Base Camp and Leadership Summit, the cornerstone of GLISI's leadership development experience, provide a systemic process that accelerates progress toward your district mission by engaging key stakeholders in team-based improvement. This process, when applied to your current and emerging improvement strategies, builds leader skills and commitment, develops a common language, and strengthens collaboration to meet and exceed identified goals.

Participants consistently tell us that Base Camp and Leadership Summit represent the best professional training they have ever attended, and their results show we have a process that works.  Applications are now being accepted and due May 4th, click here for more information. 

Congratulations to Dr. Sally Zepeda, University of Georgia professor and a GLISI research partner on her recent award:  2010 College of Education Russel H. Yeany, Jr. Research Award.  The Russel H. Yeany, Jr. Award was established in 1998 to recognize outstanding research. 

PBS announced an exciting new award for teachers to showcase the ways they are applying innovation to their schools and classrooms.  The top 10 most innovative educators receive a behind-the-scenes, all-expenses-paid trip to the 2010 PBS Annual Showcase in Austin, Texas.  To learn more about this program and to submit your innovative idea, click here.

The Wallace Foundation releases a new study done by the RAND corporation on the impact of their cohesive leadership system initiative.  GLISI is proud to be a part of this initiative and part of this study showing how Georgia has made tremendous improvement in aligning state and district policies.  To read the full report, click here.

A new research study published by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education explores the commonalities of Georgia high schools with a graduation rate of at least 85 percent and an increase of 10 percentage points over 6 years.  Click here to read the report. 

Two of GLISI's staff:  Scott Cowart, Senior Performance Consultant and Maggie Glennon, Performance Consultant provide clarity and insight on the Balanced Scorecard in the February publication of AASA's "The School Administrator" magazine.  Cowart and Glennon have extensive experience and success using the Balanced Scorecard in their former district, Monroe County, GA.  We are excited that their efforts have led to this publication.  To read the articles, click here for AASA's website (note: you will need to be a member or purchase the issue).  To read more about GLISI and the Balanced Scorecard, click here. 

GLISI celebrated with and learned from four outstanding turnaround principals in its January 14^th Coordinating Board meeting.  Tim Dixon of Waycross Middle School in Ware County, Linda Ramsey of Oak Hill Middle School in Baldwin County, Rodney Bullard of Mitchell County Middle School in Mitchell County, and Jay Homan of Henderson Middle School in Butts County presented the work their leadership, leadership teams, students, and communities were able to achieve in their formerly low-performing schools.  Within a few short years, these four schools increased student achievement and three schools came off the Needs Improvement list.  These principals were a great motivation for the Board and provided a glimpse into what it takes to turnaround schools in GA and across the nation.  To read more information about turnaround schools, click here for a brief one-page overview and here for an article outlining key issues. 

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