Sunday, November 2: GASSP Fall Conference 2014 The School Principal As Leader Hilton DeSoto Savannah Hotel, Savannah GA Register at www.gassp.org 2:30 PM Conference Begins!!! A BRIEF introduction and orientation to making the most of your professional learning this weekend. Shaping A Vision of Academic Success for All Students Wanda Law North Gwinettt Middle School 2014 Georgia Middle School Principal of the Year Acceleration for All Lisa Vaughn Principal, Oconee Middle School John Tucker Camden County High School Strategies To Increase EOCT Scores Dawn Phipps, North Forsyth High School Getting the Rigor Mortis Out of Rigor Garrick Askew, Lithonia Springs High School The MANE Thing 4:00 PM Creating A Climate Hospitable to Education Travis Chapman, Central Gwinnett High School Changing Your School s Climate to Shift Your School s Culture Torian White, Southeast Bulloch Middle School Can You Hear Me Now? Student Voice Pam Bouie, Accelerating Excellence Leading the Way to Success
Kevin Gaines, Hart County High School How To Win Over Your Faculty In A Shared Vision 5:00 PM Cultivating Leadership In Others Mike Hamilton: President of Engagement, Blood: Water http://www.bloodwater.org Humility in Leadership Steve Miletto, Executive Director, Heart of Georgia RESA Finalist, National High School Principal of the Year (2010) Ken Griffith, Executive Director Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principals President, NASSP, 2011-2012 Sean Kelly, Chapel Hill High School Building Leadership Capacity 6:15 PM Session One Concludes 6:15 PM Principal of the Year Reception Assistant Principal of the Year Reception
Monday, November 3 7:00 AM Breakfast 8:00 AM Improving Instruction Kizzy Johnson Huntington Middle School, Houston County The Person Who Does the Work Does the Learning Donald Mason, Principal, Redan Middle School Walkthroughs Mike Hamilton: President of Engagement, Blood: Water http://www.bloodwater.org Africa Julie Beck, Georgia Professional Standards Commission The Art and Craft of Teaching (TENT) 9:00 AM Managing People, Data, and Processes Al Darby Winder-Barrow High School How Can Effective Use of Date Improve Individual Performance? Michelle Sandrock, Georgia Department of Education Random Act, No More! Family Engagement Nick Sauers Assistant Professor, Georgia State University Connected Principals Phillip Brown Principal, North Oconee High School Planning and Executing A Difficult Conversation 10:00 AM Check In With Your Colleagues and/or Check Out Of Your Room
10:30 AM Foundations of Fruitful Interaction Prevail Debra Murdock, Cherokee High School Georgia High School Principal of the Year, 2014 Creating A Culture of Care Eric Arena Superintendent, Putnam County Schools Summer Inspiration Brian Ridley, Haralson County Middle School Creating A Culture of Customer Service Robbie Hooker Clarke Central High School G.A. Buie, Principal, Eudora High School, Kansas President, NASSP, 2014-2015 12:00 PM Awards Luncheon 1:30 PM A Climate of Safety; A Cooperative Spirit Gene Starr Appling County High School Changing the Mindset of Georgia s Rural School Students Kellye Riggins, Principal Dacula Middle School Fish Talks Julie Daneily, Principal, Westside Pre-Engineering Magnet High School Transforming Schools Through Servant Leadership Mike Dishman Kennesaw State University, Department Head, Educational Leadership
2:30 PM The Impact of Leadership: The Basis of The Wallace Foundation Research Kevin Dougherty Director of Sales, Thinking Maps Keller, Texas Bob Eddy, Cherokee County Schools Can Georgia Win the Race to the Top? Paul Shaw, Director of Ethics Georgia Professional Standards Commission Professional and Ethical Leadership Leadership Lessons Learned From the 26 th President of the United States: President Theodore Roosevelt 3:45 PM Conference Concludes The order of presenters may change without additional notice for programming interests. A final lineup will be shared at the conference.
How The Conference is Designed: Framework for Professional Learning: The Wallace Foundation s Five Key Practices of Effective Principals Shaping a vision of academic success for all students, one based on high standards. Creating a climate hospitable to education in order that safety, a cooperative spirit and other foundations of fruitful interaction prevail. Cultivating leadership in others so that teachers and other adults assume their parts in realizing the school vision. Improving instruction to enable teachers to teach at their best and students to learn to their utmost. Managing people, data and processes to foster school improvement. http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/school-leadership/effective- principal-leadership/pages/the-school-principal-as-leader-guiding-schools-to-better- Teaching-and-Learning.aspx Format for Learning The conference format is a series of talks from experts, practitioners, and thought leaders who inspire the participants to deepen the conversation with each other. All of the participants hear all of the talks together and respond to the ideas presented. If you have any questions about conference registration, please contact Melton Callahan, Executive Director of GASSP at m.callahan@gassp.org If you are a presenter and have questions, please contact Mark Wilson at mark.wilson.ga@gmail.com