75th Symposium

Many staff, parents, and alumni attended Summit's 75th Anniversary Symposium and heard three highly informative, thought-provoking speakers: Robert Pianta, Jordan Kerner, and Michael Ebeling. We wanted to make these talks available to a larger audience of people who might not have been able to attend. These videos are all in QuickTime, so if you are unable to view them, you may need to download the latest version of the software (click here). The file sizes are rather large because all talks ran longer than an hour. Dr. Ebeling's talk relied heavily on projected graphics, so in an effort to preserve these, the display is larger. As a result, we needed to split his talk into several segments.

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Dr. Michael Ebeling, Head of Lower School, Director of Teaching and Learning, Mary Institute & St. Louis Country Day School and incoming Head of Summit School, addresses parents, staff, and alumni for the 75th Anniversary Symposium on Education in the 21st Century. (This video runs 14 minutes. It's a 103 mb file.)

Jordan Kerner, Dean of NCSA School of Filmmaking (and Summit parent), addresses parents, staff, and alumni for the 75th Anniversary Symposium on Education in the 21st Century. (This video runs an hour and 8 minutes. It's an 80 mb file.)

Lecture by Dr. Robert C. Pianta, Dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, Novartis US Foundation Professor of Education and Professor in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Pianta has been involved in developing observational assessments of classrooms and observationally-based systems for professional development. (This video runs an hour and 20 minutes and is 90 mb.)