This workshop will increase a principal's knowledge of special education in NYC including the terminology, the laws that govern it on the federal, state, and local levels, and the principal's responsibilities. We will discuss pre-referral support, the evaluation process, disability definitions, the IEP requirements, special education service options, instruction, and compliance. Principals will leave with […]

Participants will explore a wide range of possible partnerships for school leaders to enhance student social/emotional and academic outcomes. Participants develop databases of partners available in the school community and identify contact information of possible matches.

This Workshop will walk school leaders through the process of developing a plan to attract, retain and support high quality staff. Participants will explore the development of a planned, systematic hiring practice for their school.

Professional Development is a transformative process in which learners are actively engaged and for which the aim is to experience and expand behaviors, beliefs and ways of being; a learning process that results in a change of practice. This workshop invites you to come to the P.A.R.T.Y. and explore the habits of transformational PD: Purpose, […]

This workshop focuses on helping school leaders gain a working knowledge of student autonomy. It explores the characteristics of student centered learning and student assessment. School leaders examine the difference between teacher centered and student centered learning. The workshop leads to next steps when observing student engagement and student assessment.

This workshop presents ways that supervisors can support teachers in Running the Room. Rather than tackling a series of tasks and problems one after the other, a teacher who is ‘running the room’ understands their classroom as a complex web of desires and needs and human tendencies wherein every part affects the whole and it’s […]

Houston has spoken at over 700 events internationally. In 2016, he co-founded CharacterStrong which currently serves 10,000 schools across 50 states and 49 countries helping to support the teaching of character and social emotional skills in education. In 2019, his face was featured on Lays BBQ chip bags as someone who helps “spread smiles.” In […]

This workshop is to provide tips to prepare for the Principal Performance Observation (PPO) using the Multidimensional Principal Performance Rubric (MPPR). Participants will have an opportunity to review tools, reflect on previous PPOs, and revamp priority statements in preparation for their next PPO.

Houston has spoken at over 700 events internationally. In 2016, he co-founded CharacterStrong which currently serves 10,000 schools across 50 states and 49 countries helping to support the teaching of character and social emotional skills in education. In 2019, his face was featured on Lays BBQ chip bags as someone who helps “spread smiles.” In […]

Participants discuss the latest resources and video clips which supervisors can utilize as feedback resources as well as for professional development. Participants reflect on how to improve the present co-teaching models that are practiced in their schools.