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October 3, 2009
Cope Middle School
Bossier City, Louisiana
Featured Speaker: Dr. Randy Thompson
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About The Workshop:
 Leadership is a Contact Sport! Based on Randy Thompson's book Differentiated Leadership, this workshop will demonstrate how to make every adult in your system a leader. Participants will learn how to dramatically reduce discipline referrals, develop meaningful curricula that will motivate students (and teachers), create flexible schedules, identify and solve group issues, facilitate change, create motivating staff meetings, and much more. Participants will also learn, in their roles as leaders in schools, about interactive, brain-based management systems which enable and require positive and productive interactions, while disabling interactions that are negative and counterproductive.
In Randy's own words, "Leading change in schools has been compared to trying to change the tires on a car while it's moving. To me it is more like trying to nail Jell-O to a tree! Many good administrators have been undone by bad systems within their buildings. In this session we will look at how to use brain-based strategies to facilitate change in schools, simplify your life and enhance your school. We will look at how to assess your systems, how to get ownership with your staff, and how to keep things simple. Whatever your leadership role, strategies will be shared to help the leaders become a more effective Leadership Team, and every staff member a better leader.
About Randy:
- Randy is a graduate of the University of Florida and has worked at both middle and high school levels in Florida and Michigan. As a high school teacher Randy was recognized as "Teacher of the Year". He has also been a coach, assistant principal, curriculum coordinator, and principal, and is currently president of Makitso Educational Consulting.
- Randy has received training in Leadership and Planning in Middle and High Schools; NASSP Mentoring and Coaching; Interaction Management; Prime Middle School Training for Interdisciplinary Teaming, Flexible Block Scheduling, and Advisement/Advocacy Programs; Building Extraordinary Customer Relations; Targeted Selection Interviewer Training; TESA; and Disney Management Training. Randy is also a trainer for High Ropes and Initiative Challenge Courses.
- As the principal, Randy took both Desoto Middle School and Cadillac Middle School through the restructuring process from traditional junior highs to middle schools. Both schools have received exemplary recognition.
- Randy wrote and implemented a program called COMPASS: "Community Partnerships Assuring Student Success". COMPASS is a unique program that builds strong business partnerships around a schools? curriculum to develop meaningful lessons and impact student performance. Randy also wrote and implemented a dropout prevention program that received state recognition.
- As an author Randy has co-authored three best-selling books. FIRE UP FOR LEARNING! is a book of motivational activities for teachers to help them differentiate instruction while firing up their students. WOW, WHAT A TEAM! is a book of practical strategies for middle school teams or high school academies. The book is an interactive manual for teaming with activities from curriculum development to student management for teachers on teams to do to improve collaboration and impact student performance. MIDDLE SCHOOL MATTERS is a book about the matters of middle school. Randy and four other authors created classroom activities and lessons based on songs written by Monte Selby. The music Cd is packaged with the book.
- Randy has become a much sought after keynote speaker and presenter at state and national conferences. In addition to presenting and keynoting at conferences, Randy has also provided a variety of consultant training services for schools and districts in over 40 states (and counting) and several foreign countries. Randy is well known for his sense of humor and very practical strategies for school improvement. Not only will he help you meet the No Child Left Behind requirements, he will make it fun as well.
- However, the honors and recognitions fail to present a full picture of the educator was born in a migrant labor camp in Florida and until the ninth grade aspired only to become a labor crew chief.
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Registration Costs:
Individual Option:
Only $60 per individual prior to September 15, 2009. After September 15, 2009, the registration cost will be $75 per individual. Cost includes lunch, a certificate of attendance and a workshop t-shirt. Pre-register using this form.
On-site Individual Registration will be available at the $75 rate.
Team Option (PREFERRED):
Register a team of 6 for only $325 prior to September 15, 2009. After September 15, 2009 the registration cost for a team of 6 will be $350. Cost includes lunch, a certificate of attendance, materials and a conference t-shirt.
Teams may register onsite at the $350 rate.
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One
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This coupon is good for one free book (up to a $25 value) with any purchase at the ARKLATEX 2009 Bookstore. Free book will be must be of equal or lower value to other book(s) purchased. Limit one coupon per individual. Coupons are not transferable. Coupon good for books on-hand at ARKLATEX 2009 only.
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Offer good onsite at ARKLATEX 2009 only.
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