Michael Lubelfeld, Ed.D. Mike currently serves as the superintendent of schools in the Deerfield, IL Public Schools (District 109). Mike is married and is the father of two young children. He lives and works in suburban Chicago. Mike attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, with a minor in criminal justice. He holds a Master of Arts in teaching and Educational Specialist in administration and supervision from National-Louis University. Mike earned his Doctor of Education in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University of Chicago, where his published dissertation was on Effective Instruction in Middle School Social Studies. Mike has had a variety of experiences as an educational professional. He began his educational career as an elementary and middle school teacher, prior to assuming roles of associate principal and principal at the middle school level, and as an assistant superintendent for personnel services (PK-8). He is also on the adjunct faculty at National Louis University in the Department of Educational Leadership. He can be found on Twitter at @mikelubelfeld and he is the co-moderator of #suptchat - the superintendent educational chat on Twitter with Nick Polyak, and he and Polyak co-authored the book The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today (Rowman-Littlefield Publishers).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION,
Presentations, Certifications
American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Superintendent Certification Program (2014-2016)
Illinois School of Advanced Leadership (ISAL) through the IASA and Cardinal Stritch University (Milwaukee, WI) Earned title of Fellow (2012-2014)
2017 - Keynote presenter & breakout presenter EdTechTeam Leadership Symposia (OH, CA)
2016 - Presenter at the IASA State Superintendent Conference - Social Media for Supts.
2016 - Co-facilitator IASA Aspiring Superintendent Academy
2016- Co-Director Legislation for the Lake County Superintendents
2015, 2016, 2017 – Presenter at the AASA National Council in Ed – Social Media for Supts.
2015 – Co-Presenter at Suburban Superintendent Roundtable for Northern Illinoishttp://t.co/x8Ls5Ddg00
2015 – Presenter at IASBO A New Design Frontier for Next Generation Learning
2015 – Panelist Leading for Transformative Change at Tech & Learning Live Chicago
2015 – Presenter at Illinois CTO Summit (Center for Digital Education and the Illinois Educational Technology Leaders (IETL)) Leadership and Vision
2015 – Presentation at Discovery Education Superintendent Digital Transition Symposium in Washington, D.C.Telling Our Story: Innovation in DPS109
2015 Presentations at Joint Annual Conference - Social Media for Superintendents and Effective Building Design
2015 Presenter at Illinois Association of School Administrators Annual Conference
2014-present Co-moderate national/international monthly Twitter chat #suptchat
2011 Illinois ASCD Leadership Institute Presenter – Using Danielson Frameworks
Publications
Bullis B., Filippi J., Lubelfeld M. (2016). I Hear What You’re Saying...And I Respect You. Journal of Scholarship and Practice, Summer 2016/Volume 13. No.2, 44-54.
In Publication: Bullis B., Filippi J., Lubelfeld M. (2017). Managing Up. Principal (NAESP)
Bullis B., Filippi J., Lubelfeld M. (2016). Reimagined NGSS learning spaces: Principals as holistic school improvement leaders. Principal Leadership, 52-54.
Himebaugh G., Lubelfeld M. (2016). Inspiring a Shared Vision. Update, Spring (Leadership Issue), 24-29.
Lubelfeld M. Rev. of Writing Pathways: Performance Assessments and Learning Progressions, by Lucy Calkins.ILASCD Summer Newsletter, Summer 2016, Volume 62, No. 2: 25-27.
Lubelfeld M., Polyak N. (2017). The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today. Lathan, MD: Rowman-Littlefield. -March 2017
Lubelfeld M., Polyak N., Seibert A. (2016). Leaders in Learning Through AASA’s Digital Consortium. School Administrator, February, 32-33.
Other (Memberships, other experiences)
Member:
Suburban Schools Superintendents (SSS)
Illinois & American Association of School Administrators (IASA/AASA,
National Association of School Superintendents (NASS)
Ed Leader 21 Member
Illinois & Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD/ILASCD),
Illinois & American Association of School Business Officials (IASBO),
The Horace Mann League of the USA,
Rotary Club of Deerfield, IL (Secretary 2014-16)
Advisory board member for the Digital Consortium (AASA)
2016 Superintendent Advisory Council - Center for Digital Education
Member Education Advisory Board - Hon. Bob Dold, U.S. Congressman 10th District
Member of Community Advisory Committee on Education – Rep. Scott Drury (IL-58th)
Twitter http://twitter.com/mikelubelfeld
Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Enrolled in intensive Spanish language and Mexican culture classes at the Cuauhnahuac Institute in Cuernavaca, Mexico; lived with Mexican family, 1992
Awards/Recognition
INSPRA video website
NSPRA (National School Public Relations Association) Superintendents to Watch 2015-2016
2016 LifeTouch Memory Mission to the Dominican Republic represented the AASA
NASS (National Assn of School Superintendents) Superintendent of the Year 2015 Finalist
INSPRA (IL Chapter NSPRA) 2014 Distinguished Service Award of Excellence - Superintendent’s Task Force for Middle Level Education
The science labs won the Learning by Design Award for “Outstanding Project” in the Spring of 2016 as well as an Award of Merit in the Exhibition of Educational Environments Awards at the Joint Annual Conference of the Illinois Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Association of School Boards, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials in 2015.
DPS109 Science lab project was featured:
Johnsos, C., Monberg, G. (2015). Built on Value. Update, Fall (Facilties Isssue), 30-33.
Ullman, E. (2016). The Intelligent Use of Space. Tech & Learning Volume 36, Number 5, 34-38.
Received a 1997 Award of Excellence for Caring to Challenge, from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)
Selected to represent Illinois on the Social Studies Teachers’ Study Seminar in Germany, sponsored by the ICSS and the Armonk Institute, 1995
Additional -podcasts and edu talk radio interviews
Quoted in:
Gravel. R.J. (2015). Discover, Acknowledge, Commit: Guidelines for Adopting Administrative Software. School Administrator, December, 44-45.
DPS109 Science lab project was featured:
Johnsos, C., Monberg, G. (2015). Built on Value. Update, Fall (Facilties Isssue), 30-33.
Ullman, E. (2016). The Intelligent Use of Space. Tech & Learning Volume 36, Number 5, 34-38.
Received a 1997 Award of Excellence for Caring to Challenge, from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)
Selected to represent Illinois on the Social Studies Teachers’ Study Seminar in Germany, sponsored by the ICSS and the Armonk Institute, 1995
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