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Education > Principals' Institute

Principals' Institute

Principals' Summer Institute June 10 - June 15, 2012

The week's activities at a glance:

Registration and Session 1 - June 10, 2012
Team Building - Eagle Ridge - June 11, 2012

Dr. Stephen Barkley - "Instructional Coaching with the End in Mind" - June 12, 2012

Dr. Todd Whitaker - "Leading Educational Change in Today's Schools: Strategies To Bring Everyone On Board" - June 13, 2012
Dr. Dolphus Weary - "Intercultural Competence and Educational Equity for Students' Academic Success" - June 14, 2012

Schedule | Speakers | Registration (PDF)

Our Mission

The Principals' Institute, housed in the Education Department at Millsaps College, is committed to the personal and professional growth of principals as educational leaders in order to improve the quality of education, increase support of school principals and benefit all children in our schools.

"The Millsaps Principals' Institute has made me a better principal."
- Willie McInnis, principal

"I am convinced that the Millsaps [Principal's] Summer Institute is not merely informative; it is transformative for all of us."
- Roland Barth, founder, Harvard Principals' Center

About the Institute

The Millsaps College Principals' Institute began because of the vision of a group of Mississippi principals who attended the Harvard Principals' Summer Institute. They wanted a similar experience available for principals closer to home. Dr. Jeanne Middleton-Hairston, professor in the Department of Education at Millsaps, explored funding possibilities and in November 1992 the Institute was awarded charter grants from BellSouth Foundation, Mississippi Power Education Foundation, and The Phil Hardin Foundation. The first Summer Institute was held in July 1993.

The Institute appreciates continued support from the CREATE Foundation and gifts from John Morgan Douglass, Canizaro Cawthon Davis Architects, Paul McNeill, Training Resources Associates and gifts in memoriam of principal Valerie Vanessa Lovelady.

Front Row (left to right) Cheryl Smith, Dwayne-Huddleston Harris, Kimberly Britton, Debra Robinson, Liddia Hughes & Amanda Thomas. (Second Row) Dr. Steven Barkley, Tuesday’s presenter, Valarie McCaskill, Anitra Hollis, Dr. Lynnette McNeil, facilitator, Sherry Washburn, Willie McInnis, facilitator, Teresa Duke, facilitator, Denese Sutton, Marlene Turner, Kimberly Warfield, Nyisha C. Wells, & Tracey Taylor. (Third Row) Vertis Holmes, Denise Bush, Averie Bush, Kathern Barber, Gregory K. Brackett, LaShona Myers, Mark Beechem, LaMonica Calloway, Dietrich Harmon, Cynthia L. Williams, Barbara McCool, Laura Brown, Sharita Giles, Denea Smith, Shakinna Patterson, Jamison K. Stokes, ( Bobby Hathorn, facilitator. (Fourth Row) Mary Smith Johnson, Shauna Nicholson-Johnson, Candra Nelson, Dr. Darron L. Edwards, Ida Brand, Serenity Luckett, ndray Scott, John Harper, Ron Morrison, facilitator, Lawrence Hudson, Kenneth McGaha, Chris Kennedy, Toby Price, Faith Strong, & Marie Parker. (Top Row) Ben Stein, Kermit McAdory, Michael Ray, Keith Barnes, John James, Roy Gill, Kenneth DeVine, John W. Sullivan, Tony T. Yarber, Melanie Stevens, Archie Roy Mitchell, Victor M. Ellis, Sr., Marvell A. Hudson, Dara Brown & Angela Lampton