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Last year, more than 2,100 educators attended the TA SSP Summer Workshop and left ready to implement best practices at schools across Texas! There were more than 100 concurrent sessions presented by the Texas Education Agency, university professors, attorneys, career and technology teachers, consultants and practitioners.
TASSP is an approved provider for professional development. The sessions are categorized in the program by the seven professional development strands. A form will be included in the workshop program so that you can chart your attendance as a record of hours spent in training. Not only will you grow in your leadership skills but you will meet the expectations for continuing education for your certification. |
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YOU SPOKE; WE LISTENED.
Based on the requests noted on the survey from the 2009 Summer Workshop, we have made changes that we believe will improve service to our members at the 2010 Summer Workshop. Some of the changes that have been made include, but are not limited to:
COME EARLY! STAY LATE!
All sessions, i.e., concurrent, distinguished lectures and exhibitor presentations will start on Wednesday, June 9, at 8:00a and the TASSP Summer Workshop will end at 11:45a on Friday, June 11. But stay at the Convention Center for an additional post-conference session being offered to all conference attendees by Lead Your School. The training provided in this FREE session has a value of $1,500. See below for more information.
Recognition of Principals of the Year, Assistant Principals of the Year, and Retiring Principals has been moved from the 1st General Session to the Texas Heroes Awards Dinner on Tuesday, June 8, at the Hilton Austin at 6 p.m. All attendees are encouraged to participate in this celebration of outstanding leadership in middle and high schools across Texas.
• Focus sessions are scheduled for Friday, June 11, from 8:30a - 10:00a. These sessions will focus on 9th grade transition, college readiness standards, TEA updates and more. The information shared in these sessions is critical to campus leaders who have the responsibility of making sure their schools are up-to-date on standards and accountability.
• Updated information regarding the 2010 Summer Workshop can be found on the www. tassp.org website, in the monthly TASSP e-notes and the May News Highlights. Commit now! The pre-registration and housing deadlines are approaching.
NEW TO TASSP SUMMER WORKSHOP:
FREE Post-Conference for ALL Summer Workshop Registrants! ($1,500 value)
Friday, June 11, 2010 • 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. • Austin Convention Center
PowerWalks
Trainers: Sean Cain & E. Don Brown
PowerWalks is a classroom observation tool that allows principals to better coach teachers and to pinpoint specific professional development needs. In this post-conference, participants will be trained on the PowerWalks classroom observation protocol. Participants will learn how to customize the survey tool according to campus instructional focii and how to splice data in infinite combinations in order to examine instructional performance through multiple lenses.
Participants who complete the training will be given free access to the aggregation and disaggregation system from June 11 through December 31, 2010. The software is completely web-based and does not require specific hardware to support the program. PowerWalks is currently being used by over 100 campuses all across the state. Take advantage of this offer by Lead Your School, a TASSP Corporate Partner.
NOTE: Requirement to participate in the free training: You have to have a laptop or notebook computer with wireless web access.
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