Marilyn Hohmann Principals Academy (Naples, FL) 07.12.09 - 07.16.09

The Principals Academy provides participants with a deep understanding of fundamental concepts such as the nature of engagement, the core business of school, and marketing change. Principals will develop a personal plan for leadership, exploring the role of the principal and including appropriate strategies for causing and sustaining change. Academy members have continuing opportunities to share and learn with principals who are serious about student and staff engagement. Membership also provides participants with tools, resources, and materials that can be used throughout their career.

What will participants learn?

Participants will learn how to begin thinking as a leader of leaders committed to creating engagement-centered schools, gain clarity about who they are as leaders through the articulation of a personal leadership plan, and experience the Schlechty Center’s Coaching for Design process.

What will participants produce?

Participants will leave with a leadership plan that includes a personal vision statement and supportive actions to guide future work and allocation of resources.

Who is the intended audience?

This academy is open to principals and assistant principals interested in creating engagement-centered schools.

The conference will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday and will conclude at noon on Thursday.

Registration Fee: $1,700 per participant. This price includes materials and conference meals.

Standard-Bearer School District: $1,400 per participant. This price includes materials and conference meals. Active Standard-Bearer School Districts have an option to use units to pay registration fees. The registration price is one unit plus $200 per participant for conference expenses. Tier 1 and Tier 2 districts do not pay the $200 fee.

Not sure if you qualify for Standard-Bearer pricing? Both Active and Affiliate districts will receive the discount. (view list)

Location and Directions

LaPlaya Beach and Golf Resort
9891 Gulf Shore
Naples, FL 34108

Booking Instructions

The room block at the La Playa Beach and Golf Resort is currently sold out. For room reservations please contact the Inn at Pelican Bay (one mile away) at 239.597.8777. Please indicate that you are with the Schlechty Center group to receive the rate of $79/night.

Additional Information
For More Information

Tena Lutz
Conference Coordinator
tlutz@schlechtycenter.org
Phone: (502) 895-1942
Fax: (502) 895-7901

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Testimonials

All students deserve to learn, and it is our job as educators to reach and meet the needs of all students – not just the 30 percent there to learn. Finally, I am part of a district that is fostering such a vision and mission! Finally, there is a center for educational reform (The Schlechty Center) out there reaching and teaching districts and schoolhouses across the nation and inspiring such a vision and mission!

The WOW Conference was incredible. I came away with a deeper understanding of the framework and have already implemented the "systems" thinking resources into our Central Office staff meetings.

Thank you for the ideas and the motivation. I always learn so much when I'm with you...even things I didn't expect.

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