The Center for Executive Education Leadership (CEEL) Principals' Series - Gold Strand consists of three sessions that have been designed to help you in your professional and personal growth. Participants may register for all three sessions at a special price or may register for each individual session.

Descriptions for each session are listed below:

Having the Courage to Lead

October 17, 2018

The pressure to achieve is squarely on in the job of the principal.  Principals are entrusted with great responsibilities in the lives of staff and students.  Every decision made, regardless of whether it creates tremendous improvements, can cause discontent among stakeholders.  Every day can feel like a tightrope walk between results and feelings.  This session will offer straightforward guidance for leading courageously in order to drive academic and personal performance.

Conflict Resolution

December 5, 2018

Difficult conversations are inevitable. Those conversations can create unhappiness, stress, and tension. They can also impair and even destroy relationships. When handled poorly, they are likely to result in serious problems that interfere with productivity and leave everyone involved feeling frustrated and dissatisfied.  Principals can’t avoid these kinds of conversations but can learn how to handle them more effectively.   This session will outline the nature of difficult conversations and the seven stages of handling them in a way that minimizes negative responses and strengthens relationships.

Leading When Overwhelmed and Pressured

February 6, 2019

Principals encounter many stressors during the day – due dates, meetings, disagreements, difficult situations, and a never-ending flow of assignments. As you try to balance all these situations while working 50 hours or more a week, emotional resolve may start to weaken. When this happens, you begin to lose your patience, find your job to be less meaningful, and may even develop health issues.  This session is designed to give participants the tools they need to identify workplace stressors, end self-defeating talk, build communicative structures, and deal more calmly with change. 

Payment 

• Online registration must be paid by credit card.
  • SCASA Members - $600 (Must be logged in to see this price)
  • Non SCASA Members - $1125
•  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 as well as the individual sessions within the strand you are registered for.
• SCASA does not accept purchase orders. 

Fellowships Available

• Fellowships are available for those who both register for the series and attend each full -day session in the series.
  • 50% for aspiring leaders and assistant principals (ALL school districts)
  • 50% for district level leaders and principals (Plaintiff school districts only)
• Fellowships are in the form of a reimbursement payment to school districts after series completion. Reimbursements will be submitted to school districts by May 2, 2019.

Cancellation Policy

• Because of this special rate for all three sessions, cancellations must be made by September 19, 2018.
• Cancellations are subject to a $120 fee.
• Cancellations must be submitted in writing to april@scasa.org by September 19, 2018.
• Cancellations received after September 19, 2018 will not be refunded.