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Standard 1: S trategic L eadership School executives will create conditions that result in strategically re-imaging the school’s vision, mission, and goalsin 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.

Experiences

 * I created a digital story that captures my personal vision.
 * I also created and delivered provocative a digital story to shape a previous school’s vision.
 * I wrote and delivered a letter to our staff unveiling my personal mission and vision. Fall 2011,
 * Introduced myself to the staff at my internship school with a letter that clearly outlined my personal vision and mission
 * Revisited the school's mission, vision, values, and beliefs

Coursework and Trainings

 * 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.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">"I Am From" Poem
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">School/District Digital Story
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Leadership Digital Story
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Evaluation of Teacher Working Conditions Survey
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">AB Combs Visit
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">NC "Turnaround" High School Visit
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital Storytelling Workshop
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Distinguished Leaders in Practice
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Social Justice

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Related Readings

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Tinkering Towards Utopia
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The School Leaders our Children Deserve

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Selected Artifacts
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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Leadership Digital Story
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">"In Your Own Words" The Vision of WECHS
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Revisiting and evaluating our school's Vision and Mission
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Walking the Talk of Excellence

 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">**1b. Leading Change**: The school executive articulates a vision, and implementation strategies, for improvements and changes which result in improved achievement for all students.

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Experiences

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I led initiatives to revise how Accelerated Reader is used in our school.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I worked with teachers to develop and implement the use of common assessments.

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Coursework and Trainings

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Introductory Letter
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Fall 2011 Assessment Day School Culture Video
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Crucial Conversations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Problem of Practice Phase #4
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital Storytelling Workshop
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Social Justice
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Crucial Conversations

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Related Readings

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Bolman & Deal
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Leading Change by Carter
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Tinkering Towards Utopia
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Trust Matters
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Cultural Change
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Dale Carnegie
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Crucial Conversations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">The School Leaders our Children Deserve
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Seven Keys to Equity
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Schooling by Design
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Leading in a Culture of Change

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Selected Artifacts

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Revisiting a School's Mission, Vision, Values, and Beliefs
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Problem of Practice: Phases I-III
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">PDCA Cyle for Third Grade


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">1c. School Improvement Plan **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">: The school improvement plan provides the structure for the vision, values, goals and changes necessary for improved achievement for all students.

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Experiences

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">In my internship role I have helped with our school’s S.I.P. I have conducted brief research on the legal requirements. I have even spoken with DPI about SIP requirements.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I led our School Improvement Team through a mid-year review of our School Improvement Plan and our progress towards the goals we set our for ourselves and the needs exhibited in our Collective Needs Assessment.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I reviewed our SIP with my mentor principal and analyzed our data in order to identify one or two areas of greatest need. Implementing common assessments and building a stronger PLC became my Internship focus, or Problem of Practice.

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Coursework and Trainings

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">DLP #1 (PDCA) Cycle
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Problem of Practice Phase #2
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Understanding by Design
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Facilitative Leadership

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Related Readings

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Schooling by Design
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Leading in a Culture of Change by Carter

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Selected Artifacts

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Revisiting the School Improvement Plan
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">PDCA Cyle for Third Grade


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">1d. Distributive Leadership **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">: The school executive creates and utilizes processes to distribute leadership and decision-making throughout the school.

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Experiences

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I observed my mentor principal assigning duties, and while visiting several schools have discussed how responsibilities are distributed. I have also assigned a few duties to other team members and was responsible for ensuring these activities were completed. Fall 2011
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I directed members of the School Transformation Team to fulfill various roles.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">I assisted in recruiting the members of our lesson plan committee.

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Coursework and Trainings

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Facilitative Leadership
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Crucial Conversations

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Related Readings

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Dale Carnege: How to win friends and influence people
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Trust Matters

<span style="color: #b34747; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Selected Artifacts

 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Accelerated Reader (AR)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Northside School Transformation Team