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Ten assembly speakers focus
on leadership issues at Institute
Principals attending the 2006
Summer Leadership Institute will be able be choose from
10 Assembly speakers among the 35 program events when they
gather
July 10-13 at the JW
Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa.
Assembly
sessions range from literacy, to working with parents,
to small learning communities, to leadership skills.
The
Assemblies are:
Developing
and Enhancing Leadership Skills for Raising Achievement
and Closing Gaps by Marvin R. Pittman, director, division
of school improvement, North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction. This session will focus on promising practices
that high school principals can implement to raise achievement
for all students, including high-performing youngsters,
and close achievement gaps for ethnic minority and low
socio-economic students. Pittman, who returns to the Summer
Institute as a presenter, is a former teacher, principal
and administrator in North Carolina schools.
Breaking
Barriers: Concrete Tools for Working with Students in Poverty led by Donna Beegle, president, Communication Across Barriers.
After growing up in generational poverty, Beegle has devoted
her life working with people from poverty backgrounds.
She has taught speech communications at the college level,
helped to develop programs to increase graduation rates
of students from poverty backgrounds, and written and spoken
on strategies to assist people from poverty backgrounds.
In her session, Beegle will address how to engage and educate
children living in poverty especially in light of Leave
No Child Behind legislation.
The
Courage to Lead by Glenn Singleton, founder and executive
director, Pacific Educational Group. In this session Singleton
will call upon school leaders to address an institutional
challenge facing underserved students of color populations.
He cites the racial achievement gap and believes there
is a corresponding lack of passion, practice and persistence
on the part of educators to focus on eliminating it. Singleton’s
company addresses systematic issues of educational inequity
by providing guidance to districts. An adjunct professor
of educational leadership at San Jose State University,
he has received the Eugene T. Carothers Human Relations
Award from the National School Public Relations Association,
written the book Courageous Conversations About Race: A
Strategy for Achieving Equity in Schools, and appeared
on “Good Morning America.”
Using
the Resiliency Model to Build Parent Leadership by Donna Williams, chairperson, Strive to Excel
Board, Hilton Head and Bluffton High Schools. Williams will
discuss her model to empower parents to become leaders in
their family’s life and, thus, supportive of their
child’s academic success in high school. A former high
school principal in Chicago and South Carolina, Williams
emphasized parental developmental and participation in every
aspect of the instructional program. She received the Chicago
Board of Education’s Outstanding Leadership Award,
was named Principal of the Year by Phi Delta Kappa in Chicago,
and was selected “Hero in Education” by Indigo
Magazine.
Literacy Leadership by Rosemarye Taylor, associate
professor of educational leadership, University of Central
Florida. Taylor will recommend to principals a fail-safe
literacy system they can create in their schools. A former
high school and district office administrator, she also was
director of professional development for Scholastic, Inc.
Taylor has led research, design and implementation of the
Orange County Literacy program that has successfully impacted
thousands of students, teachers and administrators.
Building a Foundation
or Small Learning Communities by Pam Robbins, Robbins and Associates. Robbins will discuss
what small learning communities are, how they function, and
why research indicates schools that function as small learning
communities are four times more likely to be improving academic
achievement. She consults internationally on brain research,
quality teaching, emotional intelligence, instructional strategies
for block scheduling, and developing professional learning
communities, among other topics.
Effective Mindsets for
Resilient Leadership by Ernie Mendes, a former classroom teacher and psychotherapist
who now is a consultant on effective teaching, the needs
of adolescents, and interpersonal effectiveness among other
topics. He founded S4 (Summer Super Skills Seminar), a three-day
program to teach adolescents learning skills and social-emotional
skills. His session will deal with such questions as what
makes some leaders more resilient and effective than others,
how to develop leadership resiliency, what happens when people
focus on strengths instead of weaknesses, and how can leaders
experience a sense of accomplishment on a regular basis.
Survival Skills for
the First Year Principal by Dudley E. Flood. One of the most popular Institute speakers,
Flood returns to discuss leadership skills and present a
self assessment activity through which one may become more
aware of his or her strengths. A former high school teacher
and principal of a 1-12 school, Flood worked at the North
Carolina Department of Public Instruction where he attained
the position of association state superintendent. He also
was executive director of the North Carolina Association
of School Administrators for five years.
Brain Power by Deborah Estes,
founder of Estes, Group, Inc., which specializes in training
to both business
and educational sectors. Estes will present the latest research
for keeping one’s brain healthy, active and young as
one’s body ages. She is a former high school teacher,
middle school principal, curriculum/public relations director,
and senior consultant for the Region 10 Educational Service
Center in Texas.
Developing Intelligence
Through Concept-based Curriculum & Instruction by Lynn Erickson, C&I Consulting.
This nationally-recognized speaker will urge principals “to
take the high road to standards” with concept-based
curriculum and instruction. She will focus on strategies
teachers can use for developing student intelligence along
with the difference between the old two-dimensional curriculum
and instruction model and a three-dimensional model that
uses concepts to engage thinking on two levels—factual
and conceptual. Erickson has been a teacher, principal, curriculum
director and adjunct professor. She has written two best-selling
books and works with school districts nationally and internationally
on curriculum and instruction.
Past News Items:
Nationally-recognized speakers highlight
2006
Summer Leadership Institute-2/06
Idaho Principals Honor
Union Pacific - 1/06
Milwaukee
Public Schools Recognizes
Principals' Partnership - 7/05
Summer
Institute LIVE Coverage - 7/05
Summer Institute News - 4/05
The Principals'
Partnership Receives
NASSP's Distinguished Service Award -3/05
WASSP
names us a "Platinum
Partnership" - 3/05
Union
Pacific Foundation Receives UASSP Award - 2/05
Summer Institute News - 1/05
Senior Partner News- 9/04
Senior
Partner Program Announced - 7/04
2004
Principals' Partnership Summer Institute!-5/04
Principals' Partnership Lead Team Meets with Texas
Education Leaders-
4/04
Union
Pacific Recognized by Chicago Principals for Partnership
- 3/04
Partnership
Consultant Receives
Gruhn-Long-Melton Award- 2/04
Ursula
Harrison Named Wyoming High School Principal of the Year-
11/03
2003
Summer Institute A "Home Run!"
Summer
Leadership Institute in Portland, Oregon, July 14-17,
2003
Chicago
Principals Focus on Instruction - 10/02
Summer
Institute 2002 - 7/02
Educational
Leaders to Speak at First Summer Institute-
4/02
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