"Most Likely to Succeed" Screening and Community Discussion with Executive Producer Ted Dintersmith

The Yale Education Leadership Conferencehas grown to be a nationally recognized forum for education reform. The ELC is an annual two-day conference convening the nation's leaders in education reform. Through panels, networking, conversations, and our workshops, our speakers, attendees, presenters, and keynotes create a community that helps build urgency in working toward student success and system-wide progress.http://yaleeducationconference.com/The Future Projectis a national nonprofit organization inspiring young people to live lives of passion, purpose, power, and possibility.Based in 7 cities and partnered with over 50 schools across the country, The Future Project provides action-based coaching, courses, and culture change initiatives through which students discover their potential and build the mindsets and skillsets to change the world before they graduate high school.www.thefutureproject.orgThe Educators for Progress, Innovation and Collaboration (EPIC) Forumis an active group of New Haven educators committed to the creation and promotion of forward-thinking, responsive educational institutions. EPIC Forum realizes innovation in education by applying best practices from the finest thinkers in the field. In many cases, these are our fellow innovative educators! We have spent the past four years meeting twice monthly outside of school time to schieve our state Mission:1.) To open up space for conversations that promote innovation in education at all levels: classroom, school, district and beyond;2.) To inspire people to question their fundamental assumptions about education;3.) To support teacher-to-teacher professional development.We host numerous opportunities for teachers to learn from one another at teacher-led, teacher-created professional learning sessions throughout the school year. To date, we have held over a hundred sessions at 14 events with 1000+ New Haven teachers in attendance. We are pushing to change policy and opportunities in New Haven so that teacher leadership and empowerment become the norm, rather than the exception, which leads to improve retention of the best teachers and better instruction for students. Our other focus is on changing the structure of school to allow for creative implementation of new models of not only teacher leadership but also innovative classroom, grade and subject configurations in order to better serve the needs of the 21st century. We want New Haven to become a hub of innovative practice as a result of these changes.http://epicforum.net/New Haven Public Schoolsbelieves in the power of education to transform lives and give all kids -- regardless of where they live or what school they attend -- a chance to rise to success, to learn and grow and pursue their dreams.http://www.nhps.net/

The Yale Education Leadership Conference, The Future Project, The Educators for Progress, Innovation and Collaboration (EPIC) Forum, & New Haven Public Schools

The Yale Education Leadership Conference, The Future Project, Educators for Progress, Innovation and Collaboration (EPIC) Forum, and New Haven Public Schools are pleased to present a special screening of the highly acclaimed education documentary film, <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://mltsfilm.org/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Most Likely to Succeed</A> with executive producer Ted Dintersmith.
Following the screening, we invite you to join Most Likely To Succeed's executive producer Ted Dintersmith and New Haven's Educators for Progress, Innovation, and Collaboration (EPIC) Forum founder, David Low, for a discussion on innovations happening in New Haven and across the country - and how to deepen innovation in our classrooms, our schools, and our city.
 
ABOUT THE FILM
Most Likely to Succeed premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, has been featured in over two dozen top film festivals, and screened in over 1,000 communities across the country since September. It has been named “among the best edu-documentaries ever produced” by Education Week, and called a “smart and engaging look at education in the 21st century” by The Hollywood Reporter.
Our school system was designed in 1893. The feature-length documentary Most Likely to Succeed examines the history of education in the United States, revealing the growing shortcomings of conventional education methods in today's innovative world.
The film explores compelling new approaches that revolutionize teaching as we know it. After seeing the film, the way you think about "school" will never be the same and you will leave inspired about the future of education in our country.
 
EVENT DETAILS
7:30PM - Meet &amp; Greet/Networking
8:00PM - Special Film Screening - Most Likely to Succeed
9:30PM - Q&A/Discussion with Executive Producer, Ted Dintersmith and Educators for Progress, Innovation, and Collaboration (EPIC) Forum founder, David Low
 
FILM INFORMATION
Year: 2015
Length: 81 minutes
Language: English
Website: http://mltsfilm.org