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| Tue., 5/28, 3:30-5:00pm - New Leaders Academy Committee Meeting (Meeting Room B3) | ||
| Thu., 5/30, 9:30am-1:30pm - RFP Project Meeting C (Meeting Room B3) | ||
| Mon., 6/3, 9:00am-3:00pm - RFP Trainers Meeting (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) | ||
| Thu., 6/6, 9:00am-3:00pm - Teacher Evaluator Training SEED (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) | ||
| Thu., 6/6, 10:00am-12:30pm - CASC Advisory Meeting (Boardroom A1) | ||
| Tue., 6/11, 8:30am-12:00pm - Advisory Symposium Workshop (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) | ||
| Mon., 6/17, 9:00am-4:00pm - RFP Trainers Meeting (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) | ||
| Tue., 6/18, 9:00am-4:00pm - RFP Trainers Meeting (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) | ||
| Wed., 6/19, 9:00am-4:00pm - RFP Trainers Meeting (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) | ||
| Thu., 6/20, 9:00am-4:00pm - RFP Trainers Meeting (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) | ||
| Fri., 6/21, 9:00am-4:00pm - RFP Trainers Meeting (Commons C1; Conference Center C2) |
Complete Principals' Center Calendar | Complete CAS-CIAC Calendar
| Principals' Center News & Announcements |
SAVE THE DATE - THE BREAKTHROUGH COACH IS RETURNINGWant to work less, play more, and still get the job done in a normal week? [more] |
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CREATES PRINCIPAL AMBASSADOR PROGRAMThe NASSP and NAESP are pleased to announce that, at the urging of their two national organizations, the US Department of Education has begun the creation of the Principal Ambassador Fellowship Program. The program will be administered by the department similar to the successful Teacher Ambassador Program. This year, three principals will be selected to serve as advisors to Secretary Arne Duncan and the departmental staff to, as the Secretary has described the role, “provide input on policy from the principal’s perspective.” [more] |
2013 GOVERNOR'S SCHOLARS ANNOUNCEDEducation Commissioner Stefan Pryor and The Connecticut Association of Schools have again collaborated to extend the Governor's Scholars Program. [more] |
HIGH SCHOOL ARTS AWARDS RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCEDOn Monday, April 1, 2013, CAS hosted the Eighteenth Annual High School Arts Awards Recognition Banquet at the Aqua Turf Club in Planstville. The event, sponsored by Jostens and Bearingstar Insurance, was attended by more than 1300 guests and honored 295 seniors of CAS member high schools who excel in the visual and performing arts. The 2013 High School Arts Awards Recipients are announced here. [more] |
LATEST UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW EVALUATION SYSTEMOn Monday, February 4th, the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) reached consensus on what will be a bridge year for implementing the new evaluation system and on what the state responsibility should be for bearing the cost of the new system. [more] |
SDE OFFERS MATH/SCIENCE TEACHER LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES FOR ALL LEVELSHave you spent your summer thinking about how you can prepare your students for the new NCLB state assessments in science and mathematics? [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] |
CSAC APPROVAL LISTFor an updated list of approved student activities click here to download |
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.