominent school district in the Southeast. In each case, his leadership resulted in record gains in student outcomes and state assessment scores, as well as significant improvements in organizational effectiveness.