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.
Advisory Board
The Institute is guided by a fifteen member Advisory Board:
Jean Massey, Chair
Principal, Northwest Rankin High School
Bobby Hathorn, Past Chair
Principal, Alternative School-Clinton
Daphne Buckley, Assistant Superintendent Mississippi Department of Education
Wayne Foulkes - Principal, Oak Grove Attendance Center
Robert Keenum - Principal, S.D. Lee Middle School
Adren McCoy
- Principal, Crystal Springs Middle School
Willie McInnis - Principal, Sumner Hill Junior High School
Ronald L. Morrison - Principal, Madison Middle School
Gailya Porter - Principal, Smith Elementary School
James L. Reeves - Principal, Clinton High School
Connie S. Schimmel - Chair, Millsaps College Department of Education
Charlotte Seals - Assistant to the Superintendent, Madison County Schools
Sherry Sterling - Principal, Morrison Academic Achievement Center
Catherine Wasson - Professor, Belhaven College
Ledora Harris - Director, Principals' Institute
“I am convinced that the Millsaps
Summer Institute is not merely informative; it is transformative
for all of us.”
Roland Barth, founder, Harvard Principals’
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