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Truman Pierce Institute to host training

Setpember 2006

Sustaining School Success, an Appalachian Regional Commission-funded program through Auburn University's Truman Pierce Institute, is hosting the fall 2006 Coalition meeting Schools Matter: Collaboration, Commitment and Considerations September 24 and 25 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on the campus of Tuskegee University. This meeting will provide training for teachers, administrators and students in the areas of grant writing, leadership and strategic planning.

The conference, themed Schools Matter: Collaboration, Commitment and Considerations, will gather national, state and local experts. Among those participating are Dr. Royrickers Cook of AU's Office of Outreach, Robert Mitchell of Robert W. Mitchell Inc., and Dr. Sherry Schiller of the Schiller Center. Registration begins on 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006; the conference begins at 2:30 p.m.

Sustaining School Success serves school districts in Fayette, Hale, Macon and Tallapoosa Counties. The purpose of this program is to build a coalition of administrators, teacher leaders and traditional and non-traditional student leaders engaged in school renewal with focuses on strengthening leadership capacity, improving instructional practices, grant development, increasing student achievement and promoting teaching and school administration as viable career options. The project includes students as active participants in reform efforts and allows teachers, school administrators and students to become actively involved in action planning and together seek appropriate strategies to ignite meaningful reform in their school systems.

The Truman Pierce Institute, a research and outreach unit in Auburn University's College of Education, is devoted to the study and improvement of teaching, learning and leadership. Chartered by the governor and university president in 1982, TPI's work focuses on ways to improve schools and communities by creating partnerships, conducting research and providing programs to meet the needs of schools and communities.

Each year ARC provides funding for several hundred projects throughout the Appalachian Region. These projects create thousands of new jobs, improve local water and sewer systems, increase school readiness, expand access to health care, assist local communities with strategic planning, and provide technical, managerial, and marketing assistance to emerging new businesses.

Last Updated: May 12, 2011