Learning and Leading Together: Mark Your Calendars!

Region 11 Leaders,

It is time for our second session of Learning and Leading Together.  Please see the dates and locations below and complete your registration form by January 8th.  These forms should be returned to the AMSTI office (Tekela Williams) no later than this coming Friday.  We look forward to seeing you soon and learning together!

The Alabama Math Science and Technology Initiative (AMSTI) and The Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI) will be collaborating this year to bring you quality professional learning (PD) for leaders.  This includes central office personnel, principals, assistant principals and instructional coaches.  AMSTI and ARI are working together this year to give you opportunities scheduled over several days.   

Learning and Leading Together – This year-long project will bring administrators and coaches together to revisit the role of the instructional coach, discuss the changes of the coach as she moves from coaching teachers in the area of literacy to coaching instruction in all areas.  The role of the principal and the coach working together will be studied using research from renowned authors Elena Aguilar and Diane Sweeney among others.  Central Office personnel, principals and coaches will have the opportunity to learn, plan and study side-by-side.  The sessions will occur over multiple days during the year with the administrators and coaches attending the first day and coaches staying an additional day to continue strengthening their coaching skills. 

Learning and Leading Together  – Winter Session
January 13-14, 2015	Enterprise – Service Center	For instructional coach and administrator teams – Administrator attends with the coach the first day only. The coach will attend alone the following day.
January 20-21, 2015	Dothan, TUD – Harrison Hall
January 27-28, 2015	Brewton, Brewton City BOE
Learning and Leading Together – Spring Session
April 21, 2015	Enterprise	Administrator and coach will attend this one day session together.
April 23, 2015	Dothan
April 24, 2015	Brewton

All sessions begin at 8:30 a.m.

As you can see above, we’ve planned the sessions in several sites across the region for your convenience.  To make sure we have handouts and room for those who are attending the sessions, we ask that you return the attached page to Tekela Williams at tlwilliams@troy.edu (334-670-5962).  You may return the form for your entire LEA or as a principal and coach team.  You are welcome to attend different session sites during the year if you have conflicts but principals and coaches are asked to come as a team.  It’s very important that you sign up ahead of time so we have the materials and manpower for your session.  For the January session, the deadline for registration is January 8, 2015.  If you did not go to the September session, you can still attend the last two sessions.  (We will send out reminders and deadlines before every session.)  If you have questions, contact Carol Belcher, cbelcher@alsde.edu (334-353-1389) or Kim Dove,  kdove@troy.edu (334-670-5978) or any Regional Staff member from AMSTI or ARI.

Click here to download REGISTRATION form.