Pre-register for our 2025 Convening in Nashville, TN, where we’ll continue the celebration of our community’s work to support, promote, and expand school integration.
Appetizers and drinks available. Join us for community-building and welcome.
Convening
9:00am to 6:00pm
Room: Broadway Ballroom 1-2
Join us for a whole group keynote, topical breakouts, workshops, and networking led by members and experts, and the closing reception.
Optional School Visits
8:00am to 12:00pm
At Nashville-area DCSC member schools
Join us for school visits to Nashville-area DCSC member schools. See your School Visit Options.
School Visit Options
To better coordinate school visits and ensure a meaningful experience, visits this year are optional and available to those who purchase an additional $75 ticket. Tickets are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. If your preferred school visit is full, join the waitlist and register for another visit in the interim. If space becomes available, we will email those on the waitlist.
Aventura Community School (K-2 , growing to K-8)
Bilingual, project-based school with a focus on global competence
Tennessee Nature Academy (5-7, growing to 5-12)
nature-based school that supports students’ academic success, builds social and community connections, and promotes well-being
Nashville Classical (K-8)
College prep, classical curriculum built upon a joy of learning, a diverse community, and shared core values
Valor Collegiate: College Prep (9-12)
Intentionally diverse school that seamlessly integrates college-ready academics with comprehensive human development
Valor Collegiate: Flagship & Voyager (5-8)
Intentionally diverse school that seamlessly integrates college-ready academics with comprehensive human development
Aventura Community School (K-2 , growing to K-8)
Bilingual, project-based school with a focus on global competence
Nashville Classical (K-8)
College prep, classical curriculum built upon a joy of learning, a diverse community, and shared core values
Tennessee Nature Academy (5-7,growing 5-12)
nature-based school that supports students’ academic success, builds social and community connections, and promotes well-being
Valor Collegiate: College Prep (9-12)
Intentionally diverse school that seamlessly integrates college-ready academics with comprehensive human development
Valor Collegiate: Flagship & Voyager (5-8)
Intentionally diverse school that seamlessly integrates college-ready academics with comprehensive human development
We are thrilled to announce the keynote speaker for Convening 2024, Dr. Pedro Noguera. Dr. Noguera is one of the nation’s leading scholars on race, inequality, and education issues. Prior to coming to USC to serve as the Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean of the Rossier School of Education, he served as a Professor of Education and holder of endowed chairs at UCLA, NYU, Harvard University, and the University of California, Berkeley.
DCSC honors a member school or school network that has embodied our mission through our Member of the Year Award. Our MoY will reflect our commitment to integration, inclusion, and anti-racism, and this year will be chosen through the votes of active members. Please review the nomination forms below. Members will be able to vote as part of their registration procress for the convening.
A registrant can receive a 100% refund up to December 31, 2023.
A registrant can receive a 50% refund up to January 12, 2024.
No refunds will be given after January 13, 2024.*
Group discounts are available through the Whova platform “Group Ticket” option for groups of 4 or more.
*If you cannot join us because of a COVID-19-related illness, we will work with you to provide a refund.
Can I register on-site?
No, there will be no on-site registration. The last day to register was January 24, 2022.
Are there sponsorship opportunities?
Yes! Reach out to info@diversecharters.org to learn about how you can support this important work.
Influencers from DCSC member schools and networks, partners from the field and prospective members should attend the DCSC 2022 Convening.
We are intentionally using the term “influencer” to be inclusive to both formal titles (Principal, ED, CEO) and additional key leaders across school sites and network teams who may lead Diversity, Equity and Inclusive (DEI) school and network-wide efforts in your context. We suggest more than one representative from each school (and/or network) because there will be moments in the convening when attendees will be asked to develop next steps to bring back to their schools/orgs and believe this is best done in teams.
True to our name, we aim to welcome a diverse group of participants to our virtual gathering. Thank you for including all dimensions of this term when considering attending.
Arrange your travel to KC. Programming for the convening starts at 12 CT on Thursday Jan 26. (If you are in the UnifiED Explorers or Communities of Practice program you will need to arrive earlier in the week)
Once we release our full agenda, you will be able to pre-register for sessions! Using the same email you registered with sign into our convening platform (web or mobile!), look through the agenda and pre-register for the sessions you would like to attend.
Are there registration discounts?
Yes!
The first 50 people to register get 20% off by using the code: 1st50
CoP Participants recieve 20% off by using the code: dcsc2023-cop
UnifiED Explorers and Fellows receive free registration by using the code: dcscunified
Any group of 3 or more can recieve a 20% discount by using the “Group Ticket” option in Whova.
Reach out to events@diversecharters.org if you have questions.
Is there a discount hotel block available?
Yes! We are pleased to provide a discount room rate at the lovely Intercontinental KC hotel. This hotel is very close to the conference venue and DCSC will be providing a shuttle service back and forth to the convening for attendees during the chilly January mornings and afternoons.
The room block is first come, first served and will be available until Friday, January 6, 2024.
How do I book my hotel with the discount room block?
The room block is first come, first served and will be available until Friday, January 6, 2024.
How do I vote for Member of the Year?
Votes are submitted as part of registration for the 2024 Annual Convening (one can only vote if ‘Member’ is selected during registration). Voting for MoY closes on January 13.
Votes from all DCSC member schools and networks will be weighted so that each member organization has one vote.
Yes! Parking is free of charge and located on the north side of the Kauffman Center building. Please enter through the right-hand set of doors for the Conference Center.
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Will there be school visits?
Yes! DCSC member schools will host attendees. Once we release the full convening schedule, you can reserve your slot through the WHOVA app. School visits spots are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Transportation will be provided to the schools from the Kauffman Center. Here are the school options (with grades served in parentheses):
