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formerly principal of Templeton Middle
School.
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Kristina Benson has been named super-
intendent/principal at Shandon Joint USD,
succeeding Teresa Taylor. Benson was
Perris Elementary School District has
announced that Catalina Chrest has been
named as assistant principal of Railway
Elementary School.
tant superintendent of Educational Services.
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Ramon Miramontes has been named
superintendent of Buena Park School
District. Miramontes moves up from his
previous position with the district as assis-
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Schedule Training
October 5, 2018 | Torrance
October 25, 2018 | Ontario
December 4, 2018 | Sacramento
REGISTRATION (and additional dates)
https://goo.gl/7FZnPr
A Day in the Life of
a Co-Administrator
October 17, 2018 | Sacramento
October 19, 2018 | Ontario
December 14, 2018 | Victorville
REGISTRATION (and additional dates)
https://goo.gl/AHesT1
The Skillful
Certificated Evaluator
October 17, 2018 | Ontario
December 4, 2018 | Sacramento
February 27, 2019 | San Jose
REGISTRATION (and additional dates)
https://goo.gl/n2SPEm
New ACSA workshops coming this fall
“Lead From Your Strengths”
Research by Gallup has indicated that those who use their strengths daily outperform
those who don’t. They are three times more likely to report having a higher quality of
life, six times more likely to be engaged at work, they are more productive and less
likely to quit their jobs. The old deficit-based model of attempting to find out what
is wrong with people and then laboring over changing those things has been proven
to not work well. The research is very clear that when we discover what’s best in
our students, teachers and leaders and then nurture those things, exceedingly more
positive results occur. Yes, working on weaknesses is important, but working on
weaknesses is not the path to excellence. the training, establish common language and calibrate systems to develop sound
instructional leaders who can identify effective research-based instruction, provide
meaningful evidenced-based feedback, provide targeted assistance and conduct
risk-free well received coaching conversations.
Paul Porter, a former elementary and secondary school principal, SELPA director,
school superintendent for 17 years, and Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, has been
using Strengths with Leaders with teachers and graduate students to help transform
schools throughout California. He recently provided an extensive series of workshops
for a group of superintendents using strengths in their leadership practices and
schools. Their teachers have since been working to develop strengths-based IEPs,
strengths-based parent-teacher conferences, and strengths-based, bucket-filling
classrooms with a great degree of success. ACSA’s One-Day Workshops are a great opportunity to take a deeper dive into a
single subject in order to significantly enhance the learning. For details and registra-
tion on all ACSA one-day professional learning events, please visit www.acsa.
org/trainings.
Porter will be leading ACSA’s newest offering to assist you in learning more about
your strengths. This new and exciting workshop is scheduled in two locations this
Fall: ACSA Ontario, Oct. 26 and ACSA Sacramento, Dec. 7, and will afford leaders
the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of strengths-based leadership. As a part
of this workshop, you will learn how to recognize others’ strengths, as well as how
to optimize the specific results of your own strengths profile. You will learn many
methodologies of how strengths can be used to enhance team effectiveness, as
well as some strengths-based systems currently being used by schools with students
to change the level of engagement and culture in schools. Register now at http://
www.cvent.com/d/hgq6qj/4W or point your browser to the ACSA website at
www.acsa.org/leadfromstrengths for more information.
The Skillful Certificated Evaluator (formerly The Skillful Leader)
Back by popular demand, this workshop is for certificated managers who evaluate
certificated employees and have the responsibility to build capacity in order to
enhance student achievement. It will help managers and school districts to prepare
The central focus of the workshop is to create a climate of high expectations within a
district. However, it also focuses on building strong documentation when high expec-
tations cannot be met after intensive support. The Skillful Certificated Evaluator will
be conducted by Mauricio Arellano, superintendent, and held in three locations:
ACSA Ontario, Oct. 17; ACSA Sacramento, Dec. 6 and Berryessa Unified School
District, Feb. 27. Register now at https://goo.gl/n2SPEm.
Other One-Day Workshops:
• A Day in the Life of a Co-Administrator
• Building a Successful Attendance Plan
• How to Get Your Next Job in Education
• In-Gage Families
• Master Schedule Training
• Opening Doors for Women in Leadership
• The Human Resources Office: The first 90 days on the job
• Power Dynamics
Because ACSA understands that districts statewide have different needs and differ-
ent preferences for programs, many of the above programs can be brought directly to
your school, district or county office. If you are interested in hosting a one-day work-
shop at your site, please contact Rhonda Morgan in ACSA’s Educational Services at
[email protected] or (800) 608-2272.