Seminars For Administrators

All seminars offered by Urmila devi dasi.

The five-day, 20-lesson course for primary and secondary administrators. Each of these lessons is about an hour to an hour and a half long. The lessons for that course are as follows:

1. Duties of an administrator, necessity and definition of vision
2. Formulating an effective vision statement
3. Developing school policies that reflect the school’s overall vision
4. Restrictions on vision—law, constituency, resources, and finances

5. Policies and procedures for admitting students
6. Curriculum views, approaches, methods, and organization
7. Extra-curricular activities and general evaluation
8. Discipline

9. Choosing, supervising, and evaluating teachers
10. Relationships with ISKCON leaders and general adult community
11. Parents
12. General conflict avoidance and resolution

13. Choosing or arranging the physical facility to meet goals
14. Funding and maintenance
15. Choosing educational materials and equipment
16. Prasadam program and library

17. Planning the school year
18. Promoting the school and its vision
19. Overview of administrator’s service
20. Self-evaluation: Are we achieving what we’ve envisioned?