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		<title>The Louisiana SAM Project has a new home!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Educational Foundations and Leadership Department is the statewide provider for SAM services.  On February 16, 2012, the EDFL Department celebrated the official opening of its new site in the Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning. Louisiana is home to ten SAM schools.  The first SAM school began in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Change Handbook: Concepts and Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; This toolkit, by Wallace Director of Education Jody Spiro, seeks to help leaders at all levels take action, and create continuous change and sustainable results. It offers guidance in matters including working collaboratively, planning “early wins” and minimizing resistance.  Included are updated versions of the Readiness Rubric and Resistance Reducer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSIP Program Board Recognized</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 5th Annual NSIP Conference in Phoenix, AZ, the founding members of the National SAM Innovation Project Program board were recognized and awarded a plaque for their work. The members of the board are (left to right) Paul Katnik &#8211; MO, Carol Lensing &#8211; IA, Nathan Roberts &#8211; LA, Bert Hendee &#8211; IL, Mark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wallace Foundation Surveys SAM Teams</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Wallace Foundation professional learning community is exploring teacher evaluation and how districts and principals make time to complete the process in a meaningful way. SAM principals have a unique perspective that interests the PLC: they have increased your instructional leadership time significantly as documented by external and independent research. One hundred and five of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jody Spiro: Wallace Foundation&#8217;s  New Director of Education Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, N.Y., February, 2012 – Will Miller, President of The Wallace Foundation, today announced the promotion of Jody Spiro, Ed.D., as Director of Education Leadership. Spiro will primarily oversee one of the foundation&#8217;s largest efforts now under way, the $75-million Principal Pipeline initiative, designed to help school districts build a corps of effective principals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Change Step by Step: a Webcast and Conversation with Jody Spiro</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[                                                          Leading Change Step by Step: a Webcast and Conversation with Jody Spiro March 20, 2012, 4:00 &#8211; 5:00 PM EasternAuthor: Jody Spiro Moderator: Felice Nudelman$35 The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education Week Webinar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Week is featuring Minneapolis SAM team Michael Bradley and Hoshim Yonis is a special national webinar February 21.  You can register to participate by using the link, below.]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming SAM Expansion!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NSIP is pleased to announce that planning is underway for new SAM projects in the following locations:  Arizona, pilot project, Arizona Leads (Arizona Department of Education)  Florida, Hillsborough/Tampa  Tennessee, Memphis Public Schools  Australia, pilot project, Victoria, Melbourne]]></description>
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		<title>5th Annual NSIP Conference: Phoenix, Arizona</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Over 220 SAMs, principals and coaches have registered for the national conference, January 26-29 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort.  Registration closes in early January so be sure to email or fax your form soon. The conference features leading authors and practitioners in educational leadership with a variety of choices for new and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis SAM Meets President Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article by: JIM SPENCER , Star Tribune WASHINGTON &#8211; President Obama greeted (Minneapolis SAM )Hashim Yonis warmly. &#8220;It&#8217;s good to see you, my East African brother,&#8221; Obama told the Minneapolis man. Then, the leader of the free world hugged the former Somali civil war refugee. Thousands of miles separate the White House from the Ethiopian [...]]]></description>
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