Standard 1. Mission, Vision, and Core Values
Effective educational leaders develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.
Projects Included: District Leadership Team, Site Council, District Technology Team, ASCD Empower Conference, KANAAE Round Table Discussions, "State of the School" - Data Driven Decisions Project, and the Greenbush: So You Want To Be A Principal?
Professional Standards for Educational Leaders
Standard 2. Ethics and Professional Norms
Effective educational leaders act ethically and according to professional norms to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: Collaboration Friday - Establishing Meeting Norms, Walk Throughs, Monthly Newsletter/District Website, Staff Meetings, and Morning Announcements/Flag Salute
PROJECTS
The wisdom shared by Aristotle could not be more true. We learn best by doing! The following reflections and artifacts represent the invaluable field experiences that I have participated in over the past year during the Internship Gateway portion of my preparation toward becoming an educational administrator. I have had many opportunities to develop and model the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary in becoming an effective building leader.
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle
Standard 3. Equity and Cultural Responsiveness
Effective educational leaders strive for equity of educational opportunity and culturally responsive practices to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: MTSS Intervention Team Leader, In-service Presentation - Marzano Strategies, Book Study: "Turning the Page" (Manny Scott), Winter Holidays Around the World, and Phone Home: Making it Personal
Standard 5. Community of Care and Support for Students
Effective educational leaders cultivate an inclusive, caring, and supportive school community that promotes the academic success and well-being of each student.
Projects Included: Justice Matters - Childhood Trauma Team, Trauma Informed Schools Training, Newsletter/Community Resources, and Parent/Teacher Conferences
Standard 4. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Effective educational leaders develop and support intellectually rigorous and coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: Intervention Team - Mathematics, Intervention Team - Behavior, District Leadership Team - Mapping It Out, Monthly Newsletter/Website -All About Assessments, Kansas State Standards MathematicsTesting Panel, and Parent/Teacher Conferences
Standard 6. Professional Capacity of School Personnel
Effective educational leaders develop the professional capacity and practice of school personnel to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: Teacher Interview Team, Book Study: Start With Why (Simon Sinek), Mentor: Student Teacher, Mentor: First-Year Teacher, Evaluations: Beginning/Veteran Teachers, and Pre- and Post Evaluation Conferences
Standard 7. Professional Community for Teachers and Staff
Effective educational leaders foster a professional community of teachers and other professional staff to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: Friday Collaborations - Collegial Relationships, MTSS - School Improvement; Data Analysis, UDL Planning Project, Behavior Team - Creating Red Flags & Replacement Behaviors, and District Mapping
Standard 8. Meaningful Engagement of Families and Communities
Effective educational leaders engage families and the community in meaningful, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial ways to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: Kindness Rocks, Newsletter/Website - Parent/Teacher Conferences, Site Council, PTA Meetings, Mother/Son Dance Night and Father/Daughter Dance Night, Winter Program/Santa's Arrival, Veteran's Day Parade, Community Halloween Parade, Annual Spelling Bee, and Spring Program/Ice Cream Social.
Standard 9. Operations and Management
Effective educational leaders manage school operations and resources to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: Collaboration/Intervention Schedule, In-service Presentation - Marzano Strategies, Building Behavior Team - Setting Expectations/Procedures, Administator Mentor Meeting: Time Effectiveness, and Staff Climate Survey
Standard 10. School Improvement
Effective educational leaders act as agents of continuous improvement to promote each student’s academic success and well-being.
Projects Included: Staff Faculty Meetings, School Improvement Team (Building Leadership Team), IEP Meetings, CHAMPS Training, School Board Meetings, and Book Study: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
