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    The Principal's Leadership Challenge

    Dr. F. Jane Cobia


    Presenter:
    Dr. F. Jane Cobia
    Workshop Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Two-Days
    Registration fee: $295, ($249 for Texas ASCD members)

    Dates and Locations:


    New Location and Date
    October 11th and 12th, 2010

    East Central ISD Education Support Center
    6674 New Sulphur Springs Road
    San Antonio, TX 78263

    Click Here to register!

    Please contact our office to schedule this academy at your location.


    Workshop overview:
    The principal is expected to be able to handle any problems with parents, teachers and students, manage the facility, enable teachers to teach, and to know the latest information on curricular issues.  This seminar will address Texas and national standards, challenges with regard to creation of learning communities, and possible curricular trends for the 21st century. 

    This session will provide strategies to:
    • Strengthen your own leadership skills
    • Build leadership teams and learning communities
    • Review Texas curriculum standards and compare them with national core standards
    • Develop a plan of action to be used by the principal to build teams in the school building with a focus on curriculum

    A curriculum leadership plan of action will be developed and/or revised for actual implementation SY 2010-2011.

    F. Jane Cobia
    F. Jane Cobia is currently the chair of the Department of Education at the Shorter College in Rome, Georgia.  She teaches curriculum, methodology, and seminar classes.  Over the past 28 years, Jane has had a wide range of experience in education, from being an instructor, to an educational specialist, to Assistant Superintendent, to Coordinator of Career and Technical Programs, to Superintendent of a district in Alabama.  Dr. Cobia holds many positions with educational associations and currently sits on the International Board of Directors with ASCD.


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