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=Standard 4: Human Resource Leadership =

Principals will ensure that the school is a professional learning community. Principals will ensure that process and systems are in place which results in recruitment, induction, support, evaluation, development and retention of high performing staff. The principal must engage and empower accomplished teachers in a distributive manner, including support of teachers in day-to-day decisions such as discipline, communication with parents/guardians, and protecting teachers from duties that interfere with teaching, and must practice fair and consistent evaluations of teachers. The principal must engage teachers and other professional staff in conversations plan their career paths and support district succession planning.




 * Related Coursework and Training **
 * Distinguished Leadership in Practice Assignment: "Maximizing Human Resource and Goal Accomplishment"
 * Weekly Internship Logs & Monthly Reports (tracking of teacher evaluation and support activities)
 * Observations using NC Teacher Evaluation Instrument
 * Clinical Supervision Assignments
 * Crucial Conversations Training


 * Related Readings **
 * Reframing Organizations,  Bolman & Deal
 * Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work,  DeFour, DeFour & Eaker

=4a: Professional Development/Learning Communities =

The principal ensures that the school is a professional learning community.


 * Experiences and Artifacts **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Engaged in weekly content area professional learning communities for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Collaborated on PBIS team, instructional leadership council, and school improvement team to discuss behavior and academic priorities
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Participated in school-wide and district-wide professional development on school priorities including: 1:1 technology initiative, EVAAS, PBIS Module I, common formative assessments, PLCs, disciplining students with IEPs, and Leading the Learning

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">4b: Recruiting, Hiring, Placing and Mentoring of staff =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The school executive establishes processes and systems in order to ensure a high-quality, highperforming staff.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Experiences and Artifacts **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Co-facilitated numerous teacher interviews for 6th, 7th, and 8th core and elective positions

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">4c. Teacher and Staff Evaluation =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The principal evaluates teachers and other staff in a fair and equitable manner with the focus on improving performance and, thus, student achievement.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Experiences and Artifacts **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Facilitated several classroom walkthroughs at all grade levels and content areas leaving formal and informal feedback
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Led and engaged in several observation cycles including the pre-conference, observation, and post-conference