The Invitational Summit is the work of a distinguished group of educational leaders and organizations representing a broad spectrum of stakeholder groups and perspectives.

Summit Chairs

Tom Carroll—President, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF)

Paul Resta—Ruth Knight Millikan Professorship in Instructional Technology and Director, Learning Technology Center, College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin

Steering Committee

Karen Bruett—Senior Director of Marketing and Strategic Alliances, Council of Chief State School Officers

Tom Burnett—National Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Apple Computer, Inc.

Jim Cibulka—President, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)

Chris Dede—Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

Don Knezek—Executive Director, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Gerald Knezek—President, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE)

Keith R. Krueger—CEO, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

Doug Levin—Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA)

Timothy J. Magner—Vice President of Keystone for KC Distance Learning

Kristen McLaughlin—Director, Global Educator Strategy and Programs, Microsoft Corporation

Robert McLaughlin—Professional Educator Preparation Program Approval, New Hampshire Department of Education

Susan Patrick—President and CEO, The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)

David Ritchey—Executive Director, Association of Teacher Educators

Jim Vanides—Worldwide Education Strategy, HP Global Social Investment, Hewlett-Packard

Maria Vasquez—Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives and National Funding, Promethean

Rob Weil—Deputy Director, Educational Issues Department at the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT)

Snow White—Manager, Global Professional Learning Strategy, Dell Inc. and Strategic Council Support, Partnership for 21^st Century Skills (P21)

Teacher education is a complex system. Many contributors are involved, including state legislatures, state certification boards, national and regional accreditation associations, educational professional associations, teacher unions, teacher education institutions, schools, and the federal government.

Most of these stakeholders agree that teacher education needs to change to meet the needs of digital age learners and the challenges of a rapidly changing knowledge and technology-based global society. But diverse policy contexts and a lack of shared vision pose barriers to collaborative action among the stakeholders to affect change. Although there are isolated islands of innovation and excellence in educator professional development, concerted and coordinated action by all stakeholder groups is needed to take them to scale.

Summit Process

Participants will receive a series of brief papers that will frame the context for the Summit. These will be reinforced at the Summit by presentations from speakers addressing key issues and trends related to the need for redefining teacher education for digital age learners. During Summit working sessions, participants will develop a shared vision of where teacher education is today and where it needs to go, and identify ways to address the barriers at the national, state, and institutional levels to achieve the vision.

Summit Products

The Summit findings will be published as a final report, which will summarize the key issues, needs, and barriers, and identify the participants’ major recommendations for policy and action. The report will be distributed to policymakers at the national, state, and institutional level and disseminated through national conferences and publications.

In addition, a book will be published focused on the context and challenges relating to the redefinition of teacher education for digital age learners, along with recommendations for policy and action. The chapter authors will include authors of the framing papers and Summit presenters, as well as other leading experts in the field. The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) will publish the book.