Summer Leadership Conference preps county principals for new school year.
Prince George's County principals, administrators and county school officials spent the last four days in a sort of an annual boot-camp designed to give school managers a leg up on the incoming year. Called the Summer Leadership Conference, the four day event helps new and returning principals hit the ground running. This year's conference focused on leadershing in times of change. In training sessions, administrators participated in team-building exercises and development sessions that focused on curriculum, systemic goals, collaborative planning, parent involvement, performance management, special education, multicultural education, and more. During a wrap-up session which reviewed the skills taught to the principals and assistant …
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At an Oct. 25 open forum on Prince George’s County schools, parents and school officials looked for ways to boost learning when classrooms are crowded and budgets are slim.
Overpopulated schools, inadequate special-needs services, and not enough advanced course offerings were among the criticisms that schools Superintendent William Hite Jr. heard from parents Monday evening, Oct. 25, during a Town Hall meeting on education. The meeting took place at Northwestern High School and drew approximately 70 attendees, including parents, some teachers, a few pupils, four Board of Education members, and Hyattsville Mayor William Gardiner. "We are the second largest school system in Maryland, and we have many urban issues. And before we submit our strategic plan, we want to talk about some of them today," said Hite. The strategic plan is an agenda of goals and initiatives that every county is required by state law to …
Sonia Dasgupta
12:34 am on Friday, October 29, 2010
The school board talked about their plan again tonight at the board meeting for improving secondary schools, which I'm sure will trickle down to the younger ones when it's finally put into place. I'll have the story up Friday -- so stay tuned. Thanks for the insights! more ›