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Pre-Convention Workshops Enhance Your JourneyImportantGain in-depth knowledge from the experts, practical ideas to implement, and answers to your questions by attending a pre-Convention workshop. The individual fee to attend a pre-Convention workshop is noted with each session listing. The workshop fee does not include lunch. Pre-Convention workshop fees are in addition to the NASSP Convention registration fee and must be paid at the same time. You will not be able to register for a pre-Convention workshop on site. Note: Please allow 10-15 working days to receive a written confirmation of your Convention and workshop registration. If a workshop is oversubscribed or canceled, notification will be sent to those registered. A refund of the workshop fee will be sent after the Convention. To register for a pre-Convention workshop of your choice, simply complete the appropriate information included on the Registration and Ticketed Events Payment Form. Remember: The workshop fee must be included with your Convention registration fee. 1 - The Aftermath of Standardized Testing: What Should I Do Now?Friday, February 21 This workshop is designed for principals who want a clearer picture of how to provide leadership in the face of standards-based assessments and the data that emerges for consideration. The goal is to provide a picture of best practices, including concrete steps that can be implemented in the learning community. Participants will look at clear answers to such practical questions as:
Workshop Presenter Rick Shelley, Resident Practitioner for Testing and Assessment, NASSP, Reston, VA 2 - Instructional Leadership: The Key to Higher Student AchievementFriday, February 21 How have successful school leaders changed their school's curriculum, instruction, and overall attitude about what students can do to improve student achievement? Gene Bottoms, founding director of the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) High Schools That Work (HSTW), will draw from lessons learned over the past 15 years with the HSTW network to present the big picture about what matters the most in improving high school students' achievement. HSTW, one of the nation's largest secondary school reform efforts, focuses on teaching to all students what has been historically offered only to the "best" students. The session will provide information about critical leadership practices that support significant levels of improving the curriculum, instruction, and student achievement. Principals and teacher leaders will gain information about these practices, examine their own level of use, and consider how they might become more expert through professional development. Bottoms will then be joined by school administrators from successful high schools in a panel discussion about their schools and what they did to lead their high school improvement efforts. In the afternoon, Kathy O'Neill, director of the SREB Leadership Initiative, will lead a discussion about the latest research on instructional leadership and how universities and state academies are changing the way they prepare and develop leaders. Workshop participants will be sent a benchmarking document in advance so they may collect the necessary data from their high school to establish baseline data on key indicators regarding curriculum and instruction, and student expectations. In the afternoon, participants will break into small groups to discuss each indicator and specify targets for change on which to focus for the next three to four years. They will identify actions they can take with their faculty members to change what students are taught, how they are taught, and what is expected of them. Workshop Presenters Gene Bottoms, Senior Vice President, Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA Kevin Burr, Principal, Garden City High School, Garden City, KS Egle Gallagher, Principal, Stranahan High School, Fort Lauderdale, FL Kathy O'Neill, Director, Leadership Initiative, Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA 3 - What Great Principals Do Differently: 15 Things That Matter MostFriday, February 21 What are the specific qualities and practices of great principals that elevate them above the rest? This workshop will reveal what the most effective principals do differently than their colleagues. Blending school-centered studies and experience working with hundreds of administrators, Todd Whitaker, professor Indiana State University, will focus on 15 things that the most successful principals do and that other principals do not. Participants will leave knowing what great principals do differently, why these practices make them more effective, and how to immediately implement each of these same practices into their school. Workshop Presenter Todd Whitaker, Author, Lecturer, and Professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 4 - Leadership for Personal LearningFriday, February 21 All learning is personal. When Breaking Ranks suggested that high schools must become more personalized in what they do, it is usually interpreted as changing the climate and culture of the school to be more welcoming to students. While this is undoubtedly true, it is equally imperative that schools move beyond the creation of a personalized culture at the school and to strive to achieve personal learning. A team from the Education Alliance at Brown University will demonstrate strategies and tools that high school principals are using in their quest to increase the personal learning that is taking place in their school. Participants will learn the theory behind these practices, engage in valuable exchange with their peers, and hear from principals who are putting these theories into practice. Divided into three parts, the workshop will focus on:
Workshop Presenters Joseph A. DiMartino, Director, Student Centered Learning Initiative, Education Alliance, Brown University, Providence, RI Ann Papagiotas, Principal, North Reading High School, North Reading, MA Mike Rooney, Principal, Gateway High School, Huntington, MA Patti Smith, Assistant Director, Student Centered Learning Initiative, Education Alliance, Brown University, Providence, RI Middle Level Long Conference5 - Leadership for High-Performing Middle SchoolsFriday, February 21 Middle schools are confronted with demands for more rigorous curriculum, increased accountability, and greater responsiveness to student and parent needs. This workshop will involve participants in examining and refining specific strategies schools use to engage the school staff and community members in school improvement, enhance curricular rigor, and begin systematic, schoolwide initiatives to meet high academic standards and raise student achievement. Participants will work to adapt these strategies for use at their own schools. Each participant will leave the workshop with materials necessary to design a "comprehensive achievement plan" that will positively impact student achievement for several years, and develop the ability to:
Workshop Presenters J. Howard Johnston, Professor, Department of Secondary Curriculum, University of South Florida, Temple Terrace, FL Jerry Valentine, Professor and Director, Middle Level Leadership Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Ron Williamson, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Eastern Michigan University, Saline, MI 6 - The Transition PrincipalFriday, February 21 Principals of schools with students between the ages of 10 and 14 face exciting challenges. Regardless of their school's grade configuration, principals who are responsible for students in the "transition" years have specialized needs. In this afternoon workshop, participants will discuss the specifics of middle level leadership. Topics include raising early adolescents' motivation to learn and achieve; leadership skills that matter most; and the middle level principal's role in curriculum, assessment, and instruction. The session will include lecture, video, text-based discussion of aspects of This We Believe and Now We Must Act, and ample time for sharing procedural and technical strategies. Workshop Presenter Carol Spencer, Director, Best Practice Designs; and East Region Trustee, National Middle School Association, Addison, VT 7 - Educational Leadership: New Challenges for a New CenturyFriday, February 21
Being an effective school leader has never been more challenging than it is today. To address that challenge, the need for greater cooperation and understanding between K-12 education and higher education is evident. This workshop, coordinated by the NASSP Task Force on Principal Preparation, the Educational Leadership Constituent Council, and the Educational Leadership Department at San Diego State University, will connect principal preparation with practice. Students in principal preparation programs, professors who prepare school leaders, new school administrators, and veteran principals interested in moving into a university position will all find that this session has something for them. This workshop is divided into two phases so that participants can choose the content that is most appropriate to their interest. The fee schedule for this workshop will allow attendance at both the morning and afternoon sections, or attendance at just one section (see related fees above.) Part I, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Understanding the New NCATE/ELCC Standards for Educational Leadership Programs During the morning session, participants will discuss the new Standards for Advanced Programs in Educational Leadership approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in January 2002 for departments of educational administration going through the NCATE accreditation process. The new standards become effective for all educational leadership programs beginning spring 2003. They are a composite of the old Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) guidelines, the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards, and the new NCATE 2000 assessment model. Workshop participants will learn how the standards were developed, the differences between the standards for school building leadership and school district leadership, and how the review of educational leadership programs fits into the overall NCATE accreditation process. Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to interpret the different components of the new standards and the type and amount of performance assessment required by this new system. Workshop Presenter Honor Fede, Program Coordinator, Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC), Reston, VA Part II, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Forum on Issues and Challenges in Principal/Leadership Preparation The afternoon session will address a variety of topics from multiple perspectives. The format will include panel discussions and presentations on such topics as "Politicization of the Principalship," "Doing More With Less and Enjoying It," and "What the Job Is Really Like: Perspectives of New Practicing Principals." Participants in this workshop will leave with a better understanding of the new standards for principals and principal preparation programs, the issues facing current school leaders, the new expectations and realities of school leadership, and how principals and principal preparation are connected. This workshop will help new principals put their jobs in perspective and help students in principal preparation programs gain new insights into the principalship. It will link the work of preparation with the work of practice for professors and principals who aspire to become professors. Workshop Presenters Lionel "Skip" Meno, Dean, College of Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Larry E. Frase, Professor and Chair, Educational Leadership Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Margaret R. Basom, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Carolyn J. Downey, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Lenoar Foster, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Raymond E. Latta, Professor, Educational Leadership Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Linda Orozco, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, California State University, Fullerton, CA William F. Streshly, Professor, Educational Leadership Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Diane M. Yerkes, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Other university leadership and faculty representatives from San Diego area universities and other school administrators from Southern California may also participate. Any Questions? Call 800-253-7746. |