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Scholastic Mini-PD: Best Practices in Instructional Leadership for Principals

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Channel: Scholastic · 2014 · Entertainment

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Join us for a Scholastic Mini-PD session focused on “Best Practices in Instructional Leadership for Principals.”
 
Through this 40-minute, interactive panel discussion, you will:
1)      Learn about the latest research and theories on effective instructional leadership.
2)      Hear from the former and current principals of Brockton (MA) High School, where a focus on improving instruction over the last decade transformed the school into national model.
3)      Take away tangible advice and ideas to implement in your school this year.
 
About the panelists:
 
--Sue Gendron is President of the International Center for Leadership in Education. She is the former president of the Council of Chief State School Officers and served as commissioner of education in Maine from 2003-2010.
 
--Dr. Sue Szachowicz retired as Principal of Brockton High School and now is a Senior Fellow for the International Center for Leadership in Education.  She chronicled the turn-around of Brockton High in her book Transforming Brockton High: High Standards, High Expectations, No Excuses.
 
--Sharon Wolder is the current principal of Brockton High School, the largest school in the state of Massachusetts with over 4100 students and 300 teachers, guidance counselors and administrators. She began her career in education in 1995 and has worked at Brockton High School as a teacher, department head, housemaster and associate principal before being appointed to the position of principal in 2013.

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