Instructional Leadership for the 21st Century

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Instructional Leadership for the 21st Century

• University of South Alabama
• in collaboration with
• Baldwin and Mobile County Public Schools

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Preparing Exemplary Leaders for Alabama Schools

• Three Objectives
• Partnership between USA and LEAs
• Alignment of standards and coursework
• Focus on school improvement and student
  achievement

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Collaboration Is the Key
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• When two work together, then both are
  strong. --Anonymous

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Dr. Faron HollingerBaldwin County Superintendent

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Leadership Advisory Council
USA--LEAs Leadership Advisory Council
Assess Certification Program Effectiveness
Selection of Administrative Candidates

Revise Coursework
Monitor and Revise semester-long Residency
Select Residency Schools
Train Mentor Principals
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Program Design

• MCPSS and Baldwin County personnel worked
  together to develop coursework aligned with newly
  adopted standards for instructional leaders in
  Alabama.

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Admission Requirements

• Admission requirements include
• Graduate school application
• Admission portfolio
• Scheduled interview

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Interviews Conducted Collaboratively

• Prospective candidate responds to questions
• from public school district and university
  personnel.

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Revised Curriculum

• USA infused the eight standards for effective
  school leaders within a substantially revised
  curriculum.
• Planning for continuous improvement
• Teaching and learning
• Human resource development
• Diversity
• Community and stakeholder relationships
• Technology
• Management of learning organizations
• Ethics

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School-based Activities

• Facilitate the work of teachers
• Analyze school-wide
• assessment data
• Manage resources to support instruction
• Develop budgets to enhance instruction
• Manage human resources
• Complete prescribed activities critical to
  effective instructional leadership

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Field Experiences Embeddedin Required Coursework

• Prospective instructional leaders gain real-world
  experience while taking required coursework.

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Skill Development

• Observe Participate Lead

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Residency Learning Planner Handbook

• About This Residency Learning Planner
• Purpose This is a guide for residents to
  thoughtfully plan, implement and track/log a set
  of experiences that will help them become school
  leaders who make a difference in student
  achievement.
• For each of the 8 standards, field experiences
  are proposed to engage the participant in
  observing, participating in and leading school
  teams in changing curriculum and instructional
  practices in ways that increase student
  achievement.
• All experiences require
• A planning component, and
• A reflection component

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Field Experiences
Instructional Leadership Team Instructional Leadership Team
Principal Principal
Administrative Candidate (Resident) Administrative Candidate (Resident)
Assistant Principal Assistant Principal
Master Teacher Master Teacher
Reading Coach Math Coach
Counselor SPE Teacher
Parent Psychometrist
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Field Experiences

• Semester-long Residency

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Project Design

• Bridges the gap between theory and
  practice
• by focusing on real-world
• instructional issues.

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Mentoring
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Assessment

• Examination of admissions process
• Evaluation of curriculum changes
• Development of assessment system
• Development of system to assess impact
• Satisfaction surveys

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Teamwork

• Direct monitoring
• by the Leadership Advisory Council

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Growing TogetherGrowing Strong

• Working together to prepare
• effective instructional leaders for the future.

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Vision Statement

• Baldwin County Public Schools, the Mobile County
  Public School System and the University of South
  Alabama will create and sustain a partnership to
  improve student achievement through the
  co-construction and implementation of a
  leadership development program for the benefit of
  our regional community.

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