DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 33
February 2, 2007
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K.
Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Virginia
Middle and High School Principals Conference & Exposition, June 26-29,
2007 |
The Virginia
Association of Secondary School Principals (VASSP) and the Virginia Department
of Education (VDOE) are pleased to announce that the annual Virginia Middle and
High School Principals Conference & Exposition will be held June 26-29,
2007, at the Williamsburg Marriott,
Governor
Kaine has been asked to address his administrations education initiatives, and
President Mark Emblidge, Virginia Board of Education, and Superintendent of
Public Instruction Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. will be addressing the Commonwealths
policy directives for the coming year.
The theme for
this years conference is Building
Leadership Collaborations: Focusing on
the Future. The conference sessions
will focus on instructional leadership, academic accountability, educational
policy, teacher quality, school management, school law, and community
involvement/partnerships.
The
conference will feature national speakers addressing cutting edge topics in
general and concurrent sessions that will provide participants with strategies
for assessing classroom practices and methods for improving instruction,
meeting AYP, analyzing and interpreting assessment data for high
school/middle/junior high/intermediate school principals, assistant principals,
and other school administrators for instructional purposes, using instructional
technology to teach the Standards of Learning, training programs and resource
materials that support the Standards of Learning, sharing and showcasing models
that work now being successfully used in public schools
The
conference will address other pertinent topics identified in the 2007 Principals Needs Assessment Form
(Attachment A). To further assist
the conference planners, please complete and return this form no later than
March 15, 2007. You and your staff are
also invited to submit the 2007 Call for
Presentations Form (Attachment B) to be considered for inclusion in the
conference program. The presentation
form must be returned by April 2, 2007.
Please mail
your forms to VASSP,
BKCJr/eh
Attachments
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2007/inf033a.doc
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2007/inf033b.doc