COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
PRINS. MEMO NO. 14
April 22, 2003
ELEMENTARY /
MIDDLE / SECONDARY
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TO: |
Principals |
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FROM: |
Patricia I.
Wright Assistant
Superintendent for 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 22 25, 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
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/administrators/principals_memos/2003/ems014a.pdf
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/administrators/principals_memos/2003/ems014b.pdf
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/administrators/principals_memos/2003/ems014c.pdf