Audience

Participation is restricted to elementary, middle, and secondary aspiring principals (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) Aspiring Principals: Gold Strand includes three workshops designed to support your professional growth toward a role in the principalship. 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:

Fundamentals of Strategic Planning

October 22, 2024

Opening a new school, partaking in a major project, or just beginning a new school year can bring many stress-inducing questions. Are you ready for unexpected challenges? Do you have enough time and resources to achieve goals? Do you have a long-term vision? Developing a strategy for the future requires some creative thinking and a deep understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of your school. This session will help aspiring principals learn to develop a strategic plan that is focused on the specific and unique needs of their school. Content will also provide tools to help implement the plan effectively. The goal is to help APs prepare to better manage unforeseen problems, gain unexpected results, analyze and weigh options, and be a visionary for the future.

Art of Effective Communication

February 18, 2025

Being an AP means taking on a lot of responsibility.  The three Bs as well as delegating, disciplining, and helping move the school forward just scratch the surface of an AP’s responsibility. Therefore, if there is a misunderstanding in communication between an AP and his or her staff or teachers, productivity, team cohesion, and morale will suffer.  This session is designed to improve knowledge and skill in how to be a relatable, respectable, and dependable school leader, able to keep all aspects of communication heading the right direction. As a result, participants will improve in confidence and ability to set direction, to meet students’ and teachers’ needs, and to handle difficult conversations. 

Balancing Priorities

March 19, 2025

Given the increasing expectations in education, principals need to be more productive than ever. Not only must jobs be done in less time and with fewer resources, many principals often feel like they work for more than one boss and on more than one team. As a result, they face conflicting tasks, deadlines, and expectations, making it difficult to identify what is most important. Also, huge changes brought about by technology have, in addition to the many benefits, increased the speed and complexity of work overall. This session is designed to help APs prepare for the principalship by properly prioritizing obligations, which will absolutely lead to improved performance. The ultimate result will be minimized stress, improved working relationships, and higher productivity.

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 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 this special rate provided for registration in all three sessions, cancellations must be made by September 24, 2024.
• 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 24, 2024.
• Cancellations received after September 24, 2024, will not be refunded.