Summer Leadership Institute for Principals Participants discuss leadership challenges faced by administrators. Group members read in preparation for a discussion of instructional issues. Teamwork provides opportunities to develop an appreciation for a different point of view. Lunch at Sponsor's Hall provides an informal setting to continue conversations. A quote of the day serves as a stimulus for daily reflections.
Administrators meet to share student handbooks, ideas and other resources from their schools.
The Darden School lounge proves to be a favorite meeting place for discussions. Members of the superintendents cohort group join the institute participants to analyze the Zero Tolerance case study. Rick DuFour, Superintendent of Adlai E. Stevenson High School District creates a consensus continuim as part of his discussion of the principal's role in building professional learning communities at work. Patrick Lacy, Jr., Esq. Participants plan methods to provide time for teacher collaboration and identify products that could be generated as a result of the collaboration.