SSLS on the Road

Virginia Head Start Association Conference

April 9-11, 2013

Presenting:
Laura Hunt Trull, Student

Laura will present the following sessions: "Fiscal Training for Non-Fiscal Staff," "Safety is Everyone's Job," and "Program Leadership for Emerging Leaders."

Women Education Leaders in Virginia (WELV) Annual Meeting 

March 21-22, 2013, Charlottesville, VA

Presiding as President:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty

Attending:
Sue Wright, Student

Dr. Perritt helped to organize this year's WELV conference, which will include keynote speeches by dynamic and well-respected women in education, including Erika Hayes James and Laura Fornash. These women, coupled with internationally-known Richard and Rebecca DuFour, should make for a wonderful conference. They will also have Noelle Ellerson, Assistant Director, Policy and Advocacy, American Association of School Administrators (AASA), presenting information on what AASA is lobbying for in DC.

Thursday
12:00 Luncheon and KEYNOTE:
Laura W. Fornash
Secretary of Education
Commonwealth of Virginia

Friday
12:00 LUNCHEON and KEYNOTE
Erika Hayes James, Ph. D.
Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education Professor of Business Administration Darden School, University of Virginia

JMU Diversity Conference

March 18, 2013, JMU's Festival Conference and Student Center

Attending:
Dara Hall, Student

Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Meeting

Feb. 15-19, 2013, Atlanta, GA

Presenting:
Dara Hall, Student

Education Leaders Gathering by Mennonite Education Agency

Feb. 14-16, 2013, Orlando, FL

Attending:
Paul Leaman, Student

Conference for board members and administrators from elementary-postsecondary education.  Sponsored by the Mennonite Education Agency. 

Panel Presentation for Chamber of Commerce

December 20, 2012, Eastern Mennonite University, VA

Presenting:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Faculty

Dr. Murphy sat on a panel with JMU’s President Alger and other university presidents at the Education and Life Long Learning session of the Chamber Leadership program held at EMU.  The session focused on the impacts of diversity in educational institutions, and Dr. Murphy shared from her experience in business consulting and education, reflecting on how diversity in school equips students with the soft skills needed for a diverse business environment.

Visit to the U.S. Department of Education

December 17, 2012, Washington, D.C.

Attending:
Dr. T. Dary Erwin, Faculty
Dr. Susan Murphy, Faculty
Nick Rau, Student
Jen Rau, Student
Natasha DuMerville, Student
Lori Pyle, Student
Lindsay Miller, Student
Jody Fagan, Student
Ken Newbold, Student
Paul Morgan, Student
Heather Patterson, Student

Students from the Postsecondary Leadership concentration visited the U.S. Department of Education.

United Nations12th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty

December 3-7, 2012, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland 

Attending:
Geary Cox, Student

Geary represented the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) at this meeting at the Geneva Office of the United Nations, the Palais des Nations.

National League of Cities Congress of Cities and Exposition

November 28-December 1, 2012, Boston, MA

Attending:
Kai Degner, Student

Kai Degner is the former mayor of Harrisonburg, and was re-elected to Harrisonburg City Council in November, 2012.

Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (VASCD) Annual Conference

November 28-30 (Wed-Fri), 2012, Williamsburg, VA

Presenting:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty

At the VASCD 2012 Conference, entitled, "Taking on Challenges in Teaching, Learning, and Leading", Dr. Perritt will both serve as a panelist and present research.  The panel is on the topic, "How Remarkable Women Lead: What Works". 

"Making Data Driven School Improvement Decisions" (presentation by Dr. Perritt): In September 2011, two elementary schools merged into one new building. During the school year, a comprehensive survey was developed with school division administrators, school faculty and staff to assess first year operations. The survey was administered in June 2011, and data were used to engage school stakeholders in professional development and school decision-making. This presentation will share survey results and how they drove improvement decisions for school year 2011-2012.

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference

November 15-17 (Thurs-Sat), 2012, Indianapolis, IN

Presenting:
Dr. Karen Ford, Faculty
Dr. Margaret Sloan, Faculty
Attending:
Grant Rosen, Student
Sam Nickels, Student

Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS) Conference

November 12, 2012, Richmond, VA

Attending:
Chris Rehm, Student

Workshop on Tools and Skills for Effective Service on Nonprofit Boards

October 25, 2012, JMU

Co-facilitating:
Dr. Margaret Sloan, SSLS faculty

A workshop for those interested in board service, organized by the Nonprofit Action Team of the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Healthy Community Council in collaboration with the Non-Profit Institute and JMU Outreach and Engagement.

International Leadership Association (ILA) National Conference

October 24-27, 2012, Denver, CO

Presenting:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

At this year's ILA conference, Dr. Murphy facilitated the Leadership Scholarship MIG annual meeting and served as discussant on two other sessions. She also presented as part of a panel discussing the design of the 2012 National Leadership Symposium for student leadership development delivered this past July in Richmond VA. Audience members asked many questions about thinking about design and assessment issues for student leadership development programs. Dr. Murphy is helping to organize next year’s conference, which will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2013  in Montreal Quebec, Canada.

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) Annual Conference

October 11-13, 2012, New York City

Presenting:
Dr. Margaret Sloan, SSLS faculty

After conducting a series of interviews with nonprofit CEOs, EDs, and finance managers in human services to find out how they create, maintain, and utilize operating reserves in their organizations, Dr. Sloan presented her findings at the ABFM annual conference, along with Cleopatra Grizzle of Rutgers University. The paper is titled, Do Governance Decisions Impact Organizational Financial Preparedness?, and was part of a session titled, Nonprofit Financial Management: Challenges, Concerns, and Strategies.

Virginia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (VATESOL) Annual Conference

October 6, 2012, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Presenting:
Stephen Lambert, Student

This year's conference theme was “Advocacy & Inclusion: Breaking Barriers and Building Community”.  Stephen's session was titled “Immigrant Professional Career Re-entry: Facilitation Methods and Advocacy”.  VATESOL is a state professional association for teachers of English as a second language at primary, secondary and post-secondary levels.

VACTE/ATE-VA (The Virginia Association of Colleges for Teacher Education/Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia) Fall 2012 Conference

October 4-5, 2012, Sweet Briar College, VA

Attending:
Dara Hall, Student

Theme: Transforming Teacher Education Through Accountability for Learning:  Moving Toward National Teacher Performance Assessment

Non-Profit Institute (NPI) Dinner

September 25, 2012, JMU

Presenting:
Dr. Karen Ford, SSLS Faculty
Attending:
Dr. Margaret Sloan, SSLS Faculty
Daisha Merritt, Doctoral Graduate Assistant

Dr. Ford's presentation to nonprofit community members and NPI students demonstrated the importance of nonprofits in the economy and the Harrisonburg/Rockingham community. The presentation was prepared with the assistance of first-year SSLS student and doctoral GA Daisha Merritt.

Virginia Educational Research Association (VERA) Annual Conference

September 20-21, 2012, Charlottesville, VA

Presenting:
Dr. Denise Perritt, SSLS Faculty
Dara Hall, Student

Dr. Perritt gave a presentation entitled, "Using Faculty Survey Data to Make School Improvement Decisions:One School's Journey". Independently, Dara Hall co-presented "The Impact of the Gathering Storm on Student Teachers" with a colleague, Mark Keeler, in which they considered the impact of the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers (VDOE, 2011) on pre-service teacher preparation and student teacher experiences.

SRI International - Presidential Listening Tour

September 20, 2012, Menlo Park, CA

Attending:
Ken Newbold, Student, Director of Research and Innovation
Nick Langridge, Student, JMU VP for Advancement
 
 Two SSLS students joined JMU's President Alger at SRI International in Menlo Park, CA, as part of his Presidential Listening Tour. Ken Newbold, in his 3rd year at SSLS, serves as JMU's Director for Research and Innovation, and Nick Langridge, JMU's VP for Advancement, is working on his dissertation.
 

National Leadership Symposium, NACA  

July 16, 2012, Richmond, VA

Presenting:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

Presentation entitled, "Next Generation Leadership Education: Rigorous Design, Engaging Experiences, Demonstrated Results".

SSLS Leads JMU Alumni Association Workshop  

June 7, 2012, JMU

Co-Facilitating:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director,
Dr. Margaret Sloan, Faculty

Professors Margaret Sloan and Susan Murphy facilitated a board development session for the JMU alumni association.

SSLS Hosts Towards Nonprofit Excellence Conference

April 19, 2012, JMU

Attending:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director
Dr. Karen Ford, Faculty
Dr. Margaret Sloan, Faculty

Organized by the School of Strategic Leadership Studies. Speakers included Ms. Bunkie Righter, Director Business Development, GuideStar, USA who lead a lively discussion on 'The Ratings Game'.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting

April 13-17, 2012, Vancouver, Canada

Attending:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty

"All Together One" Awards Ceremony 

April 10, 2012, JMU

Honored:
Geary Cox, Student

SSLS doctoral student Geary Cox was honored with the 2012 All Together One award, which recognizes the unique contributions of leaders in the JMU community.

VACTE/ATE-VA (The Virginia Association of Colleges for Teacher Education/Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia) Spring 2012 Conference

March 29-30, 2012, Sweet Briar College, VA

Attending:
Dara Hall, Student

Theme: Critical Issues: Guiding the Future of Teacher Education

Virginia Association of Independent Schools Accreditation of Southampton Academy 

 

March 25-27, 2012, Southampton Academy, Courtland, VA

Serving as Accreditation Chair:
Paul Leaman, Student

Women Education Leaders in Virginia (WELV) Annual Conference 

March 22-23, 2012, Charlottesville, VA

Attending:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty
Dara Hall, Student

JMU Diversity Conference

March 19, 2012, JMU's Festival Conference and Student Center

Attending:
Dara Hall, Student

Public Problems, Private Money: Can Global Philanthropy Make the Right Kind of Difference in Today's World?

February 29, 2012

Attending:
Dr. Margaret Sloan, Faculty
Dr. Karen Ford, Faculty
Grant Rosen, Student
Kimberly Hartzler-Weakley, Student
Kofi Adimado, Student
Geary Cox, Student
Stephen Lambert, Student 

Conference co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership.

Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Meeting

February 11-15, 2012, San Antonio, TX

Attending:
Dara Hall, Student

Mennonite Educators Conference

Februrary 2-4, 2012, Leesburg, VA

Attending:
Paul Leaman, Student

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference

November 16-19, 2011, Toronto, Canada

Attending:
Dr. Karen Ford, Faculty

Annual Fall Council for Administrators in Special Education (CASE) Conference

November 9-11, 2011, Williamsburg, VA

Presenting:
Jaycee Bova, Student

Presentation title: "Differentiation for Strategic Instruction"

George Mason University Center for Social Entrepreneurship Conference

November 10, 2011

Attending:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

Conference entitled, "Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Austerity".

National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) Conference

October 15-18, 2011, Chicago, IL

Presenting:
Jaycee Bova, Student

Presentation title: "Connections to Build Leadership Capacity: State Leadership Academies"

National Social Science Conference

October 9-11, 2011, New Orleans, LA

Attending:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty

Virginia Educational Research Association (VERA) Conference

September 22-23, 2011, Charlottesville, VA

Presenting:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty

Public Private Partnership Annual Conference

August 25, 2011, Washington, DC

Attending:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

 Conference entitled, "Collaborating during an Era of Uncertainty".

Academy of Management Annual Meeting

August 13-16, 2011, San Antonio, TX

Attending:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

JMU Assessment Conference

June 7, 2011

Presenting:
Dr. Dary Erwin, Faculty

Dr. Dary Erwin was the luncheon speaker at JMU's 2011 Assessment Conference. His talk was entitled, Quality Assurance: Leading Beyond Campus Borders.

New Directions in Leadership Research Conference - Duke University 

June 3-5, 2011, Durham, NC

Attending:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) Conference

April 5-7, 2011, Madrid, Spain

Attending:
Dr. Dary Erwin, Faculty

Consulting at Red Rock Elementary School

April 3-11, 2011, Moab, UT

Consulting:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty

Dr. Perritt met with administrators, teachers, students, and parents at Red Rock Elementary School in preparation for the administration of their school climate survey in June.

Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC) Conference on Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies 

March 24-27, 2011, San Diego, CA

Attending:
Dr. Karen Ford, Faculty

Conference title: "BenchMark 3.5: Nonprofit Educators Learning, Leading, and Creating the Future"

Women Education Leaders in Virginia (WELV) Annual Conference

March 24-25, 2011, Charlottesville, VA

Presenting:
Dr. Denise Perritt, Faculty

Dr. Perritt presented, "Using School Surveys to Focus Learning and Leadership". Dr. Perritt shared a four-part survey which can be used by school principals to learn from parents, students, faculty, and staff what is working in their schools and what can be improved.

U.S. Department of Education

February 8, 2011

Visiting:
Dr. Dary Erwin, Faculty

The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) Annual Conference

December 2-4, 2010, Baltimore, MD

Attending:
Chris Rehm, Student

Chris Rehm attended the TABS annual conference as Director of Residence Life of Blue Ridge School, where he was employed at the time.  Chris currently serves as the Associate Head of School at Middleburg Academy in Middleburg, VA.

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Conference

November 17-20, 2010

Attending:
Dr. Karen Ford, Faculty

International Leadership Association (ILA) Annual Conference

October 27-30, 2010, Boston, MA

Attending:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

Dr. Murphy introduced Dr. Fred Fiedler, Legacy Award winner.

 

Academy of Management Annual Meeting

August 7-10, 2010, Montreal, Canada 

Attending:
Dr. Susan Murphy, Director

Dr. Murphy attended the Academy of Managment annual conference and the annual Leadership Quarterly editorial board meeting.