Engagements

John Bell, Coordinator of  Leadership Development at the Alabama Department of Education and my co-author will be presenting two sessions with me.  The topic will be “From At-Risk to Academic Excellence:  What Successful Leaders Do.”  In addition, we will be presenting material from our new book, Creating School Cultures that Embrace Learning:  What Successful Leaders Do.

John is in his 31st year as an educator having been a high school teacher, a middle school principal, a high school principal, a headmaster, and a university adjunct instructor. He spent 18 years in the Montgomery Alabama Public School System. John was selected teacher of the year and was named Administrator of the Year by the Alabama Art Educators Association.

John is a group leader at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education’s Principals’ Center.  He has also served as a member of the Harvard Principals’ Center Advisory Board.

Besides coordinating the Alabama Leadership Academy, John is also the project administrator for Governor Bob Riley’s Congress on School Leadership.

Register @ www.leaders.rapsa.org

I am honored to have been chosen as the keynote speaker at the Florida’s Promise Summit and the 2009 Effective Strategies Institute, being held at the Belleview Biltmore Hotel and Spa in Clearwater, Florida on January 12-17, 2009.  In addition, I will be delivering 3 breakout sessions.  To those of you in or near Clearwater, come and visit and say hello.

I will be delivering an all-day presentation to staff, administrators and the corporate partners of this multiple Charter School.  The Winfree Academy has 6 campuses in Texas.

The presentation will be “Helping Students Graduate:  Tools and Strategies to Help Students Graduate” for the staff.  The administrators will hear “From At-Risk to Academic Excellence:  What Successful Leaders Do” & “School Cultures That Embrace Learning”.

“Helping Students Graduate: Tools & Strategies To Help Students Graduate

Today, almost one-third of our K-12 students never graduate – increasing the likelihood of their imprisonment, single parenthood, poverty and the use of alcohol and drugs.

Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as “best practices” by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate.

Helping Students Graduate:  Tools and Strategies To Keep Students in School

An increasing number of students leave school prior to their graduation having a dramatic effect on their lives and the lives of our citizens.  They are more likely to wind up in jail, on welfare, marrying someone in the same situation and raising children who are more likely to dropout.

Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as “best practices” by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate from school .

Keeping Kids in School: A Framework for Student Success

An increasing number of students leave school prior to their graduation having a dramatic effect on their lives and the lives of our citizens. They are more likely to wind up in jail, on welfare, marrying someone in the same situation and raising children who are more likely to dropout.

Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as best practices by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate from school .

I will be presenting three sessions at the National Youth At-risk Conference in Savannah, Georgia March 1 and 2nd.

Pre-Conference:  March 1st- 2PM -5PM  Helping Students Graduate:  Tools and Strategies to Stop Students From Dropping Out

Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as “best practices” by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate.

March 2 1:15 – 2:30 PM and 3PM – 4:15PM

What Do Successful Leaders of At-Risk Learners Do to Raise Academic Performance and Improve School Cultures?

Educators are aware that some schools support a culture that is not only hostile to learning but is toxic to students, parents and staff.  We contacted 300 high performing, high minority, high poverty schools and asked the school leaders how they were transforming a hostile culture into a supportive learning environment.

I will be presenting two sessions at the Crowne Plaza Ravina in Atlanta.

Monday, November 17 8:30 -10 AM

Helping Students Graduate: Tools and Strategies to Prevent School Dropouts

Using the 15 effective strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center and tools developed as best practices by some of America’s outstanding schools and programs, workshop participants will not only learn what to do but how to aid at-risk youth to graduate.

Tuesday, November 18  9:45 -11:15 AM

What Do Successful Leaders of At-Risk Learners Do to Raise Academic Performance and Improve School Cultures?

Educators are aware that some schools support a culture that is not only hostile to learning but is toxic to students, parents and staff.  We contacted 300 high performing, high minority, high poverty schools and asked the school leaders how they were transforming a hostile culture into a supportive learning environment.