Leadership Institutes

 PEF sponsors Leadership Institutes each year to give Hamilton County school leaders the chance to:

• share ideas among fellow leaders
• learn new methods from other successful schools
• gain fresh ideas from speakers and consultants

In 2010, the Leadership Institute featured Kim Marshall, an expert on teacher evaluation, curriculum, and student achievement and author of three books and dozens of articles on improving education.  Marshall led a day-long examination of current teacher evaluation practice.  Building on the work of the 2010 Leadership Institute, Project COACH evolved as a new, more effective way to evaluate teachers in Hamilton County.

Kim Marshall returned to Chattanooga for the second year in a row to focus on teacher evaluation, with time for grade-level groups and school leadership teams to reflect on their practice and plan for the 2011-12 school year.  Principals, assistant principals and key administrators from Hamilton County Schools met on June 28-29, 2011 at the Brainerd BX.