Friday, April 6th - Sunday, April 8th, 2018
The Bolger Center 
9600 Newbridge Drive, Potomac MD 20854
BWI and DCA airports are convenient to The Bolger Center
This professional development retreat is designed specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming educators and administrators.  The weekend will be an exploration of how our identities impact and enhance our roles in education and will sharpen our tools for engaging with students and colleagues as our nation has critical conversations about our place at the table.  We will share our stories and gather our wisdom for navigating our call to educational leadership.  What does it mean to be an LGBTQ educator in a questionable world?  Let's look for answers together. 

Retreat Faculty

 John Gentile
Co-Director of the Office of Identity, Culture,
​and Institutional Equity, Horace Mann School
​Principal Consultant, The Glasgow Group 
​
Rodney Glasgow
​Head of Middle School and Chief Diversity Officer,
​St. Andrew's Episcopal School
President, The Glasgow Group

Featured Speaker

Alexandra Scott
"Leading: A Trans Life" 
Alexandra Scott has served independent education for 30 years as a school head, teacher, coach, Academic Dean and counselor. She has been  the Director of Development at the National Center for Transgender Equality, a leader in the emerging transgender movement, educational consultant, blogger and author of Prep School Transgender, an article published in the summer 2014 issue of Independent School magazine and the Leadership column in the spring 2016 issue of The Yield magazine (SSATB).  Alex is a graduate of The Sidwell Friends School, has a B.A. from Hiram College and a Masters of Divinity and a Masters of Theology from Duke University. In addition to her experience as a school leader and teacher, she was a certified school counselor and highly successful tennis and basketball coach.

Schedule 

All events will take place at the Bolger Center, 9600 Newbridge Drive, Potomac MD, 20854
Friday, April 6th, 2018
6pm-7:30pm - Opening Dinner
7:30pm - 9:30pm - Call to Order - What does it mean to be an LGBTQ educator today? 
9:30pm-11:00pm - Call to Fellowship - Happy Hour at the Pony Express

Saturday, April 7th, 2018
7:00am-9:00am - Breakfast available 
9:00am - 12:00pm - Sharpening Our Skills for Educating and Leading
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch 
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Featured Session with Alexandra Scott - Leading: A Trans Life
2:30pm - 5:30pm - Sharing Our Stories and Collective Wisdom
5:30pm - 7:00pm - Dinner
7:00pm - 10:00pm - Doing Our Work in an Age of Resistance

Sunday, April 8th, 2018
9:00am - 12:00pm - Fellowship Brunch and Closing Session 

Registration