LEADERSHIP DENSITY....PATHFINDING BEST PRACTICES...LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING

When:	Presenter:	Expertise:	Audience:
August 2002	Charles Stallard	Technology	K-8 Building Admin.
	Pedro Noguera	Diversity/Achievement Gap	All staff/community
Jan. 6, 2003	Michael Fullan	Change	Admin./School Teams
Jan. 13-14, 2003	Bonnie Benesh	Brain Research	Admin./School Teams
Mar. 10, 2003	Bill Denney	Time/Scheduling	Administrators
Mar. 11-12, 2003	Bonnie Benesh	Brain Research	Admin./School Teams
Mar. 14, 2003	Pedro Noguera	Diversity/Achievement Gap	School Leadership Teams
Mar. 31, Apr 1, 2003	Bonnie Benesh	Brain Research	Regional Staff

K-12 Learning Communities
Leadership for learning, building relationships and learning about technology, change, diversity, brain research, best instructional practices, distributed leadership,and time management. Goal to improve student learning. North, South, Sheldon and Churchill Regions.

Critical Friends Training for Administrative Cohort Group
Administrative Cohort members will be facilitating Critical Friends Groups in nineteen schools. Targeting ways to improve student work.

Administrative Subs from the Administrative Cohort Group are available to work in buildings when building principals are attending leadership activities.

Minority Recruitment
A high priority for the school board, Wallace LEAD Grant and for the 4J human resource department. The school board has authorized early hires to facilitate more diversity.

LEAD Project Team
Each region is represented by a secondary and elementary administrator to help plan and coordinate Wallace funds and activities, other members include representatives from ESS, University of Oregon and Equity Coordinator.

Multicultural and Family Involvement activities
Anselmo Villanueva will be working with the Wallace LEAD target schools.

Data Information
Dennis Urso, District 4J and Jerry Tendal, University of Oregon are working on baseline data for project.