STATE ACTION FOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP PROJECT

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• STATE ACTION FOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP PROJECT
• STATE BOARD PRESENTATION
• AUGUST 18, 2005
• Jacquelyn O. Wilson, Ed.D.
• Project Director

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STATE ACTION FOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP is about
partnerships
DOE,STATE BOARD SCHOOL DISTRICTS
DASA
DSBA
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The State Action for Education Leadership Project
is about leadership
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ANDthe ideas of committed educators
Project Directors William Barkley Jackie
Wilson Dennis Loftus Task Force Chairs Bob
Smith Gary Annett Mike Owens
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SAELP I IIYESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
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The State Action for Education Leadership Project
values our partners who are superstars
School Districts Charter Schools University of
Delaware Wilmington College Delaware State
University The Rodel Foundation
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What is the State Action for Education Leadership
Project?

• Funded by the Wallace Foundation (Wallace
  Readers Digest) in an effort to support states
  in improving schools by focusing on school
  leaders
• 5 National partners to provide technical
  assistance to states
• National Association of State Boards of Education
• Education Commission for the States
• National Governors Association
• National Association of State Legislators
• Council of Chief School Officers

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What is the State Action for Education Leadership
Project?

• Twelve states received funding in SAELP I (2001)
• Delaware received 300,000 to focus on policy
  issues related to school leadership
• Adopted state standards for school leaders
• Made revisions in licensure and certification for
  school leaders
• State funded mentoring program and the
  development of an Assessment Center for school
  leaders

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What is the State Action for Education Leadership
Project?

• Critical Friends Review of pre-service
  preparation programs at Delawares
  colleges/universities
• Requirement of 90 clock hours of professional
  development for licensure renewal for school
  leaders
• Development of Skills Knowledge Clusters for
  school leaders

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What is the State Action for Education Leadership
Project?

• Four task force committees met to develop 19
  policy recommendations related to
• Recruitment and Retention of School Leaders
• Working Conditions of School Leaders
• Professional Development for School Leaders
• Recruitment and Retention of Minority Candidates
  for School Leadership

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What is the Focus of the State Action for
Education Leadership Project?

• OVERALL VISION vision of school leadership in
  Delaware
• EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.pre-service
  training and professional development
• CONDITIONS OF PRACTICE.barriers and support
  systems
• CANDIDATE POOLsuccession planning
• LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, PROGRAM
  ACCREDITATION.pathways
• GOVERNANCE STRUCTURESunions and boards

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What is the Purpose of the Policy Practice
Institute?

• Opportunity to
• share progress on 19 policy recommendations
• communicate progress on goals of the SAELP
  project
• provide updates on national, state, and district
  issues and accomplishments related to school
  leadership
• build consensus and support for the SAELP II work
• strengthen partnerships with policymakers, school
  leaders, business representatives, and colleagues
  from institutions of higher education
• Develop knowledge-base for aspiring school
  leaders
• recognize accomplishments of districts/schools/sta
  te/universities/colleges

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2004-2005 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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SAELP II BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS

• Develop four models of distributed leadership in
  middle and high schools by partnering with four
  districts
• Develop a more diverse and highly qualified pool
  of school leaders by developing models of
  succession planning in Delaware school districts

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WHAT IS DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESSION
PLANNING?

• SUCCESSION PLANNING
• Identifying and developing a diverse pool of
  teacher leaders within the district and
  providing them with professional development,
  leadership opportunities, and clinical
  experiences that prepare them to take on
  leadership roles within the district, school, or
  state

• DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP
• Providing opportunities for teachers to become
  leaders in the school improvement process by
  providing opportunity, responsibility,
  professional development, formative feedback,
  supervision, trust, and accountability to take on
  leadership roles within the school/district

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2004-2005DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP

• Kick-off event for developing models of
  DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP in Middle and High Schools
• District teams of five worked together for two
  days to discuss distributed leadership
• Four models of distributed leadership presented
  to district teams
• Learning Focused Schools
• Breaking Ranks II
• Professional Learning Communities
• SREBs High Schools That Work
• Four middle high school visiting school teams
  share school improvement strategies using models
  of distributed leadership
• Presentations by Jim Spillane and Joe Murphy

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DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP

• Districts received Request for Proposal for
  25,000 mini-grant to develop models of
  distributed leadership
• Four districts selected
• Appoquinimink
• Redding Middle School
• Middletown High School
• Christina
• Gauger Cobbs Middle School
• Glasgow High School
• Indian River
• Sussex Central High School
• Sussex Central Middle School
• New Castle County Votech
• Delcastle High School

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2004-2005DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP

• Training to local school board members on the
  topic of the Delaware School Leader Standards
• Two orientation meetings with seven distributed
  leadership schools
• Two-day retreat for eight distributed leadership
  schools and other interested districts
  facilitated by consultant Marilyn Katzenmeyer
  author of Awakening the Sleeping Giant
• One-day Disney Institute Training for principals
  and assistant principals of 7 pilot schools

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ACCOMPLISHMENTSSUCCESSION PLANNING
DDI
DEVELOPMENT DIMENSIONS INTERNATIONAL Consultant
Loren Appelbaum
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SUCCESSION PLANNING

• Kick-off event with district teams of five
  members
• Keynote Speaker Jim Wolfe, Delaware State Chamber
  of Commerce
• Trainer Loren Appelbaum from Development
  Dimensions International
• Two follow-up training sessions for district
  teams to learn how to develop succession plans
• Districts proposals scored and pilot district
  selected and notified by August 15th, 2005

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SUCCESSION PLANNING

• PILOT DISTRICTS AWARDED 10,000 MINI-GRANT FOR
  DEVELOPING DISTRICT MODELS OF SUCCESSION PLANNING
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• Appoquinimink
• Brandywine
• Caesar Rodney
• Capital
• Indian River
• Laurel
• Woodbridge
• And one charter school receiving 2,500
• Sussex Academy of Arts and Science

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SUCCESSION PLANNINGASPIRING SCHOOL LEADER
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
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ASPIRING SCHOOL LEADERS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• Advisory Committee included representatives from
• Wilmington College
• University of Delaware
• Delaware State University
• District Superintendents
• Building Principals
• District Personnel Directors
• Department of Education
• Advisory Committee developed guiding principles
  and design for the internship program

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SUCCESSION PLANNINGASPIRING SCHOOL LEADER
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• Ten interns placed in schools with a mentoring
  principal
• 120 hours of clinical experience
• Two seminars
• Supervised by staff from Wilmington College
  University of Delaware
• Two seminars hosted by a partnership of MED staff
  from WC, UD, DE ST
• Orientation
• Reflections

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ASPIRING SCHOOL LEADER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

• FALL 2005
• Advisory Committee will meet in September to
  discuss the pilot and make recommendations for
  changes for 2005-2006
• Skills Knowledge Cluster for School Leader
  Internship Program

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STATE ACTION FOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
PROJECT---TOMORROW.

• September 2005
• SAELP website completed
• September 15-Delaware Department of Education
  Library Conference Room
• AM Bi-monthly meetings for district succession
  planning pilot districts and the advisory
  committee--900-1200
• PM Aspiring School Leaders Internship Advisory
  Committee 100-330
• September 16
• 830-200 District succession planning teams

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• EVENTS FOR 2005-2006

• October 7,2005 --State Inservice Day Delaware
  Department of Education Wilmington College
  sponsoring a full-day session with Thomas
  Sergiovanni Joseph Murphy on the topic of
  Teacher Leaders and School Improvement
• November (TBD) DASL and SAELP sponsor a
  professional development session for principals
  on the topic of Interviewing for Highly
  Qualified Teachers
• January 2006 (TBD) DASL and SAELP sponsor a
  professional development session for principals
  on the topic of Helping Highly Qualified
  Teachers Become Leaders through Opportunity and
  Professional Development

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STATE ACTION FOREDUCATION LEADERSHIP PROJECT

• By working together, pooling our resources and
  building on our strengths, we can accomplish
  great things.
• Ronald Reagan

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DELAWARE ACADEMY FOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIPDIRECTOR,
Dr. Dennis Loftus
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Dr. Marilyn Katzenmeyer

• HELPING TEACHERS DEVELOP AS LEADERS

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STATE ACTION FOR EDUCATION LEADERSHIP BUILDING
BRIDGES TO IMPROVE DELAWARES SCHOOL LEADER
WORKFORCE