Continuing Education
Dipping One’s Toes in the Social Networking Stream: Using the Read-Write Web in Classrooms and Libraries, Doug Johnson
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Call it Web 2.0, the Social Web, or the Read/Write Web, how people use the Internet, especially young ones, has changed dramatically over the past few years. This beginner’s session introduces the most popular tools of Web 2.0 including blogs, wikis, rss feeds, and content sharing sites. Examples of how educators are making use of these tools to aid student learning will be discussed. The session concludes with a discussion of the safe and ethical use of web 2.0 tools.
Doug Johnson is the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato (MN) Public Schools. His teach- ing experience has included work in grades K-12. He is the author of five books, a long-running column in Library Media Connection, the Blue Skunk Blog, and his articles over forty books and periodicals. Doug has worked with over 130 organizations around the world and has held leadership positions in state and national organizations, including ISTE and AASL.
Location:
Whitfield School is located at 175 South Mason Road, St. Louis, MO 63141.
Directions:
From Highway 270 exit Ladue Road. Travel west on Ladue Road to Mason Road (approximately two miles west of 270). Turn left (south) onto Mason Road. The main entrance of Whitfield School is on the west side of Mason Road.
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LEGO Engineering: Helping kids think with their hands to better learn the important concepts involved in Science, Math and Technology instruction, Chris Rogers
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In this talk, Chris Rogers will discuss some of the research he is doing on how kids learn Science, Math and Technology, and how it impacts how we teach these subjects and how we design learning approaches. Chris will highlight the importance of teaching through listening (to the student), teaching through building (hands on application) along with the traditional teaching through telling (lecture). More importantly, he will show what children around the world have made, the science they have learned, and the excitement they have shown when using engineering as a focal point of Math, Science and Technology instruction. When given the opportunity, children are natural engineers, willing to work together to fail, to build, to test, and eventually to succeed in solving a problem. If you are responsible for the curriculum in your school, teach science, math or technology and want to improve learning outcomes for your students, this workshop is a must!
Chris Rogers received three of his degrees at Stanford University. From Stanford, he went to Tufts University as a faculty member, where he has been, as he puts it, “been for the last million years””. His work has been funded by numerous government organizations and corporations, including the NSF, NASA, Intel, Boeing, Cabot, Steinway, Selmer, National Instruments, Raytheon, Fulbright, and the LEGO Corporation. His teaching work extends to elementary school, where he talks with over 1000 teachers around the world every year on ways of bringing engineering into the younger grades. He has worked with LEGO to develop ROBOLAB, a robotic approach to learning science and math. ROBOLAB, which is being used by 50,000 schools worldwide and has been translated into 15 languages. He has spoken on engineering education in countries worldwide and he makes it a point to work in K-12 classrooms once a week, although he has been banned from recess for making too much noise.
Location:
MICDS is located at 101 North Warson Road, St. Louis, MO 63124.
Directions:
From Highway 40 and Lindbergh Boulevard, travel north on Lindbergh to Ladue Road. At the intersection of Ladue and Lindbergh Boulevard turn right (East) on Ladue Road to the first intersection of Warson and Ladue Roads. Turn north on Warson Road. Turn left into the driveway labeled Entrance #6 at the north end of the campus. Signs will direct you to the Dining Hall to the right of the north flagpole.
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Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Friendship Development, Popularity and Social Cruelty in Childhood, Michael Thompson
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Children don’t want adults to be involved in their social lives. They hate it when teachers “interfere.” Yet teachers are witnesses to the exclusion of low-status children in elementary schools and the popularity wars of middle school and they must act to protect the weak. Parents also see the friendship difficulties of their own children. Some take their children’s social ambitions to heart and worry that their children are not popular. Other parents hope the school can protect their children from all social pain.
Social cruelty among kids is one of the most difficult things that adults have to confront in raising or educating children. Experienced teachers can be confused about how to protect a child in class, for fear of putting a rejected or controversial child in “the limelight.” They can also feel defensive when parents of neglected or victimized children come to the school for help.
This presentation walks teachers and parents through the complex social world of childhood and addresses a number of questions: What do social relationships in school predict about happiness in adult life? What is the normal sequence of child friendships, from the parallel play of the two-year-old to the intimate self-disclosure of the adolescent? Why do cliques form and what are the differences between boy and girl groups? Why are children scapegoated and how can their parents and school protect them? Dr. Thompson will draw on research to highlight the differences between friendship and popularity. He makes suggestions about the management of social problems in schools and makes the case that while all children yearn for popularity, it is friendship that helps children survive and thrive.
Michael Thompson, Ph.D. is a consultant, author and psychologist specializing in children and families. He is the clinical consultant to The Belmont Hill School and has worked in more than five hundred schools across the United States, as well as in international schools in Central America, Europe and Asia. He is an author and co-author of numerous books and articles on raising and educating boys in America; most notable is his New York Times best-selling book, Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (Ballantine Books, 1999). Publisher’s Weekly review declared about one of his works, “Not since Dr. Spock and Penelope Leach has there been such a sensitive and practical guide to raising healthy children.” Dr. Thompson’s works have helped parents understand the complex journey of children through school, from Kindergarten through senior year. A dedicated speaker and traveler, Michael Thompson has appeared on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC 20/20, CBS 60 Minutes, The Early Show and Good Morning America and National Public Radio. He has been quoted in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time and U.S. News and World Report. He has written, narrated and hosted a two-hour PBS documentary entitled “Raising Cain” broadcast in January of 2006.
Location:
Chaminade College Preparatory School is located at 425 South Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63131.
Directions:
From Highway 40 and Lindbergh Blvd., travel north on Lindbergh and take the Chaminade exit which is approximately 1 mile north of Highway 40. The Skip Viragh Center for the Arts is located on the left as you enter the main entrance. Parking should be available in front of Chaminade Hall or in the lot located in the north end of the back of campus. The presentation will take place in the Siefert Auditorium which is located on the first floor immediately as you walk in the main entrance.
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Schools of the Future: Strategy & Design, Pat Bassett
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How will the classrooms and schools of the future be different or similar to classrooms and schools in the present? At a year-long series of Strategy and Design (S&D) town hall meetings at independent schools around the U.S., NAIS’s president, Pat Bassett, has accumulated a large data base of information that is helpful to teachers and school leaders as they attempt to plan for their schools and classrooms in the future. He offers a framework for schools of the future, com- posed of four essential questions that schools must address to remain viable and successful. His talk concludes with an extremely interesting list of the “21 Things that Will Be Obsolete in Education by 2020!”
Patrick F. Bassett began his career in independent schools in 1970 as an English teacher and lacrosse coach at Woodberry Forrest School (Virginia), an all boys boarding school. In 1980, he became headmaster of an all-girls school, Stuart Hall (Virginia), where he remained until 1989. From 1981 to 1989, Bassett served on the Executive Committee of the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS), and he was presi- dent from 1988-1989. From 1985 to 1989, he served on the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). He was named a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow from 1986-1989. Bassett became the head of Pomfret School (Connecticut), a coed, boarding-day high school, in 1989.
Location:
Forsyth School is located at 6235 Wydown Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63105.
Directions:
From the west: Take I 64/40 east to the McCausland exit, turn left onto northbound McCausland. McCausland becomes Skinker Boulevard. Continue north on Skinker to Wydown Blvd. Turn left onto westbound Wydown Blvd. and take an immediate right into the Seventh Day Adventist Church/Forsyth School parking lot. Follow the brick path to the front door of the adjacent red brick house.
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Enrollment Management for the Admission Professional, Chris Baker
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Join this full-day seminar with "the consummate enrollment management educator," Christine Baker of The Baker Group. Ms. Baker will lead a workshop on enrollment management strategies for admission professionals. During the workshop Ms. Baker will engage you in active discussion around issues of: enrollment management, marketing, collecting and analyzing data, forecasting trends, and reporting to the board.
Enrollment management goes beyond a fancy name for admissions. This day-long session will challenge attendees to focus on the key areas of enrollment management and core sustainability issues around which they revolve.
While enrollment management is a newer practice in the independent school world, it is an institutional process and systematic approach adopted by many colleges and universities over the past 30 years. The relevance of enrollment management for independent schools has been intensified as the uncertain economic conditions and shifting demographics in recent years have presented independent schools with significant school budget challenges.
Topics will include admission office essentials, the significance of a community wide enrollment management effort, the importance of research, dashboard indicators to live by and approaches to Board meetings.
Christine H. Baker, Founder and Principal Consultant of the Baker Group, Chris has over 25 years in the admission profession. As former Director of Admission at Milton Academy, a K-12 day-boarding school in Milton, Massachusetts, and a college admission professional at Boston College and Babson College, Chris is most known for her comprehensive approach to market research-based decision making and enrollment management strategy development. During her tenure in the admissions field, Chris has played an instrumental role in a number of the profession’s strategic initiatives. Most recently, she played a pivotal role in the formation of the Association of Independent School Admission Professionals (AISAP). In 1995-96 she assisted Applied Education Research in the creation of the Independent School Admission Survey. Chris has been involved in discussions on national admission testing issues, serving on the Education Records Board (ERB) Advisory Board. She also helped the Secondary School Admissions Testing Board explore and implement its’ writing sample. Chris’ current project is being editor for NAIS’ book on enrollment management that is expected to be in print by the end of this year.
Location:
MICDS is located at 101 North Warson Road. From Highway 40 and Lindbergh Blvd., travel north on Lindbergh to Ladue Road. At the intersection of Ladue and Lindbergh Blvd. turn right (East) on Ladue Road to the first intersection of Warson and Ladue Roads. Turn north on Warson Road. Olson Hall is located at the main entrance of MICDS on the west side of Warson Road. Parking should be available in front of Olson Hall. Find the Presentation Room by ascending the front steps of Olson Hall. The Presentation Room is located on the first floor on the west side of the north corridor.
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From Admission to Achievement: ERB Online Assessments, Ann Harris
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Are you thinking about moving to online assessments but don't know how to make the transition? In this session we will discuss additional benefits to online assessments and how to transition your school from paper/pencil to online assessments. We will explore how online assessments can help provide more immediate feedback as well as a solid benchmark in academic growth for informed decision making on the individual student, class and/or school. From admission to achievement, find out more about how ERB online assessments fit with 21st Century learning.
ERB has many new offerings for our member schools including the CTP Online, a new ECAA Online (Early Childhood Admission Assessment), ISEE Online Primary 4, enhancements to our WPP Online (Writing Practice Program), and our new MPP Online (Math Practice Program).
Ann Harris is currently in her 19th year as an ERB member services consultant. She has over 30 years experience in education, including admission testing, counseling and teaching. Ann is skilled in a wide range of functions involving educational guidance, testing consultation and interpretation and workshop presentations.
Location:
MICDS is located at 101 North Warson Road. From Highway 40 and Lindbergh Blvd., travel north on Lindbergh to Ladue Road. At the intersection of Ladue and Lindbergh Blvd. turn right (East) on Ladue Road to the first intersection of Warson and Ladue Roads. Turn north on Warson Road. Olson Hall is located at the main entrance of MICDS on the west side of Warson Road. Parking should be available in front of Olson Hall. Find the Presentation Room by ascending the front steps of Olson Hall. The Presentation Room is located on the first floor on the west side of the north corridor.
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We Survived FY 2010, Now What? A workshop on financial sustainability, Sarah Daignault
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A half-day Symposium for Independent School’s Finance Professionals, Heads of Schools and Senior Administrators
Head of Schools, Trustees and Business Officers have been worrying about this issue for a year and a half at least. How will you lead your school to a new financial model that will make it sustainable over a long time? Every organization is looking to its leadership for the answer to this nagging question. How will the financial expertise of your CFO and Board members be utilized? During this workshop, we will review the facts – financial and demographic. We will work with a case study to identify the issues and to start developing next steps. Schools will work in teams to develop plans on how to take this conversation back to school to address your specific challenges.
Please bring a trustee and your business officer or other senior administrators so that you can work together as a team addressing the issues at your school. There is good news here. The emerging focus on 21st Century Education is creating an imperative to make changes in how and what we teach. The intersection of this movement with the financial challenges will allow us to create the new model for independent schools of the future.
Sarah Daignault is an instructor at the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. She is the former Executive Director of the National Business Officers Association (NBOA). Prior to founding NBOA, Sarah spent five years as the Business Officer at Friends School of Baltimore and four years as the Business Manager at Bryn Mawr School for Girls. During her 19 year tenure on the Board of Directors of the Madeira School in Virginia, Sarah was the President of the Board for eight years. She also chaired the Capital Campaign for five years and led a search process for a new head of school. She serves on the Boards of the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS) and the Association of Independent School Admission Professionals (AISAP). She has also served on the Board of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) as well as three other independent schools.
Location:
Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School is located at 801 S. Spoede Road at the intersection of Conway and Spoede Roads. From Highway 40 exit Spoede Road. Travel north on Spoede to the second stop sign at Conway and Spoede Roads. Turn left onto Conway. Take an immediate first right into Villa’s driveway. Park along right side of drive way or try for a parking place near the front of the school. Enter the door stated receptionist. The workshop will take place in the school’s first floor Conference Room.
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Doug Johnson Workshop: Smart Strategies for Changing Times, Doug Johnson
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Doug Johnson is the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato (MN) Public Schools. His teaching experience has included work in grades K-12. He is the author of five books, a long-running column in Library Media Connection, the Blue Skunk Blog, and his articles have appeared in over forty books and periodicals. Doug has worked with over 130 organizations around the world and has held leadership positions in state and national organizations, including ISTE and AASL.
Morning Workshop
Is Technology Making a Difference in Your School?
Schools are pouring thousands of dollars into educational technologies. How can schools minimize their cost and maximize the impact that this investment makes through careful, collaborative and simple planning? This workshop gives the practitioner an overview of current best-practices in educational technology and tools for determining if technology is having a positive impact on both the instructional and administrative roles of the school.
Afternoon Workshop
Changed but Still Critical: Brick and Mortar School Libraries in the Digital Age
Today’s reality is that readers and information seekers are having increasingly less need to visit a physical library to meet their basic information needs. Digital information sources, readily accessed from classroom, home or mobile computing devices, are the choice of many learners and teachers. The “Net Generation” student increasingly prefers the visual and the virtual rather than the printed text. Why, many educators are asking, does a school need a physical library when seemingly all resources can be obtained using an inexpensive netbook and a wireless network connection? How can these large physical spaces in our schools be re-purposed for greater educational impact?
School Libraries and Cloud Computing: Roles and Possibilities
Discover how libraries can benefit by moving to the cloud and what role librarians can play when staff and student applications become hosted. The session discusses the implication of hosted computer applications and resources on school library programs and the role of the school librarian.
What are the advantages of moving to a "hosted" school library catalog and circulation system? How can school librarians themselves take advantage of GoogleApps and similar cloud-based productivity tools? And what roles can the school librarian play when a school adopts a program like GoogleApps for Education?
Location:
Whitfield School is located at 175 S. Mason Road. From Highway 270 exit Ladue Road. Travel west on Ladue Road to Mason Road (approximately two miles west of 270). Turn left (south) onto Mason Road. The main entrance of Whitfield School is on the west side of Mason Road.
Please Note: Lunch provided for Morning and All Day Attendees. We are unable to register participants for individual sessions.
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ISSL “STEM” Workshop: Strengthening Engineering Education and Developing Citizen Engineers! Chris Rogers
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Independent Schools of St. Louis and City Academy presents a STEM Workshop for teachers and educators who use or plan to use LEGO Mindstorms to teach science or math in their classrooms. If you teach science at any level in the K-12 setting you won’t want to miss a special all day workshop being jointly sponsored by ISSL, City Academy and Tufts University with graduate students from Washington University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science, to be held on the campus of City Academy on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The workshop is designed to excite, educate, and train ISSL teachers of science in a special curricular approach known as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. Join this workshop to:
— Try out activities that use NXT to teach science and math
— Share experiences and ideas for implementing the tools in the classroom
— Learn about new developments for LEGO MINDSTORMS
— Meet fellow users & experts
Professor Chris Rogers
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Chris Rogers PhD, is passionate about improving engineering education in America’s schools. As the Director of Tufts University’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), Rogers leads a host of programs and initiatives to integrate engineering into K-12 education. “I truly believe that learning at all ages should be exciting and driven by curiosity,” Rogers said. “If we bring engineering into the classroom, we can build that excitement around learning math and science. Through engineering design we can also teach rational thinking, problem solving, goal setting and solving, teamwork, and communication.” Rogers, received the 2003 National Science Foundation Director’s Distinguished Teaching Scholar Award and was named Carnegie Professor of the Year in Massachusetts in 1998. CEEO runs the LEGO engineering program, which develops classroom tools based around LEGO robotics and around making stop action movies. Additionally, CEEO’s Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP), places about 35 engineering students in public elementary school classrooms each semester. These students work with k-12 teachers to help them improve the way science and math are taught. CEEO is also currently researching a broad range of topics including how engineering helps elementary students learn science, how language can play a role in engineering learning, how multiple ways of learning and demonstrating knowledge can improve learning, and how teachers gain confidence in teaching engineering.
Chris Rogers received three of his degrees at Stanford University. From Stanford, he went to Tufts University as a faculty member, where he has been, as he puts it, “been for the last million years””. His work has been funded by numerous government organizations and corporations, including the NSF, NASA, Intel, Boeing, Cabot, Steinway, Selmer, National Instruments, Raytheon, Fulbright, and the LEGO Corporation. His teaching work extends to elementary school, where he talks with over 1000 teachers around the world every year on ways of bringing engineering into the younger grades. He has worked with LEGO to develop ROBOLAB, a robotic approach to learning science and math. ROBOLAB, which is being used by 50,000 schools worldwide and has been translated into 15 languages. He has spoken on engineering education in countries worldwide and he makes it a point to work in K-12 classrooms once a week, although he has been banned from recess for making too much noise.
Location:
City Academy is located at 4175 North Kingshighway Boulevard.
From Highway 40/I-64 exit 36B North Kingshighway. Continue north 4 miles to Penrose. Turn left on Penrose.
From I-70 exit 244A Union/Kingshighway. Continue on exit ramp through Union intersection; right on Kingshighway then right on Penrose.
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Educating Boys: All Day Workshop, Michael Thompson
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Michael Thompson, Ph.D. is a consultant, author and psychologist specializing in children and families. He is the clinical consultant to The Belmont Hill School and has worked in schools around the globe. He is an author and co-author of numerous books and articles on raising and educating boys in America; most notable is his New York Times best-selling book, Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (Ballantine Books, 1999). A dedicated speaker and traveler, Michael Thompson has appeared on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC 20/20, CBS 60 Minutes, The Early Show and Good Morning America and National Public Radio. He has been quoted in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time and U.S. News and World Report.
The Program
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM : Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM : Raising Cain: Understanding the Nature of Boys
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM : Lunch
01:00 PM – 03:30 PM : Top Twelve Suggestions for Teaching Boys
Dealing with Difficult Parents
04:00 PM – 5:30 PM : BONUS: Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Friendship Development, Popularity and Social Cruelty in Childhood
Location:
Chaminade College Preparatory School is located at 425 S. Lindbergh Blvd which is 1 mile north of Hwy 40 on Lindbergh Boulevard.
Take Highway 40 to the Lindbergh exit. Go north on Lindbergh to the school on your left.
From Highway 40 and Lindbergh Blvd., travel north on Lindbergh and take the Chaminade exit which is approximately 1 mile north of Highway 40. The Skip Viragh Center for the Arts is located on the left as you enter the main entrance. Parking should be available in front of Chaminade Hall or in the lot located in the north end of the back of campus. The presentation will take place in the Siefert Auditorium which is located on the first floor immediately as you walk in the main entrance.
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Current Topics in Governance, A Dinner for Heads & Trustees, Pat Bassett, NAIS President
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To encourage and support effective leadership in schools, Independent Schools of St. Louis has designed this program for members of boards of trustees, heads and educational administrators. The program will examine current topics important to all.
Presentation: Top Trends for School Leaders to Ponder for 2011-2012
The president of NAIS, based on the latest research and upon his observations from the field, articulates, ruminates, and engages in conversation about the critical challenges and opportunities facing American education in general and independent school education in particular. Time permitting; the presentation is coupled with "Change Agency Leadership" to address how leadership will effect the changes needed to address the trends.
Program Schedule:
— 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Registration and Reception
— 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Dinner
— 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Presentation
Location:
St. Louis University High School is located at 4970 Oakland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110 next door to the St. Louis Science Center.
Directions:
From Highway 40/I-64, exit south on Kingshighway (exit 36A), then immediately turn right on Oakland and follow for one-half block. From Interstate 44, take the Kingshighway exit and travel north on Kingshighway one mile to Oakland Avenue and turn left.
Parking: (No charge for parking in the Science Center)
There is ample parking in the lot SLUH shares with the Science Center. Enter the lot through the driveway at the bottom of the hill — between the football field and the Science Center. Bring your parking ticket to the session to have it validated for complimentary parking.
Access & Affordability: Sophie’s Choice, Patrick F. Bassett, NAIS
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A workshop for Independent School’s Admission Directors, Finance Professionals, Heads of Schools.
The president of NAIS identifies industry trend lines on admissions, financial aid, family incomes, and affordability, and considers the challenges the changing landscape presents for independent schools. He examines the new normal practices of net tuition revenue budgeting and planning as independent schools move from using financial aid as a tool for "access" toward the goal of "affordability" for the middle class.
Location:
St. Joseph’s Academy is located at 2307 South Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131.
Top 10 Trends in Development, Pat Bassett, NAIS President
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A workshop for Independent Schools’ Development Directors, Heads of Schools and Trustees.
NAIS President Pat Bassett uses the latest research and his observations from the field to identify the top 10 trends in development today. He offers specific advice to independent school leaders so they can leverage these trends to positively impact their schools.
Location:
St. Joseph’s Academy is located at 2307 South Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131.
New Trustee Orientation: How to be an Effective Independent School Board Member!
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Set Aside June 6, 2012 for this important program designed specifically to help both current and new trustees understand and fulfill their roles as the governors of an independent school. A panel, made up of local experienced board members, and institutional leaders will share their views, wisdom and experience on how boards and individual board members can work to best fulfill their responsibilities to guide, support and strengthen the institution of which they are apart.
Location:
Forsyth School is located at 6235 Wydown Blvd (north side of street) just west of Skinker Boulevard. There will be reserved parking on the lot for this meeting. Enter the first red brick house on Wydown on the west side of the parking lot, and the School office is on the right.
From the west:
Take I 64/40 east to the McCausland exit, turn left onto northbound McCausland. McCausland becomes Skinker Boulevard. Continue north on Skinker to Wydown Boulevard. Turn left onto westbound Wydown Boulevard and take an immediate right into the Seventh Day Adventist Church/Forsyth School parking lot. Follow the brick path to the front door of the adjacent red brick house.
From eastbound Wydown:
You can make a U-turn onto westbound Wydown at the Skinker stoplight, and then take the first right into the parking lot.
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