Audience

Participation is restricted to elementary, middle, and secondary principals.

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) Principals: Gold Strand includes three workshops designed to support you in your professional and personal growth. Participants may register for all three sessions at a reduced price or may register for each session individually. 

Descriptions for each session are listed below:

Having the Courage to Lead (Book Study)

October 10, 2023

The pressure to achieve is squarely on the shoulders 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.

A few weeks prior to the session, you will be receiving the book, Leadership Isn't for Cowards by Mike Staver, to prepare for your participation.

Productive Conflict

December 5, 2023

In this session participants will be provided with a learning experience that increases self-awareness of behaviors used during conflict and increases knowledge of how to effectively respond during the uncomfortable and unavoidable challenges of workplace conflict. Rather than focus on a step-by-step process for conflict resolution, content offers personalized techniques to curb destructive behaviors so that conflict can become more productive, ultimately improving workplace relationships and results.

Leading When Overwhelmed and Pressured

January 31, 2024

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 needed 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 - $700 (Must be logged in to see this price)
  • Non SCASA Members - $1,400
•  To pay by check, please click here to print a registration form to include along 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 full-day session in the series.
  • 50% for all 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, 2024.
• 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 three sessions, cancellations must be made by September 12, 2023.
• Cancellations are subject to a $140 fee, to be deducted from the fees incurred at the time of registration.
• Cancellations must be submitted in writing to april@scasa.org by September 12, 2023.
• Cancellations received after September 12, 2023, will not be refunded.