Destination Graduation Summit

 

Please Join Us: Business, Economic Development, Nonprofit, Education and Government Leaders Please join the Greater Des Moines Partnership and United Way of Central Iowa, in collaboration with GradNation, for the Excellence in Education: Destination Graduation Summit to explore ways business, education, community leaders, legislators, nonprofits and others can support our students by providing a strong career pathway for future success. The purpose of the day will be to engage in conversations and develop partnerships about how we all play a role in providing students with the skills needed to be successful in their lives beyond the K-12 setting. Central Iowa has been successful in increasing our community's high school graduation rate, but there are still significant segments of our population in which critical disparities exist.  At the Summit we will:                                    Gain shared understanding of educational barriers that exist, especially for children from low-income families Explore more ways businesses can connect and partner with education Explore the connection between early grade reading and high school success Showcase successful initiatives in Iowa schools Your leadership and vision can help us to define what we as a community can do to help our students and their families make graduation their destination and increase our talent pipeline by developing the right talent to meet workforce needs.

Wednesday, April 6 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Airport Holiday Inn Conference Center 6111 Fleur Drive, Des Moines CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Lunch Provided, No Registration Fee Keynote Speaker: Brandon Busteed, Gallup Education Brandon Busteed, Executive Director of Education and Workforce Development, leads Gallup’s nationwide education work. His career spans a wide range of important work in education as an educational entrepreneur, speaker, writer and university trustee. Brandon’s work integrates Gallup’s research and science on talent selection, strengths, engagement and well-being to improve student success, teacher effectiveness and educational outcomes. His mission is to create a national movement to measure the educational outcomes that matter most, connect education to jobs and job creation and promote a paradigm shift from knowledge mastery to emotional engagement in education. An internationally known speaker and author on education policy, Brandon has written frequently for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Trusteeship Magazine, The Huffington Post, Fast Company and other publications. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today and on NPR and the NBC News “TODAY” show, among others. .