Council of the Great City Schools
Annual Academic, Information Technology and Research Conference
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh PA
“Connecting the Dots”
July 11-14, 2017
Sponsorship Guidelines & Commitment Form

•	Overview: The Council of the Great City Schools is the only national organization exclusively representing the needs of urban public schools. Composed of 70 large city school districts, its mission is to promote the cause of urban schools and to advocate for inner-city students through legislation, research and media relations. The organization also provides a network for school districts sharing common problems to exchange information and to collectively address new challenges as they emerge in order to deliver the best possible education for urban youth.

•	Joint Conference: The focus of this 4-day event will be the interdependence of district departments which includes joint planning on overcoming the organizational, leadership, management and operational issues to help districts improve their ability to meet the academic needs of students and families. Districts’ leaders will also spend time engaged in opportunities to learn from role-alike colleagues from across the country to share current strategies and progress on a number of district management and operational issues.

•	CHECK THE SLOT YOU WISH TO SPONSOR:  OR GO ONLINE TO SIGN UP
PLATINUM LEVEL Sponsors ($10,000 Sponsorship) 
•	Four (4) free registrations
•	Presentations and/or panel discussions in selected sessions
•	Recognized during ONE breakfasts, lunche and/OR receptions as a Platinum Level sponsor including a two (2) minute introduction (No Selling Pitch) on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
•	Recognized via signage, banner, conference program and Council’s annual report
•	Early distribution of attendee's list. (will send list THREE TIMES)
•	Entitled to share information, materials on our resource table
•	Gifts items to attendees inserted in conference bags 
       GOLD LEVEL Sponsors ($7,500 Sponsorship)
•	Three (3) free registrations
•	Presentations and/or panel discussions in selected sessions
•	Recognized via signage, banner, conference program and Council’s annual report
•	Early distribution of attendee's list. (will send list TWICE)
•	Entitled to share information,  materials on our resource table
•	Gifts items to attendees inserted in conference bags 
       SILVER LEVEL Sponsors ($5,000 Sponsorship) 
•	Two (2) free registrations
•	Recognized via signage, banner, conference program and Council’s annual report
•	Early distribution of attendee's list. (will send list ONCE)
•	Entitled to share information materials on our resource table
•	Gifts items to attendees inserted in conference bags 
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Fax to: Terry Tabor, CGCS, Conference Manager / (202) 393-2400
Council of the Great City Schools, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 1100N, Washington, DC 20004     phone: 202-393-2427