[CharterSchools] SUPERINTENDENTS MEET IN BR, THURS, FEB. 4

[charterschools at LACharter.org]

Superintendents and their leadership teams from East Baton Rouge, St. 
James, St. Charles school districts to meet with their counterparts from greater 
New Orleans area to orient their teams to The Vanderbilt Assessment for 
Leadership in Education designed to achieve increased student achievement.

The Vanderbilt Assessment for Leadership has been piloted in districts in 
Louisiana Education to be shared with the Superintendents and their teams. 

Thursday, February 4, 2010
                            8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Where:     Lod and Carole Cook Conference Center, LSU Campus
3848 West Lakeshore Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70808 (225) 383-2665

Directions: http://www.cookconferencecenter.org/directions.html

Background: This is the eighth annual Superintendent’s Summit arranged by 
the School Leadership Center. The Superintendents and their leadership teams 
from 10 plus school districts will meet in a day-long seminar to learn how 
to study the Vanderbilt Assessment for Leadership in Education (a principal 
evaluation tool) and the tools usefulness in their district to improve 
student learning, and their performance scores concerning student outcomes. 
Invited districts include East Baton Rouge, St. Charles, St. James, St. Tammany, 
Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Recovery School District, and 
Algiers Charter School Association. This is a unique collaboration, not 
competition between school districts where the focus is learning from each other 
about how best to obtain improved student achievement.

Who is leading the Summit: 

Dr. Brian Riedlinger CEO of the School Leadership Center of Greater New 
Orleans (SLC) with staff plan and host the Summit each year.SLC, a principals’ 
center focuses on improving student achievement through enhanced school 
leadership with the principalship as the primary conduit.   With 12 years of 
experience workingwith principals and improved student achievement in 
districts, SLC also works with aspiring leaders, school leadership teams, individual 
school ‘Discovery Walks’ and the newly granted ability to certify 
principals. Dr. Riedlinger is also one of the leading founders of the New Orleans 
charter school movement, including the Algiers Charter School Association.

Dr. Ellen Goldring of Vanderbilt University will present the Vanderbilt 
Assessment of Leadership in Education (Val Ed) model. Dr. Goldring is the 
Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Education Policy 
and Leadership at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University and she is a 
co-author of the Val Ed Assessment. She recently served as the coeditor of 
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Her work has been funded by the 
Spencer Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Institute of 
Educational Sciences. Most recently, she designed and implemented a principal 
leadership academy in partnership with the Metropolitan Nashville Public 
Schools. Ellen is also a board member of the School Leadership Center in New 
Orleans.


For more information: 
http://www.slc-gno.org
or call Dr. Riedlinger (504) 267-7239 or cell 655-4366.




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the brylski company
3418 coliseum street
new orleans, louisiana 70115
(504) 897-6110
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