Volume XXVI, Number 3 Spring 2016 Association of Principals LAP Office - North LAP Office - South 103 Crawford St. Winnfield, LA 71483 P. O. Box 488 LaPlace, LA 70069 Phone: (318) 648-2999 Phone: (318) 648-2922 Mission Statement: To provide quality School-based Administrative Leadership for Louisiana schools through Professional Development, Legislation and Member Services. E-mail: [email protected]Web Site: www.laprincipals.org Toll free 800-238-9371 FAX 318-648-2990
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Volume XXVI, Number 3 Spring 2016
Associationof
Principals
LAP Office - North LAP Office - South
103 Crawford St. Winnfield, LA 71483 P. O. Box 488 LaPlace, LA 70069
Phone: (318) 648-2999 Phone: (318) 648-2922
Mission Statement: To provide quality School-based Administrative Leadership for Louisiana schools through Professional Development,
Web Site: www.laprincipals.org Toll free 800-238-9371 FAX 318-648-2990
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Date!!
65th Annual Conference L’auberge Casino Resort September 11-13, 2016
Make plans NOW to attend the 65th Annual Conference!
Steve grew up in poverty in a housing project in a single parent family. His third grade report card read, “Parent notified boy is retarded.” In the ninth grade, after being involved in a school fight, he had two hip operations and was told that he may never walk again. He was in a wheel chair for a year. The doctor told him he better start to listen to his teachers. And, as he tells students today, the more he listened, the smarter the teachers became.
Education was the only way out of the ghetto for Steve. When he graduated from high school, he worked full-time to get his family off welfare before entering college. He learned how to deal with the challenges of being ADHD and dyslexic. His childhood disabilities and experiences offered unique opportunities that helped him become a better person and educator.
Today, Dr. Stephen Sroka is an internationally recognized speaker, trainer, author, teacher and educational consultant on health education, sex, drugs and violence (including bullying and suicide) prevention education, school safety, brain-based learning, at-risk students and alternative education, juvenile justice, parenting, dropout prevention and leadership building for schools and communities.
Dr. Sroka speaks in schools (K-college) and communities around the world and often on Native American reservations. He has keynoted many state professional conferences. National/international invited keynotes include: AAFCS, AAIE, AASA, ACSSW, ASCD, CGCS, DARE, DEA, IATDP, NAASBMA, NAEHCY, NAPSA, NAREN, NASN, NASRO, NASSP, NCPC, NDPN, NISBA, NMSA, NYAR, PRIDE, PTA, Rachel’s Challenge, SSAC, SSWAA, UNITY, US Dept. of ED (Indian ED), and YCWA. He has presented in programs in Dubai, Guam, St. Croix, Trinidad, Cayman Islands, Guatemala, Zurich, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and London.
Keynote Address: The Power of One The New Rx for Principals: Powerful Relationships
Workshop 1: 25 Free Brain-Based Learning Strategies to Help Principals Reach, Teach and Protect the Whole Student.
Workshop 2:
Principal to a T: LAP Style
Conference registration and agenda will be available soon.
Stephen R. Sroka, Ph.D.
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Ty Melton Awarded the 2015 Horace Mann/Louisiana Association of Principals $1,000 Aspiring Principal Scholarship
Ty Melton, a teacher at Winnfield Sr. High School in Winn Parish, has been awarded the 2015 Aspiring Principal Scholarship. This $1,000 award, sponsored by Horace Mann Companies and the Louisiana Association of Principals, is presented every year to a teacher, counselor, or curriculum coordinator who has an interest in becoming a
principal or is currently working toward their principal certification. Applications are taken from all across Louisiana, and the applicant’s principal must be a member of The Louisiana Association of Principals in order to be considered for the scholarship. The scholarship can be used to defray expenses for college tuition, continued professional growth, registration fees to state or national conferences, or textbook expenses. The recipient also receives a one-year LAP Aspiring Membership.
Ty has been an educator for 20 years, serving at Lakeview Jr/Sr High in Natchitoches Parish and Jonesboro-Hodge High School in Jackson Parish, in addition to WSHS. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree at Northwestern State University in 1996. He is a graduate of Winnfield Senior High School.
Ty has served in the Louisiana Army National Guard and is currently serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He was selected by his colleagues at WSHS as Teacher of the Year in 2004-2005, 2009-2010, and 2012-2013. Winn Parish selected him as Parish Teacher of the Year in 2009-2010. He is also a member of the Winn Parish Leadership Development Cadre.
Ty is very active at WSHS and serves as the Fellowship of Christian Students Advisor and the Dress Code Facilitator. He also coached football for 7 years from 2000-2006 and has coached baseball for 14 years. He is very active in his church teaching 3
rd and 4
th grade children’s Sunday
School and serving as Wednesday Night Youth Teacher. Ty and his wife Erin have 1 son Jackson. Horace Mann Companies and the Louisiana Association of Principals are proud to award
Ty Melton the 2015 Aspiring Principals’ Scholarship.
Ty Melton was awarded the $1,000 check at the monthly meeting of the Winn Parish School Board on January 4.
Pictured on the left: D e b r a S c h u m , L A P Executive Director; Ty Melton; Steve Bartlett, Winn Parish Superintendent.; and Jane Griffin, Principal at Winnfield Sr. High School
Louisiana principals attended the 2016 NASSP IGNITE Convention in Orlando, Florida, in February. From left to right: John Barthelemy, South Plaquemines High; Robin Tucker, Minden High; Jemi Carlone, Belle Chasse High; Debbie Schum, LAP Executive Director; and John Vanison, Jr., Plaquemines Learning Center.
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President’s Message
Robin Tucker
I hope this finds everyone doing well and
everyone preparing for the final few months of
school. It is hard to believe that another school year
is almost in the books. As most of us prepare for
spring testing and the stress that comes along with
that, I wanted to take this opportunity to focus on
some good news that I have been given and pass
along to all of you.
I have had several wonderful opportunities
during this quarter and even with all of the negative
budget talks, I do believe that there are brighter days
ahead for us in education in our state. On February
18, Debra Schum and I enjoyed a wonderful brunch
with our new First Lady, Donna Edwards. It was
refreshing to meet her and spend some uninterrupted
quality time with her to discuss things on her mind.
She met with approximately twenty of us to discuss
what she planned for in her very important role
during her husband’s term. As a former teacher, she
was very aware of the problems and pitfalls that all
of us face on a daily basis and she was also
extremely concerned about the lack of teacher
retention in our state. She shared with us her ideas
of a positive promotional campaign across the state
to promote the education profession. The entire
time that we spent with her was encouraging,
positive, and reassuring that she is our biggest
cheerleader. I left the meeting feeling as if she was
sincere and that she planned to take her role very
seriously when it comes to promoting teachers in
our state. What a change for us who have been
around for a while and have seen the downward
spiral of how our teachers are treated!
The NASSP convention was held February 24-
27 in Orlando, Florida and I was blown away at the
quality of the sessions and the business that was
conducted. There was much discussion throughout
the convention regarding the new implementation of
the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that was
passed in the fall and how the transition is starting
to take place. States will be given flexibility on how
much of the legislation is implemented and it will
be interesting to see where our state leads us in this
area. I took great comfort as I networked with
people from around the nation that face similar (and
often worse) situations than we experience in
Louisiana. Everyone worries about funding,
available resources, teacher retention,
accountability, and student issues, and it was good
to be able to discuss ideas and strategies that others
use that might be of benefit to us in our buildings.
As we are all well aware, Governor Edwards is
trying to tackle a nightmare of a budget crisis in our
state and we are all very concerned about how this
will impact us in education. I am hopeful that
everyone can work together with the resources that
we have to continue to provide the best quality
education that we can for the students in our
buildings. We have an awesome task to tackle, but
we’re educators! We are made to be resourceful
and I am certain that we will withstand the changes
and challenges that we are facing and that sunnier