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Scott Hartl is the President and CEO of Expeditionary Learning Schools (ELS). ELS works with over 140 K-12 schools, serving over 40,000 students and 4,000 teachers, primarily in urban areas, in 26 states and the District of Columbia. The ELS model is distinct for its active, inquiry-based approach to instruction and its strong focus on professional development for both teachers and school leaders.

Scott was founding principal of an Expeditionary Learning pilot middle school in Boston, called The Harbor School, between 1997 and 2002. Scott has also worked in a variety of roles within ELS over the last 15 years – including School Coach, Regional Director, Director of Research and Evaluation, and Director of Strategic Planning and Partnerships – before taking on the role of President and CEO.

Scott is a graduate of Marlboro College and Union University. He completed his administrative certification through the Massachusetts Elementary Schools Principals Association. Scott lives outside of Amherst, Massachusetts where he is the proud father of three young children.

Keynote Address

There is growing consensus that preparing our students for the demands of 21st century work and college readiness requires holding schools accountable for more than just test performance. Expeditionary Learning Schools (ELS) offers compelling testimony that school success includes, but cannot be limited to, strong achievement on high stakes tests. The best ELS schools post strong – sometimes spectacular – results on traditional measures of student achievement, such as standardized state assessments and college placement rates. ELS schools also make it quickly evident that student success goes much deeper than these measures alone can capture.

ELS is a leader in providing teachers with the resources and training they need to help their students master skills such as critical thinking, self-direction, and creating products with real-world applications. ELS is engaged in the rigorous examination of its impact on test scores and is creating credible assessment tools and methodology to measure the following two critically important areas of 21st century readiness:

Character, motivation, and engagement indicators that include students’ habits of performance and relational character; motivation to learn as evidenced by high expectations, ability to self-manage, and connectedness to school; and their engagement with learning.
Creating and presenting high quality products and performances that demonstrate the real world competencies called for by the 21st Century Skills Movement, the TIMMS reports, and other well established standards of readiness for real-world challenges.

Scott will share ELS’s emerging methodologies for measuring school success in each of these areas and will share student work from ELS schools that is representative of our pursuit of these goals.


About the Summit Overview Agenda Speakers Tourism Archives Join Us Registration Lodging Transportation Contact Us	Scott Hartl, CEO and President of Expeditionary Learning, Outward Bound Scott Hartl is the President and CEO of Expeditionary Learning Schools (ELS). ELS works with over 140 K-12 schools, serving over 40,000 students and 4,000 teachers, primarily in urban areas, in 26 states and the District of Columbia. The ELS model is distinct for its active, inquiry-based approach to instruction and its strong focus on professional development for both teachers and school leaders. Scott was founding principal of an Expeditionary Learning pilot middle school in Boston, called The Harbor School, between 1997 and 2002. Scott has also worked in a variety of roles within ELS over the last 15 years – including School Coach, Regional Director, Director of Research and Evaluation, and Director of Strategic Planning and Partnerships – before taking on the role of President and CEO. Scott is a graduate of Marlboro College and Union University. He completed his administrative certification through the Massachusetts Elementary Schools Principals Association. Scott lives outside of Amherst, Massachusetts where he is the proud father of three young children. Keynote Address There is growing consensus that preparing our students for the demands of 21st century work and college readiness requires holding schools accountable for more than just test performance. Expeditionary Learning Schools (ELS) offers compelling testimony that school success includes, but cannot be limited to, strong achievement on high stakes tests. The best ELS schools post strong – sometimes spectacular – results on traditional measures of student achievement, such as standardized state assessments and college placement rates. ELS schools also make it quickly evident that student success goes much deeper than these measures alone can capture. ELS is a leader in providing teachers with the resources and training they need to help their students master skills such as critical thinking, self-direction, and creating products with real-world applications. ELS is engaged in the rigorous examination of its impact on test scores and is creating credible assessment tools and methodology to measure the following two critically important areas of 21st century readiness: Character, motivation, and engagement indicators that include students’ habits of performance and relational character; motivation to learn as evidenced by high expectations, ability to self-manage, and connectedness to school; and their engagement with learning. Creating and presenting high quality products and performances that demonstrate the real world competencies called for by the 21st Century Skills Movement, the TIMMS reports, and other well established standards of readiness for real-world challenges. Scott will share ELS’s emerging methodologies for measuring school success in each of these areas and will share student work from ELS schools that is representative of our pursuit of these goals.