Eastern Shore Educators Explore Leadership at SU Conference

SALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University recently welcomed some 130 aspiring educational leaders from public school systems across the Eastern Shore for its fifth annual Educational Leadership Conference.

The event featured morning and afternoon keynote addresses by two award-winning principals: Dr. Michael Brown of Pocomoke Elementary (Maryland Association of Elementary Principals’ National Distinguished Principal) and Dr. Sandra Reid of Pikesville High (Maryland’s 2017 High School Principal of the Year).  

Participants also engaged in two breakout sessions, exploring how leaders model the way, inspire shared vision, challenge processes, enable others and encourage “heart.”

“The breakout session topics reflect the principles of The Leadership Challenge, a book and concept developed by James Kouzes and Barry Posner to help ‘ordinary people enable others to achieve extraordinary things,’” said Dr. Jon Andes, a planning committee member and faculty in SU’s Education Leadership and Graduate Studies Department.

Workshop presenters included several SU alumni: Dr. Ron Siers, faculty in SU’s Secondary and Physical Education Department; Dr. Annette Wallace, Pocomoke High principal; Susan Jones and Micah Stauffer, directors of elementary and secondary education, respectively, for Wicomico County Public Schools; and Dr. Derek Simmons, director of student services, and Lisa Hopkins, director of professional development assessment, both for Caroline County Public Schools.  

The one-day conference was sponsored by SU, the Academy for Leadership in Education and the Eastern Shore of Maryland Educational Consortium.    

For more information, call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu.