NEW SERVICE ASSISTS SCHOOLS WITH ACCREDITATION PROCESSCAS 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 HOSTIn 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 1Register 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 PROPOSALSCAS, 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 CLASSROOMSDespite 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'Sby The Principals' Center's Critical Issues Committee [more] |
POSITION PAPER ON PRINCIPALSHIP PREPARED BY PRIN. CENTERThe 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 PROGRAMSThe 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 LISTFor an updated list of approved student activities click here to download |
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.
Resources suggested by participants at the career principals retreat this summer.
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.