Emerging Administrators Program

January 10th and 17th, 2009 - NCSA Offices - Lincoln (455 South 11th Street)
Each year NCSA has developed an Emerging Administrator Program for those who are interested in becoming a school administrator. In light of quality administrator shortages, please recommend someone from your school district to participate in this valuable program. The dates for this years meetings are: January 10th, & 17th in Lincoln. The workshop in Lincoln will be a 2 Saturday event and will include Mock Interviews. The cost of this program is $35. It includes lunch and materials for both dates.

Balanced Leadership - Purposeful Community

January 13-14, 2009 - Holiday Inn - Kearney
January 13 (6:30 pm to 8:30 pm)
January 14 (8:00 am to 3:00 pm)
In Purposeful Community, participants will identify the elements of a purposeful community as opposed to a coincidental community. Then participants discuss the leadership responsibilities inherent in building a purposeful community, the importance of holding environments (including the World Café activity--a strategy for leading collaborative dialogue, sharing knowledge and creating action), as well as how to use and monitor tangible and intangible assets. Other elements discussed are agreed-upon processes and the power of collective efficacy.

Labor Relations Conference

February 2-3, 2009 - Holiday Inn - Kearney
Monday-February 2nd
Pre-Conference Workshops
The ABC's of Negotiations and the Bargaining Toolkit
Chaos, Complaints & Coordinated Conclusions
Tuesday-February 3rd
Keynote Speaker
"GenRelations" - Ron Safarik

NAESP State Convention

February 25-26, 2009 - Cornhusker Hotel - Lincoln
Keynote Speaker: Michael Rettig, Center for School Leadership
Topics include the following:
• Scheduling to protecting core instruction time,
• Effective scheduling of encore classes such as PE, art, music, etc.
• Effective scheduling of special services including special education, English as a Second Language, Title 1 reading and math, etc.
• Organizing and scheduling the Intervention/Enrichment period in support of Response to Intervention (RTI) and other data-driven intervention programs, and
• Parallel block scheduling to accelerate literacy acquisition.

NSASSP Legislative Conference

March 23, 2009 - Cornhusker Hotel - Lincoln
This session will address key legislative issues affecting NSASSP members and will include a Senator's Lunch.