Concurrent 60-minute MESPA Institute focus sessions presented on Thursday, February 7.
Institute Follow-Up: For copies of session presentations, scroll to the bottom of this page. Web links are included for some presenters.
This year’s instructional leadership topics encapsulate the role of the principal in increasing student achievement through: School Culture (safety, diversity, crisis management, health); and Adult Learning (professional learning communities, data, technology). You will come away with strategic, practical tools to support and inspire your work in the principalship.
Institute Follow-Up: For copies of session presentations, scroll to the bottom of this page. Web links are included for some presenters.
Sessions relevant to the principals’ role as instructional leader (11 a.m.-Noon)
• Beyond the Peanut-Free Table: A Principal’s Guide to Keeping Students with Food Allergies Safe in School
– Panel with Gary Anger, principal, Red Pine Elementary (Eagan); Thomas
Helm, MD, Allergy and Asthma Specialist; Michelle Moe, Director, Food
Allergy Support Group of Minnesota Board
(See presentation and resource list below.)
• Cultural Competency: Home Smart Schools=Student Achievement – Ada Alden, Ed.D., CFLE
(See presentation below.)
• Join the Ranks of the Minnesota Schools of Excellence: for schools both considering and in the midst of this school improvement process –
led by Matt Dorschner, principal, chair, Minnesota School of Excellence
2005; Steven Abrahamson, MN School of Excellence 2006; Michael Conner,
Minnesota School of Excellence 2008
(See presentation below.)
• MN Rural Education Leadership Program: How to Build Leadership Capacity in Rural Communities
– Jean Haar, Ph.D. and Jerry Robicheau, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. Ed.
Leadership, MN State University, Mankato; Janet Mohr, Director, MN
Rural Ed. Leadership Program; Bruce Miles, CEO, Big River
Consulting; and Mia Urick, Dir. of Prof. Dev., MN Association of School Administrators
• Mis-Aligned Assessment: align assessment strategy to monitor ongoing student progress – Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., Director CASTLE
(For resources and copies of Dr. McLeod's presentation, visit his specially created MESPA Web site at www.scottmcleod.net/mespa.)
• Naturally, Learning Environmental Science! – Kathy Alvig, Ph.D., principal Northrup Urban Environmental School (Minneapolis); Glenn Shoemaker, M.S.
(If you are interested in receiving materials from this presentation, please contact Dr. Kathleen Alvig: Kathy.Alvig@mpls.k12.mn.us)
• Positive Playground: Using Recess to Develop Social Skills – Kathryn House, Ph.D., principal Sunny Hollow Elementary (Robbinsdale); Tom Luu and Trudy Kaiser
(See presentation and list of games with instructions below.)
Sessions relevant to the principals’ role as instructional leader (3-4 p.m.)
• Healthy Communities Start with Healthy Kids: Innovative Ways to Engage Children, Families, and Communities in Play – Melissa Hanson, president, Sajai Foundation
• Less is More: Using One PLC to Address ELL Needs – Constance L. Walker, Ph.D., Director and Tina Edstam, Ph.D., Coordinator, TEAM UP Project, Second Languages and Cultures Education, U of M; Karla Stone, Ph.D., teacher on special assignment, (Robbinsdale)
• Nuts and Bolts of School Safety – Brent Colligan, principal, Deer River High School (former principal Red Lake High School); Darren Sheldon, principal, Deer River Elementary School
(See presentation and crisis planning handout below.)
• PACE: Four Little Brain Gym Movements That Open Us Up for Whole-Brain Learning and Functioning – Joni Polehna, certified Theraputic Recreation Specialist and Brain Gym® Educator
(For more information, contact Mind Body Spirit Integration: mindbodyspiritintegration@usfamily.net)
• SW-PBIS: School wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports – Eric Kloos, MN Dept. of Education; and Kathryn House, Ph.D., principal Sunny Hollow Elementary (Robbinsdale)
(See presentation below.)
• The Three-Minute Walkthrough: creating a culture of reflective practitioners – Kathy Larson, National Professional Growth Consultant
• Utilizing Technology to Reach Reluctant Learners – Dr. Gail Swor, Ed.D., principal Poplar Bridge Elementary (Bloomington); Michelle Larson, M.Ed., Educational Learning -- co-presenters at the 2008 ASCD National Convention
(See presentation below.)
Sessions relevant to principal finances and career skills (4:15-5:15 p.m.)
• Enhance your Negotiations IQ – led by Mark French, principal, Rice Lake (Osseo); chair, MESPA Negotiations Committee
(For resources and results of the 2007-2008 MESPA Salary and Benefits Survey, visit the Negotiation Guidance Center in the Members Only section of this Web site.)
• Planning for Financial Security: re-visioning retirement – Beth A. Monge, District Manager, AIG Retirement, Financial Planning
• Principal Retirement Options, including Post-Fund Concerns – Richard McLeod, Teachers Retirement Association
(See presentation and PostFund Legislation Proposal below.)
• The Technology Enhanced Principal: You too can become a geek – Joey Page, principal, Sheridan Hills Elementary School (Richfield); Nate Swenson, principal, Rice Elementary School (Rice)
(See presentation below.)
• What Color is Your Personality? – Tracy Flynn Bowe, J.D., M.A.
(See resource flyer below.)
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