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Marie Estep, principal of

Western Elementary School, has been named a participant

in the Governor's School Leadership Institute.

The program is a three-year

commitment that provides educators with leadership skills

and training to help them make positive changes in

Georgia's local schools.

Training sessions during

the first year include a six-day summer session and fall

and spring sessions of two and one-half days. Second- and

third-year sessions are similar.

Program themes include

mission and goals for the 21st century; organizational

behavior; effecting change; decision making and

performance development.

Being selected for this

institute is an honor for any school principal, and it

reflects Estep's professional character and leadership

skills, said an institute spokesman.

Estep has been a teacher,

assistant principal and principal in the Coweta County

School System. She was named principal for Western

Elementary School beginning the 1999-2000 school year

after having served as principal at Canongate Elementary

for several years.

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