A Partnership Between...
California League of Middle Schools

and
United Way of Greater Los Angeles

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Learn more about the Principals to Watch Academy:

Become a "Principal to Watch!"
Free training opportunity for middle school principals in Los Angeles County

• Are you the principal of a middle school within Los Angeles County?
• Do 40% or more of your students qualify for free or reduced-price meals?
• Do you want to increase achievement for all your students?

If you answered "yes" to all three questions, you qualify to participate in a new, free certification program to become a "Principal to Watch."

Offered by the California League of Middle Schools and United Way of Greater Los Angeles, the Principals to Watch Academy is a new pilot program designed to give principals proven, research-based tools and strategies for raising student achievement site-wide.

In a series of eight sessions from August 2008 through March 2009, Dr. Irvin Howard, program director for the statewide Schools to Watch-Taking Center Stage program, will:

1. Teach you the research-based criteria of the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform used in the national and state Schools to Watch programs
2. Guide you step-by-step through a school-wide assessment and the development of a three-year school improvement plan

You will also:

• Tour up to four Schools to Watch-Taking Center Stage model middle schools in L.A. County
• Get FREE conference registration to the CLMS Annual Conference in San Diego, March 12-15, 2009
• Network with 21 Schools to Watch principals at the conference
• Receive a certification plaque and a congratulatory letter to your superintendent upon completion of the program

The session dates are:

• September 19, September 20, October 23 and
  November 13 of 2008
• January 8, March 14 and March 21 of 2009

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