Upcoming Live Event
Scaling Up Student Success 2012
Join superintendents and other education leaders for an interactive day focused on improving student outcomes, effectively tying teaching to learning, and fundamentally scaling up the effective management of schools districtwide. Engage with experts in this inspiring yet practical one-day leadership forum, and dialogue with keynote speakers and other thought leaders.
Jersey City, NJ April 2, 2012 • Columbus, OH April 16, 2012. More Info >
Upcoming Webinar – Feb. 21, 2012
Making Time for Learning: How School Administration Managers Enable Principals to Focus on Instruction
Underwritten by: The Wallace Foundation
Today, being a principal involves far more than managing teachers and students. Principals are also expected to improve teaching and boost student achievement in their buildings. But to do this work, leaders must spend more focused time in the classroom, and less time on managerial tasks that aren’t directly linked to teaching and learning. That’s where school administration managers come in. Now in place in hundreds of schools nationwide, these managers take over day-to-day management tasks while allowing principals to focus on becoming better instructional leaders. The process is more complex than simply delegating tasks to another professional. With the help of their SAMs, principals track their time to ensure they’re focused on the school’s most important instructional needs. This webinar will feature advice and insights on how it all works from a principal/SAM team from Minneapolis. The two school administrators discuss their respective jobs, and how their partnership has improved performance in their school.
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Upcoming Webinar – Feb. 23, 2012
When Cyberbullying Spills Into School
Sponsored by: The Wallace Foundation
Much of students’ social lives outside of school these days takes place online, through social networking sites. And even though this form of bullying may happen most often after school hours, the impact from online conflicts and negative comments in cyberspace can directly affect a student’s in-school life, including the ability to learn. While cyberbullying is receiving more attention and media coverage these days, school leaders and educators still have few clear-cut guidelines on how to handle it. Should they be monitoring sites like Facebook to police student behavior? Can principals and administrators take disciplinary action against students who misbehave online? When does a cyberbullying situation require school intervention? And how can school leaders create a school culture where bullying is unacceptable among students both in school and online? During this webinar, two nationally-recognized experts on bullying will help educators address these questions and develop strategies for combating bullying and its impact both in schools and online.
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