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Leadership in Tough Times

In working with schools over the past year, I have come across many great principals working so hard for their students. As I was reading Principal Leadership this month I came across a great article on ethical leadership and it made me reflect on how to make better decisions as a leader. The article outlined 12 different questions to ask in making a decision or taking an action...click to read more.

Recent News

Reporting Student Participants in the Seat Time Waiver Program

20J FUNDING RESTORATION INTRODUCED

One 'Yes,' One 'No'

Power to the principal

MDE Official Communication - Memo #135-09 - Mandatory Expulsion Laws

Flanagan: Money Not Only Answer

Principals Questions of the Week

Looking for ways to incorporate our local Baptist Academy students into our public school, thoughts?

What is your retention policy for middle school students?

Tweets of the Week

PrinRipmaster: What happens to concept of classrooms now that we can learn anything, anywhere, anytime? http://bit.ly/2R5Y4z

Kerhoulas: Parent Teacher Conferences at Croswell-Lexington High School Thursday Night 5:30-7:30PM. Please consider attending - IT MATTERS!

suptflanagan: The new 3 R's for schools to survive and then thrive: reimagine, revenue, and reduction...a balanced mix of all 3.

Scott_Eckhart: MEAP - Down to just a few students who have to make up MEAP tests. Hoping they aren't sick all week.

MASA_GOV: Patrick Anderson from EAG presenting on the economic situation: The 8-year recession and how to rethink the new Michigan.

Look Who Blogged This Week

The Michigan I love - Good bye (Jim Ballard, MASSP Executive Director)

Please take the lotto monies (Jim Ballard, MASSP Executive Director)

Thank you. No, thank you. (Jim Ballard, MASSP Executive Director)

Upcoming Events

November 9, 16, 23, 2009, Flexible Scheduling Webinar Series, Online

November 13, 2009, Classroom Discipline: Establishing Respect and Responsibility, MELG Building, Lansing, MI

December 2, 2009, MVU Symposium - Connecting with Youth in a Media-Rich World, Kellogg Center, East Lansing, MI

December 3, 2009, Principal Boot Camp Mid Year Review, MELG Building, Lansing, MI

December 7, 2009, IBSOM 5th Bi-Annual Symposium, Macomb ISD, MI

December 7, 14, 2009, Flexible Scheduling Webinar Series, Online

December 15, 2009, Credit Recovery Summit II: Math Solutions, Lansing, MI

February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2010, Tuesdays in the Middle Webinar Series, Online

February 24, 2010, Classroom Discipline: Establishing Respect and Responsibility, MELG Building, Lansing, MI

March 6, 2010, Principal Contracts and Negotiations Seminar, MELG Building, Lansing, MI

March 24, 2010, Are You Sure They're Telling the Truth? Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques, MELG Building, Lansing, MI

April 28, 2010, MASSP Spring Law Update, MELG Building, Lansing, MI

June, 2010, Summer Retreat, Mission Point Resort, Mackinac Island, MI

Student Council and Honor Society Events

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