 | MESPA Home > Professional Development | | | Professional Development for Leaders | | "Much of my skill-base came from the amazing speakers and
presenters at MESPA!"
Crystal
Thorson, Big Lake Public Schools
Director of Teaching, Learning,
and School Improvement
(Former Principal, Viking Elementary School,
Pelican Rapids)
MESPA enhances members' professional
status through programs
continually refined to best suit elementary and middle level principal
needs. The association supports an annual calendar of professional
development at the state and division level -- and provides continuing
education credits. To download a card with highlights of our Professional
Development offerings, scroll to the bottom of this page.
MESPA CALENDAR
2012
Tuesday, January 31
NDP Selection
Committee
Application Review
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Wednesday-Friday, February 1-3
57th annual MESPA Institute (statewide convention)
"Healthy Hearts, Healthy Minds"
DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington Minneapolis South
(formerly Sheraton Bloomington
Hotel)
Bloomington, MN
Wednesday, February 1
MESPA
Board of Directors Meeting
DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington Minneapolis South
(formerly Sheraton Bloomington
Hotel)
Bloomington, MN
Friday,
February 3
MESPA Annual Meeting
DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington Minneapolis South
(formerly Sheraton Bloomington
Hotel)
Bloomington, MN
Monday,
February 27
Three Minute Walkthrough: Phase 2
with Kathy Larson
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
Monday, March 5
Bullying Prevention Summit
Sponsored by MESPA, MASSP, Hazelden, and NAESP
McNamara Center
University of Minnesota
Mineapolis, MN
Thursday-Saturday, March 22-24
National Elementary School Principals Assn. Convention
Best Practices for Better Schools
Seattle, WA
Friday, May 4
MESPA
Board of Directors Meeting
and NDP Finalist Interviews
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
Wednesday, June 13
The Experienced Breakthrough Coach:
Working Less? Producing More? What Next?
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
Thursday-Friday,
June 14-15
The Breakthrough Coach: How to work with less, produce
more and still get the job done in a sensible school week.
Reduce your total work week hours, AND multiply your time in classrooms
by 500%!
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
Friday, June 15
The
Breakthrough Coach:
Day-Two Review
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
Thursday-Friday, June 21-22
Principals' Cognitive Coaching
for leading
professional learning communities
with Jim Roussin: sessions 1 and 2
TIES
Education Center, St. Paul
TBD, July
MASP Educational Secretaries Conference
St. Cloud Civic Center, St. Cloud
Monday-Tuesday, July 30-31
Principals' Cognitive Coaching
for leading
professional learning communities
with Jim Roussin: sessions 3 and 4
TIES
Education Center, St. Paul
TBD, August
Legal Issues Seminar
with Roger Aronson
St. Cloud
Monday, September 17
Principals' Cognitive Coaching
for leading
professional learning communities
with Jim Roussin: session 5
TIES
Education Center, St. Paul
Monday-Tuesday, September 23-24
MESPA Board of Directors meetings
MESPA Leadership Conference
Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge
Deerwood, MN
TBD, October
Legal Issues Seminar
with Roger Aronson
Mahnomen
TBD, October
Legal Issues Seminar
with Roger Aronson
Proctor
TBD, October
Legal Issues Seminar
with Roger Aronson
St. Peter
Monday, October 15
Principals' Cognitive Coaching
for leading
professional learning communities
with Jim Roussin: session 6
TIES
Education Center, St. Paul
Monday, October 15
MESPA New Principals' Seminar
Surviving and Thriving in the Principalship
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
TBD, October
Three Minute Walkthrough Seminar
Phase 1, with Kathy Larson
TBD, MN
TBD,
October
Three Minute Walkthrough: Phase 2
with Kathy Larson
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
TBD, November
Legal Issues Seminar
with Roger Aronson
St. Paul
Monday, November 12
Principals' Cognitive Coaching
for leading
professional learning communities
with Jim Roussin: session 7
TIES
Education Center, St. Paul
TBD, November
MESPA
Board of Directors Meeting
and Outstanding Assistant Principal Selection
TIES Education Center, St. Paul
Monday, December 10
Principals' Cognitive Coaching
for leading
professional learning communities
with Jim Roussin: session 8
TIES
Education Center, St. Paul
TBD, December
Transforming Pedagogy with Technology"
Principals-Only Seminar
TIES Education Technology Conference
Minneapolis Hyatt Regency
Minneapolis, MN
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Professional_Development_.pdf
Highlights of MESPA's 2011-2012 professional development offerings
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| Hotel Accommodations | Need hotel accommodations while attending MESPA events in the Twin Cities?
Contact the Roseville Radisson (651.636.4567), and ask for the MESPA rate ($102/night, for MESPA members).
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| PD 360 | National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) members have access to high-quality online professional development—at no cost—thanks to a partnership forged with PD 360, one of the world’s largest, most respected sources of online learning for educators. Tap into video segments and related resources on selected topics of special interest to elementary and middle-level principals, presented by highly regarded experts. In December, the focus will be on Response to Intervention with a selection of four segments for NAESP members. Under NAESP’s partnership with PD 360, you have access to each segment for the entire month—so you can return to key areas for additional learning and share segments with your teachers.
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| | The Minnesota School of Excellence Program promotes excellence through a
rigorous evaluation process that showcases dynamic schools of the 21st
century.
For complete information on the Minnesota
School of Excellence program and copies of all program materials --
including program guidelines, forms for the self-study, and an
application template, click
here.
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