STANDARD+1

**School Executives will create conditions that result in strategically re-imaging the school's vision, mission, and goals in the 21st century. Understanding that schools ideally prepare students for an unseen but not altogether unpredictable future, the leader creates a climate of inquiry that challenges the school community to continually re-purpose itself by building on its core values and beliefs about its preferred future and then developing a pathway to reach it.**



=== **1a. __School vision, mission and strategic goals:__** The school's identity in part, is derived from the vision, mission, values, beliefs and goals of the school, the processes used to establish these attributes, and the ways they are embodied in the life of the school community. ===

**INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE**

 * Creation and revision of personal vision statement
 * Letter of introduction to staff with personal vision statement incorporated
 * Created welcome bags for staff members with personal vision statement enclosed
 * Distinguished Leadership in Practice (DLP) Training on Strategic Leadership
 * Facilitated discussions with administrators and teachers about the creation of their school's vision, mission, and core values
 * //Schooling by Design// training that included protocols for creating, articulating, and promoting mission and vision school-wide
 * //Facilitative Leadership// training on sharing a compelling vision, encouraging maximum appropriate involvement, and building consensus
 * Reading and application of principles from //How to Win Friends and Influence People//
 * Reading, discussion, and application of vision setting from the //Seven Habits of Highly Effective People//
 * Visit to A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School in Raleigh, NC

**COURSEWORK**

 * DLP assignment required collaborative collection and rating of internship school vision and mission with mentor principal and select teachers, fall 2011.
 * Applied the PDCA cycle to study the processes used to establish vision and mission in the school, fall 2011
 * Through Vision Statement Assignment, developed and shared a personal vision that reflected high expectations for student achievement.
 * With Self Assessment assignments, fellow made continual changes to personal goals that reflected feedback data to improve performance.
 * "I Am From" Poem
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">School/District Digital Story
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Leadership Digital Story
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Evaluation of Teacher Working Conditions Survey
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">AB Combs Visit
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">NC "Turnaround" High School Visit

** SPECIALIZED TRAININGS **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Llano Grande Digital Story Training
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Distinguished Leaders in Practice
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Schooling by Design

**RELATED READINGS**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tinkering Towards Utopia
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The School Leaders our Children Deserve

** ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTATION **




//PERSONAL VISION//

//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Faculty BOY welcome bags with vision enclosed included the following... // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Snickers – Just for fun! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Toothpick – Pick out the good qualities in others! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Hug – Sometimes you just need one! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Tootsie Roll – Change happens, just roll with it! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> PayDay – Don’t worry, it’s coming! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Gum – Let’s stick together and work as a team! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Eraser – We all make mistakes…learn from them! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Lifesaver – Look for opportunities to be one! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Band-Aid – To heal hurt feelings…yours or someone else’s! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Paper Clip – To help you hold it all together! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;"> Werther’s Original – Be yourself…an original is always worth more than a copy!

**INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Work with the Leadership Facilitative Team to revise strategies and create new initiatives to improve student achievement in math and reading
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ruby Payne training on //Raising Achievement with 9 Systemic Processes//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Reading and application of principles from //How to Win Friends and Influence People//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Worked with teacher PLTs to analyze EVAAS data and make plans for improvements in reading
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Reading and discussion of //Tipping Point Leadership// and //Why Transformation Efforts Fail//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Reading, discussion, and follow-up activities using the books //Leading in a Culture of Change//, //Leading Change//, and //Managing Transition//s
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Work with the 3rd grade Professional Learning Team (PLT) on differentiation and math intervention
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Implementation of changes outlined in the Math School in School Improvement Plan
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Participation in change sessions with Dr. Joe Peele and Dr. Cathy Williams on Creating a High-Performance Learning Culture

**COURSEWORK**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Introductory Letter
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Fall 2011 Assessment Day School Culture Video
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Crucial Conversations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Problem of Practice Phase #4

** SPECIALIZED TRAININGS **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Social Justice Training
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Crucial Conversations

**RELATED READINGS**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Bolman & Deal
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Leading Change by Carter
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tinkering Towards Utopia
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Trust Matters
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cultural Change
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dale Carnegie
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Crucial Conversations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The School Leaders our Children Deserve
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Seven Keys to Equity
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Schooling by Design
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Leading in a Culture of Change

** ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTATION **




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**INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Review and implement strategies to meet present school improvement goals
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Service on and active engagement on the Leadership Facilitative Team
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Service on and active engagement on the School Improvement Team as a classroom teacher

**COURSEWORK**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">DLP #1 (PDCA) Cycle
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Problem of Practice Phase #2

** SPECIALIZED TRAININGS **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Understanding by Design
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Facilitative Leadership

**RELATED READINGS**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Schooling by Design
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Leading in a Culture of Change by Carter

** ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTATION **
//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Results from the SACS AdvanceEd accreditation that I assisted in leading the staff through //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This is an email that I sent to the Director of Elementary Education in our district //

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">These are slides from our Powerpoint presentation for SACS that focused on school improvement //

**INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Facilitative Leadership training on coaching for performance
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Collaborated with teachers on grouping of students into intervention groups across classes
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Worked with PLTs and the leadership facilitative team to compile narratives and a powerpoint presentation for our SACS re-accreditation visit

**COURSEWORK**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Facilitative Leadership

** SPECIALIZED TRAININGS **

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Crucial Conversations

**RELATED READINGS**

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dale Carnegie: How to win friends and influence people
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Trust Matters

** ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTATION **
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Each professional learning team (PLT) was assigned 1 of 7 SACS AdvanceEd Standards to work on. The teams gathered artifacts <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">and had now gotten to the point where they were ready to complete their narratives. I met with teachers during their scheduled <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">PLT meeting times to assist them with setting up Google accounts, so that they could use a Google document for their narratives. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This allowed everyone the ability to view and edit one document simultaneously. The video clip shows a follow-up staff meeting <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">where teams were given additional, structured work time where they could receive additional assistance if needed.

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