A Note from the President
Dr. Steve Robinson
It's that time of year again. Winter is behind us, trees are turning green, and we are all looking forward to spring and summer. Rituals are common with every season, and one spring ritual close to my heart is the great sport of baseball. There's nothing like attending a game on a beautiful day with a great seat, some snacks, and a friend or family member. It's something I try to do every spring.
For educators, professional development is a common ritual of summer. Finished with the school year, many attend programs, workshops, or conferences to network, grow, and recharge. SAIS offers opportunities for school leaders to think about relational, personal, and strategic leadership, to work on operational skills, and to engage with each other and with school leaders and facilitators from around the region and the world. Programs are designed for the new teacher, the new head, the senior leader, and the experienced head. Whatever SAIS program you choose, you will leave with new tools to help you in your job, new friends and colleagues to advise you along the way, and you will have enjoyed great seats, great snacks, and beautiful days! For more information about SAIS events: www.sais.org/events
Sincerely,
Dr. Steve Robinson
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Call for Board Nominations
SAIS Board of Trustees | nominations due May 19
Nominations for the SAIS Board of Trustees are now being accepted. To nominate yourself or someone else, please review this information about board service. Nominations are due by May 19.
The board is responsible for the supervision, control and direction of the association. According to the bylaws, trustees must be heads of SAIS member schools. The board seeks to represent geographic diversity as well as diversity of school mission. View the current board of trustees.
The SAIS Committee on Trustees will process the nominations and review the nominees. The slate will be presented for approval by the membership at the SAIS annual business meeting, which takes place at the SAIS Annual Conference, October 18-20 in Atlanta. New trustees will begin their terms on January 1, 2015. Submit a nomination for the SAIS Board of Trustees.
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by Donna Siebenthaler, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Trinity Presbyterian School, Montgomery, AL
In The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind, Michio Kaku explores the part of the universe that remains among the most mysterious of all: the human brain. Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and author of the best-selling Physics of the Impossible, offers a clear and understandable guide to the latest research into the mind and what that research means for the not-too-distant future. >>Read more HERE
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by Dr. Henry G. Selby, Head of All Saints' Episcopal School, Morristown, TN
I am a fan of the Common Core, but my reasons may surprise you. I support this national initiative not because it raises the bar or guarantees student success or moves us back-to-basics or improves our standards or is simply "tougher." It is not, and doesn't do, any of these things. And in fact, not one of the hundreds of "reforms" that have been politically motivated since Lyndon Johnson signed the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) in 1965 has borne memorable fruit. If I were to identify the connecting flaw in every one of these reforms, it would be that the standard became at once the uppermost limit. There was a top on the pot. >>Read more HERE.
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Heads Up: Summer Preview
Summer is around the corner, a welcome break, but also an opportunity for professional development. Whether you are a new head, an experienced head, or a non-head leader in your school, SAIS has a program that will reignite your passion for what you do, give you applicable tools to improve your work, and grow your professional network.
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Welcoming Joanne!
SAIS is pleased to announce and welcome our new Director of Accreditation, Joanne Andruscavage. Joanne comes to SAIS with a strong independent school background having served as a teacher, mentor, principal, administrator, and head. She will join SAIS part-time in April and full-time this summer as she supports our efforts to offer the highest quality accreditation process available to independent schools. >>Read more HERE
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Institute for Senior Administrators
Emory Conference Center - Atlanta
featuring Keith Evans & David Mahler
June 18-20
Administrative Leadership Institute
Emory Conference Center - Atlanta
featuring Rob Evans & Michael Thompson
June 24-27
Institute for Heads
Grove Park Inn - Asheville, NC
featuring Rob Evans & Michael Thompson
June 30-July 2
Institute for New Heads
Atlanta, GA
featuring Jack Hall (Walker School) and Billy Peebles (The Lovett School)
Institute for
New Teachers
July 22-24 | Memphis
July 28-30 | Atlanta
Coming this fall ...
October 18-20Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA - Crowne Plaza Ravinia
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Blogs of Note
Dr. Byron Hulsey, Head of Randolph School in Huntsville, AL, shares how the school recently flipped the parent/teacher conference, allowing students to create portfolios to demonstrate to parents and teachers what they had learned.
Holly Chesser, English Teacher at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta, who is organizing a fundraiser to help schools in Haiti, reflects on the resilience of its people despite their poverty.
Jason Ramsden, Chief Technology Officer at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, NC, counsels parents on how to monitor their children's texting, social media use, and mobile apps.
Michael Zavada, Upper School Principal at Trinity Presbyterian School in Montgomery, AL, discusses how lessons learned from a turkey hunting trip translate to the classroom.
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