Last weekend I had the honor of facilitating and presenting at both the State Assistant Principal's and the Principal's Conferences. Dr. Todd Bess recently took charge as the Executive Director for the Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP), and he saw a 31% increase in attendance at the AP Conference, from 99 last year, to 130 this year. The Fall Conference, for the Principals, had around 450 attendees.
Dr. Bess also got some big names to keynote. Dr. Todd Whitaker, Col. Art Athens, Dr. Andrew Hargreaves, and the venerable Dr. Dave Emmert provided laughs, insights, and words of wisdom for those in attendance.
Teri Hoke and Penny Moss once again did their outstanding work to make these conferences hum, and the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown served as an excellent host as the greatest educational minds in Indiana got together to talk about education.
As the reigning Assistant Principal of the State of Indiana, I presided over the AP Conference Saturday and Sunday, until new Assistant Principals were crowned. Between those duties, and serving as a facilitator, my weekend was kept hopping.
Saturday, and again on Monday, I presented during breakout sessions to my fellow administrators. With the new evaluation models that are taking more and more of the administrator's time during the day, I wanted to share with them a research-based training program that they could use that wouldn't add a lot of time to their schedule.
My colleagues received the information well, and we had ourselves a couple of very productive discussions on school safety tenets. My audiences were receptive, professional, and I even came away with some new thoughts on school safety.
I think Dr. Bess has a bright future as the Executive Director of IASP, and the future is bright for the school administrators of Indiana.
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