Education Summit II

Friday, April 23, 2004

Planners assembled for the second part of the Planning Education Summit at the APA conference leadership meetings. This second in a series of three summits originated with the initial summit on September 11, 2003. The purpose is to explore the direction of planning education over the next five years. A third, concluding summit will take place in Portland, Oregon, at the fall APA leadership and ACSP conference.

Materials for Education Summit II

• Recommendations of the Education Summit Task Force (pdf)

• Report of the September 11, 2003 Summit (pdf)

• Agenda and Exercises for Summit II

• Additional Information and Links

• Background materials from Education Summit I

Education Summit I

An unprecedented daylong Education Summit of planning leaders was held September 11, 2003, in Chicago. The meeting brought together representatives of the American Planning Association, the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB), and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP).

The summit was convened prior to the APA Fall Leadership Conference to explore the direction of planning education over the next five years. A white paper on the outcomes is planned.

Planning Accreditation Board Chair Frederick Steiner (pictured at left), dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, University of Texas at Austin, was the summit keynote speaker. (Click here for his address.)

APA was represented by members of the APA Board of Directors and AICP Commission, Divisions Council, Chapter Presidents Council, Professional Development Officers, and members of the APA Student Representatives Council executive committee.

The Education Summit was designed to answer the following questions:

• Why is education important to APA and to planners?
• What is our organization trying to accomplish with its planning education program?
• What are the standards for planning education?
• What topic areas are not being addressed, and how can APA address them?
• Where do we want our planning education program to be in five years?

The agenda for the summit allowed attendees to examine these issues through presentations and exercises, as well as through the review of background materials.

Click below to access the following resources:

Summit I Event

Education Summit keynote address

Education Summit agenda

Education Plan 2000 (pdf)

PowerPoint presentation on background to Education Plan 2000

PowerPoint presentation on setting education standards

Members of Education Summit Task Group

Background Information

Assessing Specialization and Skills Demand (pdf)

Resources for Continuing Education