COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P. O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 20
February 8, 2002
TO: Division Superintendents
FROM: Jo Lynne DeMary
Superintendent of Public Instruction
SUBJECT: Virginia
Middle and High School Principals Conference and Exposition (June 23-26,2002)
The Virginia Association
of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) and the Virginia Department of Education
(VDOE) are pleased to announce that the annual Virginia Middle and High School
Principals Conference and Exposition will be held June 23-June 26, 2002, at the
Williamsburg Marriott in Williamsburg. This statewide event is sponsored jointly by
the VASSP and the 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 Enhancing
the Leadership Mind. The conference sessions will
focus on school law, teacher evaluation, instructional leadership, school
administration, and academic accountability.
This leadership conference
will feature general and concurrent sessions that will provide participants
with strategies for analyzing classroom practices and methods for improving
instruction, monitoring Standards of Learning implementation, analyzing and
interpreting assessment data for instructional purposes, and using
instructional technology to teach the Standards of Learning. Training programs and resource materials
that support the Standards of Learning will be reviewed.
The conference
will address other pertinent topics identified in the 2001 Virginia Principal Survey conducted last spring. To assist the conference planners, please
complete and return the attached Principals
Needs Assessment Form no later than March 1, 2002. You and your staff are also invited to
submit the attached Call for
Presentations Form to be considered for inclusion in the conference
program. You may download these forms
from the VASSP website (www.vaprincipal.org)
or from the VDOE website (www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/secdirec.html)
- under Frequently Requested Information.
We are particularly interested in presentations on programs and
strategies that have proven to be successful in helping improve student
achievement and the Standards of Learning.
The presentation form must be returned no later than March 1, 2002.
Please mail
your forms to VASSP Summer Conference, Box K 170, Richmond, Virginia
23288. The VASSP office will mail the
completed program, registration information, and hotel accommodations forms to
division superintendents and to all middle level and high school administrators
in April. The forms also will be posted
on the VDOE and VASSP websites. If you have questions about the conference please
call VASSP at 804-288-2777.
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