CIAC
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THE CONNECTICUT PRINCIPALS' CENTER
The Connecticut Association of Schools

The Connecticut Principals' Center was established by the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Association of Schools in 1999.

The Center was established for the specific purpose of meeting the professional needs of school principals, assistant principals and aspiring administrators.

The Connecticut Principals' Center currently sponsors an annual summer "Retreat" for career principals, a state-wide mentor-mentee program, a state-wide aspiring administrator program, programs to help administrators integrate technology into the curriculum, activities to encourage studies of the principalship by assisting researchers in this area, an Urban School Leadership Academy to help school leaders to close the "achievement gap," and a variety of professional development conferences and programs during the year for principals and other administrators.

The Center operates a web-site with information for principals that offers a message board system designed for administrators to exchange ideas and information. The board also has an area for the posting of principal and assistant principal vacancies (visit www.ctprincipals.org).

The operations and activities of the Center are initiated and overseen by an Advisory Board.

There are also five sub-committees referred to as strands:
  1. The Development and Implementation of Quality of Administrative Aspirant Programs. (Gene Horrigan, chair, principal of Shepaug Valley Regional High School, Washington.)
  2. The Development and Implementation of Quality Induction/Mentor Programs for New Administrators. (Paul Cavaliere, chair, principal of Sage Park Middle School, Windsor.)
  3. The Provision of Quality Professional Development for Career Principals. (Dr. John Voss, chair, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Region #9, Easton and Redding.)
  4. The Advancement of the Understanding of Issues Critical to the Principal. (Michael Galluzzo, chair, principal of East Farms School, Farmington.)
  5. The Principals' Role in the Integration of Technology into the Curriculum. (Robert Hale, chair, principal of Westbrook High School.)
The Principals' Center is funded in part by a grant from the Institute for Technology and Learning. Specific programs are supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Grant and the Wallace-Reader's Digest State Action for Education Leadership Project. In addition, Toyota and IGA provide private support to the Center.

PRINCIPALS' CENTER ADVISORY BOARD

THE PRINCIPALS' CENTER MISSION

The Connecticut Principals' Center is committed to supporting the principal's efforts to enhance teaching, learning, and leading in the schools of Connecticut by:
  • Developing and implementing quality administrative aspirant programs;
  • Developing and implementing quality induction/mentor programs for new principals and assistant principals;
  • Providing quality professional development opportunities for career principals and assistant principals;
  • Advancing the understanding of issues critical to the role of the principals and assistant principals;
  • Developing and implementing professional development programs to assist the principal in the integration of technology into instruction.