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General Sessions

• Driving Education Policy without Hitting the Dashboard
  Presented by Brad Biladeau, MASA
• Wes Leonard Heart Team
  Presented by Dirk Weeldreyer, Fennville Public Schools 
• Hope is Not a Strategy
  Presented by Strategic Partners LLC 

Breakout Sessions

• School ADvance: Administrator Evaluation System for Learning, Growth, and Adaptation
  Presented by Pat Reeves, MASA; Pat McNeill, Michigan ASCD; Dawn Zimmer, ZIMCO; and Linda Wacyk, MASA
• Getting Past the Hype: The Emergency Financial Manager Legislation
  Presented by Kari Costanza and Jeff Soles, Attorneys, Thrun Law Firm 
• The Challenge of Adaptive Leadership
  Presented by Jon Tomlanovich, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, Michigan Implementation Network
• 80 Best Practices for School Financial Survival
  Presented by Donald Sovey, CPA, CFO, Business and Financial Advisor, School and Municipal Advisory Services, PC
• 5 Practices for Exemplary Leaders
  -Handout
  Presented by Debbie McFalone, McFalone Consulting 
• Developing Superintendent–Board–Business Official Teams
  Presented by Heidi Pfannes and Barbara Goebel, Kingscott
• Understanding the ‘New Normal’ using Online Learning - Michigan’s Statewide Seat Time Waiver
  Presented by Beverly Knox-Pipes, Genesee ISD 
• The Common Core Standards and School Improvement
  Presented by Mel Riddile, NASSP 
• Regional Data Initiatives - All these questions and finally someone to ask
  Presented by Bruce Umpstead, MDE 
• Transformative Transitional Leadership
  Presented by RJ Webber, Assistant Superintendent for Academic Services, Novi Community School District 
• Streamlining your Business Operations and the Top State Aid Changes for 2011-12
  Presented by David Martell, MSBO 
• The 21st Century Classroom-Designing an Infrastructure to Empower 21st Century Learning
  Brian Davis, Superintendent, Holland Public Schools and MASA Superintendent of the Year; Holland Public Schools Design Team Members; and David Wilkins and David Bolt, GMB Architects and Engineers

New Superintendents Preconference

• Tell your Leadership Story: Introduction of Participants
  Presented by Dan Pappas, Associate Executive Director, MASA
• Board/Superintendent Partnership: Avoiding quicksand and building a strong foundation
  Presented by Kathy Hayes, MASB Executive Director; Dan Pappas, MASA Associate Executive Director; and John Spicko, Superintendent, Perry Public Schools
• Negotiations: Practical Info Every Superintendent Needs to Know
  Presented by Rod Green, Superintendent, East China Schools 
• Winning with the Media       
  Presented by Dianne Litzenburger, Director of Communications, Char-Em ISD; and Ron Koehler, Assistant Superintendent, Kent ISD

View our Fall 2011 Conference Photo Gallery

• Fall 2011 Photo Gallery