School improvement conference
set at LSUS 06/01/03

The Second Annual Building Partnerships for School Improvement will be held June 19-20 in the LSUS University Center. The conference, to be attended by more than 200 Northwest Louisiana educators, will be hosted by the Louisiana Department of Education’s Region VII Education Service Center and the Alliance for Education.

Conducting the first day of the conference will be Dr. Eric Twadell, an administrator at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Ill., and Dr. Thomas Many, superintendent of the Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District No. 96, Buffalo Grove, Ill. They will cover “Laying the Foundation of a Learning Community: Mission, Vision, Values and Goals.”

The second day will be conducted by Lee Douglas, principal of Joseph M. Neal Elementary School in Las Vegas, and will cover “The Nine Key Elements” and a “Blueprint for Instructional Leadership.”

Principals, administrators, superintendents and teacher leaders attending the conference are from the seven parishes served by the Region VII center: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Red River and Webster.

The sessions will run from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day.