Danette Parsley, CEO and one of the owners of Marzano Research, has been selected as the President-Elect of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). She will serve as President-Elect starting in November of 2022 alongside the current President, Jim Spillane. Danette will then serve as President starting in November of 2025 for three years.
ICSEI is a global community collaborating for enhanced quality, equity, and excellence in education, related to school effectiveness and improvement. ICSEI’s members come from more than 50 countries and represent the continents of the world.
“I am honored to have been selected by the ICSEI community to serve as President-Elect alongside incoming president, Jim Spillane. I am passionate about ICSEI’s goals for building an increasingly diverse, inclusive, and representative community and will hold these goals close as we move forward. The coming years hold a tremendous opportunity to expand our progress towards building this community; experiment with fresh and innovative ways to engage and collaborate; and create meaningful opportunities for leaders, both established and new, to guide us into the future. I am excited to be a part of this work.” – Danette Parsley
ICSEI Congress 2023
The next major event for ICSEI will be the Annual Congress 2023 at Vina del Mar, Chile from January 10-13, 2023. This year’s focus will be: EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS LEARNING UNDER CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES: Global Perspectives, Collaboration and Local Solutions for Reimagining Schooling.
The conference will consider three major questions:
- How do we adapt?
- What should we do now?
- How do we ensure student learning and well-being in this context?
About Danette Parsley
Danette brings over two decades of experience leading people and projects to support school systems in pursuing evidence-based change to the company. Under her leadership, staff combine deep content, scientific inquiry, and system improvement expertise with a wealth of practical experience to support partners in improving education systems, practices, and outcomes for all learners. She is passionate about creating conditions for individuals, teams, and organizations to develop and thrive.
An expert in school system improvement, professional learning networks, rural education, research-practice partnerships, and out-of-school-time programs and practices, Danette has led dozens of large-scale projects supporting the efforts of schools, districts, and state education agencies in improving student outcomes. She has presented and published widely on these educational improvement topics.
Danette received a doctorate in organizational change from Pepperdine University and a master’s degree in educational psychology, research, and evaluation methodology, from the University of Colorado at Denver.
