Maine Principals' Association
Professional Development Calendar
2010-2011

June 28-29, 2010
Orientation/Training for the MPA Mentor/Coach Pool
MPA Conference and Meeting Center, Augusta
Registration is by invitation.
Trainers: Sally Mackenzie and george Marnik

July 13-16, 2010
Maine School Finance Institute: Business Law for the 21st Century
Drummond Woodsum, Portland
Registration is limited to 30 participants.
Sponsored by the Maine Principals' Association and Maine School Management Association in partnership with Drummond Woodsum. The Institute meets the school finance requirements for all administrator certificates. Graduate credit is not available.
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July 27-30, 2010
Maine School Law Institute
Thomas College, Waterville
Registration is limited to 30 participants.
Sponsored by the Maine Principals' Association and Maine School Management Association in partnership with Drummond Woodsum. The institute satisfies the United States and State of Maine civil rights law and education law requirements for all administrator certificates. Graduate credit is not available.
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August 2, 2010
Board of Directors' Retreat
MPA Conference Center, Augusta

August 4, 2010
Workshop for New Athletic Administrators
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
This workshop is required orientation to the Maine Principals' Association and its roles and obligations on behalf of member schools. First-time Maine high school athletic administrators must attend. Following the workshop, LTC 502 Athletic Administration: Principles, Strategies, and Methods will be offered from 2:00-6:00 p.m. by the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. Topics include potential problems and solutions on issues ranging from budget to scheduling.
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August 13, 2010
Great Beginnings: An Orientation for New School Administrators
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
Registration is limited to 50 participants, who will also meet on October 22, 2010; January 21, 2011 (snow date - January 25); and March 25, 2011.
This series is part of the MPA's induction plan for new school administrators.
Facilitators: Lynne Coy-Ogan, Dean of Education and Provost at Husson University, and Jeanne Crocker, Principal of South Portland High School
Other presenters: Exemplary principals and assistant principals who are currently leading Maine schools K-12.
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September 13, 2010
Mentoring/Coaching Program for Principals
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
This series is year-two for proteges and mentor/coaches who were matched during the 2009-10 school year and year-one for those matched during the 2010-11 school year. Meetig dates for 2010-11 are September 13, 2010 (proteges and mentor/coaches); October 15, 2010 (mentor/coaches only); December 10, 2010 (snow date - December 13) proteges and mentor/coaches; January 28, 2011 (snow date- January 31) mentor/coaches only; March 11, 2011 (snow date - March 14) Mentor/coaches only; and May 18, 2011 (proteges and mentor/coaches).
Trainers: Sally Mackenzie and George Marnik.

September 30, 2010
Advanced Staff Evaluation Workshop (originally offered July 2002, October 2003, November 2004, October 2006, and October 2008)
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
Registration limited to 60 participants.
Sponsored with Drummond Woodsum
Presenters: Harry Pringle and Peter Felmly
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October 1, 2010
NEW SERIES -- Supporting the Development of a School-wide Response When Students Don't Learn
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
This is a three session series. Registration is limited to 78 participants who will also meet on November 5, 2010 and December 3, 2010. We encourage principals to bring school teams.
Facilitator: Catherine Glaude
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October 5, 2010
Introduction to Athletics for New Principals and Assistant Principals
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
This workshop is required for first-time high school principals, both from in-state and out-of-state. Its purposes are to provide an awareness of the inner workings of a school's athletic program as well as the role of the Maine Principals' Association in interscholastic activities.
Note: This session may be used by first-time high school athletic administrators, both from in-state and out-of-state, hired after the end of July to fulfill their MPA workshop requirement.

October 14, 2010
The Essential Elements of Maintaining a National Honor Society Chapter: A Workshop for High School Princiipals and NHS Advisers
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
Presenter: David Cordts, NASSP Associate Director, Student Activities/NHS
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October 18-19, 2010
Assistant Principals' Conference
Samoset, Rockport
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October 26, 2010
Guiding Principles: Creating Safe Schools for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Students
Sponsored with the Center for Preventing Hate
MPA Conference Center, Augusta

November 10, 2010
Preparing for Retirement: What You Need to Know
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
Presenters: Brett Hoskins, MSRS; Becky Duval, Anthem; and Robert Clark, Social Security

November 17, 2010
Fall Pre-conference: School law Seminar
Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland
Sponsored with Drummond Woodsum

November 18-19, 2010
Fall Conference
Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland
Conference Theme: Focus on the Principalship
Keynote Speakers: Mike McCarthy, principal of King Middle School and Maine's 2010 Middle Level Principal of the Year, and Robert Evans, the author of Seven Secrets of the Savvy School Leader (2010)

December 7, 2010
Employment Contract Issues for Building Administrators
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
Presenters: Richard Durost, MPA Executive Director, and a panel of experienced administrator contract negotiators.

March 16 and 18, 2011
Secretaries' Seminar
Portland (March 16) -- Holiday Inn By the Bay
Bangor (March 18) -- Spectacular Event Center

March 23, 2011
Mentoring Women in Sports XIII
MPA Conference Center, Augusta

March 30, 2011
Assistant Principals' Drive-in Conference
MPA Conference Center, Augusta

April 28-29, 2011
Spring Conference
Samoset, Rockport
Presenters: Bruce Wellman and Laura Lipton, co-authors of Data-Driven Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide to Collaborative Inquiry and the soon to be published Leading Groups: Effective Strategies for Building Professional Community

May 2-3, 2011
Building Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Preventing Bullying K-12
MPA Conference Center, Augusta
Presenter: Stan Davis

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