COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 66
April 18, 2003
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Virginia Middle
and High School Principals Conference & Exposition June 22-25, 2003 |
We extend a cordial invitation 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 2225, 2003, at
the Williamsburg Marriott in Williamsburg, Virginia. This statewide event is sponsored jointly by the Virginia
Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) 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 Developing
The Leader Within You. The
conference sessions will focus on school law, teacher evaluation, instructional
leadership, school administration, and academic accountability.
This leadership conference will feature the Virginia
Consolidated State Application Accountability Plan required by the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). General and concurrent sessions will
provide participants with new ideas on administrative techniques, strategies
for analyzing classroom practices and methods for improving instruction,
monitoring Standards of Learning (SOL) and NCLB implementation, analyzing,
segregating, and interpreting assessment data, using instructional technology
to teach the SOL and complying with NCLB.
Successful training programs and resource materials that support SOL and
NCLB will be reviewed.
A pre-conference clinic on school law will be held
on Sunday, June 22, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The clinic will address changes in
federal, state, and case law applicable to the wants and needs of middle and
high school administrators as identified in the recent statewide Needs
Assessment.
The conference will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, June
23, followed by a luncheon that will feature a moderated question and answer
session with the superintendent of public instruction and president of the
Virginia Board of Education. A special
NCLB general session will be followed by a NCLB-SOL symposium. The symposium
will include concurrent sessions led by VDOE staff members teamed with
principals, assistant principals, teachers, and other successful practitioners
in the field. The format of the
sessions is designed to provide participants with information on NCLB and SOL
and the most recently developed instructional resources and successful training
programs that are being provided to school divisions. Sessions will provide participants with strategies for using these
resources. Sessions also will provide
information on the impact of NCLB on SOL assessment, school accountability, and
graduation requirements.
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.
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 22, 2003, 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 22, 2003, to Summer Conference, VASSP, Box K
170, Richmond, VA 23288.
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, or in-person
requests. This procedure helps to
assure some degree of fairness 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 call VASSP at (804) 288-2777 or
Maureen B. Hijar, (mhijar@mail.vak12ed.edu)
director, Office of Secondary Instructional Services, at(804) 225-2894.
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Attachments
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2003/inf066a.pdf
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2003/inf066b.pdf
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2003/inf066c.pdf