PAESSP 2001 Principals’ Conference
Sheraton Station Square
Pittsburgh
October 28-30, 2001  

Refunds not given after - 10/12/01 
Reservations for Sunday evening - 10/12/01  
Hotel reservations deadline - 10/5/01

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PROGRAM

Saturday, October 27
Time Topic
7 p.m. Dinner Cruise/Gateway Clipper Fleet (on your own -- for more information, call 412-355-7980)
Sunday, October 28
Time Topic
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. REGISTRATION
11 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. OPENING  LUNCHEON

Welcome: Dr. John Thompson, Superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools
Remarks: Dr. William Grobe, President of the NASSP 
Board of Directors
Awards Presentations
Entertainment

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. FIRST GENERAL SESSION
Keynote: Dr. Kevin Elko, “Nerves of Steel”
3 - 3:45 p.m. Social/Free Time
4:45 - 5:45 p.m. PRESIDENTS’  RECEPTION
6:30 - 9:30 p.m. SOCIAL  ACTIVITY:  MT.  WASHINGTON  DINNER OR  CARNEGIE  SCIENCE CENTER TOUR
(Dinner at LeMont: Incline, 7 p.m.) (Tour: Water Taxi, 6:30 p.m.)
Monday, October 29
Time Topic
7 a.m. - 4 p.m. REGISTRATION
8 - 9:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL  BREAKFAST  IN  EXHIBIT  HALL
8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. VISIT THE EXHIBITS
8:45 a.m. SECOND GENERAL SESSION
Welcome: Alex Matthews, President of the Pittsburgh Board of Education
9 - 10 a.m. Keynote: Jim Grant, “Overcoming the Obstacles to Achieving High Standards”
10 - 11 a.m. VISIT THE EXHIBITS
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. MULTIPLE  BREAKOUT  SESSION  I
Jim Grant - How Do Principals Deal With the Challenges Facing Schools Today?
Stephen J. O’Toole - Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
Robert A. Frick, Ed.D. - Working with the Marginal Teacher for Improvement or Termination
Nick J. Rotoli - Creating a Student Advisory Program in your High School
Gail Garber - Discipline: Your Golden Opportunity for Character Education
Dr. Zeb Jansante & Dr. Jeanne Johnson - Developing Exemplary Teachers: Guidelines for Growth
Robert E. Lebec - Using Brain Research to Reshape Classroom Practices
Bernie Hoffman - How to Link Laws to What You Need to Do - A Step-by-Step Process to Keep You Free of Liability
Dr. John F. Linden & Mary Jane Koenig - Meeting the Challenge of Pennsylvania Standards and Assessments: Redesigning for Success
12 - 1 p.m. LUNCH  IN  THE  EXHIBIT  HALL
12 - 1 p.m. Past Presidents’/Retirees’ Luncheon
1 - 3 p.m. Retirees’ Meeting
Comparing Pennsylvania’s Retirement Program With Her Neighboring States
Douglas A. Bonsall, Director of Communications &
Counseling, PSERS
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. MULTIPLE  BREAKOUT  SESSION  II
Jim Grant - Ideas, Strategies and Adaptations to Help Below Grade Level Students Get Up and Over the Standards
Dr. Robert Furman - The Hurried Principal
John W. Friend & Mary Kay Durham - Improving Student Learning Using Data
Gail Heinemeyer & Sandra Mattson - Transitioning In and Out of Middle School
Roundtable Discussion-Exemplary Principals Make Exemplary Schools - Meet Your Colleagues Who Have Been Recognized Statewide and Nationally
Joseph Werlinich - A Way for Principals to Improve Student Achievement
Jerald Wozniak, CFP, MCRS, Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc. - Customized Financial Planning Opportunities for School Administrators
Dr. Cherrie Banks - Setting High Expectations and Academic Rigor in a Standards-Based Curriculum
John A. Sparmblack - Safe Schools Reality Check - Prisons, Guards and Inmates or Institutions, Teachers and Students? Practical Applications for School Safety and Emergency Management
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. MULTIPLE  BREAKOUT  SESSION  III
Dr. Robert Furman - Lessons on Leadership I Learned in Grandpap’s Garden
Dr. Cynthia S. Burkhart -  Rewarding and Recognizing Elementary Teachers: What is Effective and What is Not!
Tomi Waters Boylstein, Pennsylvania PTA President - Building Successful Partnerships
John J. Romanoski - An Approach to Safer Schools by Utilizing Staffing
Dr. Kevin Lordon - Magic In the Middle: Creating a Positive School Climate Through Leadership
Kevin J. King, Lillian Chirichella, Lynn Orlando & Joanna Vaughn - Utilizing Community Partnerships to Establish a Remedial Reading Clinic: Can You Use the Extra Hands?
Dr. John L. Plesha and Kenneth Rigby - Using Accreditation to Improve Student Performance
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. THIRD GENERAL SESSION
Bernie Hoffman, “How to Make Your School Safe, Successful and Liability Free”
4:45 - 5:45 p.m. Reception
Entertainment
6 p.m. BANQUET
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Time Topic
7  - 11 a.m. REGISTRATION
7:30 - 8:45 a.m. BUFFET  BREAKFAST
9  - 10 a.m. BUSINESS  MEETINGS - PAESP and PASSP
10:15-11:45 a.m. FOURTH GENERAL SESSION
Donna Weldon, PAESSP Chief Counsel, What’s Happening in the Law”
H DOOR PRIZES  (Must be present to win)