100116 - Recently Appointed Administrators Program
Overview
School administrators are expected to demonstrate a high level of excellence in every area of education; providing great leadership, communicating effectively, making strategic decisions, and building relationships with diverse stakeholders.
The Recently Appointed Administrators program offers numerous hands-on opportunities for new school administrators to expand and refine existing skills and to sharpen decision-making abilities.
The program focuses on exploring strategies to manage challenges while working to ensure student success. Multiple perspectives on effective leadership will be offered while highlighting the power of reflection, the value of coaching and mentoring, and the importance of maintaining balance between personal and professional life.
In this engaging, motivating, and empowering program, participants will:
- Build an invaluable network of peers.
- Increase understanding of the importance of building relationships.
- Develop awareness of best practices for social media.
- Receive guidance and direction for media interviews.
- Gain perspective on creating a culture of safety.
- Examine their leadership philosophy, identify core values, and write a personal vision statement.
- Learn strategies for building the instructional capacity of school personnel.
- Dive deep into data analysis for meaning and change.
- Develop strategies for establishing and maintaining a work/life balance.
Taught in four cohort sessions, learning will be facilitated through subject-area experts, readings, small-group discussions, role play exercises, and Voice of Experience conversations with current and retired administrators and superintendents.
Each participant will be charged with identifying and interacting with a mentor/coach. Final products will include a personal vision statement and a reflective journal synopsis based on their total program experience that identifies new awareness of their roll and the application of what has been learned. Participants receive contact hours from Virginia Tech upon successful completion of the program requirements.
For more information visit the website https://www.vtrc.vt.edu/professional-development/school-leaders-institute/recently-appointed-administrators.html.
Fee Information
$5475 WVPEC Member Registration
$5975 Standard Registration
The registration fee includes:
- Program materials
- Single occupancy lodging for two nights for each workshop.
- Two dinners, two continental breakfasts, and two lunches for Workshops 1-3; One dinner, two continental breakfasts, and two lunches for Workshop 4
- Self-parking at the Hotel Roanoke
- incidental charges such as in-room movies, room service and valet parking are the responsibility of the individual.
Participants receive contact hours from Virginia Tech upon successful completion of the program requirements.
Enrollment is limited to a maximum of five participants from a single school division.
Payment must be made by echeck or credit card (no paper checks please).
Location Information
All workshops are held at the historic Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center.
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Avenue
Roanoke, Virginia 24016
Tel: (540) 985-5900
Fax: (540) 853-8290
www.hotelroanoke.com
Lodging on program nights is included in your registration fee. Virginia Tech will make your lodging reservations and send you confirmation.
Agenda/Schedule
Workshop 1: Sept 16-18, 2026
Workshop 2: Nov 18-20, 2026
Workshop 3: Feb 3-5, 2027
Workshop 4: March 31 - April 2, 2027