Principals Center
Georgia State University
PO Box 3977
Atlanta, GA 30302-3977
Phone: 404-413-8256

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Price:	Member = $180.00 / Non-Member =$230.00
Early-bird Price:	Member = $150.00 / Non-Member = $200.00
Book(s) Price:	$40.00
Book(s):	The Educator's Handbook for Understanding & Closing Achievement Gaps
Book(s) Price:	$40.00
Description:	WHO Dr. Joseph Murphy WHAT Closing Achievement Gaps: Research-Based Lessons for Educators DATE/TIME Thursday, March 25, 2010 WHERE Loudermilk Center for Community, 40 Courtland Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 PRESENTER Dr. Joseph Murphy is Professor of Education and Associate Dean at the College of Education at Vanderbilt University. In the public schools, he has served as an administrator at the school, district and state levels, including an appointment as the Executive Assistant to the Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction in California. His most recent appointment was as the Founding President of the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy. He was the founding chair of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) His work is in the area of school improvement with special emphasis on leadership and policy. He has published many books and edited others TOPIC In his morning session, Dr. Murphy will focus on research insites into gaps in achievementby groups of students, the roles of communities and schools, factors that increase or reduce gaps, and successful strategies to reduce the gaps. BOOK Dr. Murphy's newest book, The Educator's Handboook for Understanding and Closing Achievement Gaps, (Corwin, 2009) will be available for purchase through advance ordering only. NOTE The afternoon session will be devoted to presentations or discussions on Achievement Gaps in Georgia: Why, When, Where and What we can do about them. NOTES: This workshop will be helpful for school teams from K-12 levels. Be sure to look at the MEMBER BENEFITS to see about the 5th person free discount