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Britton Announced As Great Leader

Published Wednesday, September 2, 1998 in the Nevada County Picayune

The Arkansas Leadership Academy has announced that Steve Britton of the Prescott School District was awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award at the academy's July 12-17 Strategic Leadership Institute.

Britton was among 34 Arkansas administrators and academy partners selected to participate in the institute at the Tyson Management Development Center in Russellville.

The week-long institute focused on enhancing leadership skills. Specific topics addressed were planning for the future in education, understanding and managing change, building the team, challenging the process, influencing people, impacting the outcomes and leading leaders.

The Arkansas Leadership Academy, established by the Arkansas Legislature in 1991 and housed at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is a partnership consisting of 44 educational and professional organizations.

The partnership is charged with improving public education in the state by enhancing and developing leadership. The academy will repeat the institute for other school leaders in the coming months.

Britton reported that the institute was "the greatest education achievement."

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