For the first Assistant Superintendents Cohort event for 2023/2024, we wanted to listen to your evaluation and needs assessment comments and make the event meaningful, presented in shorter time segments to allow you the flexibility to attend while doing your ‘work’ in your system, and still offer TASL credit to those that need that option.
Registration is now open for the Assistant Superintendent Cohort Group: Building Teams to Coach, Mentor, and Support. The event that begins with a presentation on November 30th, continues December 5, and ends on January 24, 2024. ALI members who serve as Assistant Superintendents or as Supervisors may attend as many of the three days as your schedule allows. If you register and attend all three sessions, you will receive 7 hours of TASL credit, and we will have all the necessary paperwork for you to document your attendance on that last day.
Featured teams with the Superintendent and their Assistant or a Supervisor from Blount County, Cleveland City, and Franklin Special Schools will come together to share their work from 9:00-11:00 Central Time each of those three days. I will open with you in a ‘get to know you’ breakout time between 8:30-8:55 Central Time. This will be time well spent. You will hear about developing the Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent team, Celebrating Success and Developing Leadership, and Recruiting, Retaining, and Developing talent. We have a wonderful group of presenters, some seasoned and some new to the role. You will also learn from leaders who have been in your seats and know the challenges of leading from the middle. This format is new, these leaders are the ones you need and want to learn with, and I encourage you to sign up to participate in round one of the Assistant Superintendents Cohort 2023/2024.
On December 5, 2023 (Session 2), you will have the opportunity to learn from Dr. Russell Dyer and Dr. Jeff Elliott from Cleveland City Schools. Dr. Dyer has been the Director of Schools since 2016 and serves on the TOSS Board of Directors. Dr. Dyer has also served as a teacher and administrator in Shelby County Schools as well as Collierville Schools. He will be joined by Dr. Elliott who serves CCS as the Chief of Staff. In his 30th year in Cleveland, he served as an elementary teacher, middle school assistant principal, and principal before joining the district staff in 2012. With a strong commitment to elevate instruction and support their principals and teachers through shared leadership and partnership, Cleveland City Schools aims to move students forward academically, socially, and emotionally. During this presentation, Dr. Dyer and Dr. Elliott will share how they ensure that every student in the district is known by name, ability, and need, and graduates ready for their chosen career path. The title of their presentation is “Oh Say Can You C: Planning and Preparing for Success in Cleveland”.
*** 7 TASL CREDITS APPROVED - MUST ATTEND ALL 3 SESSIONS ***
