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2023 Urban School Leaders' Gathering: Flourishing in the City

Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte/Concord, Concord, NC  
Thursday, June 22, 2023 - Friday, June 23, 2023   iCalendar Eastern Standard Time


Whether you join the Flourishing Schools Institute June 20-22 or not, ACSI and Spreading Hope Network invite you to a retreat gathering of current or emerging school leaders and teachers serving an urban school environment.

This engaging time will cover three topics:

  • The Leader and Teacher’s Purpose
  • The Leader and Teacher as Steward
  • The Leader and Teacher as Servant

The aim of the time is fellowship, refreshment, and strategic consultation on issues you are facing. The heart of our time together will be small group “Consultancy Sessions” to help you gather insight from fellow leaders and teachers on a practical or strategic issue you are facing in your school. Our prayer is that each leader and teacher will leave with renewed zeal, deepened insights, and new peers to reach out to in the future.

Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte/Concord  

5400 John Q Hammons Drive NW
Concord, NC 28027, US
704-455-8200

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Who: School leaders and teachers currently serving or interested
in serving significant socio economic and ethnic diversity in city centers
When: Thursday, June 22, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Friday, June 23, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m
Where: Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord Golf Resort & Spa, 5400 John Q. Hammons Drive NW, Concord, North Carolina 28027
Cost: $169 (including Thursday dinner and Friday breakfast and lunch). Please note food allergies when you register.

Hotel reservations can be made at the Embassy Suites Hotel using the ACSI Discount Code/Rate by clicking this link: Hotel Reservation

Retreat Schedule

Thursday, June 22nd
2:30 p.m. Optional School Visit
4:30-7:30 p.m. Plenary - “The Leader’s Purpose”

Friday, June 23rd
8:00-8:45 a.m. Breakfast
9:00-12:30 p.m. Consultancy Sessions (Breakouts) - "The Leader as Steward"
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30-3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion - "The Leader as Servant"
3:00 p.m. Closing Benediction and Prayer