School Administration Manager Project (SAMs)
Join us for the first annual SAMs Conference on September 30 from 8:30-3:30 in the Governor's Office Building, Jefferson City, MO. Building Highly Effective Leadership Development and Assessment Practices led by Kim Marshall, who may be most known for the his weekly Marshall Memo.
Whether you are a principal focused on instructional leadership to support teacher development or a superintendent charged with the responsibility of assessing the effectiveness of building leaders, standards are at the core of effective practices. Kim Marshall has valuable practical experience-based tools that will help inform your leadership actions.
Marshall’s work is practical, smart and most of all clear and accessible. His experiences lend authority as someone who understands what needs to be done to create successful schools and the importance of formative assessment practices to underpin standards based evaluations.
Please join us for a day with Kim Marshall for learning centered on the power of standards for evaluation, assessment and the identification of targeted growth opportunities that assist in coaching and mentoring the development of highly effective school leaders.
SAMs Facts
- Introduction- The School Administration Manager or SAM project is a strategy designed to change the role of the principal from the managerial leader to the instructional leader, resulting in an increase in time spent on improving teaching and learning.
- Questions and Answers (pdf)
- To get more information about utilizing the SAMs project in your district, please contact: Marsha Lay, State Program Director- MarshaLay@MissouriState.edu
DESE Liason: Paul Katnik- paul.katnik@dese.mo.gov - Resources- www.samsconnect.com