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=Standard 1: Strategic Leadership =

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 the vision.




 * Related Coursework and Training **
 * Facilitative Leadership Training
 * Schooling by Design Training
 * Understanding by Design Training
 * Visit to A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary School (Raleigh, NC)
 * Visit to KIPP School: Gaston College Prep and KIPP Pride High (Gaston, NC)
 * Community and Place-Based Learning Training
 * Distinguished Leadership in Practice Training
 * Crucial Conversations Training


 * Related Readings **
 * The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
 * Reframing Organizations by Bolman & Deal
 * The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The World is Flat by T. L. Friedman
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Leading With Inquiry & Action by Militello & Rallis
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Leading in a Culture of Change by Michael Fullan
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Linchpin by Seth Godin
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Out of our Minds by Ken Robinson

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1a: School Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">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.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Experiences and Artifacts **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Developed educational vision statement
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created letter of introduction to staff
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assessed effectiveness of Parker Middle vision and mission statement with mentor principal
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Created new student orientation presentation
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Participated in vision planning work session with teachers and support staff
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Co-facilitated 2012-13 School Improvement Plan work session for Instructional Leadership Council

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1b: Leading Change =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The principal articulates a vision, and implementation strategies, for improvements and changes which result in improved achievement for all students.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Experiences and Artifacts **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Co-chaired PBIS Committee to bring about positive behavioral change
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Participated on Instructional Leadership Council, School Improvement Team, and grade level/ departmental PLCs
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Planned and presented daily morning announcements
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Developed the 2012-13 Student Handbook and accompanying "cheat sheet" and code of conduct quiz
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Completed assigned roles according to administrative responsibilities document
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Co-facilitated the development of the 2012-13 School Improvement Plan

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1c. School Improvement Plan =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The school improvement plan provides the structure for the vision, values, goals and changes necessary for improved achievement for all students.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Experiences and Artifacts **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Co-facilitated the development of the 2012-13 School Improvement Plan
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Met with the Instructional Leadership Council to establish professional development opportunities aligned with the strategies of the School Improvement Plan
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Provided professional development around PLCs as a baseline for teachers to begin collaborating around strategies in School Improvement Plan, with a specific focus on instructional techniques and strategies to engage students in learning

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1d: Distributive Leadership =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The principal creates and utilizes processes to distribute leadership and decision-making throughout the school.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Experiences and Artifacts **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Collaborated with the assistant principal and admin staff to create Parker Middle Student Handbook
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Identified staff roles for PBIS Kickoff Event
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Planned and participated in 7th grade field trip to the Dunn Center
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Collaborated with the administrative team, athletic director, and other support staff in creating morning announcements, Emergency Operations Plan, and Parker Pirate Treasures staff newsletter
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Aided in facilitation of Instructional Leadership Council meetings to disaggregate student discipline data and develop next steps