ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 21, 2010
November 12, 2009
A conference for Assistant
Principals will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the MCSA
Building, 3550 Amazonas Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri. The
conference will focus on topics of high interest for Missouri
assistant principals. The presenters will be current outstanding
principals who have had high success in those areas.
The facilitator will be Cindy Gum who has served as an educator in
the state of Missouri for the past 30 years and retired at the end
of the 2007-2008 school year. She is actively involved in the
Administrator Mentor Training program (AMP) through DESE and serves
as a mentor to beginning principals and assistant
principals.
Cindy’s philosophy as an educational leader centers on the concept
that every child has the ability to learn. A safe, warm and caring
environment and a feeling of success for all are the dominant
features in her educational endeavors. Assessment and early
interventions must play an important role in a child’s education,
and an environment in which educators are able to continually learn
and grow is critical.
Some of the initiatives that Mrs. Gum has been involved in are
Professional Learning Communities, Balanced Literacy/Reading
Recovery, Cooperative Learning, Positive Behavior Supports,
Response to Intervention, BIST, Fight Free Schools and Conflict
Resolution. She helped to write the initial grant for 21st Century
Schools in Camdenton which resulted in before- and after-school
academic programs that have been models for other schools in the
state and country. She also wrote grants for eMINTS classrooms
which help teachers create inquiry-based classrooms and become
leaders in the use of technology for enhancement of learning. Cindy
also served as a facilitator for several years for the state’s
Satellite Academy, a year-long leading edge leadership training
opportunity for school leaders which includes the popular Outdoor
Leadership Experience.
The registration fee is $100 for MAESP members and $125 for non-members.
