2018 Folio Summer Institute

The 2018 FolioCollaborative Summer Institute

The Folio Summer Institute is a program designed to support and enhance your leadership skills and use of Folio. It's an opportunity to learn from other school leaders and share your experiences. This once-a-year assembly of leaders and teams from our member schools offers everyone a chance to strengthen the Collaborative by teaching and learning from one another.

We are excited to be hosting this year's Institute at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia.

Registration for the 2018 Summer Institute includes:

- All conference materials
- Breakfast on Monday and Tuesday
- Lunch on all 3 days
- Dinner and reception on Sunday and fun off-site dinner Monday

**Please note that the registration price DOES NOT INCLUDE the price of the hotel reservation.**

Group Registrations:

Every year, we hear participants remark that they wish other members of their team could be at the Summer Institute with them. We encourage you to bring a team to the Institute to share the experience and to bring back new ideas to support the Folio work at your school. In order to encourage more team participation, we are offering a group rate when three or more people from the same school register together.

Cancellation of Registrations:

Please send conference registration cancellations via email to outreach@foliocollaborative.org by May 25, 2018. Please note that cancellations submitted after May 25, 2018 will result in a partial refund of the registration cost. Please note that we do accept substitutions, so if someone from your school/organization can attend in your place, please let us know and we will transfer your registration.

**Please note that registration for the Summer Institute is open only to individuals from schools who are members of FolioCollaborative.**

Travel and Hotel Information

Hotel
A discounted room block is available for the 2018 Summer Institute attendees at the Lansdowne Resort. Discounted rates of $169 + tax/night for single rooms and $232 + tax/night for double occupancy rooms will be available for attendees June 23-28, 2018. For guests staying before or after the meeting dates, we are pleased to offer a pre/post room only rate of $209/night based on availability. To qualify for the discounted rate, rooms must be reserved by May 25, 2018.

Reservations can be made online by clicking here.

Parking
Free self-parking is available on-site.

Area Airports
Dulles International Airport (13 miles to hotel)

Transportation to and from Dulles International Airport
Lansdowne Resort provides a paid shuttle service for arriving and departing flights at Dulles International Airport (IAD). The shuttle requires a $35.00 fee PER PERSON each way. The airport shuttle operates from 6:00 a.m. until midnight. Departures from Lansdowne Resort to Dulles Airport will leave every half hour starting at 6:00 a.m. and ending at 11:00 p.m. Departures from the Dulles Airport to Lansdowne Resort will leave every half hour starting at 6:30am and ending at 11:30pm. Reservations MUST be made in advance and can be made when you reserve your hotel room.

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Featured Speakers:

Program

We are designing workshops and other sessions in order to provide a range of activities to enhance the work of growing and developing faculty and staff. Members of the Folio team and school leaders from the Collaborative will be leading these discussions. Recent topics have included goal setting, feedback and observation, coaching, reflective practices, and difficult conversations.

Call for Proposals

What’s your Folio Story? Can you tell it in 5 minutes? Or, do you have an idea for a 1-hour workshop?

If so, we are looking for you. All schools benefit when members share their user experiences, and according to feedback from previous years, these presentations are a Summer Institute highlight. This year, we are seeking two types of proposals at The Summer Institute. One is a quick and engaging 5-minute presentation highlighting your school's unique application of Folio, or a best practice related to faculty growth and evaluation. If you have an idea for a longer workshop, we are excited to provide that opportunity this year. Workshop facilitators will have an opportunity to engage other Folio members around a unique application of Folio or a pivotal faculty growth experience with members of the Collaborative. You may propose more than one session, but please submit separate online applications for each.

You can submit your proposal by clicking here.

Audience: The 2018 Folio Summer Institute audience includes heads of school, administrators, faculty, and staff. Attendees come from Folio schools that serve preschool through 12th grade/PG students.

Deadline for Submission: May 4, 2018.

Attire

No need to wear your best suit or cocktail dress - we want you to be comfortable! Summer business casual is all you need for the Institute.

Social Media

Don't forget to use the hashtag #foliosi18 when tweeting about your time at the Institute! Follow Folio on Twitter: @foliocollab. We will be live-tweeting throughout the whole conference!