Audience

Participation is restricted to district superintendents.

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) Superintendents' Gold Strand  includes three sessions that have been designed to support 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:

Dare to Lead (Book Study)

October 28, 2021

In book study format, participants will discover and discuss in whole group and small team discussions ideas on how to build courage in the workplace.  Renowned research professor Brene’ Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage and vulnerability.  She has found that both leaders and teams face serious problems in their ability to display vulnerability at work; instead, they sabotage themselves, killing innovation and creativity.  In this book she discusses owning your fears, choosing courage over comfort, whole hearts over armor, and building an organizational culture based on bravery.

A few weeks prior to the session, you will be receiving the book Dare to Lead, by Brené Brown, to prepare for your participation. 

The Speed of Trust (Book Study)

December 1, 2021

Trust is more relevant now than ever before—it is truly the new currency of our society. In The Speed of Trust Stephen M. R. Covey, widely known as one of the world’s leading authorities on trust, asserts that it is “the most overlooked, misunderstood, underutilized asset to enable performance. Its impact, for good or bad, is dramatic and pervasive. It’s something you can’t escape.” Thankfully, it is also the thing that can dramatically improve your personal and professional success.  In book study format, participants will discuss in small teams how trust functions in every transaction and every relationship—from the most personal to the broadest, most indirect interaction—and will be inspired to improve in this area for greater effectiveness as a leader.  

A few weeks prior to the session, you will be receiving the book The Speed of Trust, by Stephen M. R. Covey, to prepare for your participation. 

Leading People Through Change

March 10, 2022

This session is designed to improve the senior leader’s effectiveness in both change management and change leadership.  It will include a study of how the content in specific sections of the book Leaders Eat Last specifically impacts change efforts.  Unfortunately, many employees suffer when leaders fail to understand the stages employees go through during a change.  The simple truth is that understanding these stages leads to faster and more effective change efforts.  Focusing on communication, collaboration, and commitment helps to insure that your senior leadership team, middle-level leaders, and the wider district organization are fully aligned with your change efforts, thereby yielding the results that matter.

A few weeks prior to the session, you will be receiving the book Leaders Eat Last, by Simon Sinek, to prepare for your participation.  

Payment 

• Online registration must be paid by credit card.
  • Registration Fee - $600
• 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 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 superintendents, 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 5, 2022.
• 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 for all three sessions, cancellations must be made by September 30, 2021.
• Cancellations are subject to a $120 fee, in addition to the cost of the book (if already mailed) to be deducted from the fees incurred at the time of registration.
• Cancellations must be submitted in writing to april@scasa.org by September 30, 2021.
• Cancellations received after September 30, 2021, will not be refunded.