CIAC
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Upcoming Principals' Center Meetings
Tue., 5/13, 8:00am-4:00pm - 3rd Annual Connecticut Data Showcase (Crowne Plaza, Cromwell)
Wed., 5/14, 8:00am-4:00pm - 3rd Annual Connecticut Data Showcase (Crowne Plaza, Cromwell)
Thu., 5/15, 4:00-8:00pm - UCAPP New Student Orientation (Conference Center C2)
Sat., 5/17, 8:00am-4:00pm - CAT Prep (Classroom A2)

Complete Principals' Center Calendar | Complete CAS-CIAC Calendar

Principals' Center News & Announcements

NEW SERVICE ASSISTS SCHOOLS WITH ACCREDITATION PROCESS

CAS has initiated plans for a new service to schools for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation process. The CAS Board of Directors approved the project at its September meeting. [more]

TECHNOLOGY-RICH SCHOOLS WILLING TO HOST

In response to a survey conducted by the Principals' Center Technology Committee, a number of schools have indicated that they have infused technology successfully to support teaching and learning and that they are willing to hosts visitors during the month of May. Click here for the list of schools willing to host visits.

3RD ANNUAL DATA SHOWCASE REGISTRATION CLOSES MAY 1

Register now for the 3rd Annual CT Data Showcase on May 13 & 14, 2008! Are you new to data? Already using data? Come! Learn! Grow! May 13th/Day 1 will focus on Culture & Climate with keynote speaker Jane Bluestein, Ph.D. May 14/Day 2 will focus on Leadership & Change with keynote speaker Brian McNulty, Ph.D. Differentiated Breakout Sessions and Facilitated Sharing Sessions! [more]

RESPONSE TO SECONDARY REFORM PROPOSALS

CAS, CAPSS and CABE have issued a joint response to the commissioner's proposal for secondary school reform which was adopted by the state board of education in December 2007. [more]

REGISTER NOW FOR PRINCIPALS' SUMMER INSTITUTE (JUNE 24 - 26, 2008)

Registrations are now being accepted for the Annual Principals' Summer Institute, June 24-26, 2008 at the Heritage Inn, Southbury. The theme this year is "Change Leadership: Improving Instruction and Developing a Shared Vision of Good Teaching." For more information and to download a conference registration brochure, click here.

LET THE BREAKTHROUGH COACH HELP YOU GET INTO CLASSROOMS

Despite those New Year's resolutions, are you continuing to work 60, 70 or more hours a week and still not getting into classrooms enough? Want to work less, play more, and still get the job of an instructional leader done in a reasonably normal week? Sounds like you're ready for The Breakthrough Coach (TBC) - and he's returning to CT for the seventh time on May 13 & 14, 2008. [more]

NCLB'S

by The Principals' Center's Critical Issues Committee [more]

POSITION PAPER ON PRINCIPALSHIP PREPARED BY PRIN. CENTER

The Critical Issues Committee of CAS's Principal's Center, chaired by Michael Galluzzo, principal of East Farms School in Farmington, has written a position paper titled: The 21st Century Principal: A Call to Action. The paper, approved by the CAS Board last fall, outlines the leadership responsibilities of the contemporary principal and states the conditions needed to enable the principal to meet these responsibilities. [more]

PRINCIPALS' CENTER PUBLISHES STUDY ON ADMINISTRATOR INDUCTION PROGRAMS

The CT Principals' Center has just released a summary of research and promising practices on administrator induction programs. Click here to read the introduction to "Administrator Induction Programs: Summary of Research and Promising Practices." Or download the full report here.

CSAC APPROVAL LIST

For an updated list of approved student activities click here to download

Principals' Center Newsletter

The Connecticut Principals' Center publishes a newsletter with valuable information for aspiring, new and career principals.

Click here to view the latest issue in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

View or Post Administrative Vacancies

The Connecticut Principals' Center offers a message board system designed for principals and assistant principals to exchange ideas and information relevent to their positions. The board also has an area for the posting of principal and assistant principal position vacancies.

If you are going to post, please use the appropriate board, and keep your posts professional. If you have any problems using the boards or comments, you can send them to boards@casciac.org.

Click here to visit the principals center message board.

RESOURCES

Resources suggested by participants at the career principals retreat this summer.

Book suggestions from participants:

  • The Four Agreements
  • Proud to be a Teacher - Bill Halloran
  • Galieo's Daughter - Dava Sopel
  • Tuesdays with Morrie
  • The Art of Teaching
  • Lincoln on Leadership
  • Snow Falling on Cedars
  • My Grandfather's Blessings - Rowen
  • The Courage to Teach - Parker Palmer
  • The Art of the Long View - Schwartz
  • The Coming of the Chaordic Age - Hock
  • Beyond the Words - Bonnie Goldberg
  • A Short Guide to a Happy Life - Quindlen Fish
  • The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
  • Contact - Society for Organizational Learning - SOL@MIT

FBI OFFERS FREE WORKSHOPS ON SCHOOL VIOLENCE

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offers free workshops in "School Violence and Workplace Violence" to all schools in Connecticut. Included in these workshops is training on hostage survival, school violence and profiles of individuals who commit acts of uncontrolled rage. The workshops are open to all school personnel. Training is conducted on a regional basis and can be customized to fit a 2-4 hour block. Interested administrators should contact Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Ralph A. DiFonzo at (203)777-6311.