Update on the Kansas Educational Leadership Commission

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Update on the Kansas Educational Leadership
Commission

• April 17, 2009

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Commission Leadership

• Commission Co-Chairs   Dr. Mary Devin, Associate
  Professor, Educational Leadership, Kansas State
  University
• Ed O'Malley, President and CEO, Kansas Leadership
  Center

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Membership

• Joseph F. Murphy, Professor of Education,
  Department of Leadership, Policy Organizations,
  Vanderbilt University
• Debora Alford, Manager, Technical Training and
  Performance, Learjet Bombardier Aerospace
• Barbara Carswell, Vice President, Capitol Federal
  Savings, 
• Marti Crow, Kansas House of Representatives,
  Education Committee
• Duane Dorshorst, Elementary Principal, USD 294
  Oberlin 
• Jim Edwards, Education Advisor, Kansas
  Association of School Boards (KASB),  
• Jacque Feist, Principal, Dodge City High School,
  USD 443 Dodge City
• Deborah Perbeck, Superintendent, USD 503 Parsons
• Christine Downey-Schmidt, Kansas Board of Regents
  (KBOR)
• Cheryl Semmel, Executive Director, United School
  Administrators of Kansas, 
• Andy Tompkins, Dean, College of Education,
  Pittsburg State University,    
• Dwayne Umbarger, Kansas Senate, Chairman, Ways
  Means,  
• Bill Wagnon, Chairman, Kansas State Board of
  Education (KSBE), 
• Susan Wally ,Executive Director, Partnership for
  Regional Educational Preparation
• Blake West, President, Kansas National Education
  Association (KNEA), Chair, Kansas Learning First
  Alliance (KLFA)
•  Diana Wieland, Curriculum Director, USD 315
  Colby,  
• Kate Wolff, Deputy Director of Governmental
  Affairs, Office of the Governor
• Howard Shuler and Larry Wheeles KSDE
  Co-Directors

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Design Teams

• Higher Education Program Review Initiative
  (HEPRI)
• Kansas Education Leadership Initiative (KELI)
• Learning Focused Leadership Initiative (LFLI)
• Teacher Leadership Blueprint
• Administrative Evaluation

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Higher Education Program Review Initiative
(HEPRI) Membership

• Rick Ginsberg, KU
• David Flowers, Superintendent. Hutchinson
• Chris Christman, PSU
• Cyndi Barta, Bonner Springs NCATE Board
• Kathy Dale, FHSU
• Gary Sechrist, Secondary Principal, Lyons
• Mike Gower, Elementary Principal, Phillipsburg
• Gary Manford, Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center
  (MC3)
• Pam Coleman, KSDE (TEAL)
• Tom Foster, KSDE (SA)
• Susan Wally, KC Prep
• Mary Devin, KSU
• Barbara Carswell, Business

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Higher Education Program Review (HEPRI)

• Identify questions that will guide the work in
  implementing recommendations 6 and 10.
• Pursue efforts to interface with design teams
  working on recommendations related to
  professional development and  evaluation.
• Clarify the intent and urge KSDE to begin
  immediately the department work included in KELC
  recommendation 10 so  that information can be
  used for preparation, induction, professional
  development and evaluation.
• Review induction related activity from around the
  U.S. and capture benchmark models.
• Delineate the essential elements of high quality
  programs

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Higher Education Program Review (HEPRI)

• Working to identify criteria for
  reviewing/improving leader preparation programs
• Identifying potential panel members both within
  the state and external to the state and working
  on timelines for visitations
• Purpose of this design team is to overhaul
  programs that prepare school leaders

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Kansas Education Leadership Initiative (KELI)
Membership

• Debbie Mercer, FHSU
• David DeMoss, Greenbush
• Dennis Stones, Superintendent. Sabetha
• Leroy Parks, Principal Wichita
• Dennis Burke, Superintendent, Baxter Springs
• Sue Givens, Superintendent. El Dorado
• Adrian Walker, Manhattan KSU
• Kevin Lunsford, Prin. Leavenworth Virtual
• Deb Jaeger, Teacher, Olathe
• Kathy Boyer, KSDE (II)
• Sungti Hsu, KSDE (TEAL)
• Deb Perbeck, Superintendent Parsons
• Jacque Feist, Secondary Principal, Dodge City

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Kansas Education Leadership Initiative (KELI)

• Researching ways to rebuild the induction program
  for school leaders
• Program will span the first two years on the job
  and include policy to support the development of
  model programs
• Identify potential pilot schools as the state
  transitions from the traditional internship to
  the more progressive two year induction model

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Teacher Leadership Blueprint Membership

• Dr. Justin Henry, Superintendent. Southeast of
  Saline
• Randal Bagby, Superintendent. Lansing
• Jan Neufeld, Assoc. Superintendent, Newton
• Mary Markowitz, KU
• Carol Brandert, Local Board Member
• Michelle Thomason, Teacher, Olathe
• Alan Jantz, Bethel
• Beth Reust, Superintendent, Plainville
• Larry Wheeles, KSDE (II)
• Jeanne Duncan, KSDE (TEAL)
• Ed O'Malley, Leadership Center
• Kate Wolff, Gov. Office
• Doug Moeckel, KASB
• Carolyn Good, Olathe
• Blake West, KNEA
• Greg Vafis, ETS

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Teacher Leadership Blueprint

• Reviewing ways to communicate with school
  districts to develop strategies for
  implementation and creative ways to develop
  incentives to be a teacher leader
• KSBE is working to create the foundation for a
  license in Teacher Leadership
• The five state consortium Kansas, Ohio, Delaware,
  Alabama and Kentucky (KODAK) have completed a
  comprehensive curriculum for use by higher
  education institutions
• 14 courses were developed and are available on CD
  or on the Leadership Commission Website
  http//www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid3458

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Learning Focused Leadership Initiative (LFLI)
Membership

• Martha Mendoza, Teacher Dodge City
• Jim Lentz, Superintendent Augusta
• Dayna Richardson, Assoc. Superintendent Buhler
• Walter Carter, Blue Valley
• Jannette Luthi, Curriculum, Independence
• Darren Dennis, Asst. Superintendent, Garden City
  
• Ed West, Sec, Principal Lawrence
• Rob Sattler, Test Coordinator, Oakley
• Lynn Bechtel, KSDE (II)
• Bill Hagerman, KSDE (II)
• Debbie Alford, Business
• Diana Wieland, Curriculum Colby
• Marti Crow, Legislative

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Learning Focused Leadership Initiative (LFLI)

• Identifying criteria and developing strategies to
  help school leaders to find additional time
  and/or more effective use of existing time to
  engage instructional base leadership work
• Researching models such as School Administration
  Manager (SAM)
• Developing an RFP process
• Districts will be invited to present potential
  proposals

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Administrative Evaluation Membership

• Chuck Schmidt, Superintendent. Independence
• Sharon Zoellner, Superintendent. DeSoto
• Mark Evans, Superintendent. Andover
• Mary Ellen Welshhon, Superintendent/Principal
  Golden Plains
• Pat Terry, WSU
• Michael Lane, ESU
• Howard Shuler, KSDE (II)
• Cherie Nicholson, KSDE (II)
• Andy Tompkins, PSU
• Bill Wagnon, SBOE
• Duane Dorshorst, Principal
• Ed Raymond, USD 259 Wichita

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Administrative Evaluation

• Developing two models that will be piloted by at
  least five districts.
• Models will be centered on the ISLLC standards,
  the Doug Reeves model for leadership assessment,
  and/or the Delaware Model
• Changes will be recommended in the frequency and
  the how we evaluate our administrators