Mississippi Association of School Administrators

 2012 MASA Annual Spring Leadership Conference
Transitions to New Leadership Roles

 Sunday, April 15, 2012

Pre-Conferences

 Early Dropout Prevention Strategies
Dr. Lee Childress, Superintendent, Corinth School District

 Assessments and Data for the New Common Core State Standards
Mr. Chuck Poer, Vice President of Educational Services
Bailey Education Group

 General Session I

The Evaluation Process for Mississippi Educators
Dr. Daphne Buckley, Deputy State Superintendent, Office of Quality Professionals and Special Schools
Ms. Cecily McNair, Director of the MS Teacher Center
Ms. Donna Loden, M-STAR Consultant

 Concurrent Sessions

 Update on Federal Programs
Ms. Debbie Murphy, Director of Federal Programs; Dr. Lynn House, Deputy State Superintendent, Office of Instructional Enhancement and Internal Operations; and Mr. Joe DeCastra, Consultant, Project Management and Business Analytical Services

Accountability and Accreditation: The New Program Alignment
Mr. John Gilbert, Deputy State Superintendent, Office of Educational Accountability; Dr. Paula Vanderford, Bureau Manager, Office of Accreditation; Mr. Patrick Ross, Director of Accountability Services, Office of Accreditation; and Ms. JoAnn Malone, Director of Accountability Systems, Office of Accreditation

 Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Principal
Dr. Cherie Labat, Principal, Bay Waveland Middle School, Bay Waveland School District; and Dr. Myron Labat, Visiting Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and School Counseling, The University of Southern Mississippi

 Dropout Prevention in the Lamar County School District
Dr. Ben Burnett, Superintendent, Lamar County School District; Mr. Jarrod Bohannon, Lamar Country School District Dropout Prevention Coordinator/District Hearing Chair/Dean of Students, Baxterville School; Ms. Latressa Young, District Social Worker; Mr. Michael Thornton, Youth Services Counselor, Lamar County Youth Court

 New Day Dawning: Teacher Evaluations at the Center of School Improvement
Mr. John Raymond, Founder and President, PowerIT

 HELP! I Need to be More Tech-Savy…
Mr. Rick Smith, Director of Admissions, MS School for Mathematics and Science

 RTI = Real Technology Integration
Dr. Gearl Loden, Superintendent, Amory School District; Ms. Cheryl Moore, Amory Middle School; Mr. Brian Jones, East Amory Elementary; and Ms. Cheri Ladner, Classworks

 General Session II
What's So Special About Education Leadership? It's The Future.
Dr. Carl E. Harris, Consultant, TE21, Inc.

 General Session III
Reaching for the Star:  A Three-Year Transition Plan
for Implementing the Common Core
Dr. Cindy Morgan, The Excellence Group

 General Session IV

Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) Update
Mrs. Pat Robinson, Executive Director, Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi 

Teaching Children with Autism through Perspective, Practical
Strategies, and Motivation
Mr. Terry Thoren, CoFounder and Chief Executive Officer, TeachTown, Inc.
Dr. Melinda Docter, Vice President of Curriculum, TeachTown, Inc.

 Concurrent Sessions III

Update on the Common Core State Standards and Assessment
Ms. Trecina Green, Associate State Superintendent, Office of Instructional Enhancement; and Mr. James Mason, Director, Office of Student Assessment

School Safety - 500,000 Reasons Why
Mr. Shane McNeil, Director, Safe and Orderly School, MDE

 Using Data to Transform Instruction
Mr. Lance Evans, Principal, New Albany High School, New Albany School District; and Mr. Jamey Wright, Principal, New Albany Elementary School

 Legal Questions and Answers
Mr. Jim Keith, Partner, Adams and Reese, LLC

 Benchmarks and Teacher Evaluation: Linking Data to Improve Instruction
Mr. Paul K Shelly, Consultant, Educational Leadership Solutions, Inc.

           The Benefits of PERS
The Retirement Education Staff, Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi

 General Session V

Legislative, Budget and Policy Updates
Dr. Tom Burnham, Superintendent of Education
Mississippi Department of Education