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 |
|
| 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 |
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| 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) |