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MESPA Executive Director Reports from P. Fred Storti
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P. Fred Storti, MESPA Executive Director


Thank you MESPA members for your grounded beliefs and work that demonstrates that every child is a possibility and every challenge an opportunity.


Evaluation of Principals
December 2011

PreK - Grade 3 Leadership
September 2011

PreK-Grade 3 Alignment
May 2011 --  The time is now!

What is Leadership?
December 2010 -- There is one personal attribute that is essential for extraordinary leadership -- and that is humility.

The Principal is the Key to a School's Success
September 2010 -- “Many principals have reported that procedures used to evaluate them are neither helpful for improving their professional performance, nor for guiding their future professional growth.”

Beware the Rush to Judgment in Measuring Student and Principal Achievement
May 2010 -- “The federal Turnaround School Models that we have heard much about offer a flawed approach to increasing student achievement in our lowest achieving schools.”

Bob Arnold Remembered
December 2009 --“The work that MESPA leaders actualized during those early years under Bob's leadership laid the foundation for much of the Public Employee Labor Relations Act (PELRA), which has evolved into the bargaining rights principals have today.”

Like A Rolling Stone: MESPA Gathers No Moss
September 2009 --“Great principals not only have high expectations for their students and staff, but high expectations for themselves.”

Intensifying Leadership Through Professional Learning Community
May 2009 -- “Intensifying leadership: deliberately broadening meaningful involvement through job redesign and permanent redistribution of work.”

The Purpose of MESPA: We are a PLC
March 2009 --  “In good times and tough times we are only as good as the sum of our parts.”

Special Education Students Need Core Reading Instruction
Winter 2008

Helping Our Children Compete in a 21st Century Knowledge Economy
November 2008 -- “As instructional leaders at the school site level, we know that great principals lead great schools. We know that as leaders we focus on the potential and possibilities to ignite hope within our schools.”

Grassroots and responsive
September 2008 -- MESPA is here for you!

Good practices morph and mature: Response to Intervention
May 2008 -- "What we didn’t have 20 years ago and have today are better data, more frequent and appropriate assessments, and more effective classroom interventions."

Honoring the art of leadership
March 2008 -- "As we juggle the critical balance between professional and personal life, where do we find the energy to be top-flight instructional leaders for our students, staff and families?"

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