Division Directors & Deputies
2022-2023 Schedule and Topics
Headways™ for Division Directors & Deputies (all levels) is facilitated by Donald Cramp, Head of Upper School at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart.
All meetings will occur from 2-3 p.m. ET / 7-8 p.m. GMT.
Headways™ for Division Directors & Deputies is open to those who hold the role of Director of Lower/Primary, Middle/Upper, and High School; Head of Lower/Primary, Middle/Upper, and High School; or otherwise are on the senior leadership team member in division administration.
October 11, 2022: Starting the School Year
Topics to consider: onboarding new employees, goal setting and evaluation, initiatives and priorities, work-life balance, messaging to parents and students, leadership, role models, traditions
November 8, 2022: Creating School Communities of Belonging
Topics to consider: Diversity/equity/inclusion/justice (DEIJ) work in our schools, anti-racism work unique to girls’ schools, ensuring inclusive and culturally competent curricula, fostering and sustaining anti-racist classrooms, promoting equity in testing and assessment, implementing restorative practices, reviewing procedures, policies, and handbooks, promoting inclusiveness
January 10, 2023: Curriculum Development, Grading and Assessment
Topics to consider: curriculum and co-curricular program development, advisory programs, how to measure “success”, setting and measuring expectations, project-based and collaborative work, effects of assessment on health and wellness, rubrics and alternative forms of assessment, peer-to-peer assessment, student-led conferences, portfolios
February 7, 2023: Tapping into Talent – Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Topics to consider: structure and organization of hiring process, interviews on campus, sample lessons, role of department head and department members, orientations, professional growth, evaluation, leadership pathways, teaching between divisions
March 28, 2023: Preparing for Next Steps: Summer and Transitions
Topics to consider: new students, summer work, parent communication and education programs
REGISTRATION
Registration for the 2022-2023 Headways™ Program is closed. Please email Jean Baker, ICGS Director of Membership & Outreach, to be added to the 2023-2024 advance-notice list.