COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
P.O.
BOX 2120
RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA 23218-2120
PRINS. MEMO NO. 8
April 11, 2006
ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE/SECONDARY
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TO: |
Principals |
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FROM: |
Linda M. Wallinger Assistant Superintendent for Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Virginia Middle and High School Principals
Conference and Exposition, June 25-28, 2006 Williamsburg Marriott |
A
cordial invitation is extended to principals, assistant principals, division
superintendents, assistant superintendents, directors of instruction,
supervisors, college personnel, and administrators of nonpublic middle and high
schools to attend the annual Virginia
Middle and High School Principals Conference & Exposition to be held
June 25-28, 2006, at the Williamsburg Marriott in Williamsburg, Virginia. VASSPs centennial anniversary will be
celebrated during the conference. This statewide event is sponsored
jointly by the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP), the
Virginia Foundation for Educational Leadership (VFEL), and the Virginia
Department of Education (VDOE) to develop and enhance middle and high school
administrators leadership skills, increase their understanding of current
educational issues, and expand their knowledge base for educational change. The theme for this years conference is Learning
From the Past Building For the Future. The conference
sessions will feature VASSP/VFEL Principal
21C Initiatives including Mentoring and Coaching, Breaking Ranks II for
high schools and middle schools, Balanced Leadership, and VDOE supported models
for monitoring of collaboration and co-teaching.
The
summer conference will offer five general keynote sessions featuring state and
nationally acclaimed educators and motivational speakers, the VDOE
Colloquium, Professional Practices Symposium, and McRELs Balanced Leadership
Workshop. Major concurrent sessions will include pertinent topics
identified in the recent statewide 2006 Middle Level and High School
Principals Needs Assessment which
include teacher evaluation, instructional leadership, school
administration, and academic accountability, and will provide principals and
assistant principals
with
new ideas on administrative and instructional leadership techniques, meeting
Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP), strategies for analyzing classroom practices
and methods for improving instruction, monitoring Standards of Learning (SOL)
and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) implementation and compliance.
A
pre-conference clinic on school law will be held on Sunday, June 25, from 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m. The clinic will address
educational law issues over the past year as a result of recent state and
federal legislation and case law.
The
2006 summer conference will officially begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, June
26. A preliminary conference program
synopsis, Conference At-A-Glance, is provided in Attachment A. The detailed announcement about the general
session speakers, workshop presenters, topics, etc., will be mailed to you in
mid-May and will be posted on the VASSP website.
The
Williamsburg Marriott will house all the conference programs. Hotel accommodations are available on a
first-come-first-serve basis, and we encourage you to return the enclosed
accommodations application form as soon as possible. All rooms not confirmed with a reservation by May 25, 2006,
will be released.
A
conference registration form (see Attachment B) and a hotel accommodations
application (see Attachment C) are also provided with this memorandum. Please duplicate the forms as needed and
share this information with persons who would be interested in attending the
conference. To take advantage of
EARLY REGISTRATION, the registration form must be completed and returned by May 25, 2006, to Summer Conference,
VASSP, 4909 Cutshaw Avenue, Richmond, VA 23230.
Hotel
accommodation forms are to be sent via mail directly to the Williamsburg
Marriott. Only the enclosed official
accommodations application form will be accepted by the hotel. As in past years, the hotel will not accept
telephone requests for room reservations (this includes facsimile), written
letters, online, or in-person requests.
This procedure helps to assure some degree of fairness so that everyone
has an opportunity to receive the conference announcement and respond in a
timely fashion.
We
look forward to seeing you in June. If
you have questions about the conference or desire additional information,
please visit the VASSP website at www.vaprincipal.org
or call the Association at (804) 355-2777.
LMW/RDB/eh
Attachments
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/principals_memos/2006/ems008a.pdf
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/principals_memos/2006/ems008b.pdf
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/principals_memos/2006/ems008c.pdf