Audience

Participation is restricted to early career elementary, middle, and secondary assistant principals (APs) and highly recommended for first-year APs.

Pre-registration and payment are required to attend all CEEL workshops. No walk-ins will be accepted.

If you do not receive a confirmation email, please call the SCASA office at (803) 798-8380.

The Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) Assistant Principal Foundations: Silver Strand includes four sessions that have been designed to help you in your professional and personal growth. This cohort is designed for early career APs. Participants may register for all four sessions at a reduced price or may register for each individual session.

Dates and descriptions for each session are listed below:

AP Foundations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

September 11, 2024

Whether the assistant principalship will be your career or the start of your journey to other roles in school leadership, beginning well is essential. Attend this session to examine both yourself and the role of the AP. What are the key leadership skills necessary to your success? What will be new that you have never done before? How do you mesh your abilities with those of your school principal so that a strong leadership team is formed? Plan to engage in activities and discussion with other early career APs as you learn to use old and newly learned skills for the benefit of the students.

Managing the Work of the AP: A Careful Balance

October 23, 2024

The role of the AP is very complex. Balancing the many priorities can feel challenging and exhausting. This engaging session will provide participants with strategies for identifying and balancing the three-fold nature of the assistant principalship: (1) instructional leadership, (2) operational management, and (3) organizational development.  You will gain an understanding of how you currently prioritize and use time as an AP as well as knowledge on how to become more effective at utilizing and prioritizing time. In addition, participants will obtain a clear understanding of balancing and organizing work through the four components of work organization. 

Classroom Management and Parent Communication

January 8, 2025

Schools today are in the spotlight more than ever. Unfortunately, the news is often not what we want to hear about our public schools. Inappropriate student and adult behavior are in the headlines more and more. As a school leader, you make on-the-spot decisions every day that are critical for maintaining the crucial balance. How the public perceives these decisions will be determined on how you handle them. If there’s a disconnect between the public and your school, rebuilding trust will be an uphill battle. In this workshop we will discuss how building relationships with students, staff, and parents strongly impacts productivity and effectiveness. Content will provide preparation on how to have a plan and work structure in place where you manage tasks more efficiently, and students, staff, and parents will gain confidence in your ability to lead the school. Through collaborative, small group discussions, we will grapple with real-world scenarios related to classroom management and discipline and, ultimately, how to make the clear decisions needed. 

Key Transitions: Classroom to School Leadership

February 19, 2025

In this near-end-of-school-year session, it will be time to reflect on what you have learned and then define a few key transitions so that you and your school principal can significantly impact student achievement. A plan for action is essential. What actions need to be taken? Do they relate to personnel, curriculum, instructional practice, planning vs. implementation, changes in the culture of the school, or other identified targets? To the leadership team you bring new perspectives and recent classroom experience. During this session, practice using your skills to identify needs, determine the local resources and context that will enable success, and gain classroom and leadership support for action. This session gives you the opportunity to refine your instructional leadership actions as you assist teachers in improving teaching and learning in your school.

Payment 

• Online registration must be paid by credit card.
  • SCASA Members - $940 (Must be logged in to see this price)
  • Non SCASA Members - $1,640
• To pay by check, please click here to print a registration form to mail in with your check.
  • Even if you are paying by check, please log in and update your profile. 
• After completing your payment, you will receive a confirmation email for the strand and individual sessions.
• SCASA does not accept purchase orders. 

Fellowships Available

• Fellowships are available for those who both register for the series and attend each session in the series in its entirety.
  • 50% for all assistant principals (ALL school districts)
  • 50% for district-level leaders and principals (Plaintiff school districts only)
• Reimbursements will be submitted to school districts by May 1, 2025.
• In the event the reimbursement should be made payable to the participant, SCASA will require that an authorization form be completed and signed by an official in the district office's accounting department.

Cancellation Policy

• Because of the special rate provided for registration in all four sessions, cancellations must be made by August 14, 2024.
• Cancellations are subject to a $190 fee, to be deducted from the fees incurred at the time of registration.
• Cancellations must be submitted in writing to april@scasa.org by August 14, 2024.
• Cancellations received after August 14, 2024, will not be refunded.