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Statewide Events

Dealing Effectively With Difficult Employee Situations
7/27/2009 - 8/28/2009
Location: 10-Hour Online Course
File: Download a brochure

SAANYS is pleased to announce a 10-hour online course aimed at giving administrators strategies and tools to effectively work through difficult employee behaviors and situations.

– 10 Professional Development Hours –

Failure Is Not An Option:
8/18/2009 - 8/20/2009
Courageous Leadership for School Success Institute
Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Link: Brochure and Registration Form

This event is presented by the HOPE Foundation in collaboration with SAANYS and the Niagara Falls City Schools.

HOPE’s three-day Institutes use the Six Principles of Failure Is Not an Option® as a framework for building coherent action steps based on research from renowned presenters and experienced practitioners. The events are designed for teams to leverage their time together to prioritize needs and choose high-impact actions for “next day” application upon their return home.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Jay McTigheCoordinator of Understanding by Design and Schooling by Design
Michael FullanAuthor of Six Secrets of Change
Ken O'Connorformer Curriculum Coordinator with the Toronto District School Board, Ontario, Canada
Carol TomlinsonCo-Author of Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR SAANYS MEMBERS!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDITS AVAILABLE!   •   BOCES AID AVAILABLE!

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Visit Hope Foundation Website
Contact Sandy Smiley at 1-800-836-7510, extension 3761 or email ssmiley@onboces.org.

SAANYS 38th Annual Conference
11/8/2009 - 11/9/2009
America's Schools: A Bridge to Social Justice
Location: Saratoga Springs
File: Download Conference Registration Form

Keynote Speaker:
Kerry Kennedy
, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, will keynote the SAANYS Annual Conference. She will speak on the topic of Social Justice: The Role of Schools and will share her insights and reflections based on more than 20 years of investigation and publicizing human rights abuses worldwide.

Sunday Night Speaker: Robert Pasternack on leadership in RTI.

Condensed schedule • Reduced registration fee • Discount for multiple registrants from the same district (contact kduffy@saanys.org for more information).


Region 6 Events

Day at the Races
8/13/2009
Sponsored by Pearson Digital Learning
Location: Saratoga Race Course

SAVE THE DATE

 

Girls Bullying Expert Comes to Capital District
10/6/2009
File: Women's Fund Flyer

SAANYS is pleased to support The Women’s Fund as they bring to you Rachel Simmons, New York Times bestselling author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. A national expert on girls who offers inspiring and humorous presentations, she has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, Dateline NBC, and NPR and will be featured on PBS.

 • For Educators – Free after-school educator training from 4-5:30 pm at NYSUT Headquarters in Latham, with optional CEUs offered at no cost by the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center. Online registration starts August 15 at www.womensfundcr.org. Seating is limited.

• For Parents and Middle and High School Girls – Evening Forum, starting at 7 pm at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Tickets go on sale in late August. Admission price TBD.  A limited number of free tickets will be available upon request by school principals. (Limit  5 per school, available on a first-come, first served basis.)

Watch for a Women’s Fund mailing to principals in late August. The packet will have instructions on how to register for the free afternoon program, apply for CEUs, and request free tickets for parents and girls. For more information about Rachel Simmons, please visit www.apbspeakers.com.


Region 7 Events

Region 7 Golf Tournament
8/23/2009
Location: Malone Country Club, Malone, NY

Contact Bob Garrow at (518) 563-2419 or shored@charter.net for additional information.

 


Region 8 Events

SAANYS Region 8 Member Appreciation Dinner
9/17/2009
Location: Dibble's Inn, Vernon, New York

Dinner is free of charge to any SAANYS member. RSVP by email to Kathy Duffy at kduffy@saanys.org by 9/10.

Sponsored by:
Castle Learning Online


Region 10 Events

SAANYS Region 10 Golf Outing
7/16/2009
Location: WoodCrest Golf Course, Rte. 173, between Manlius & Chittenango
File: Download a Flier

For additional information, please contact Fred Kirsch at fkirsch@jd.cnyric.org.

Dealing Effectively With Difficult Employee Situations
8/7/2009
Location: Syracuse Teacher Center, Syracuse, NY
File: Download a brochure
Link: Register online

This full day workshop (9:00 am - 3:00 pm) will provide concrete strategies on how to address difficult employee behaviors.


Region 12 Events

Region 12 Annual Golf Outing
7/27/2009
Location: River Oaks Golf Club
File: Registration form

4-Person Scramble  •  8:00 Shotgun Start

$85/person includes Golf, Cart, Buffet Lunch after Golf, and Prizes

All are Welcome - Members, Non-Members, Friends of SAANYS

Rain or Shine


For more information, contact Larry Badgley at (716) 694-7660