The Summer Institute is one of NNER’s annual experiences that support educators and community leaders.The Summer Institute combines the here-and-now of school-university-community partnership work and the larger framework and long-range/historical perspective of the National Network for Educational Renewal. The Institute furthers the network of professional connections and friendships across NNER with the intention of deepening our partnership among each other as well as our local settings. 

The Summer Institute is even more timely as we consider and discuss our sense of urgency, how we re-open schools, how school-university partnerships are navigating distance education, and the inequitable digital divide across the country. The Institute also offers an opportunity to continue to reimagine ourselves--as an organization and member settings. 

UPDATE: We will now offer ONE Institute and support participants in breakout groups intended to engage indivdiuals at two different levels:

• Newcomer/Renew: This Institute is designed for participants that are new to the concepts, principles of school-university partnerships, and history of NNER. This Institute is also open to all NNER member settings as well as universities, school districts, and community organizations that are not designated NNER member settings. 
• Deepen/Practitioner: This Institute is designed for participants who are more familiar with NNER concepts, principles, and history of NNER and are looking to engage intentionally around decision-making, action, and evaluation processes related to advancing the Agenda for Education in a Democracy. This Institute is exclusive to NNER membership settings.

When purchasing tickets, please select which ticket type would best support your learning needs. We will make these accommodations in our breakout rooms/labs. Below is the daily schedule:

• Monday, July 27th - 10:30am-3:30pm EST
• Tuesday, July 28th - 10:30am-3:30pm EST
• Wednesday, July 29th - 10:30am-3:30pm EST
• Thursday, July 30th - 10:30am-3:30pm EST
• Friday, July 31st - 10:30am-12:30pm EST (Keynote and closing)